corticostriatal
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6 hours ago, wings101 said:
How many schools did you apply to? Honestly, things happen for a reason and i'm sure great things are coming your way!
I applied to 16 programs. Yeah im trying my best to be optimistic about the situation ?
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5 hours ago, space8 said:
Hey! I'm so sorry to hear that. This is my second time applying, so I feel you. It'll be alright. I wanted to ask, how do you know that you were rejected from Northwestern? Did they send out rejections or did you ask? Thanks.
Yup they sent out a (seemingly personalized) email to me. With my name on the email and I’m the only receiver
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International w/o Us degree, just got rejected by Northwestern, and that’s five rejections in a row. Good luck with the interview guys.
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55 minutes ago, AnxiousNeuroKitty said:
Waitlisted by Northwestern- this my second waitlist. So frustrated at least I have two interviews and one of them being my top choice.
I also applied to Northwestern — how did you know you got waitlisted? I haven’t heard anything back from them?
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4 minutes ago, OldFire Mamba said:
The Dean of Admissions at Mount Sinai told us in a webinar in the application season that all applications are pooled together and "ranked" based on everything (LOR, CV, publications, academic record, research experience, etc) and they set a cut off value based on how many interview invitations they want/can send and they didnt discriminate by country, sex, gender, background or anything. But, seeing the results page 90% of accepted students are american in most universities and institutes, so they accept more US applicants than international applicants so I dont think thats necessarily true. I have no problem in giving preference to students from their own country, but they should specify it in the admissions requirements so we know the probability of being accepted is lower, even if we have better cv than US applicants.
I mean what the Dean said might be true, the question is how they "rank" things. It could simply be that US degrees are ranked higher than degrees outside of the US, or LoR from a US professor is ranked higher than a LoR from other countries. It's a bummer for ppl who studied outside of the US, but totally understandable.
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32 minutes ago, Just_Alice said:
This whole situation is a bit sad... well... too bad if it is true and international applicants are not really considered by most schools.
Yeah...my biggest fear now is that they received too much applications that they decided to only look at internationals who has a US degree in the first round. I'm currently working at a top5 school in the US as a lab RA but guess that doesn't help much.
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28 minutes ago, Just_Alice said:
About Sinai: I did not get an interview invite and I did not get a rejection either (I am an international applicant). Do you think all the invites have already been sent out? Is it possible that they will send invites to international applicants later?
International here having the same question for many other programs (e.g. Harvard, Yale, NYU...etc). Hearing ppl saying these programs have sent out invitations but barely see a international without US degree (‘I’) report on grad cafe. Welp could also be that these schools aren’t giving many chances to ppl w/o US degrees.
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Anyone heard back from Yale BBS? In the other thread ppl said they sent out mass invitations this morning. Tho I’m not sure if that includes international students...
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Haven’t heard back from UCSD too. Though I’m not expecting much from the UC schools as a non-citizen...
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Just curious anyone knows anything about Caltech Neurobiology? I know it’s a really small program but I’ve only see two reports so far so I’m wondering if they are making decisions on a rolling basis.
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Just a quick update here in case someone’s curious: International w/o US degree rejected by Duke & UCSF neuroscience. Hoping to hear some good news soon...
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Got a rejection from UCSF this morning too, kind of expected but still a bummer
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ahhh this is so much pain, applied to 16 programs (international w/o US degree) and so far heard back from no one. How should I survive this holiday (what's worse I'm stuck in the US away from my family and friends :()
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34 minutes ago, NeuroKween said:
Intl student here with a MSc from UCL and a BA from the US. Been a research tech at NYU for 2.5 years now. Only applied to 8 schools.. very risky move ? regretting it now haha.
Don't you worry! I believe having a US degree and MS from UCL makes a big difference, not to mention 2.5 yrs tech experience at NYU:) NYU is actually on my list, would love to do research and experience life at the NYC (I'm currently at the bay area).
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Thanks so much for this thread! I am a international applicant w/ a BS degree from east asia and currently a RA in a top 5 school in the US.
I thought that it would be really competative for international applicants so I applied to a total of 16 programs... basically all the top schools you can name.
Haven't heard anything and super anxious too. Fingercrossed we all get some good news before Christmas :(
2022 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admissions Results
in Biology
Posted · Edited by corticostriatal
Got a interview from UCSD(biological sciences, not the neuroscience one with Salk), Northwesten NUIN and UChicago Neurobiology(phone call) on a roll this afternoon! p.s. I am a international currently in the states