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Colorado State: "Apparently you don't even have to apply in order to be rejected from certain schools. What a cluster F it must be over there that they're emailing people who have simply requested information that they're 'rejected'."

You can tell we're nearing the end of the season.

Stanford University Symbolic Systems, Masters (F18) Rejected via E-mail on 16 Mar 2018 I 17 Mar 2018 The universities must have a competition between them on whose rejection emails are more generic. Dear (insert name),
We have chosen not to offer you admission t (insert school name). This year had a record number of talented applicants...

Thanks for the advice! I agree with you that 5 top tiers are more than what normal people apply for, but I had the impression that the admission rate for internationals is lower than domestic students, so I chose to apply to more reach schools than the average applicant to maximize my chance of getting accepted to one of them. I am going to add a few mid tiers on top of that though.

Hey everyone! Just thought I'd pop in and say good luck with this year's application season. My experience is in the ecology/plant biology/forestry side of applications, so I can provide a lot of detailed feedback for anyone applying to those kinds of programs. I also have general knowledge about applications, like transcripts, GRE's, interviews, etc., after watching several application cycles through this site. If you don't feel comfortable putting your information in the general forums for whatever reason, feel free to PM me with questions. I try to respond to all messages within 48 hours.

Hey! I'm applying this year for Microbiology as well, and I stumbled across the Biomed faculty at The University of Chicago which has a major focus on the microbiome and immunology, in particular Dr. Alexander Chervonsky who you might want to check out!