Heterozygish

I have interviewed with two PhD programs over the last two weeks. The first one accepts students into the program and then they do rotations, and in the second students must enter a professor's lab right away. Currently, I haven't followed up on any of my interviews. At the second program, I don't feel that I'm a good fit in the lab I interviewed, so I'm going to send an email to that affect and thank her for her time. However, for the first program how important is it to send a follow-up/thank-you email after? I didn't think about it right after because I was prepping for the next group of interviews, and I only need to be accepted by the program and not a POI right off the bat. Is it too late (the first program interviews were 1 1/2 weeks ago)?

I don't think that's entirely accurate. Someone in my program reported receiving an interview request last year mid-January. They definitely do some interviews, though it's possible that they don't interview all accepted students.

I'm hoping to hear from Cornell, too. Does anyone know when their final interview weekend is? I fear that no news might mean rejection, but I'm holding on to a sliver of hope that it's waitlist instead.

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