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Here's a gem from my NYU acceptance letter: "NYU's offer is not only financially very lucrative..." I look forward to comparing their offer to Columbia's fellowship.

I heard on January 8th. "Our two formal visiting days this year will be Friday, February 21, and Friday, March 14, 2014."

I applied chemical biology/physical chemistry. Apparently the prof was trying to call me and not getting through so he sent me an email. I don't know what the problem was because I have been staring at my cell since December! Ha! Good luck! ETA: on my phone messing things up sorry!

You're awesome!

I am glad! I think they take a holistic view of your potential as a scientist, not just your standardized testing skills, lol. I think my recs were great. I graduated in 2012 and have been working as a lab tech/pretend graduate student since then. I would imagine that the letter from my current PI attesting to my success driving a project forward was the strongest part of my application. Good luck!

I got into Caltech! I'll post my stats to reassure future applicants who bomb the chem GRE: 3.52 gpa from a SLAC, 3 years ugrad research, 1.5 years as a lab tech/pseudo grad student, one 5th author pub, a few posters, 161Q/163V/5.0, and, the killer: a 600 on the chem GRE. That's the 20th percentile. So don't despair, future applicants! It might not be a big deal.

Thanks for the tip. Being patient is not something I wrote on my application lol.

The slow trickle of UCLA acceptances is driving me crazy!