lil kiwi

Yes, sorry I didn't make that clear. I did mean international students who are not in the states.

In my own experience, Internationals do get notified after the domestic students. I think that's also true if you look at the results page on this site for any specific programme (though it could just be the case for the ones I applied to). However, in saying that, I have heard from all of my schools. But don't worry, as long as you haven't gotten a rejection, you're still in with a chance right?

Me too please! http://db.tt/nsqRc1Y

I personally feel that research fit is really important. I guess you need to consider whether UVA will allow you to carry out the research you're interested in, to your full potential. In saying that though, given that you will be living in the area for the next 5+ years, I think it's also important for you to be happy. If Baltimore is horrible, as you put it, then perhaps the tighter budget you'd be on will only make it worse. I think it would be good to figure out how much of a gap the difference in research is, as well as how much you dislike Baltimore and if you'd be happy living there with a (financially) restricted lifestyle. Other things you might want to consider are chances for collaboration, research output of potential PIs, and stats about what graduates of each place go on to do afterwards.

Thanks everyone for the input! I'm finally starting to feel like I'm making an informed decision now, despite not having been to either place. I'll be sure to let you know what I end up going with

Congrats on your offers! The neuroscience programme at Northwestern is interdepartmental: it's actually split over the Evanston campus and the downtown Chicago medical school campus. So hopefully, that would be a nice balance between city and suburb.

It seems I've accidentally piqued people's curiosity about the identity of the schools Northwestern and NYU are the options I'm considering. I'm leaning towards Northwestern at the moment.

I'm one of the neuroscience people! Don't worry, I wouldn't have been at any of the in-person interviews because it would just be far too expensive for the schools to fly me over! Just thought I'd say hi Edit: and no, it's not just you. There does seem to be quite a number of us, or are we just rather vocal?

Unfortunately, I can't help you specifically with your question, but I thought I'd add something else you should consider... You might want to look at not just the reputation and career options afterwards, but also at the 'fit' of the research you might be doing at either place. Are there many members of faculty in the specific field you're interested in? Are their interests well aligned with your own? These are the things I've been considering in my decision making process, and though I've not totally made up my mind, after carefully looking through various faculty's research again, I realised one place was a better "research fit" for me. You mentioned publishing, and I think doing research you are well prepared for, familiar with, and interested in will probably enhance your likelihood of publishing too. Good luck with your choice!

Thanks for covering all of your bases in the answer. I'm not from the states, so any chance you could elaborate on why Manhattan is great?

Yeah it was. It's all good. I received their official rejection a week or so ago. Even if I was successful, I probably wouldn't have been there anyways, given I'm international. Thanks for letting me know though! And the best of luck for your application, got my fingers crossed for you

Thanks I'm not 100% decided yet, but it's looking like I'll be going to Chicago!

Thanks everyone, I'm super excited joenobody0: very creative, I like it! PhD Pharmacist: I applied to Rockefeller, Northwestern, NYU, Cornell, Boston, UIC, UAB and Purdue. I've heard back from all of them now and I'm trying to make my choice

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I'm currently in contact with organising people at one of the offers I'm considering, i.e. assistant director of programme, getting some questions answered etc. Is it bad to mention where my other competitive offer is coming from? Or is it typically better to not let them know who they're 'competing against', so to speak?