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I applied organic! Don't be discouraged though @ferrocen, one of the professors knows me decently well so it could be that she simply pushed my application through in the first wave and there are more acceptances to come. Also @jhopp_ do you mean materials? Every other school I applied inorganic but it was my impression that Boulder doesn't really have an inorganic program

They just sent me one of those "Check your status emails" so I logged into the portal and the acceptance letter was there

I just got in! Really happy bc it's high on my list

Not sure, but if it helps, I applied inorganic... They might be doing it by discipline. Also, they sent me a very generic "check your application status" email before I got any other acceptance emails, so maybe if you didn't get that email yet, they're still deciding?

Just got into Duke! Still waiting for: UCSB, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Boulder, Princeton, MIT. Have heard that Washington often makes early decisions, but have also heard that they usually do a second wave of later decisions, so there might still be hope on that one...

I'm glad someone else feels the same way! Sorry about your top choice but hey, 3 interviews is great! Good luck!

Worries: I have no publications, and this makes me feel like there's no reason for PIs to want me... I can't shake the nagging suspicion that I won't get in anywhere, whether it's because of the publications thing, my GPA not being high enough (3.65, good in my opinion because I really worked for it but I know some people manage to get higher), PIs not knowing me, or my letters not being good enough. Also, I realized I made the stupidest mistake ever and didn't put my name on most of my statements of purpose before submitting.... Does anyone know if this is the end of the world? Some of the schools showed me the PDF to look over before submitting and those had my name etc in the corner automatically, and I caught the error before submitting the last 2..... Excitement: I go to a top 5 school for my field. I've been told that this, combined with 2 years of research experience in 2 labs, should be enough to get me in at least a few places. I'll be so so happy if I do get in anywhere, because all I want is to keep doing research in my field and learning more