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PsychGradHopeful14, thanks for the constructive response! Yeah, I was just going to make a quick blurb if she were to ask me anything about it. I really like the idea about mentioning that I applied to work with her and was very interested in seeing the lab's recent findings, because it shouldn't put her on the spot. I definitely want to avoid the possibility of leaving a negative interaction with her, because I could still apply to work for her as a postdoc fellow after graduate school. Most graduate schools in chemistry, do not conduct interviews. I have some friends in psychology that are applying to graduate schools and it seems that interviews are more common place in the subdisciplines of psychology. I did have to interview for one school. Decisions in chemistry are usually based on letters, research experience, personal statements and grades, with some GRE stuff floating around. Then the committee members get the information and will assign a couple of reviewers to each student's file. Then provide a recommendation to the committee regarding a student's application. After an acceptance/rejection is given, the accepted students visit the school on the university's funds to see if it's a good fit. Essentially, it's a competition against the other schools that have accepted you. After an offer of admission is given, it cannot be rescinded unless there some sort of deception happening, i.e.lying.

Help! I need advice/encouragement. I've been wait listed to x university (top 10 school for chemistry) for a chemistry Ph.D. program. It looks like a few bloggers on here have gotten into the program off of the wait list recently (March 4th. Sadly, I have not been accepted but I am encouraged that people are coming off of the wait list recently. Fortunately/not-so-fortunately, I'm going to a big conference this weekend, where a PI that I am super interested in, is presenting a poster in the same session as me. This PI is very popular in the field and does cutting edge work. I figure, that maybe if I stop by her poster to hear the research being carried out in her lab, maybe/potentially she will ask who I am and what year I am in in my undergrad. Then, I can mention I'm a senior and I'm applying to graduate schools, and oh hey, I've been wait listed by your program. Further, I could kindly invite her to stop by either of my posters, if she has a couple minutes to spare, then have a great day and what-not. The two posters are on separate days. She's in the same poster session as me because I have two posters and my other one is in the undergrad session already. What do you think everyone? Bad idea, good idea, doesn't matte/won't matter. By the way, she probably isn't on the admission committee anyways, because she's a badas* who's time is probably better spent doing research stuff.

I would give her until the 21st. This is illogical logic, but if you e-mail her today, it seems desperate and she could just be behind with other obligations in her life. The 27th seems a little too long to wait. This is because, if the interview slipped her mind, she'll probably wonder why you did not say something sooner. I say this because, after working with three research advisors and my academic advisor, many professors are forgetful and need polite reminders to do things. I prefer sticky notes on the computer. Haha. It's always, "Oh shit, did I forget to order that. Well, I guess we won't be getting that data today."