I cannot reply to every email from prospective students, even though I
would like to. Perhaps you can find your
answer here.
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Q. My CV is attached. Please take a look and comment on
my admission chances.
A. Your CV is indeed exceptional. Yet, I cannot comment on
your chances. Each year, an admissions committee looks at all
applications and decides the 'admissible' students. A subset of these
are offered admission based on the interests of all faculty as well as
other factors such as funding. I hope you will consider applying to
UCSD.
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Q. I am interested in the PhD program in Bioinformatics. What should I do?
A. Bioinformatics at UCSD is an inter-disciplinary program
with faculty from many departments. For example, my host department is
Computer Science. You should apply to the
Bionformatics PhD
program.
Also, if you are a CS major, you can apply to
the
CSE
graduate
program
, and mention bioinformatics in your application. Admission
to either program is independent, and competitive, so it is
worth applying to both.
- Q. I want to work with you. Do you have space in your lab next year?
A. Currently, I expect my 'lab' to add 1-2 students each year,
so I can have a steady state average of 5-7 PhD. students. If you are
not here yet, please mention my name in your application. If you are
here already (or admitted to UCSD), please send me an email and we can
talk about some research problems. In general, my own research
interests are quite broad, and my current students often point me in
new and exciting directions. So I am always available to listen to
your new ideas.
- Q. What kind of a background should I have to work with you?
A. There is no requirement. We work on designing novel tools
for analyzing biological data. In the past, some of my students had no
prior biology background, while others were quite proficient. Most
have some background in algorithms, and some mathematical maturity. If
this does not help, or you feel your background is different, please
attend one of my classes,
or do a rotation with me.
- Q. I am an undergraduate student, and would like to
do some research. Can I?
A. Sure. However...,
I have found that most successful
undergraduates had to spend close to 3 hrs. a day for 1-1.5 years to
do something worthwhile. Can you?
- Q. I am a sophomore/junior at IITx, and would like to come over the summer for an internship
A. Unfortunately, I do not usually have funding to support
international students on internships. If you are studying at UCSD, or
locally, and would like some research experience, please come by.
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