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Yes, that's true. Thanks a bunch!!!

Yeah, that's what I figured. I was hoping against hope that someone had been in that situation before and might have some insight... But I think you're right, it would be school-specific. Thanks, though!

I made the decision to apply to the US this year pretty late, and hence my only TOEFL scores are from 2009, which is obviously not going to be useful. I find I can't take the test again till January 12th, and most of the schools I'm applying to have deadlines before that. Can anyone tell me if it's absolutely necessary to report TOEFL scores before the application deadline, or if schools are willing to wait a week or so? Much appreciated.

I made the decision to apply to the US this year pretty late, and hence my only TOEFL scores are from 2009, which is obviously not going to be useful. I find I can't take the test again till January 12th, and most of the schools I'm applying to have deadlines before that. Can anyone tell me if it's absolutely necessary to report TOEFL scores before the application deadline, or if schools are willing to wait a week or so? Much appreciated.

I am in the nerve-wracking situation of having applied to 12 schools, and having been rejected from all but five. Four of the five haven't got back to me (and aren't likely to say 'come on over' in any case), and I'm on the waitlist for the fifth. I have no idea where I am on that waitlist, which sucks, because it's the only realistic hope I have for graduate school this year...

I hear you. I had a dream so vivid that I even saw the signature on the letter. And recognised the name. And knew what time of day it was when I got the letter. When I woke up I grinned like an idiot for a second before I said "Hang on..." *wails* I went on to have a really, really bad day. The only way it could have been worse was to have got the reject from that school on the same day, LOL. Well, I haven't got it yet. *fingers crossed*

Well, I'm sort of hopelessly waiting for Northwestern to give me closure... I'm waiting to hear from one other school I interviewed with (USC) and three other schools that haven't sent me so much as a peep after the 'your application is complete, thank you' email (Rochester, BU, Georgetown). I have tried emails, and no one's talking.

I didn't, but have a friend who did. I will point her to this forum, and to you. Congratulations!

I'm an international student as well, and I've got six rejects so far. Fingers crossed for so long now they're starting to stick that way. I'm going to hang tenaciously on and bug everyone I applied to until I have twelve notifications in my inbox. And when I get them all and they're all rejects, then I'll give up. (I'm concentrating more on domestic programs, though. Optimism is one thing, and stupidity is another.)

Sound advice! Thank you. I have rather been haunting the results page, I'm afraid ... a few of the schools I've applied to have sent out acceptance letters but not rejections. I'd read the situation more or less as you said: that I was not rejected outright but didn't stand out of the applicant pool either. Fingers crossed! Thanks for the encouraging words, though. This is going to be a long month, isn't it. *groans*

Oh, well. Why not. Might make me feel an eensy-weensy bit better about myself. *g* Pros: Good scores (my GPA would translate to about 3.8 on a 4.0 scale) GRE scores: 680V, 760Q, 5.5AW. SoP long but focussed Three glowing LORs A year's worth of research experience that will end up in a Master's dissertation Two posters (one second author, one first) Good subject GRE score (92nd percentile) Cons: No independent research experience apart from Master's work Not a US citizen (money, money, money!) No publications

So most of my deadlines were December 1st or 15th. I've heard back from seven of the twelve schools I'd applied to, six rejects (one post-interview) and one pending decisions post-interview. The thing is, I haven't heard from the other five, at all. February's guarded optimism has turned into black frustration--I rather had the impression that no news was definitely not good news as far as neuroscience programs were concerned. On the other hand, no rejects, either! What do the other aspiring neuro PhD applicants think? (I'd just really, really love to know I'm not alone here...)

Dec 01, 08, 15; Jan 01. Heard from all of the Dec 01 schools but two (including Stanford, which rejected me with insulting promptness): rejects all. Interviewed by one Dec 15 school (USC). Rejected by one Jan 01 school (Carnegie Mellon). I'm waiting on two Dec 01 schools, two Dec 15 schools and two Jan 01 schools.

I hear you! I'm still waiting on Berkeley and Georgetown, both 12/01 deadlines, and they tell me the same. I know two people who've been rejected by Berkeley already, and I don't know what to think! I want to think it's a good sign, but... but...