littleberber

Hi! I'm a senior who is now applying for Chemistry PhD this year. Last year because of the pandemic our school gave us the option to have one class as credit/no credit mode and it wouldn't affect our GPA. I'm a chemistry major and biochem is not required for my major. But because I didn't have any other class to take, I took biochem along with advanced organic and the second semester of p chem. And turns out my professor was really slow at grading and not a great professor, so I ended up putting my biochem class as credit/no credit. I was wondering would this affect my grad school application? Given that biochem is not required for my major and I'm just taking it to explore more fields of chemistry? Any opinions and insights would be appreciated!! P.S.: Just a litte bit background, my GPA is 3.92 and my major GPA is 3.91.

Hey, I'm a senior college student applying for chemistry PhD this year. Just wondering have you emailed any professors from MIT during the application process? Thanks!

Do you all think this year's admission cycle is more competitive or less competitive compare to last year? Also just wondering, if you email professors from the graduate school before hand and they said they strongly encourage you to apply and they will keep an eye out for your application, does that mean you have a good chance of getting in? Sorry, just submitted my application and got too nervous so I was rambling lol