Amy Zhu

Congratulations to you! As an international student, my applications don't go very well this year. Thank you so much Penn State! Because I applied for 17 programs(all of them are PhD Chemistry Program), and now I only received offer from Penn State(haven't received anything from five school yet). If the rest schools don't give me chance, I have only one choice. I spent so much money and time but it turns our that I wasted money on those schools which ranked very high, like MIT, UCSF, Caltech, UC Berkeley. But I think the experience made me know more about these top schools. Maybe next time(applying for post doc) I will have more chance! But to be honest, Penn State is a very good school for me! I feel very happy to get this. Wish all of us happy in Penn State!

Never lose hope! Wish you get in somewhere you like!

I am still waiting for six schools. UT Austin, Georgia Tech, UIUC, Wisconsin-Madison, CMU and Cornell University(I received an email from Cornell in January to evaluate my English proficiency, I passed the test but I haven't heard anything from then, so I am so worried about it because it's my dream school). Is there any hope for me to get into any of these schools? I am afraid that they have sent all of the admissions.