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wait really?? davis is completely done?

Thank you, all of you! I did get an interview at one school but still the wait is sooo difficult haha...

Do most of the programs reach out for an interview or give and answer by January? I feel like a lot of my schools haven't even sent out invites yet, judging from the results page.

I didn't get an interview for UCSD. I got one at another school. I was just hoping for UCSD since it says "Under Review."

Okay thanks guys! When I got an interview for one, I never saw it say that it was under review first. But another one of my applications currently says "under review" so I was wondering if that means anything important because it used to just say "submitted." It's for UCSD and I've noticed them on the results page a lot.

I have a question. Did all the schools for which you got an interview list your application as "under review" first? Or do they not necessarily say that?

I just got invited by email this morning to the Neuroscience Recruitment Weekend in February at UCR! I submitted before the priority deadline. This gives me some hope for the other schools I applied to!

Thanks! Just trying to get an idea of which programs have sent emails!

Did you hear of anyone else getting UCI interviews because I haven't seen anyone else so far?

Hi! Just curious is the dev psychology program under The School of Social Ecology at UCI?

LOL same tho

Hi! I also applied to UCLA and UCI Neuro. I haven't heard anything just yet but I do know a little bit about the UCI INP program since the lab I am currently in is part of the INP. Their recruitment period when they conduct interviews is mid-January and end of January. They probably won't send out emails for a little while. If any PI's do preliminary interviews, that's above my knowledge.

haha!! at least you're aware that you're being ambitious! that's really great though honestly. Shoot for the moon!! Also a lot of times these big name schools intimidate people so there's not as many people who apply. You have a shot!! I hope you get in wherever is best for you and your journey. I applied to 10 programs (wan't sure if I should apply to less or more so I just stuck to 10 lol). My PI said he applied to only 2 - Carnegie and somewhere else - but he said not to do that hahah. UCI (Psych), UCI (Neuro), UCLA (Neuro), UCSD (Psych), UCSD (Neuro), UCR (Psych), UCR (Neuro), Stanford Biosciences (Neuro), Berkeley (Psych), and UC Davis (Neuro). I was trying to stay in California.

Okay awesome thanks! I sort of wish I had a publication but was never able to get there. My undergrad research experience is very much related to what I want to pursue during graduate study so I have lots of experience and skills that equip me for potential research projects I would undertake in graduate school. I continue to volunteer in the same laboratory as well (as a postgrad) and I've recently started a new project so I explained that in depth as well in my application. A lot of faculty I talked about in my applications are external fellows of the CNLM at UCI so they are familiar with the research we conduct in the NBB department. Sounds good, I'm going to prep a little for interviews but try not to freak out way too much. I might talk to my current PI a little more because he usually calms my nerves. I guess I can procrastinate the actual worrying till January hahaha..

Hi Everyone! I've been following the thread for a while but decided to just make an account. Have any of you applied to neuro programs? I applied to both psych and neuro programs at UCI, UCLA, UCR, UC Davis, UCSD, Berkeley, and Stanford. I applied to 2 different programs at 3 of the schools so that makes 10 in total. I'm super nervous. I just graduated with a BA in psychology at UC Irvine and did research (and I am still doing research) in a neurobio lab. I have a 3.98 GPA and and got GRE scores in the lower 160s. I'm nervous about not having any publications but I hope my research experience makes up a little bit for that. I don't know what else to say. My essays were pretty good. I had my PI read them because he's read a lot for UCI's INP program and he said they were really impressive compared to what he's read. I hope I have a chance and I am anticipating potential interviews. I have a couple questions. I know schools interview potential candidates. What are the PI interviews then? Do they occur before the grad interviews? Should I be expecting that or should I worry if no one contacts me? Also, did anyone apply to UCR? Their deadline is Jan 5th but I submitted before the priority deadline because I wanted to get my name in there as early as I could. Do I have a better chance by doing that? Thanks!