2019 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admission Results

[veldter]

Seems practical (though maybe a bit early) to have a thread PhD applications for the 2019 cohort! 

[light1996]

I was looking for this thread actually! what programs have you applied to?

[yash13177]

Hi!! Fellow applicant~

I applied to: Harvard (Neuro), NYU (Neuro), Rockefeller (Bioscience), Stanford (Bioscience), Tufts (Neuro), UCSD (Neuro), UCSF (Neuro), University of Rochester (Neuro), University of Virginia (Neuro), University of Washington (Neuro), Yale (BBS)

11 in total...whew!!

[veldter]

hey!

I'm being really ambitious and probably naive, applying to Stanford biosciences (neuro), MIT brain and cognitive sciences, Cornell neurosciences, Berkeley neuroscience, Upenn neuro, UCSF neuro, UofT medsci, and McGill neuro  how about you @light1996?

[theschuster]

I did UCLA, UCI, UMass Med, BU, and USC. did anyone receive any interviews from these places yet? ?

[Birdman3000]

Hey guys, good luck to all of us!

I did UCSF, OHSU, and UW for Neuro, UCBerk (MCB), UChicago (Biosciences), NYU (Sackler), and UW (MCB).

I got an email from Berkeley the other day that emails for interviews will be coming out first week of January. But nothing other than that 

[light1996]

7 hours ago, veldter said:

hey!

I'm being really ambitious and probably naive, applying to Stanford biosciences (neuro), MIT brain and cognitive sciences, Cornell neurosciences, Berkeley neuroscience, Upenn neuro, UCSF neuro, UofT medsci, and McGill neuro  how about you @light1996?

haha!! at least you're aware that you're being ambitious! that's really great though honestly. Shoot for the moon!! Also a lot of times these big name schools intimidate people so there's not as many people who apply. You have a shot!! I hope you get in wherever is best for you and your journey.

I applied to 10 programs (wan't sure if I should apply to less or more so I just stuck to 10 lol). My PI said he applied to only 2 - Carnegie and somewhere else - but he said not to do that hahah. UCI (Psych), UCI (Neuro), UCLA (Neuro), UCSD (Psych), UCSD (Neuro), UCR (Psych), UCR (Neuro), Stanford Biosciences (Neuro), Berkeley (Psych), and UC Davis (Neuro). I was trying to stay in California.

[light1996]

53 minutes ago, theschuster said:

I did UCLA, UCI, UMass Med, BU, and USC. did anyone receive any interviews from these places yet? ?

Hi! I also applied to UCLA and UCI Neuro. I haven't heard anything just yet but I do know a little bit about the UCI INP program since the lab I am currently in is part of the INP. Their recruitment period when they conduct interviews is mid-January and end of January. They probably won't send out emails for a little while. If any PI's do preliminary interviews, that's above my knowledge.

[Madhattress]

Hi! I was extremely insecure and applied to 15 programs - BU (Biomedical Sciences), Northwestern (Neuro), Vanderbilt (Biomed Sciences), Baylor College of Medicine (Neuro), U of Utah (Neuro), Purdue (Life Sciences),  Uof Rochester (Neuro), Van Andel Research Institute, Wake Forest (Neuro), U of Pittsburgh (Neuro), Stony Brook (Neuro), U of Colorado-Boulder (Neuro), Penn State (Neuro), UT Health San Antonio (Neuro), Brandeis (Neuro). 

 

Has anyone heard from any of these universities?

[Ntwadumela]

On 12/6/2018 at 12:16 AM, yash13177 said:

Hi!! Fellow applicant~

I applied to: Harvard (Neuro), NYU (Neuro), Rockefeller (Bioscience), Stanford (Bioscience), Tufts (Neuro), UCSD (Neuro), UCSF (Neuro), University of Rochester (Neuro), University of Virginia (Neuro), University of Washington (Neuro), Yale (BBS)

11 in total...whew!!

Hey! 

 

@yash13177 we basically applied to the same schools haha.

[maya123z]

On 12/6/2018 at 2:16 AM, yash13177 said:

Hi!! Fellow applicant~

I applied to: Harvard (Neuro), NYU (Neuro), Rockefeller (Bioscience), Stanford (Bioscience), Tufts (Neuro), UCSD (Neuro), UCSF (Neuro), University of Rochester (Neuro), University of Virginia (Neuro), University of Washington (Neuro), Yale (BBS)

11 in total...whew!!

Lots of overlap between us! Hopefully we'll meet at interviews ?

My list: Stanford (neuro), UNC (BBSP), UCSD (BMS), UCSD (neuro), MIT (brain and cognitive), Harvard (neuro), UCSF (BMS), Scripps, NIH/Johns Hopkins joint program, U Penn (neuro), Boston U (neuro)

[vjysd]

Hey everyone!

