jasbee
-
Posts
56 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
1
Everything posted by jasbee
-
Did you contact them or did they send you an email out of the blue? If they just aren’t telling us our status and basically unofficially waitlisting us (as in I can’t assume I’ve been rejected at this point) I’ll try to figure out how to withdraw my application - unless if that might impact future opportunities at the school. Does anyone know whether it’s worse to withdraw your application or to wait to hear back and get either rejected or accepted then decline the offer? (I’m really assuming I’m going to be rejected based on how interviews went). I’ve declined an acceptance because I wanted to make room on that school’s waitlist for others and if pulling my app at Vandy won’t affect my shot of getting a post doc position there or something I def will. Even if I don’t pull my app because I’m paranoid about that and somehow I do get in (which I highly doubt will happen) I’d def decline right away so the spot would go to the next person.
-
Not important, but has anyone else who didn't interview with Northwestern NUIN not received their rejection letter yet? I wasn't interviewed so I know I'm rejected (and it was towards the bottom of my list so I'm fine with that) but it's just comical that it's April and I still haven't heard anything. I paid my app fee so I think I should get an actual rejection notification. Also idk if I was waitlisted or rejected from Vanderbilt NGP because I haven't heard anything after my interview... it's fine because I would decline the offer if admitted, but real talk I just want closure from this whole process. (I'm really just waiting on the answer from my top choice because I'm waitlisted there and distracting myself with this stuff but it's fine. Everything's fine.)
-
Can second as a classmate of eevee's- only 4 of the like 36 in our neuroscience thesis capstone class were not premed. We both got into graduate school and not once was I questioned if I was previously premed and have other interests. Other institutions won't know the % premed at whatever school your daughter is at, and the implications of that % premed for graduate admissions should definitely not be a concern when picking undergraduate schools.
-
Sorry for this rant, and I know I'm definitely in a really good position no matter what happens so I don't have much of a right to complain, but the fact I'm still waiting is killing me. I applied to 10 schools and had 2 that were pretty clearly at the top of my list and I was equally excited about. I was really lucky to get interviewed at both those schools and really liked them both, but to me it was pretty clear I'd be a lot happier at the school that I now knew was my top choice. My second choice school accepted me 2/28 really shortly after my interview and I was ecstatic - it was the first school I got into and at that point I was so scared I wouldn't get in anywhere. I knew my first choice school could notify as early as 2/15 based on gradcafe previous years and other applicants that got in this year. Weeks passed and getting into a program I love definitely helped some with my anxiety (which granted is bad all the time, but this process has been really rough mentally) however I was still struggling to stop refreshing my email every 30 minutes (my goal was waiting an hour but I never made it). Finally 3/12, over a month after I interviewed, I finally heard back... that I was waitlisted. I could've handled rejection - I would've been sad for a bit, but I knew I had a really great option. Handling the waitlist was probably a lot harder. I debated pulling myself off the waitlist because I didn't want to wait any longer but my friends sat down and listened to me make pro/con crazy color coded lists and it was pretty clear. While both programs academically are basically the same (and my second choice has more prestige and the lab I want to work in there might be by the smallest margin a better fit for me than the lab at my first choice), in terms of environment and location and mental health and how excited I felt about the university when I was on campus, I did still want to go to my first choice and I shouldn't just pull myself off the list to make the next month of my life easier. Although I am scared that even if I get in now the fact I was originally waitlisted means the PI there doesn't actually want me all that much and I'd struggle to find a lab. I'll cross that bridge if I come to it I guess... I've exchanged a few emails with the admissions director at my first choice and she said some years they don't touch the waitlist and other years they go through the whole thing and they probably won't start contacting anyone until early April. So the past 3 weeks I've known probably nothing was coming and I've been able to back off the crazy email refreshing. But I know that anxiety is probably going to start up again Monday and ugh. I just want to know and start finding an apartment and buy my sweatshirt and get excited about where I'm supposed to be the next 5 years. I know I'm so lucky to have a great option but I just want to be done. I guess I only have to wait until April 15...
-
Anyone else on a waitlist and struggling to be patient? I hate not knowing where I’m going yet, but I don’t want to give up. I have other great options I’d be excited to go to also so no matter what I’ll be fine - I just hate waiting.
-
Seconding eevee - I got in direct from undergrad with no publications or conference presentations so it's definitely possible. And at my interviews I'd say somewhere between 1/4 and 1/2 of applicants were direct from undergrad depending on the school and a lot of current grad students said their cohort was about half and half direct vs gap year(s).
