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I got an email with a link to applyweb, clicked on the "MIT Graduate School 2010" or whatever link, and there was a box to click that said "View Decision." The email was very bland so I (correctly) assumed I was rejected - did anyone get accepted today via the same email/link process?

Yeah it's going to be a crazy month. I'm visiting 5, and heard back from early and planned visits at 2 schools I probably will not attend now that I've heard back from the others but they bought me plane tickets so I'll give them a look. I'm also trying to coordinate location with a significant other applying for PhD programs (not chem), so that's a factor too.

I'm waiting on Yale too, but it's come to the point where I'm visiting a school every weekend (except Easter) until April 15th and I really can't miss any more class than I already am... I'm not going to Yale without visiting (MIT or Caltech, I'd think about it, but that's it) nor am I being rude enough to cancel on schools who have purchased airline tickets for me. So should I get in, I'll decline, and if I don't, I won't be upset because I'm not sure I want to go to a school that strings you along like this - I'm just imagining submitting forms for defending in 5+ years and not hearing back from the administrators for weeks... Tell me yes, no, or waitlist already - if every other school with a Jan. 2 (and 15th, for that matter) deadline can by now, so can Yale.

Haha same here with the whole 'today's "the day"' thinking - every time I open gmail I come up with some reason why this day/time of day/phase of moon makes it likely that I'll hear something... of course I don't, maybe it makes me feel better to think "Hmm, 3:00 on Tuesday might be when schools send out acceptance emails" or I'm just going crazy. And of course two months ago I was worried I wouldn't get in anywhere, so I shouldn't even be worried now that I've gotten some acceptances, but I've gotten greedy and want to get in everywhere! (though I'll still be a kind of shocked if I get into MIT...)

ok chemePhD2be, post something about MIT showing signs of life and maybe at least one of us will hear something... I'm getting so impatient!

What area of chemistry are you going for? Thanks.

Did anyone else apply to Princeton? I had that application in before Dec.1 and haven't heard anything. I did hear back from 3 other programs that were due Dec. 1 or Dec. 15, so either Princeton is taking forever or they're postponing the inevitable rejection...

Any other chemical engineering PhD applicants? I was accepted at Northwestern, visiting at the end of Feb. Anyone hear from MIT? Longshot for me, but I just want to know one way or the other!

does anyone know when NYU's visit weekend is? Heard it was in February last year so it seems like they'd notify people soon, but haven't seen anyone report it...

March 26-28

heard back from penn on 1/8 (accepted). my friend heard back last friday though, so maybe they're spreading them out. visit weekend sometime in march.

when/how did you hear from Columbia?

Anyone heard back from these schools? Chemistry department/PhD at: Columbia NYU Boston University Brandeis Yale Duke