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great to see this year people talking about going to universities like UNC, UT-Austin, Colorado, Michigan, UC-Davis, Rochester, Utah etc etc....... last year I only saw people talking MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Scripps etc etc ... and made me feel like only these schools were great.... and others were not so great ........ I am an international student and my knowledge about US grad schools was not so great before actually joining a school and hence I wondered before accepting the offer whether any school outside the Ivy Leagues and Scripps was actually that good ....

@TakeruK dat was an extensive reply ...... thnks a lot ..... I was mostly concerned by the fact step 4 is yet to happen in my case .....=> i.e contact by International office with the questionnaire .....

^^^^^^^^^^ well the diffcult part is to get the interview appointment (for countries where lot of students apply for visa - India nd China) ..... after the interview its only matter of a week ...... btw I am frm India (written in profile) ....

i did that couple of weeks, asking that do I need to send any documents or else regarding admissions process ..... they replied that they will ask for the stuff required ...... well since then havent heard from them ....

well ... I had accepted the offer around march 15th .....the departmental grad. admissions officer replied promptly that she will be starting the admissions process .... well its been almost 35 days since, neither have I received my I-20 yet, nor been contacted by either of dept. admission officer or International admission office ..... and hence I am starting to panic now it takes around 2-3 months to get visa, so I must receive the I-20 no later than mid- May ...... is there a way I can expedite the process ?? or is it that the universities take fairly long to process and send the I-20 form ??

well publications in undergrad definitely will strengthen your apps ...... but it also matters how good are the letters from research supervisors and how well you document your research experience in your SOP ..... and if you browse the chemistry forum you will find out that lot of applicants have got admitted in great schools even without publications ..... and you will soon find out it is difficult to define anything in grad apps ....

well... I thought I was the only international guy who is in a severe state of panic regarding I-20 !! its been exactly one month since I accepted the offer, and dept. admission officer replied that he/she will start the admission process ..... but never heard back from univ. admission office or dept. admission officer ............

Starting a thread for Uof Utah ..... Anybody heading to the U Utah for grad school ??

So ....... I accepted an admission offer ..... which was followed by an email from POI regarding possible research topics and other things ...... So, she asked me in email wht r my interests and what is that I would like to learn about during my ph.d..!! I have no idea how to answer the second qs. i.e " what is that I would like to learn about during my ph.d " ... Plz help ......

U Utah ~ $22000 (base) + $1735 (Health Insurance)

applied to Queen's Ph.D program (chemistry) ........ got reply from a potential supervisor after mandatory pre-apps who encouraged to submit the main apps ....... eagerly waiting now ....

same here .... havent heard from Boston yet .... ( among the 5 universities I applied it was of the earliest deadline of Jan1) .....

@alphaproton when did you heard from Notre Dame ??

The guy (International) who got accepted in Notre Dame and posted result, mind sharing the stats and what in type of chemistry got the acceptance ??

which university it is ?? same thing happened to me at Utah.... fortunately the graduate adm. assistant asked for my GRE score report via email ........

Same here .... i also haven't heard yet at any one ......I applied too in theory (nd I am international) nd havnt heard yet anything ....

Wht r ur stats ..nd research experience ?? I have also applied in theoretical ....

Me too applied to BU ...submitted the supplemental essay around 6th Jan ...... haven't heard yet ....

god same here .... applied three ...... one of my recommender send the letter to one of the 3 universities quite sometime before the deadline.... after that there's no movement frm his side ....... send him a reminder email a week ago .....and no response ...... from the rest two ... one of them's deadline is already passed .... nd the crappy thing is he was not on holiday ...nd was right there throughout the last week ..... (i am an international student and here we dont have extended x-mas or new year holiday ..... just have a holiday on 25th Dec and 1st Jan ... rest of the days are working days as usual) ....

thnks ......... that is really really helpful .... got a direction of wht path to follow !!!! ..... I was really lost on this essay for the last few days (they only mailed this essay request some 3 or 4 days earlier !!! Hope to see u in Boston next fall !!!!!

Boston Univ. asks for a supplemental essay after submitting the grad.school apps. Following is the prompt : " Graduate school is a major challenge that requires one to overcome setbacks along the way. Please describe a major, long-term endeavor you have undertaken in the past. The endeavor that you choose to describe does not need to be related to chemistry, nor even academics. Moreover, if you have already discussed a major endeavor in chemistry in your personal statement, please choose a different topic for this purpose. Address in your essay the following points: • What was your motivation for this undertaking? • What strategies did you devise to ensure you would make progress? • What setbacks did you encounter along the way? Did your initial plan change in response to these setbacks? How? • Did you ultimately complete what you set out to do? If so, how? If not, why? " So, I have got no idea what or how to write the essay !!!!! Any suggestion will be highly appreciated ?? btw I am a Ph.D applicant in Chemistry ...........

anybody applied to Univ. of Utah ?? if so plzz reply to this post !!! I have a question regarding application process n all .............. .........Got no response from Grad. Adms Officer for a week ...maybe he is on a holiday !!!!!!!

gr8 ......everybody getting acceptances so early ....especially internationals ..... nd I believe surprisingly most of the early acceptances are in organic chemistry ........

Lol ......what poor moneybag ETS is ..... hopefully they will mail at least within next few days ...........

Thanks..... I did the same .....however I contacted the dept. ....they didnt respond ...... Then I guess I dont need to send any bank statements or Financial Sponsorship Certification form with my application packet ....do I ??