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On 1/11/2022 at 7:31 PM, maplelatte said:
I had mine today (organic)! Really simple questions (this is what I remember):
1. Talk about a time in your research where you had an exciting result/something you were proud of.
2. Talk about a challenging time and what you did.
3/4. Why do you want a PhD and what drives you to get one?
Good luck tomorrow! They were quite nice. They did ask a couple follow up questions regarding my research, but I wasn't being grilled by any means.
Had my caltech interview today (chem bio) and they also asked me these exact questions with a few follow up regrading my research.
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On 1/10/2022 at 8:39 PM, reaction said:
Has anyone else received an email from Chicago on the updated application status? I accessed the site but can't seem to find a change, except if memory serves correctly, an "Attention International Admitted students" notice.
I think this is a positive sign, but I'm not certain. Should I give the site more time to be updated fully(?)?
On 1/10/2022 at 8:43 PM, maplelatte said:Yes! I'm having the same issue with the portal. Maybe it gets resolved in the morning?
On 1/10/2022 at 9:07 PM, chemnerd101 said:Same issues with the portal for me, if anyone is wondering about stipends...because they didn't say anything officially yet I'm not sure (hoping they'll send stipend and visit weekend info soon), but I have a friend that's currently a PhD student there and said the stipend is higher than most places despite Chicago not being too expensive for a major city.
The portal issue had been resolved btw. Really competitive stipend in my opinion.
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4 minutes ago, chem3097 said:
Likewise, what area are you?
chem bio, what about you?
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I was starting to think caltech might reject me since I didn't receive an interview invite last week but I just got an invitation for a 10-minute interview. The dates are Jan 13th and Jan 18th.
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1 minute ago, chemnerd101 said:
I talked to a PI last week and he said the department is most likely changing it, possibly to March because of COVID. But even the PI's have no idea when it will actually take place and will find out whenever official acceptances are sent out. I'm concerned because that may conflict with visit weekends at some California schools ?
Oh that's interesting...not sure if the COVID situation would be better or worse by then...but hopefully a lot better...Hopefully they fix this issue soon so we could access stipends/fellowship information
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3 minutes ago, chemnerd101 said:
Same issues with the portal for me, if anyone is wondering about stipends...because they didn't say anything officially yet I'm not sure (hoping they'll send stipend and visit weekend info soon), but I have a friend that's currently a PhD student there and said the stipend is higher than most places despite Chicago not being too expensive for a major city.
I believe the two visiting weekends are Feb 3-4 (online) and Feb 23-24 (online or hybrid). Glad I'm not the only one having this issue.
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On 1/8/2022 at 11:37 PM, maplelatte said:
I'm in the same boat (only unofficial)–– glad to know they haven't sent official offers at all, I was starting to wonder.
Received an email from grad admission that an update has been posted to the U Chicago portal but I couldn't find how to access the update after logging into my portal. Are you having the same problem?
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Does any know how much the stipend is for U Chicago? I've only received an unofficial offer from a PI, no official offer yet.
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1 minute ago, spheniscidae21 said:
I just saw someone posted a rejection from Berkeley. This is the first rejection I have seen in this cycle and I was wondering if anyone in organic heard from Berkeley.
nope, still waiting for Berkeley, Caltech, and Harvard
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On 12/23/2021 at 1:05 AM, aprilrains said:
Got an offer from Yale today but didn't actually get an email (letter/status update was in portal). Anyone else have this happen? Also is anyone willing to share stipend offers? I was given 38k from Yale.
I also was given 38k from Yale
2022 Chemistry Admissions Cycle Thread
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I didn't apply to MIT or Columbia but was admitted to Northwestern on Jan 5 via phone call followed by an official letter a few hours later on the same day. I'm organic/chem bio.