Hm that's interesting. Fortunately no -- the email just said something like, "have some good news for you," and then asked about times I could take a phone call. I'm with you on this one though, it might be my top choice but I'd like to go on interviews before thinking about that.
See you there in March!
Got a Stanford neuro invite! Interviews are 3/2-3/5. One of the professors in the program emailed me yesterday and I had a call this morning to confirm.
If it helps, I've heard from Berkeley neuro (a couple weeks ago), Penn, NYU, and Indiana Bloomington (from my POI earlier today, says official invites haven't gone out yet). Also still waiting on Stanford neuro, and given up on Harvard and Columbia. Anyone waiting on UCSD?
Merry Christmas, all! On the application trail, got an email from my POI at NYU this morning inviting me to interview with the Psychology program (dates: 2/5 and 2/19). I applied through Neural Science but maybe not totally surprising since I work in human imaging, and I think all the people I mentioned in my app are cross-listed in psychology.