2020 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admission Results

[mitochondria_1]

For those who already did their interview at NYU Sackler, did you received the names of the faculty you are interviewing with the same day? My interview starts tomorrow and I haven't received any email about who I'm interviewing with. 

[Bunnie]

1 hour ago, mitochondria_1 said:

For those who already did their interview at NYU Sackler, did you received the names of the faculty you are interviewing with the same day? My interview starts tomorrow and I haven't received any email about who I'm interviewing with. 

I believe I got my itinerary email with interviewing faculty two days before the interview day. If you haven't yet I'd definitely suggest reaching out to the program admin or whomever sent you the invite email. There's no harm in doing so.

[LilAstro]

3 hours ago, NervousNeuro said:

You got admitted to Drexel? CONGRATS!!! Proud of you girl ?

Thanks I'm super excited!

[LilAstro]

3 hours ago, gene_machine509 said:

Congrats! I've heard great things about Drexel. I have one more interview but I am deciding between Iowa's Genetics program (applied to neuroscience but got routed to genetics instead) and the Behavioral and Neural Sciences program at Rutgers-Newark. 

 

Anyone know much about the Newark area? I'm not sure how far the stipend will go somewhere that close to NYC. 

I'm from Philly, but I don't think Newark is too expensive. Def less than NYC!

[MolaMola]

Has anyone heard back from the UW-Madison NTP since the interviews?

[sirt3]

4 hours ago, gene_machine509 said:

Congrats! I've heard great things about Drexel. I have one more interview but I am deciding between Iowa's Genetics program (applied to neuroscience but got routed to genetics instead) and the Behavioral and Neural Sciences program at Rutgers-Newark. 

 

Anyone know much about the Newark area? I'm not sure how far the stipend will go somewhere that close to NYC. 

Newark is pretty cheap, the main concern is safety. Its not that bad there, but definitely take into account safety when choosing a place to live bc there will be some very affordable options but they may be in areas where you wouldn't want to walk alone at night. Also if you end up going there theres a TON of great food in the area.  (from someone who is from north jersey (20 min from newark) but currently lives in baltimore)

[mitochondria_1]

3 hours ago, Bunnie said:

I believe I got my itinerary email with interviewing faculty two days before the interview day. If you haven't yet I'd definitely suggest reaching out to the program admin or whomever sent you the invite email. There's no harm in doing so.

Thanks for the inf  

[RAYHONG]

Has anyone heard back from CMU PNC interview?

 

[neuroguy177]

On 2/27/2020 at 10:56 AM, RAYHONG said:

Has anyone heard back from CMU PNC interview?

 

not yet

[twirl]

Has anyone heard anything from UCSD post-interview regarding acceptances/wait list?

[spineyneuron]

On 2/26/2020 at 9:34 AM, LilAstro said:

Now that application season is winding down, where has everyone committed/is going to commit? Hope to see you all at future SfNs/conferences and wish you all the best of luck in your career!

I have committed to Drexel University College of Medicine for the PhD program in Neuroscience!

Congrats! I'm headed to University of MD, Baltimore for Neuroscience!

[Fruit Flies]

Has anyone heard from Brown or Brown-NIH?

[Mimititi]

1 hour ago, Fruit Flies said:

Has anyone heard from Brown or Brown-NIH?

Not yet. Sweatin!

[lil_neuron]

On 3/2/2020 at 1:29 PM, twirl said:

Has anyone heard anything from UCSD post-interview regarding acceptances/wait list?

I got a call offering an acceptance. Maybe they stagger the calls?

[twirl]

11 minutes ago, lil_neuron said:

I got a call offering an acceptance. Maybe they stagger the calls?

I got a call yesterday too! Congratulations to you, maybe I'll see you there.

[Fruit Flies]

Just got my acceptance to Brown-NIH. Edit: Also just got into Brown NSGP I can’t believe this!

Edited March 4, 2020 by Fruit Flies

[Mimititi]

6 hours ago, Fruit Flies said:

Just got my acceptance to Brown-NIH. Edit: Also just got into Brown NSGP I can’t believe this!

Congrats! Did you get a call?

[Fruit Flies]

6 hours ago, Mimititi said:

Congrats! Did you get a call?

No, I got an email saying that they wanted to let me know sooner but I can still call if I want.

[Mimititi]

Hey, did anyone here interview at one of the earlier Brandeis weekends? What was your experience like? (You can DM if you don’t want to post publicly!)

[zebrafishfan]

Hey, so I found out I'm waitlisted at my top choice school. It's a pretty competitive school so I'm guessing that the people who received offers there will also have offers from other competitive places, which makes me think there's a chance they'll turn down the offer (from my top choice school). But, I don't want to get my hopes up about getting in. Does anyone know the chances of getting off the waitlist in a situation like this? I spoke with a POI and they told me that they will be strongly advocating for me if a spot opens up.

[gradcafeneurosis]

5 hours ago, zebrafishfan said:

Hey, so I found out I'm waitlisted at my top choice school. It's a pretty competitive school so I'm guessing that the people who received offers there will also have offers from other competitive places, which makes me think there's a chance they'll turn down the offer (from my top choice school). But, I don't want to get my hopes up about getting in. Does anyone know the chances of getting off the waitlist in a situation like this? I spoke with a POI and they told me that they will be strongly advocating for me if a spot opens up.

If Columbia is the school you're thinking of, I spoke to a current student there who got his invite in June!

[LilAstro]

On 3/4/2020 at 4:15 AM, Mimititi said:

Congrats! Did you get a call?

CONGRATS! THATS SO AWESOME!!! So excited for everyone to be hearing back!

[mitochondria_1]

19 hours ago, zebrafishfan said:

Hey, so I found out I'm waitlisted at my top choice school. It's a pretty competitive school so I'm guessing that the people who received offers there will also have offers from other competitive places, which makes me think there's a chance they'll turn down the offer (from my top choice school). But, I don't want to get my hopes up about getting in. Does anyone know the chances of getting off the waitlist in a situation like this? I spoke with a POI and they told me that they will be strongly advocating for me if a spot opens up.

There is hope for you, I heard of cases where students in the waiting list get an offer after April 15th. I hope you hear back good news.

[zebrafishfan]

1 hour ago, mitochondria_1 said:

There is hope for you, I heard of cases where students in the waiting list get an offer after April 15th. I hope you hear back good news.

Thank you! Just unsure how to navigate rescinding my acceptance of another school's offer if I get off the waitlist after April 15th...I guess I'll cross that bridge if/when it comes. 

[Mimititi]

16 minutes ago, zebrafishfan said:

Thank you! Just unsure how to navigate rescinding my acceptance of another school's offer if I get off the waitlist after April 15th...I guess I'll cross that bridge if/when it comes. 

I think you would just have to contact them and thank them for the opportunity but tell them your plans have changed and you were accepted to your top choice. From what I understand, if you haven’t matriculated, you’re a free agent. You’ll definitely want to get advice on it though!

Edited March 5, 2020 by Mimititi