Hey Bianca great video! I’d love to see more videos of your graduate experience and neuroscience experience in the future. I’m currently doing my undergrad and plan on going for a PhD in Neuroscience so it would definitely help a lot.
@@bianca.phdinprogress how do you start filtering and choosing universities that you might apply for? How do you define your worth and align those with the criteria of a particular university?
I’ve never even heard of what a CV is 😅 thank you for all this very helpful information ❤ trying to apply for a neuroscience grad program in hopefully 2 years from now
so my friend was helping me with the video and audio of the more recent videos and he has a really nice setup, which isn't the most affordable. I actually don't know the specifics of his microphone setup. But my current setup (I'm posting a new video next week!) has a $50 dual facing microphone that seems to be working well! its the Movo DoubleMic V2.
Hi Bianca, My name is Max Matte. I'm currently pursuing my Master's degree in Psychology at Harvard University but am thinking about pursuing a Neuroscience PhD like you. Sadly, I don't have any training in BCPM (Biology, Chemisty, Physics, Mathematics) and feel as though I may not have a chance at getting into any labs. What would your advice be? Also, you mention you would never get accepted into Harvard at around 1:28. What makes you say that?
You can definitely get into labs! I would say look for PIs in the harvard lab network that interest you and hop on as an intern or technician. Most neuroscience PhD programs require wet lab unless you’re going the computational or theoretical neuroscience route. Having been in the MGH-Harvard lab ecosystem myself, labs are very much open to accepting new students, just work hard and learn a lot! Wet lab research is really fun but there’s definitely a learning curve!
Hey Bianca, thank you very much for this really insightful video. I studied Neuroscience BSc and MSc from a top ten school. After that, i moved to industry in a research allied position as a regulatory writer. Basically, I work with clinical trial teams and interpret clinical data to present it in reports sent to FDA and EMA for approval decisions. I would want to conduct clinical trials of my own one day and thus am considering a PhD. But I haven't been successful in figuring out programs that want their students to eventually go to industry. Do you have pointers how I can find this information before applying?
thanks for watching!! unfortunately, most schools (if not all) will not state that information. the best you can do is look at the website and see if the programs released a list of students that have graduated from the program. Usually they also include their career, so you can see how many students ended up in industry versus academia. the most students in industry post graduation, the more likely that program will be industry friendly!
Did you apply in your senior year (undergrad )? Did you apply early-decision (if applicable)? If you did, i'm assuming you left out any coursework, internships, labs, and research you had during your final spring semester since they had not happened yet. How did that work in applying to show work that you haven't done yet (that spring semester) or did you just leave your CV up to the Fall semester (did you wait for grades and publications during that semester or did you send your application without the grades and before publishing anything that semester)?
I applied a few years out of undergrad, so I completed all my course work! If you apply during your senior year, you'll list the courses you're taking and your current GPA. Once you graduate, you'll send the updated transcript, and unless you perform really poorly, you should be all good. :) also, graduate programs don't have early-decision. either you're accepted or rejected.
first semester of phd was definitely busier than I expected, so I had less time to learn / make videos, but I'm working on videos again and will be posting regularly in a week or two!! sorry about the break!! .-.
How were you able to work full time at the lab during undergrad? I'm sure it must have been difficult balancing lab work, undergrad classes, and other undergrad commitments.
Hey Bianca, I am interviewing with Columbia's Biology PhD program next week! It's in person, and I think it's a fairly small group of students interviewing. I'm not sure how to gauge my chances of admission. How many students were invited to interview with you for your program? Do you have any advice for the in person interview?
Congrats on the interview invite!! If you want to send me an email I can answer all of your questions and any others you may have!! my email is corjucb@gmail.com
Any tips/advice for applying to a Phd program in Neuroscience? I have a BA in psychology. I am taking courses in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics. Along with this, I am a research assistant working on literature reviews in Emotional Intelligence. My researcher/professor is creating an assessment for Emotional intelligence, and I am assisting her by reviewing articles. I am also presenting this information to my fellow lab members.
I'll be posting tons of new videos about getting into PhD programs, so keep an eye out for that! What field in neuroscience are you trying to go into? it's a very broad area of research, and most require either wet lab experience or computational knowledge. Work in literature reviews wouldn't be the most helpful unless you're actually trying to get a PhD in psychology!
The longer I watched this video the more hopeless I got 😭
aww why did you get hopeless??
Such an underrated channel.
thank you for watching!! I'll be posting a new video tomorrow if you're interested in watching :)
Hey Bianca great video! I’d love to see more videos of your graduate experience and neuroscience experience in the future. I’m currently doing my undergrad and plan on going for a PhD in Neuroscience so it would definitely help a lot.
what types of videos would you like to see?? would love to make more videos about that!
@@bianca.phdinprogress how do you start filtering and choosing universities that you might apply for? How do you define your worth and align those with the criteria of a particular university?
