neurochurro99
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19 hours ago, neurochurro99 said:
I just heard back from Sandra and she says I’ve been waitlisted. It’s better than rejection at least!
Just heard back from Shelley and she said I am on the next list off offers to be sent out. If anyone got an offer from BU GPN and is planning on declining, please please please go ahead and do so to save my sanity!
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4 minutes ago, neuro2021herewego said:
I messaged the office and they will let you know if you are waitlisted, etc.
I just heard back from Sandra and she says I’ve been waitlisted. It’s better than rejection at least!
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1 minute ago, neurochurro99 said:
They did? Well this isn't how I hoped the day would go lol.....
Maybe they are rolling out based on tracks? I applied to the comp neuro.
Where are people posting their acceptances?
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29 minutes ago, ManifoldsAreMadeUp said:
I know that BU has already sent out offers to some early last week. They seem to be rolling them out slowly by prioritization.
They did? Well this isn't how I hoped the day would go lol.....
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32 minutes ago, neuro2021herewego said:
I really hope BU gets back to us sooner rather than later.... I know they said two weeks so it would be nice to hear back already!
IKR! I'm trying not to read too much into one of the PI's I met with having said 'I hope to see you at BU!' in his reply to an interview followup/thank you email I sent. I don't want to get my hopes up but I'm cautiously optimistic!
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Just got the rejection from Columbia NBB. The only consolation is that the coordinator said they had to take a much smaller cohort this cycle because they had so many people from last year defer to this year. It just sucks because I have been doing everything right throughout undergrad preparing to be a competitive applicant for grad school and bc of COVID most schools are only taking a fraction of the normal amount of students this cycle bc of all the deferrals from last year
Here's to hoping there's positive news from BU later this week!
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Is the general deadline for decisions April 15th or April 1st?
I'm still waiting to hear back from 2 schools so I'm hoping its the former not the latter since that will give me more time to decide.
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5 hours ago, snowbaby said:
Is there anyone who's still waiting to hear back from Columbia? I interviewed the second weekend, it the Neurobio of behavior and cognition track (Darcy). I'm not sure if I should do something since everyone I know that had applied to Columbia received some news on their application, and I emailed Darcy on Monday but haven't received any replies... Am I the only one?
Me too! I also interviewed for the neurobiology of behavior and cognition track. I attended the first weekend and still haven't heard anything back despite Darcy telling me she'd be in touch soon on 2/22. I'm not sure if this means I'm rejected or on the waitlist or could still hold out hope for getting an acceptance.
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Still haven't heard anything back from Columbia despite the coordinator telling me they'd be in touch soon on 2/22. I'm not sure if this means I'm rejected or on the waitlist or could still hold out hope for getting an acceptance. It's weird having interviewed 6 weeks ago and still being in limbo.
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For everyone who interviewed last week for BU's GPN, I'm really hoping that we hear back soon!
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19 hours ago, NeuroKween said:
Honestly can someone ask a co-director at Columbia what’s going on? I already emailed a week ago, so I can’t really do that again, lol.
18 hours ago, Neuronancer said:One of the grad students in a lab I interviewed in told me that it's not uncommon for them to send out decisions in late March and told me to wait until then before emailing for an update so I guess we just have to keep being patient. From what I've heard, they're still making decisions.
We should go ahead and start a Columbia waiting anxiety support group. It's been like 6 weeks since I attended the first interview weekend and I've been on edge since then ?
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1 hour ago, NeuroKween said:
Anyone got offers from Columbia today? Particularly from Darcy/systems and circuits track?
I applied neurobiology of behavior and cognition and haven't heard anything yet as well. Fingers crossed for you!
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2 minutes ago, snowbaby said:
I applied to Neurobiology of behavior track and also have no news ?
Same girl! I though for sure we would hear by today!
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I guess Columbia is really trying to make us all sweat on these admission decisions. I couldn't think of anything else all weekend. ?
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19 hours ago, NeuroKween said:
I got an email from Darcy a week after my interview saying this:
“I'm writing to let you know that the Systems Admissions Committee for NB&B at Columbia was impressed by your application and reports on your interviews. Our second open house is February 12th so we are going to wait until we can meet the week of the 15th to make final decisions on offers of Admission.”
so I guess we should know soon!
Hmm I'm wondering if I didn't receive that email if I can already count myself out. At least we'll know soon!
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2 hours ago, NeuroKween said:
I received an email that told me that decisions are made on the 15th, so it would make sense that they start to roll out on the 19th/20th!
Who did you receive the email from? I haven't heard anything since the interview weekend in January.
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Is anyone else dying from anxiety post Columbia NBB interview?
I know they still haven't sent out most offers since the second interview weekend is this week, but I can't help but drive myself crazy replaying everything I could have done better (since it was my first round of interviews).
It's my top choice and I know I'll be heart broken if I don't get in.
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3 minutes ago, qwerty2200 said:
I just checked my application status for Georgia Tech and had a decision letter from there!
Was it on the application portal?
I got a web invite to their program information session (so I assume that's a good sign) but when I log into the application portal I don't see any update.
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13 hours ago, Smoothbrain said:
It might be track specific. I assume it applies to everyone honestly
What track did you apply to?
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On 2/3/2021 at 4:34 PM, NeuroKween said:
I see! I think it sounds similar to mine, tbh. .
On 2/3/2021 at 3:57 PM, Smoothbrain said:I think it's interesting that they're telling everyone different things. My email came from Wesley. Here's what mine said:
We were able to extend very few offers of admission after our first open house and will make the vast majority of our offers after our second open house in two weeks. We remain very enthusiastic and we will be considering your application together with all others at that time.
I didn't get one of these emails so I'm still clinging on to hope that I'll get one?
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On 2/3/2021 at 12:26 PM, qwerty2200 said:
I applied to Emory's psych program so they may be on a different schedule, but I have the formal interview there this Friday. I also applied to Georgia Tech's cognition & brain science program and haven't heard anything!
Yeah I had a PI at Tech tell me that they don't do interviews the same way most places do, rather they make an admission decision and then have you meet with the faculty.
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That moment when your BU interview invitation goes to your spam box and you don't see it for over a week and stress yourself out for not hearing back yet ?
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Has anyone heard anything from Emory & Georgetown neuro and Georgia Tech's cognition and brain science prog?
2021 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admissions Results
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Yesterday was the best day ever! I accepted into Boston University's GPN and received the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Can't wait to start working towards my PhD in Computational Neuroscience in the fall!
To everyone still waiting to hear back or who are currently waitlisted at their top choice, don't give up or let it get you down! Even if you don't get in to your top choice (or any where this application cycle), take consolidation that between university budget cuts, the amount of students who deferred a year last cycle, and the waiving of the GRE requirements, this was one of the toughest grad application cycles in probably the past decade and thankfully it is almost over!
The fact that you are on this forum means you are invested in your career in neuroscience and I have no doubt that you will succeed no matter what obstacles are thrown your way!