Okay I lied, maybe there is NO hope because I looked at the Neuroscience specific program website which states:
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What is the admissions timeline for the Neuroscience PHD program?
Completed applications will be reviewed throughout December and early January. Interview invitations will be made via e-mail towards the end of December and early January. Interviews are conducted in February. Admission recommendations are made in late February. We abide by the Council of Graduate School’s Resolution of acceptance of financial offers of support by April 15. ”
:’(
After browsing Reddit for my desperate pleas to hear back from UCLA, a user pointed out that the Bioscience website (Umbrella program for Neuro) states that there will be THREE interview weekends!?
“The review process begins in December, and highly-ranked applicants are invited to UCLA for a personal interview on a weekend in January, February, or March. ”
https://bioscience.ucla.edu/admissions-overview/
maybe there is hope!!!