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I believe both UT Austin and UW-Madison are done sending out acceptances. UW-Madison made offers to ~230 people out of over 750 applicants. UT Austin I think made offers to ~100 people out of over 400 applicants.

Maybe you've already figured this out, but I'll post this for others to see. According to my school's international services, you can transfer your SEVIS to your new school as long as your new program's start date is within 5 months of your old program's end date (5 months between SEVIS activities). As long as your F-1 visa (along with your I-20 and passport) is valid when you do this, it should be fine and you can stay in the US between programs.

I figured I might as well post this since I know all my results. Undergrad Institution: Large public research university in the USMajor(s): Chemistry, ACS-CertifiedMinor(s): n/aGPA in Major: 3.76Overall GPA: 3.78Position in Class: n/aType of Student: international, femaleGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 166 (90th %)V: 161 (88th %)W: 4 (59th %)S: 720 (58th %)Research Experience: 18 months of experimental undergraduate research in pchem (in a niche field so my experience is a little unique), no publications, 3rd author on a conference presentation (did not present) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Quarterly and annual Dean's list; member of honors societyPertinent Activities or Jobs: n/aAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: n/aSpecial Bonus Points: n/aAny Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: n/aApplying to Where: Applied for pchem [School name] (w/ date of notification) Accepted: UT Austin (12/14/18), UW-Madison (12/19/18), UCSD (12/21/18), UChicago (1/4/19), IU-Bloomington (1/4/19) Rejected: Northwestern (2/5/19) Overall, I'm pretty happy with my results, even though I aimed a little too high with Northwestern. Time to have fun and start visiting schools! Maybe I'll see some of you at UChicago this Thursday lol.

The stipends are usually higher at schools in areas with a greater COL. For example, $27k in Madison vs $34k in Chicago are appropriate stipends for the COL in those areas. This really depends on the school though. For example, UW offers only ~$30k even though Seattle has such a high COL.

Just got rejected from Northwestern, my reach school. But I'm finally done waiting to hear back from schools! 5/6 acceptances ain't bad at all.

I got into UT Austin on Dec 14 and I know someone who got into UNC Chapel Hill (is that the UNC you're referring to?) in January.

UW sent out acceptances in December and January. I don't know if they're sending more offers. Notre dame sent some in January.

I'm also international but with a US degree. From last year's submitted results, I do think they've sent most of their offers. You could contact them and ask.

UM-Ann Arbor: February 22-23; March 22-23 University of Chicago: February 7-9; February 21-23 University of Washington: February 21-23; March 7-9 UW-Madison: February 15-17; March 8-10 Yale: March 7-8; March 28-29 Columbia: February 8-10; March 8-10 Northwestern: March 15-17; March 22-24 (On the department website) UCSF: January 27 - 28, and February 3 - 4 (this is assuming that the interview serves as the visiting weekend because why fly candidates out twice when interviews are required) Rice: Feb 7 -9 UC Santa Barbara - Feb 21 -23 Caltech: March 7-9; March 21-23 UC Berkeley: March 1-2; March 8-9; March 15-16 (expect Stanford's visit to be the day before Cal's - they always coordinate visits) UCLA: February 21-23, March 14-16 Georgia Tech: January 24-26, February 28-March 2 Colorado State: February 15-17, March 8-10 USC: Feburary 8-9 Princeton: February 22-23, March 1-2, March 15-16 UT Austin: February 22-23, March 22-23 UCSD: February 8-9, March 1-2 CU-Boulder: February 28-March 2; March 14-16 UPenn: Feb 22-23 (Open house/ interview weekend) Harvard: March 14-16 (department of chemistry & chemical biology CCB) Texas A&M: March 1-2 Ohio State: February 15-16, March 8-9 University of Notre Dame: February 21-23, March 7-9 University of Pittsburgh: February 22-24, March 29-31 University of Oregon: March 1-2 Purdue: March 1-2 Carnegie Mellon: February 18, March 18 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign: February 21-22 Indiana University Bloomington: March 22-24

I got into UW-Madison back in December. Last week, they sent out an email that said "The UW-Madison Department of Chemistry received more than 750 applications for the PhD program and made offers to ~230 applicants" so I'm guessing they're done with apps for now.

UM-Ann Arbor: February 22-23; March 22-23 University of Chicago: February 7-9; February 21-23 University of Washington: February 21-23; March 7-9 UW-Madison: February 15-17; March 8-10 Yale: March 7-8; March 28-29 Columbia: February 8-10; March 8-10 Northwestern: March 15-17; March 22-24 (On the department website) UCSF: January 27 - 28, and February 3 - 4 (this is assuming that the interview serves as the visiting weekend because why fly candidates out twice when interviews are required) Rice: Feb 7 -9 UC Santa Barbara - Feb 21 -23 Caltech: March 7-9; March 21-23 UC Berkeley: March 1-2; March 8-9; March 15-16 (expect Stanford's visit to be the day before Cal's - they always coordinate visits) UCLA: February 21-23, March 14-16 Georgia Tech: January 24-26, February 28-March 2 Colorado State: February 15-17, March 8-10 USC: Feburary 8-9 Princeton: February 22-23, March 1-2, March 15-16 UT Austin: February 22-23, March 22-23 UCSD: February 8-9, March 1-2