Faraday

I think you might find the answer to this question in one of the many previous posts on that topic...

brown donkey

Thanks, and this is a good sign! The fact that they are taking the time to interview you means you must be one of the top candidates they are looking at accepting. I imagine for international applicants the phone/skype interview is a more normal thing because they have to be more selective and they want to make sure (in an interview) that they have the right person that they want to accept. Just be prepared to talk about your research, some of the research in the department which interests you and why, and why you want to go to CSU to get a PhD in the first place and you'll be fine.

I admit my knowledge of the fine arts is limited, but I just want to say you were quite clever with the topic title and for that I applaud you.

Congrats to you too! I can't wait to visit. It'll be my second time visiting out there after going to CSU at the end of February.

Speak of the devil. I just got an unofficial acceptance email from a PI mentioned in my SOP. Nice way to wrap up the day when I got rejected by Princeton!

It seems there was a flurry of Princerton rejections today, myself included. To anyone who still hasn't heard back yet: I imagine you must be on a waitlist of sorts, so stay positive!

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scare tactics

Yes, I think you are correct. When I read through the previous years' threads, I do not recall anyone saying they were rejected post-interview at Scripps.

To me, herein lies your problem. You want to go to a "prestigious school" for the sake of it being prestigious, but the real reason someone goes to a prestigious school is to have a good mentoring and research experience (you want your PI to shape you into a brilliant scientist). A "prestigious" institution has that reputation because more often than not the people working there are pretty good at doing just that (the best professors in the world like to hire the best fellow faculty members...). Furthermore, a university ranked "Top 100" in the world isn't necessarily going to have a great chemistry program. For example, Duke, Brown, and NYU are hardly known for their chemistry prowess... I find it hard to believe people are this narrow-minded. The point is that a "lesser ranked" university with a PI who you can connect with, have strong mutual research interests, and someone with a strong track record for bringing up good students (see the alumni page) in the way of research technique, publishing ability, grant writing, etc. should surely give more value to your graduate studies than a PI at a more "prestigious university" who really doesn't care much about your scientific development. The kicker is that as a lesser ranked school you could have a better shot of getting in there as well...

Someone else on here was accepted to both and he is going on separate weekends. Why don't you look into doing that? I don't imagine you would have the best experience at either school if you tried to cram them both into one weekend (half the interaction with students/profs/etc. for each school...) unless it was an extended weekend (Thursday-Sunday).

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maple leaves

That sounds about right. 20-25% is a pretty standard rate when everything is all said and done.

No, although I am hoping I hear back soon. Based on previous years it looks like the last week in January is their normal time for sending out acceptances.

sleeping beauty

Yes, you have a chance... Nobody can really give you a definitive answer one way or another, since we can't evaluate the most important parts of your application (research, SOP, LORs). Just take it easy and wait to see where the chips fall. It's out of your hands now.

Yes, I know that. It would be nice to be able to start learning how to handle that stuff on my own though, since I imagine 26 will approach quite quickly while in grad school.

red rover

Health insurance is not included in that either, which has to be purchased at an additional price, so it is definately on the low side of stipends. That said, if it is what they offer the graduate students I'm sure it is livable, otherwise they would have a hard time keeping them around so I won't stress too much about it. Yes, I imagine there will be a significant number of organic people there, relative to the other disciplines.

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