rx971

I just spoke with Dr. Streete. He said that they are confirming faculty members for the ESI PREP program, and some advisers have not gotten back with their availability yet. If those advisers do not have availabilities, they will have to revisit students' applications. He said this process may, and likely will, go on into next week. To clarify, no interviews have been conducted for ESI PREP. He also noted that interviews for ESI PREP are more of a formality, as at that point an adviser has already agreed to work with a particular student.
It sounds like they have made a nearly final list of who they would like in the program, but cannot finalize it until faculty members report back. Side note - Imagine getting removed from the finalist list because a faculty member doesn't have availability!

That seems to be the case, yeah. There might be slightly different timelines for NIH-PREP vs. ESI-PREP... if anybody posts decisions, please be specific about which of the two programs you applied to!

Seems like there's some conflicting information coming out? I was told last week by Dr. Streete that final announcements would be made by the end of this week...

Hi @rx971 I received this email about interviews. The text of the email was very vague / did not imply any sort of short list or how standard this process was. They asked me to block off an hour of time this coming Friday. 
I'll definitely keep y'all updated.

Yay! Maybe we will meet at an open house

Applied to a UT Austin, NYU, Yale, Harvard, Brown, and just got into Purdue as well! 

Hmm, well I'm not a minority candidate so that definitely explains why I didn't get the email.
That being said, I still think it could be a good sign for those of you that did receive it. I mean it seems strange to take the time to organize a webinar for candidates they have zero interest in, perhaps you're on some sort of shortlist? But who knows how these things work. Wishing you the best either way!

Thank you!
Did anyone else in this thread get an e-mail about a Yale webinar this week?

I got my first acceptance from Purdue American Studies this morning! It was my backup program but I'm still super excited/can't believe it's real

@Englishtea1 I'm freaking out about it, I have no idea what it means!!!
@Karou Of course! It's happening on Wednesday at 3 so I'll post here then.

Thank you!
Did anyone else in this thread get an e-mail about a Yale webinar this week?

I got my first acceptance from Purdue American Studies this morning! It was my backup program but I'm still super excited/can't believe it's real

Did anyone else get that email from Yale office of diversity and almost poop themselves? Can't tell if they sent this to all applicants or only those that are "diverse" (i'm latina). 
 
 

I know!! It’s sooo frustrating! I’m sorry! 

Not a problem! Still wishing you good luck.

Thank you, I appreciate you answering  Still haven't heard anything yet...

Agreed! Maybe it is good news at this rate since you did not receive rejection yet. Good luck!

@MindOverMatter Thanks for the info! I tried calling the office twice and sent a message through the app platform but didn't get a response. The waiting is always the hardest part ?

@MindOverMatter Thanks for the info! I tried calling the office twice and sent a message through the app platform but didn't get a response. The waiting is always the hardest part ?