-
How did you feel you fit in with the current grad students and the other applicants (because a subset of them will be your cohort for 5+ years)?
-
Has anyone heard from UNC BBSP neuro post interview? I saw one post on the results page two weeks ago, but heard they only let in a couple people then. I figured we'd hear back this week since their last weekend of interviews is done now, but I haven't seen any neuro posts.
-
Woke up this morning to my rejection letter from UCLA, which wasn't a surprise because didn't get an interview, but still not the best start to my day. The universe decided to pay me back because I just got an unofficial acceptance from Yale (with official notification coming later today or tomorrow) and this is my first acceptance so I can't tell if I'm more excited or relieved. I'm just so happy I'm finally in somewhere and cannot believe that somewhere is Yale - and it was one of my top choices too!
- 286 replies
-
- 5
-
-
-
- neuroscience
- applications
- (and 6 more)
-
@seeaseeoh3 how long did it take for you to hear back from Vanderbilt IGP? I'm waiting on NGP and its been like 2.5 weeks (which isn't that long I know) and no one has posted on here either way yet. Other applicants heard that NGP was shooting for a class of 6 and only going to make 8 offers to people out of the 28 interviewed so I'm not super hopeful but I just want to know. Also if anyone else has heard from NGP it would be awesome if you could let me know - I'm struggling to not constantly refresh my email.
-
If it helps at all my UNC BBSP neuro interview was this past weekend and they only have one other weekend which is on 2/22-2/24
-
Idk if this helps at all but I got an interview offer on December 14 to University of Michigan NGP direct and the interview weekend is Thurs March 8 - Sun March 11
- 286 replies
-
- 1
-
-
- neuroscience
- applications
- (and 6 more)
-
Is there a too late to send interview thank you emails? This weekend was crazy for me once I got back so it just didn't happen right away, and since I interviewed Friday I now feel like it's at the point where sending this far after might look worse than not sending. Also did you just contact your POI or every person you interviewed with?
-
No they didn't say when they'd be done or what stage they were at - they just said they were "still reviewing applications"
-
lol my feelings exactly (I was almost positive they were done, so I definitely sounded really surprised on the phone)
- 286 replies
-
- 1
-
-
- neuroscience
- applications
- (and 6 more)
-
Just called UCLA NSIDP and they said they are still reviewing applications at this point so I guess the waiting continues
-
Thank you for the clarification - I was pretty positive they were done, but knowing for sure helps.
-
Did Penn NGG (if you mean UPenn and not Penn State) send you an actual rejection or did you call and find out?
-
Just to double check - did UPenn say they were done sending out all invites? I've been assuming they were done, but it would be nice to know for sure.
-
Does anyone know whether or not UCLA is done sending out invites? Last year only one person posted in January that they got an interview so idk for sure if they send them out on only one day in January (which I'm guessing is the case) or over multiple days. I just need to know whether or not that interview could possibly happen in order to schedule what weekend my brother should try to visit me at school.
-
I applied under the neuroscience branch so the weekends may be different, but my UNC BBSP interview weekend is February 8-10.
-
In previous years Yale neuro came out right after New Years - last year was January 3rd.
-
Thank you to whomever posted that they called UCLA - I feel less hopeless now (and know to not look for anything for a while)
-
I applied to Michigan direct rather than PIBS so that probably explains the different days. I did apply to NUIN (although haven't heard back yet lol) and basically at any school where applying to the neuroscience program directly was an option I did that, because I'm mostly interested in the neuroimaging/genetics side of neuro rather than cellular biology stuff. Also I'm sure you're fine about the phone thing, because I bet basically everyone they call is probably caught off guard - I answered one of my interview calls in a public restroom thinking it was a spam call (to be fair the caller ID was from a state nowhere near any of the schools I applied to). Luckily the bathroom was empty at the time...
-
Yay! Glad this is here now. For reference in case it helps anyone applying now/next year: I received a phone call from UNC - BBSP Neuro on Dec 13 then the email Dec 14 for an interview on Feb 8-10 I received a phone call from UMich NGP on Dec 14 and email Dec 18 for an interview March 8-11 I got an email from Vanderbilt NGP on Dec 17 for an interview Jan 25-27 No email from Harvard PiN Dec 14 so that's basically a rejection since they send everything out on one day Good luck everyone!