@@bianca.phdinprogress also, how do you compare the stipend with COL and finally come to a conclusion that the stipend is LIVEABLE?
I’ve never even heard of what a CV is 😅 thank you for all this very helpful information ❤ trying to apply for a neuroscience grad program in hopefully 2 years from now
Good job, Bianca!
thank you!!
Nice content as always! Bianca the audio quality of your videos is great, would you mind sharing which microphone are you using to record it?
so my friend was helping me with the video and audio of the more recent videos and he has a really nice setup, which isn't the most affordable. I actually don't know the specifics of his microphone setup.
But my current setup (I'm posting a new video next week!) has a $50 dual facing microphone that seems to be working well! its the Movo DoubleMic V2.
Thanks for the insight Bianca
thanks for watching!!
Hi Bianca, My name is Max Matte. I'm currently pursuing my Master's degree in Psychology at Harvard University but am thinking about pursuing a Neuroscience PhD like you. Sadly, I don't have any training in BCPM (Biology, Chemisty, Physics, Mathematics) and feel as though I may not have a chance at getting into any labs. What would your advice be? Also, you mention you would never get accepted into Harvard at around 1:28. What makes you say that?
You can definitely get into labs! I would say look for PIs in the harvard lab network that interest you and hop on as an intern or technician. Most neuroscience PhD programs require wet lab unless you’re going the computational or theoretical neuroscience route. Having been in the MGH-Harvard lab ecosystem myself, labs are very much open to accepting new students, just work hard and learn a lot! Wet lab research is really fun but there’s definitely a learning curve!
Hey Bianca, thank you very much for this really insightful video. I studied Neuroscience BSc and MSc from a top ten school. After that, i moved to industry in a research allied position as a regulatory writer. Basically, I work with clinical trial teams and interpret clinical data to present it in reports sent to FDA and EMA for approval decisions. I would want to conduct clinical trials of my own one day and thus am considering a PhD. But I haven't been successful in figuring out programs that want their students to eventually go to industry. Do you have pointers how I can find this information before applying?
thanks for watching!! unfortunately, most schools (if not all) will not state that information. the best you can do is look at the website and see if the programs released a list of students that have graduated from the program. Usually they also include their career, so you can see how many students ended up in industry versus academia. the most students in industry post graduation, the more likely that program will be industry friendly!
Did you apply in your senior year (undergrad )? Did you apply early-decision (if applicable)? If you did, i'm assuming you left out any coursework, internships, labs, and research you had during your final spring semester since they had not happened yet. How did that work in applying to show work that you haven't done yet (that spring semester) or did you just leave your CV up to the Fall semester (did you wait for grades and publications during that semester or did you send your application without the grades and before publishing anything that semester)?
I applied a few years out of undergrad, so I completed all my course work! If you apply during your senior year, you'll list the courses you're taking and your current GPA. Once you graduate, you'll send the updated transcript, and unless you perform really poorly, you should be all good. :)
also, graduate programs don't have early-decision. either you're accepted or rejected.
Does enybody know whay happened and why she isn't postings
first semester of phd was definitely busier than I expected, so I had less time to learn / make videos, but I'm working on videos again and will be posting regularly in a week or two!! sorry about the break!! .-.
How were you able to work full time at the lab during undergrad? I'm sure it must have been difficult balancing lab work, undergrad classes, and other undergrad commitments.
Hey Bianca, I am interviewing with Columbia's Biology PhD program next week! It's in person, and I think it's a fairly small group of students interviewing. I'm not sure how to gauge my chances of admission. How many students were invited to interview with you for your program? Do you have any advice for the in person interview?
Congrats on the interview invite!! If you want to send me an email I can answer all of your questions and any others you may have!! my email is corjucb@gmail.com
Any tips/advice for applying to a Phd program in Neuroscience? I have a BA in psychology. I am taking courses in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics. Along with this, I am a research assistant working on literature reviews in Emotional Intelligence. My researcher/professor is creating an assessment for Emotional intelligence, and I am assisting her by reviewing articles. I am also presenting this information to my fellow lab members.
I'll be posting tons of new videos about getting into PhD programs, so keep an eye out for that! What field in neuroscience are you trying to go into? it's a very broad area of research, and most require either wet lab experience or computational knowledge. Work in literature reviews wouldn't be the most helpful unless you're actually trying to get a PhD in psychology!
Do you know people who applied to Columbia for a PhD in Arts related subjects? I would love to listen to the first-hand experience of such students.
I personally don't know any, but I could ask around! would be great to bring on PhD's from different domains and see what advice they would give!
does Columbia take care of your housing?
they do provide subsidized housing, but you still have to pay for it out of your stipend!
congrats how is going？
thanks for watching!! I'm doing well :) hope you're doing well!
nice video. Can I use a CV like this to apply to Columbia University for postgraduate studies? or is it a different thing.
what happened to you
took a break because of phd but I'll be making videos again in a week or two!!
@@bianca.phdinprogress glad to hear it. welcome back!
Thank you!!