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Absolutely email... I hadn't heard anything from my top choice and was starting to get antsy (today marks 1 month since my interview and I had heard nothing). So, I emailed my POI to follow up from the interview. I was then told by another faculty member that I had been wait listed and that he was more interested in taking me on as a student than my POI had been (on my personal statement I had actually listed 3 potential POIs and was assigned to interview with one that, apparently, was not a good fit). I told him I would definitely be interested in working with him and his research is more like what I'm currently doing anyway. So, the moral of the story is that by emailing someone, not only did I 1) get news that I would not have gotten otherwise, but I also may have 2) improved my chances of getting in overall by hearing from a faculty member that is more interested and communicating reciprocal interest. Really, I can't imagine it would hurt to email. The worst it does is show that you're interested enough to hassle them. As other posters said, just be sure to be polite!

Seems like there's a lot of variation in the time period between an interview and a decision. I've heard back from two so far and one informed me over a month after interviewing (Drexel) and the other informed me after about two weeks (Rutgers). Still waiting on another (UDelaware), and that interview had happened in between the other two. I had been taking it as a sign that I won't get in, but now I'm not so sure. Any thoughts? Has anyone else gotten good news after waiting a very long time to hear it?

I don't know why they call it an open house, it doesn't sound "open" at all. I received an email yesterday with the open house invitation as a .pdf attachment (no text in the body of the email either, it struck me as strange). Were you applying to Rutgers - New Brunswick? Here's an excerpt from the attached invitation: I don't know if yesterday was the only day they were sending out invitations, perhaps more will come. Good luck!

To follow up on my previous question (if anyone else was wondering), I just heard from Rutgers - New Brunswick today about the cognitive "open house", which looks like the interview/prospectives day. So there are some schools still sending out interview invites. I commiserate with all the other UPenn rejection recipients. Good luck everyone!

Cognitive programs, huzzah! I've applied for Ph.D. programs at the following schools: UCal @ Berkeley Brandeis MIT UPenn Penn State UDelaware Drexel Temple Rutgers - New Brunswick Princeton Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (neuroscience) Johns Hopkins University Columbia So far I've got interviews with Drexel and UDelaware, 3 faculty members total (2 at Drexel). No rejections, but obviously they're coming. Has anyone applied to Rutgers and heard anything? From looking through this thread I've given up hope on MIT, UPenn, and Princeton. (Hi LJK! Guess who! )