I'm an international applicant and I was super stressed about applying to neuro programs since my background is in engineering (applying to computational neuroscience). I applied to Stanford (neuro), Harvard (neuro), UCSD (neuro), Princeton (neuro), UCB-UCSF (Joint BioE), MIT-Harvard (HST), Upenn (BioE). Good luck to everyone and I hope to meet you guys at interviews!

[maya123z]

Just got my first interview invitation from U Penn (neuro)!

[impalathief]

Heya!!

8 minutes ago, maya123z said:

Just got my first interview invitation from U Penn (neuro)!

Congrats @maya123z!!!

I applied to 9 neuro programs (psych background with 2 years post-bac in a neuro lab): UNC (BBSP), WashU (DBBS), UMinnesota, UMichigan (direct neuro), Johns Hopkins, UMaryland,-Baltimore, UWashington, UCSD (neuro), and Northwestern (nuin). 

Good luck everyone!

[blackprodigy]

Hey guys! I just got my first invite from UNC BBSP! So excited.

I'm so applying to Vandy (IGP), UAB, UTSW, WashU, Weill Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, and Yale.

Good luck to all! The waiting game continues...

[glialstar]

Hey all!

I applies to 7 programs (lucky number hopefully lol)- Mayo Clinic, Weill Cornell, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, USUHS, and Princeton. 

Ive been living in a state of constant stress, so I made a suspected list of release dates for these programs based on past years interview notifications ?

[glialstar]

10 hours ago, blackprodigy said:

Hey guys! I just got my first invite from UNC BBSP! So excited.

I'm so applying to Vandy (IGP), UAB, UTSW, WashU, Weill Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, and Yale.

Good luck to all! The waiting game continues...

We have half in common! Ill keep my fingers crossed for the both of us lol

[3150733]

Hi all!

Figured I would post something here because I keep checking this thread anyways! I applied to 9 programs, most of which have not been represented by posters yet (most are less intense programs that are midwestern). Hopefully I can provide some updates for any other chronic lurkers that feel somewhat intimidated by some of these program lists ?

[k1239]

20 hours ago, blackprodigy said:

Hey guys! I just got my first invite from UNC BBSP! So excited.

I'm so applying to Vandy (IGP), UAB, UTSW, WashU, Weill Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, and Yale.

Good luck to all! The waiting game continues...

When did you send your applications in? Especially for the UNC?

 

Edited December 9, 2018 by kate_111

[lmk94]

This is my third year applying and the anxiety does not get any better as the years go on! First year was exclusively PhD programs (for Fall '16), second year was master's programs (for Fall '17, which I got into and am finishing up now), now trying for PhD again. This is my year, I can feel it!

My list: University of Toronto (psych), Brock University (psych), University of Guelph (psych), University of Western Ontario (neuro), McMaster University (neuro) 

Some of my applications aren't even due until mid-January, so I have a long wait ahead of me! I continue to obsessively read this thread and envy all of the super quick American interview invites... 

[yash13177]

On 12/7/2018 at 10:01 PM, Ntwadumela said:

Hey! 

 

@yash13177 we basically applied to the same schools haha.

Hahaha looks like both aimed high!!! Fingers crossed for you

[yash13177]

On 12/7/2018 at 10:24 PM, maya123z said:

Lots of overlap between us! Hopefully we'll meet at interviews ?

My list: Stanford (neuro), UNC (BBSP), UCSD (BMS), UCSD (neuro), MIT (brain and cognitive), Harvard (neuro), UCSF (BMS), Scripps, NIH/Johns Hopkins joint program, U Penn (neuro), Boston U (neuro)

Would love to cross paths!! Fingers and toes crossed for us!! (I have friends at UCSD, MIT and UCSF if you ever have any unanswered questions!)

[k8e]

so glad someone made this thread! i'm a current senior undergrad at NYU in the neuro dept, so if anyone has any questions about it lmk! though idk if i can answer them. 

I applied to 8 schools, UMichigan (direct to Neuro), Berkeley (Neuro), Vanderbilt (Neuro), Hopkins (Neuro), Yale (BBS), UPenn (Neuro), UCSD (Neuro), and OHSU (NGP). 

the wait for interview invitations is paralyzing but hopefully they start to come by soon :)) 

[immerbesserwerden]

Anyone here also applying to programs in Germany?

Edited December 9, 2018 by immerbesserwerden

[immerbesserwerden]

9 minutes ago, k8e said:

so glad someone made this thread! i'm a current senior undergrad at NYU in the neuro dept, so if anyone has any questions about it lmk! though idk if i can answer them. 

I applied to 8 schools, UMichigan (direct to Neuro), Berkeley (Neuro), Vanderbilt (Neuro), Hopkins (Neuro), Yale (BBS), UPenn (Neuro), UCSD (Neuro), and OHSU (NGP). 

the wait for interview invitations is paralyzing but hopefully they start to come by soon :)) 

Oof I applied to Sackler and GSAS (neural science). I just love NYC to death...hope can hear back from either of them soon!