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Haven't received my mailed package yet, but I heard they should be there within the next few business days (perhaps this week or Monday for east coasters)

Congrats on all your acceptances!!

One of the programs I interviewed at (Columbia) said they absolutely wanted people to contact them if they were on a waitlist and would for sure accept if they were pulled off of it. Whether or not the program you're talking about feels the same, it certainly can't hurt if you're polite and enthusiastic

Definitely! PS, unrelated but I see you got into Harvard BBS and Rockefeller... can I pick your brain about how you're leaning with which of those two (or other places) you're thinking of accepting? I'm having trouble myself right now!

Got my official Harvard BBS GSAS letter and package today, it details how to formally accept the offer

Anyone else going to be at MIT BCS coming up in a few weeks?!

Hey! Best of luck with the programs you're waiting on I've been accepted to Harvard BBS, Columbia CMBS and have an upcoming interview at MIT. I turned down interviews at Dartmouth (PEMM) and Tufts (Neuroscience) after I heard back from Harvard. I was rejected from Yale BBS, Rockefeller, Brown Neuroscience. I never heard back from Boston University GPN, I'm assuming rejected since their interview weekend is really soon.

I'm not totally sure, but we know they're looking to enroll 15-20, so let's say they offer to 2x that, so let's be conservative and say they send out 30 admissions offers. Although I've seen from previous years that they hold a waitlist, so they might offer to 15-20 and waitlist the rest and rolling admit. They only have one interview weekend, so we'll see pretty quick how many people they're interviewing soon (plus a few extra for international applicants residing overseas)

Aww I like that, I think it's really cool that they did that

That's interesting! Was it from someone you interviewed with? It's a nice touch to get a call on top of the email Congrats to everyone! Looking forward to seeing some of you in the fall!!

I'm not sure if it's GSAS-dictated or not. Pre-interviews but after interview offers had been sent out, I was told they're keen on filling 65-75. Don't forget, at the recruitment weekend they made it pretty clear that they've done their selecting, and that the weekend was intended for us to do our selecting Yes, some people won't get offers or may be placed on a waitlist, but by the time we look at the number of people offered interviews, the number they are looking to fill, and the need to over-offer to fill all those spots (plus the feeling and messages relayed to us at the weekend), I think it looks pretty good! The immigration/visa issues might also have something to do with it. I know the hospitals are struggling right now to decide whether or not they can rank applicants for residency spots who are nationals of countries placed on the "ban" list. So perhaps that might be playing into the delay, perhaps some faculty involved in admissions were affected in some way, etc.

FYI to all, I was informed by someone on the ADCOM that they're looking to fill 65-75 seats for 2017 incoming class. They're not looking to cut it down compared to last year. One of the reasons last year was so big is because the year prior, 2015, they had a waaay smaller class due to big snow storms blocking travel and deterring a lot of west coast applicants. Try not to worry too much

I don't have any personal knowledge or thoughts to share, but regarding Emory in general/going to Emory/living in Atlanta, I've had several friends attend the school (PhDs, MDs) and LOVE it. Most of these people are from California, Seattle, Oregon area and had never been to Atlanta prior to interviewing... just to give you an idea of where they resided beforehand and what they were used to.

A feeling? Or do you have inside information I hope you are right!!!

From looking at the previous two years, it looks like the first round of interviews hears today.... not sure if that's the case this year, but that's how it has been previously.

Yay! Thank you

That's interesting. All of my interviewers have known EVERYTHING about me.

My understanding from the last recruitment I was it is that all acceptances have to be made by April 15th. However, some programs hold waitlist/do rolling admissions, so sometimes these programs ask those with offers to try and make their decision by an earlier date. As far as I understand, they aren't allowed to rescind an offer just because you're being slow to respond to their offer, but they can encourage you to decide early so they can offer unwanted spots to waiting applicants.

That's awesome, thanks for letting us know and congrats! Fingers crossed that they send more out over the week

That's awesome then, it sounds like you should go for it

There are probably people out there who might be better to weigh in on this, but my experiences so far... When I met with faculty at my last interview, they knew everything about me. They didn't say that upfront, but they asked about little details from my CV, personal statement, and presumably points in my reference letters. So they likely are given lots of information on you, so an intro isn't necessary. I had one faculty member that brought up stuff he'd found by googling me. I've also had several schools instruct in bold "Please do not email faculty members before your interviews", however this is probably school-dependent?

I was just at the first CMBS weekend. They've sent out all of their interview offers, I'm sorry So I guess you could safely take that as a rejection? I'm not sure when they formally send these out, maybe check out previous years on the results page?

Anyone else waiting on BU GPN? It looks like, from previous years, they release interview invites this week. It feels so late!

Which program at Columbia?

Hey all! Does anyone know if we will receive information about our interviews? Will we know who we are interviewing with, how long for, etc? Excited for this weekend!