Just_Alice

I have the exactly same situation and I am freaking out? I would have been relieved to even receive a rejection, so that I would just know that the option was gone and would focus on other opportunities

Guys, do you know if universities stop sending invites from tomorrow and until January because of the holidays, so there is no reason to expect anything?

Thanks! Panic postponed?

I saw someone posted an interview invite from Yale. Have any of you heard anything? Should I give up hope already or not yet?

Same here, but I noted in my CV that it was under review. I do not really understand how people having 5 first-author publications (provided they are in normal journals) come not to have a PhD degree already?

When I read here that there are people applying with such credentials, I lose all confidence in applying ? I barely have one co-authored publication... and I am like the 4th

Thanks! Good luck to you, too!?

I am attracted to the Mood and Personality Disorders research program, and I especially like its director, Harold W. Koenigsberg. It's just that I am very interested in psychiatric research, mostly in mood and personality disorders, and I find BPD and bipolar disorders most interesting. And he is an expert in neural basis for BPD, and I have not seen any other professor who would be doing this or any other program on PD research in neuroscience. So, I would really like to go in this direction in the future. Currently I am working with high trait anxiety, which is good to start with, but I would like to dig deeper.

I am so glad people here are writing about Sinai that they have not started sending out invites. I am so hoping for it, as this school has the most perfect professor and lab for me considering my research interests, and I honestly believe it is the best fit for me (not sure if the feeling is mutual ?) I have felt so anxious not having received any info from them. Please write here if you hear back from Sinai! ?

I have not received anything yet?

Yeah, I have not received any interview invites yet either... Let us hope for the best, there is still time!

Also, if I am not invited to an interview, will I get a rejection letter, and if yes, then how soon? Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone, Has anyone applied to and heard back from Yale, Duke (Psychology & Neuroscience) or Mount Sinai?

Dear all, I am a non-US citizen and want to apply to some US universitites as well as in some other countries for a Neuroscience PhD degree. I am currently finishing my second year in a neuroscience master program at a top university in my country, my GPA by far is 3.86 (masters - neuroscience) and around 3.7 (bachelors - law). TOEFL 110, two years of part time research experience (neuroscience, related to what I want to do in PhD), okay LoRs, one international (however not famous) conference and one local conference. Also a paper which includes me as an author is in the process of being submitted to a good Springer journal, however, I will not know whether it is accepted or not by the application deadline. And here is my most painful spot: GRE scores - 160 verbal, 151 quant. One of the schools I want to apply to is Duke, and its website says the average GRE for my program was 162 V and 157 Q last year. I am not sure whether I should submit my GRE scores as in Duke they are optional, and in other universities they are not even considered this year. I do not know whether submitting them would enhance or hurt my application, as 151 Q is 40th percentile. However, since I am an international student, these scores at least show I can somewhat keep up with the US system and, importantly, I understand the academic language very well. I also can pull off a good diversity story, because I am coming from a poor family with many kids from a very small town with no opportunities. I fought my way through everything to be where I stand with my bare hands, I had a rough childhood, my younger brother has a severe permanent brain injury, and me and two my younger sisters struggled with depression and suicidal behavior. I won the battle with the mental issues and I decided I wanted to dedicate my life to researching them to help others. All of this is true, and my family's story is what led me to neuro in the first place. However, if I tell the story as it is, it might be a bit rough, so I am not sure what I should express in the diversity statement. SO, my questions are: 1. Am I competitive enough to apply for a PhD in Neuroscience, especially in top-tier universities like Duke and Yale? Do I at least have some chance of getting in on which I can gamble? 2. Should I submit my GRE scores to Duke, and can they hurt my application in some lower level universities (like Stony Brook) where they are required? And to what extent do I describe my story in the Diversity Statement? 3. Should I indicate on my application that a publication is submitted to Springer? If yes, then where? Many thanks to anyone giving their advice!