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So this may have been discussed already, but has anybody been accepted (or heard from) Caltech?

isn't the deadline for Wisconsin January 1st? I know Northwestern and UIUC just closed.

I Just submitted apps to UIUC, MIT, Caltech and Indiana today. I realize I'm dangerously close to the deadline, but I was bogged down this recent week with finals. I requested that ETS submit my GRE scores about two weeks ago and I sent my transcripts off about a week and a half ago. Would it be a problem if my scores/transcripts arrived before my app was submitted? or do they just discard them?

Gah, I messed up typing in my Chem GRE score. I scored a 790 not a 490. How embarrassing. I edited the post. Sorry about that! I dont imagine a 790 helps very much though

Hello everyone, I am just finishing up a batch of applications for some chemistry graduate programs (Wisconsin, MIT, Indiana, Northwestern, Michigan, UIUC…) and I feel like I need some advice. As I sit here trying to coordinate these applications, I find myself a little daunted by info I have heard pertaining to the expectations that programs have for a good applicant. Therefore, I have some questions to ask the community, but here is my background info first: -Domestic Chemistry major (Physics minor) at the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. -Area of interest: Organometallic synthesis/catalysis -GPA: 3.9 Major GPA:3.9 -2.5 years undergrad research: 3 projects: one with organometallic synthesis and two with analytical separations/quantifications. Through these projects I have learned how to operate and troubleshoot instruments (HPLC, NMR, LC-MS) as well as interpret data. I have also learned how to work with air/light sensitive compounds. I presented 2 posters at university seminars since 2012 -ACS award in undergraduate analytical chemistry in 2012. -Scholarships: (Chemistry department scholarship ("for proficient work in physical chemistry", and a University scholarship from the college of letters and science) -Organic chemistry tutor/supplemental instructor since 2011 -Physical chemistry tutor since September 2013 - University chemistry club member, current club president General GRE: 157Q , 150V, 4.0W Chemistry GRE: 790 So here's what I want to ask: 1) Are my credentials too low for admission to graduate programs? I am interested in UW-Madison as a first choice- do I appear below standards for admittance there? 2) I just took the general GRE on the 26th of November, and ETS takes its time to process and send the scores. Since many schools have a deadline on the 15th of December, will I be ineligible for admissions if the scores arrive a few days past the deadline? Many schools claim ALL supporting material must be in by the date, but from anyone's experience, is there any flexibility? 3) Are my general GRE scores a huge deterrent? I realize the quantitative section score is not as high as scores reported by other applicants. I do not have sufficient time to take the test again. Will the scores I got derail my plans? 4) Does anyone have any recommended programs for the field of organometallic chemistry? If you have any input I greatly appreciate it!