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If Columbia is the school you're thinking of, I spoke to a current student there who got his invite in June!

Just got an official rejection email!

I suppose that it's possible they'll send more but considering one of their interview session is this weekend it seems unlikely. I really don't know anything though - if you want to really find out, email them.

NYU has already sent out both batches of invites. I got one in the first batch and I know someone who got one in the second batch.

I doubt the department coordinator has a role on the admissions committee and even if they did, I doubt that asking for an application status update would reflect poorly on you. I emailed the coordinator at MIT a few weeks ago asking about the timeline for when interviews would be sent out. She responded with: Thank you for your continued interest in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Nearly all interview invitations have been sent out at this time. If at this point you haven't received an invitation to interview, it's likely you are no longer being considered for admission. Applicants will be notified in April once final decisions have been made. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Anyways, from what other people have posted it seems that other coordinators are equally courteous. From what others have posted, Brown and Harvard have already sent invites. I can attest that Penn has sent theirs and I think Stanford may have, though no one has actually said that they have received an official email invite yet. There do not seem to be any data points on UMD -- you should just ask them and I suspect they will be forthcoming.

I imagine "contact" includes by phone and by email

Ah, that was what I was hoping it wouldn't be. Let us know when you get your official email please!

Congrats! Was it a person you had contact with prior to this, or a random PI in the department?

I was starting to worry about that too but no, I have not heard anything from Hopkins since I emailed them with that spreadsheet to tell them my preferred date.

No word yet for Stanford. Prior results indicate they seem to announce near the middle-to-end of this week.

Thanks everyone, I just emailed MIT and they said they've sent all invites. Oh well. I've had a good crop and I'm looking forward to seeing you all at the interviews!

Congrats! I assume official email, right? McGovern or Picower?

Has anyone gotten an official email from MIT yet?

Has anyone gotten any communication about the dates of interviews at WashU in St. Louis? I got the invite (hooray!) But I don't see any details about dates or times.

I also received an email for interview at Columbia. Email had my name in it, but seemed like a mass email. A surprise on a Sunday, but a welcome one!