[Emailing program for results.]

I don't know if other people asked this before or if there is another place I could go to post this question, I searched and couldn't find anything, so I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place because this is my first time making a post here.

I was accepted into my second PhD choice but I'm still waiting on the interview response of my top choice, both on the field of Molecular Biology. As an international applicant I feel this is a huge deal and I don't want to miss the opportunity my second option is giving me.

So my question is: how bad is to email my first option explaining the situation and seeing if they already have a result or asking when the results will be out? Has anyone here been in this kind of situation before?

[2020 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results]

On 2/5/2020 at 11:12 AM, Amirreza91 said:

If you're a domestic applicant, you are probably being waitlisted. I've sent emails to:

University of South Dakota

University of South Florida

Florida State University

Ohio State University

Rutgers University

University of Virginia

University of Louisville

University of Kentucky

P.S.  I'm an international applicant in Biomedical or biomolecular fields

From your list I applied to University of Virginia and haven't heard anything yet, so thank you for posting that! When you contacted them did they say something about international applications being different?

[2020 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admission Results]

Is there anyone who still hasn't heard from UNC BBSP? I don't know if they just have a lot of rejection emails to send and that's because I didn't receive one with everyone else (but I'll at some point) or if not receiving one actually means something now, like a wait-list or something. 

[International students PhD admissions]

1 hour ago, M246 said:

Hey,

Which 3 programs are still reviewing profiles?

UNC BBSP, Vanderbilt and Case.
 

 

 

[International students PhD admissions]

6 minutes ago, OncologyResearch said:

Still no news from anywhere I've applied to ?

Has anyone here heard back from anywhere lately?

Hopefully we'll hear from admissions teams soon ?

nothing here either, but at least 3 out of the 6 programs I applied to are still reviewing the profiles, from what I've heard here on gradcafe. 

[International students PhD admissions]

4 minutes ago, pipettingerror said:

I have too much time on my hands so I did a sweep of the results page from this year's applications for Vanderbilt and UMich (because I applied here, and these two were the only two programs with enough posters for something resembling a data set) and no international student has reported any updates. I know international applicants are few in number and most probably don't access this website, but I am taking that to mean they haven't gotten to us yet ✌️

Oh, same situation here. It's summer break in Brazil so I have a lot of time to not only spend looking at those things but also to be anxious and not being able to stop thinking about these applications hahaha I mentioned  in my first comment that the only program that I applied which has sent interview invites to internationals is the UNC BBSP (and it is not even the specific area I applied for), so I imagine there's a pattern there. I wish there was a way to only see the international applicants updates. But let's hope all the universities are reviewing our applications in January! ?

[International students PhD admissions]

3 minutes ago, pipettingerror said:

I am also waiting on Vanderbilt from your list, along with every other place I applied to. I've emailed Vanderbilt regarding this, and if they respond I'll pass it on to you!  Getting quite jittery, but here is to hoping no news is good news for all of us! 

In case its of any help, a poster on a different forum mentioned they got in touch with Penn State, and the reply more or less confirmed that they review intl applicants later on in mid Jan. Perhaps this is true for other programs as well. You can see the post here- 

 

thank you so much! even though I am constantly trying to search "international" or related keywords here, I probably missed that post. let's hope it's like that for the other universities too! and if you hear about Vanderbilt, please share with us! 

[International students PhD admissions]

I don't know if allowing myself to have hope since I haven't heard from any of the programs is just fooling myself and I was actually rejected by all.  

UNC - BBSP (which I know has already sent a bunch of interviews emails, so I have accepted I probably didn't get in),
University of Virginia - BIMS,
University of Illinois - MCB,
Vanderbilt University - Biological Sciences,  
Case Western Reserve University - BSTP,
MIT - Biology (because I thought "why not?" haha)

I am BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science with +7 years of research experience, teaching assistant for +2 years, Master's GPA 4.0, presented my research work in 2 international congresses and many Brazilian ones, strong LORs, 3 different fellowships and studied for one year in Ireland. I really hope they are sending domestic emails first, because I haven't seen internationals getting emails except UNC.