Really struggling with the lack of responses at this point, the desperation is kicking in now that 'mid-Jan' is officially upon us ?
Is anyone still holding out hope for UC Berkeley, San Diego, or LA? I know Cal and SD sent a full round of invites before the holiday and it seemed like LA also sent out a few (?), but curious how others are feeling about these in particular or if there's any more info anyone might have about second round invites or anything like that. don't want to extrapolate too much from previous years' patterns since this seems to be an exceptional application cycle for all programs across the board.
Also, if any out there are wishing they'd submitted more places and have resources/willingness to apply outside US, def recommend checking out Canadian and European schools as they tend to have later deadlines or rolling admissions, low or no app fees (Europe esp), and options for MSc or PhD (although MSc students typically don't get tuition or stipends covered). I'm American but went to Canada for undergrad and am applying somewhat broadly, feel free to reach out if you want!
here's my status just for fun (stole formatting from @SalamNeuro, ty!):
UCSF Neuro (Rejection) | Harvard PiN (Presumed Rejection) | Columbia NBB (Presumed Rejection) | UCB Neuro (Presumed Rejection) | UCSD Neuro (Presumed Rejection)
UCLA NSIDP (Pending?) | CSHL Biology PhD (Pending?) | MIT BCS (Pending) | McGill IPN Phd Rotation (Pending) | UBC Neuro MSc (Pending)
UToronto Neuro MSc (unsubmitted, due Feb) | Munich Centre for Neuroscience GSN PhD (unsubmitted, due Feb)