girlbui

Hello all, I'm from the US. I applied to some Master's programs in the US. One of the schools accepted me very early to my surprise (within 10 days of application submission). I didn't know if I would get into any school even. This school gave me 30 days to accept which is March 9. However, I'm still waiting to other schools (including my top choice) since the acceptance emails would not come until mid March or so. And this current school isn't on the Apr 15 Resolution. The program also did not give me any funding. I'm afraid of I don't accept it and I have no other offer then I will not go to grad school at all. But is it okay for me to accept it first and decline if another offer I like comes up?

NDSEG awardee here, did anyone ever change their research proposal from the original submitted one? NDSEG asks for an abstract now but my research has changed somewhat.

WashU is a super great school tbh. Although I didn’t apply

I had the same problem: choosing a better school or choosing a school where I will enjoy even if the living expense is way more expensive and you know, I chose the latter. The reason is like you, despite the latter school is closer to home and my parents don’t care where I go as long as I enjoy it. I feel that I will have more social life

Did anyone send an apology/regret letter to other POI? Please send me a template because I feel super bad. One POI literally called me and emailed me multiple times, saying I am the only one he accepts this year (although I thought the process is rotation and I may not even choose his lab at the end). I don’t know how I can word it properly

I figured out. They didn’t load my balance. My account is activated but my card said zero. I received a different email than my friend. Doesn’t say how much I got

Had anyone get a reimbursement for the UCB/UCSF visit? I got an online prepaid card but it says $0.00 balance. The issuer said that I had to type in a Unique Identifier. When I was activating my card, I did not see a field for that.

Lol. Same thought. I for sure got rejected because I didn’t get an interview. Why be so secretive

Not sure, I didn't receive anything. I know there is also a waitlist

Like I said, if you consider a career in academia, this is a No No. If you only want to work in the industry and never affiliate with the universities again then that’s fine. I asked my PI and this is what he said

I didn't apply to UPenn but that is weird. The official commitment is Apr 15 and why is that a case? Did you friend withdraw from their other commitment to attend UPenn? That would look bad if they want to go to an academic career.

I disagree, in fact, some schools I visit had fields in BME that I personally think has nothing engineering in it. Engineering is design and build so if they just build something (internal, external) without designing, it is not engineering either. My interest is designing and building devices but there are people who targets cellular level. I did some research in Biomedical sciences department and all i did was to find mechanism of how something affects something in the body (drug affects inflammation. Protein affects cell’s function, etc)

Someone got accepted to Hopkins today, an international. I haven’t heard any news for me yet

For those schools that gave me silent treatment and I had to pay for the application fee, I'm planning to call my credit card to settle a dispute. A graduate student told me that she did that and said that she didn't get the service she expected and got her money back.

What's going on with Northwestern? No news whatsoever

I think the fact that UW knew some people are so smart they're not going to go there anyway so they don't bother wasting money flying them out.I can see that you got some interviews in very top schools

Did you both get the rejection on the same date? I think I will get a rejection too but I'm not sure why they didn't send the rejection out all together. I checked the results and someone got rejected Feb 4 or so.

I have not heard about acceptance yet but I did get an invitation to campus. Although the PI there already drafted two fellowship submissions for me. I guess it's a matter of time.

Honestly, I don't think anyone who didn't get an interview with UCSD will get an offer at all. I think you got it early because you're international?

I’m not sure when Yale has their visit date bc I didn’t apply, but I got my invitation by Caltech on Jan 29 (technically Jan 25 ) and the date is Feb 14-16, literally in 2 weeks

@empress_empiria they haven’t sent an on site invitation yet I’d say. Because the professor who interviewed me said we’re most likely get an invitation unless you’re an extreme weirdo

I'm not sure if this is too late but I always sent out a Thank You email to them and get a follow up question such as do I get an on-campus invitation, etc

I say that's a no because campus visit is Feb 8

So basically, they're sending them out intermittently then. I wouldn't say if not by Feb 5 then you lose hope. One time, I received an interview invitation from UCLA way late. I checked the Results and people's RSVP deadline already passed (even before I got an invitation).

Thanks I think if you had an interview via phone, you should follow up with them regarding the estimated time a campus-visit will be sent out (if the school has one), just in case.