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It all depends on the program, honestly. Looking at past years' results is a good way to gauge when your program normally sends out invites (if at all - some programs accept without interviews.)

Happy New Year, all! May 2017 bring you nothing but interviews and acceptances

I applied to Cornell EEB last year so I guess I have a little bit of insight for that one...even though I ultimately got rejected. I thought I had a pretty good chance since I had been emailing back and forth with a professor who seemed very enthusiastic, and Cornell is my current PI's alma mater so he wrote me a very specific rec letter. I would have been working with one of his collaborators had I gotten in. (Looking back, though, I didn't have nearly enough research experience and my GPA isn't Ivy League material.) Point being: Cornell EEB sends out interview invites around this time. Last year their interview weekend was the last week of January and invites went out the week before Christmas. I got my rejection by email in the middle of February. For stats: their program receives over 100 applicants. The top ~20 of those applicants will get invited to interview. About 8 people will get accepted. Also, where are all the other EEB people on here?? Is this just a small year? It seems that there were many more prospective students last application round.

according to the results page WUSTL and Indiana Bloomington are starting to send out invites for their EEB programs. I still haven't seen any movement from the 6 I've applied to, but I guess no news is better than bad news (for now!)

I think that it's still a little early for interviews on our side. The biomedical & quant programs have been getting invites, but EEB typically sends them out in late December/early January based on previous years. I skyped with a POI before submitting my app and she told me interview invites would be sent in the first week of January. Still, though, the wait is killing me.