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If you can work that into your essay, go for it. But I would caution against focusing on it too much because then it may seem like you didn't do anything impressive or interesting in college.

Given that it is a high school competition and not a college-level one I would say the achievement would only have a small effect on your chances. It can't hurt, though.

US News rankings aren't exactly perfect but they do break down the rankings into subdisciplines, one of which is theoretical. https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/theoretical-science-rankings

UC Berkeley finally decided to send out rejections today

I also visited Stanford this cycle and I'm curious which prof you heard bad things about (you can dm me if you want) and what lab had the broken equipment?

Has anyone gotten an outright rejection from Berkeley yet? I'm assuming I didn't get in at this point, but I'm just curious.

It's hard to say what your chance of getting accepted is. In general, they will not ask you specific chemistry questions to test your knowledge. They will probably ask you about your resume / research experience and what you want to work on in grad school and why you think Wayne State is a good place to get a PhD.

I'm also excited to visit Princeton but I'm visiting the late February dates. This is a really fantastic thread of useful information

Accepted to Caltech today by phone! (applied for inorganic) Haven't gotten any other information yet.

Berkeley and Stanford both have visit days the weekends of March 9 and March 16. They have the same visit weekends for the sake of people who get into both. Don't know about MIT

Most likely you will get an official acceptance email in the next few days. Otherwise check your spam inbox. If you don't get anything in a few days, I would email the Stanford admissions email.

Inorganic chemistry, submitted Nov. 30 (day before it was due). I did have a Skype interview with a professor a couple weeks ago.

Yep I am domestic and heard back by email last week. Also, just got acceptance to Princeton by email today!

The easiest way to find this out is to go to this link (part of gradcafe) http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=chemistry+university+of+michigan&t=a&o=&pp=25 and this link http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=chemistry+university+of+wisconsin&t=a&o=&pp=25 and count the number of admits in 2017, then compare to the number of admits from 2016. If they're about the same number, that's not a good sign.

Nope got a fellowship with a different name.

Nope just got a general email from the department. I hadn't contacted a POI ahead of time though. Inorganic for both.

Accepted to Stanford and Illinois Urbana-Champaign yesterday by email! Not bad for a Friday the 13th

Just received email acceptance from Notre Dame Chemistry PhD, letter included financial but not visit day information (applied mid-December, see profile for more details)!

I would recommend finding as many practice tests as you can. The one from 2007 is easily available online https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/practice_book_chemistry.pdf . Others can be found through some more careful Google searching. Also I was able to find two older practice tests from my local college library (they used an interlibrary loan system to get them for me).

Look at this practice Chem GRE to get a good idea of what math and types of questions ETS will ask. Free on ETS website. https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/practice_book_chemistry.pdf

Sorry for the delay, but got accepted to Northwestern by email (including financial information and visit weekends) on 12/22/16. I sent in my application on Dec. 1 and I did the video interview a few days later. I listed inorganic chemistry as my subfield on the application but the email was general for the chemistry department.

For those who got accepted to UIUC - congrats! When did you submit your application?

Undergrad Institution: Mid-size private liberal arts Majors: Chemical Engineering and Chemistry (ACS Certified) GPA in Major: 3.91 Overall GPA: 3.86 Type of Student: Domestic GRE Scores (revised): Q: 170 V: 166 W: 4.5 Research Experience: 2 summers, one at my home institution and one at large state school Awards/Honors/Recognitions: First author on one submitted paper to Chemical Physics Letters Applying to Where: All Inorganic or Physical Chemistry PhD Programs - UC Berkeley, Stanford, Caltech, UIUC, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Cornell, Princeton, Columbia NSF and NDSEG fellowships I've submitted all of my applications.

Hey everybody! I'm a rising senior applying for grad school in inorganic chemistry for Fall 2017. Brief resume: Chemistry (ACS certified) and Chemical Engineering double major at small liberal arts college GPA 3.86; chemGPA 3.75; GRE 166V/170Q; chemGRE 720 (56%) 2 summer's research experience, one at small liberal arts college, other at large state university (mid-20s ranked) First author on a paper submitted to JPCA Two questions: First, is my chemGRE low enough that I should retake it if I want to get into the best schools? Second, how does this school list look? Top Tier: Caltech, UC Berkeley, UIUC Mid Tier: Cornell, Princeton, Columbia, Rice, WUSTL Fourth Tier:NYU, Notre Dame

Hey everybody! I'm a rising senior applying for grad school in inorganic chemistry for Fall 2017. Brief resume: Chemistry (ACS certified) and Chemical Engineering double major at small liberal arts college GPA 3.86; chemGPA 3.75; GRE 166V/170Q; chemGRE 720 (56%) 2 summer's research experience, one at small liberal arts college, other at large state university (mid-20s ranked) First author on 1 paper submitted to JPCA Two questions: First, is my chemGRE low enough that I should retake it if I want to get into the best schools? Second, how does this school list look? Top Tier: Caltech, UC Berkeley, UIUC Mid Tier: Cornell, Princeton, Columbia Third Tier: U Washington, U of M, Notre Dame