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Did anyone catch this one? 

how do you make a decision?
am overwhelmed

Accepted to my top choice and I'm pretty sure I'm going, but worried about turning down an offer at a school I used to work at where I know a lot of the faculty/adcoms and my PI there was one of my letter writers 
Is anyone else thinking about accepting an offer early? I know we have until April 15th but my cycle is complete (besides not hearing from UC-Denver but..whatever). I figure the earlier I accept the more time I have to plan and look for housing/etc. 

Did anyone catch this one? 

Accepted to MIT Bio!

Congratulations on your acceptance to WashU!

To those waiting to hear back from Boston College Bio, I just received the official notification through snail mail!

Instead of emailing a faculty member on the admissions committee, could you speak with the non-faculty program administrator or coordinator instead?  I know who that is for Case Western, but I'm not sure for Vermont.  I know this doesn't avoid emailing a person about it, but I would try to do so anyway.  I'm going to do this for the first time later this month, but I'm sure they are used to admitted applicants rejecting them as we are being rejected from some of the schools we applied to!

Did anyone catch this one? 

Okay, so it's not official quite yet, but that's only because I just received my offer of admission this past week and the graduate school hasn't yet processed my admittance so I can't go online and officially "accept" their offer. 
But I am 99.999% sure that as soon as it is humanly possible to do so in the online portal, I will be accepting an offer at the University of Michigan to pursue a PhD in Neuroscience through their Program in Biomedical Sciences (PIBS). 
I'm still shocked I was accepted as this was my dream program and I completely fell in love during my interview weekend. Every faculty member and student I interacted with was passionate about their work, the school, and seemed genuinely happy to be there. Really clicked with several of my interviewers who have similar research interests and am hoping for the chance to rotate with some of them over the next year. As a native Michigander who moved out of state for undergrad, I'm also really looking forward to moving back knowing I will have family and friends only a short drive away.
I'm so incredibly excited! Cheers to all of us making this important decision and ending up at awesome institutions in the near future 
 

Officially committed to the University of Michigan PIBS for Neuroscience!!! This is my dream program and I'm beyond excited to attend. Good luck to everyone else in the decision making process! It's so awesome to see people committing to so many amazing places already 

Officially committed to the University of Michigan PIBS for Neuroscience!!! This is my dream program and I'm beyond excited to attend. Good luck to everyone else in the decision making process! It's so awesome to see people committing to so many amazing places already 

Officially committed to the University of Michigan PIBS for Neuroscience!!! This is my dream program and I'm beyond excited to attend. Good luck to everyone else in the decision making process! It's so awesome to see people committing to so many amazing places already 

Congratulations!!! 

Officially committed to the University of Michigan PIBS for Neuroscience!!! This is my dream program and I'm beyond excited to attend. Good luck to everyone else in the decision making process! It's so awesome to see people committing to so many amazing places already 

Officially committed to the University of Michigan PIBS for Neuroscience!!! This is my dream program and I'm beyond excited to attend. Good luck to everyone else in the decision making process! It's so awesome to see people committing to so many amazing places already 

Accepted to WashU's DBBS Molecular Genetics and Genomics program!!

Officially committed to the University of Michigan PIBS for Neuroscience!!! This is my dream program and I'm beyond excited to attend. Good luck to everyone else in the decision making process! It's so awesome to see people committing to so many amazing places already 

Officially committed to the University of Michigan PIBS for Neuroscience!!! This is my dream program and I'm beyond excited to attend. Good luck to everyone else in the decision making process! It's so awesome to see people committing to so many amazing places already 

Officially committed to the University of Michigan PIBS for Neuroscience!!! This is my dream program and I'm beyond excited to attend. Good luck to everyone else in the decision making process! It's so awesome to see people committing to so many amazing places already 

Congratulations!!!! UW is a great school! As per your question, I'm pretty sure this is just standard procedure, especially if they only requested an unofficial transcript for your application. You should be able to just contact your undergrad and get an official transcript sent their way? I would maybe call the grad school and ask, but I don't think it's any reason to worry. They likely just need the official transcript for confirmation and records. I know a few of my acceptance emails mentioned that my acceptance is contingent on me graduating this spring and sending an official transcript to the graduate school. 

Congratulations!!  I visited the campus once a while back and it's beautiful!  I hear good things about their Bio program too.
On that note, I sent the response back today and I've committed to University of Wisconsin!  I also received an email from the graduate school asking for my official transcripts and that an "official offer" cannot be made until they see these.  Is there anything I should worry about?  Do some applicants get rejections from the graduate school although the program emailed them an acceptance letter?  I haven't notified the other programs of my decision yet.  I graduated undergrad years ago if it helps.

Congratulations!!!! Notre Dame is a fantastic school. Welcome to the midwest!!! 

Congratulations!!!! Notre Dame is a fantastic school. Welcome to the midwest!!! 

Officially committed to University of Notre Dame Biology Ph.D. Program this fall! Looking forward to opening a new chapter in my life! Good luck everyone on your interviews around the country! Go Irish!

Just got my acceptance to Tufts! Will most likely be attending