2020 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admission Results

[TC886]

Just received invitation from MIT BCS program

Edited December 18, 2019 by TC886

[sirt3]

30 minutes ago, TC886 said:

Just received invitation from MIT BCS program

If you don't mind my asking, was it by phone or email?

[TC886]

28 minutes ago, sirt3 said:

If you don't mind my asking, was it by phone or email?

By email, but it's not an official notification from committee, it's from the PI that I am interested in, seems they've already decided the 1st batch.

[siguy]

Just heard from the office that Brown will send out interview request in  the first week of January, which wasn't the case for last year

[sirt3]

47 minutes ago, siguy said:

Just heard from the office that Brown will send out interview request in  the first week of January, which wasn't the case for last year

Do you know if that's only for brown neuroscience or for brown NIH-GPP as well??

[siguy]

44 minutes ago, sirt3 said:

Do you know if that's only for brown neuroscience or for brown NIH-GPP as well??

Not so sure. I just asked when the interview invites for neuroscience program would come out. 

[eigenanxiety]

11 hours ago, worried_sick said:

Looks like UC Irvine neuroscience invites are out. Does anyone know if they send out all mails together, or have a separate date for international applicants

My friend is an international applicant and she got her UCI invite email this morning

[Neuromag]

4 hours ago, TC886 said:

Just received invitation from MIT BCS program

Congratulations! Would you mind sharing your info and profile?

 

[sixelanic]

Would it be frowned upon to email the adcoms and ask when they are expecting to send out interview invites/rejections? I'm getting a bit anxious since I'm traveling in a few days and won't be able to check email for a long period of time!

[liamhohoho]

21 hours ago, pipettestan said:

This! I applied to 11 schools last year and got rejected from all of them. Got one interview so far and I'm already pretty happy!

Hi, I was wondering if you heard from UC Davis neuroscience program? Thank you.

 

13 hours ago, Claire_98 said:

Any international applicants here got any notifications yet? Is this week the final chance of getting interview before January? I cannot stop refreshing my email every ten minutes......

 

The same. I am an International student form China

[lencarn]

Invitation from Caltech

[wneuro]

1 hour ago, lencarn said:

Invitation from Caltech

Which program? Do you mind sharing stats

[wneuro]

I’m an international student and received an interview invitation for UCI yesterday!

[lencarn]

11 minutes ago, wneuro said:

Which program? Do you mind sharing stats

Neurobio

my stats are in a previous post

[gre.egg]

I got an (informal) acceptance the the University of Nevada, Reno Neuroscience PhD program. I don't know why they made the offer so early. Has anyone else heard anything from UNR? I think I am an outlier.

[gaultiero]

International, unofficially notified that i'm on the list for Skype interview for UT Austin Neuro. Dates not confirmed, but in Jan 2020

Edited December 18, 2019 by gaultiero

[TC886]

7 hours ago, Neuromag said:

Congratulations! Would you mind sharing your info and profile?

 

International, male, Nanyang Technological University Bachelor of Computer science, GPA 4.67/5

GRE V163 Q170 W4.5

Two years PostBac in National University of Singapore, research on prefrontal function in primates via single units recording

One 1st author under review (bioRxiv), one 2nd author Nature Communications, one 1st author conference paper (undergrad), and a few posters (SfN 2019 poster)

To be honest I don't think my package strong enough for MIT (unless my 1st author paper is published, which is unlikely this year). But the PI in MIT seemed to have read my preprint on bioRxiv and commented on it (thanks internet and tweeter!), so he probably knows my work. I guess that's the main reason why I could get a chance without any network in MIT and being international.

 

Edited December 19, 2019 by TC886

[TC886]

3 hours ago, gaultiero said:

International, unofficially notified that i'm on the list for Skype interview for UT Austin Neuro. Dates not confirmed, but in Jan 2020

Congratulations~~~!

[neuroguy177]

Does anyone know if University of Washington is still sending invites for its neuroscience program?

[Polar]

1 hour ago, TC886 said:

International, male, Nanyang Technological University Bachelor of Computer science, GPA 4.67/5

GRE V163 Q170 W4.5

Two years PostBac in National University of Singapore, research on prefrontal function in primates via single units recording

One 1st author under review (bioRxiv), one 2nd author Nature Communications, one 1st author conference paper (undergrad), and a few posters (SfN 2019 poster)

To be honest I don't think my package strong enough for MIT (unless my 1st author paper is published, which is unlikely this year). But the PI in MIT seemed to have read my preprint on bioRxiv and commented on it (thanks internet and tweeter!), so he probably knows my work. I guess that's the main reason why I could get a chance without any network in MIT and being international.

 

Congratulations! I think your profile looks strong, and sometimes professors like students with a computer science background.

Do you mind sharing what other programs you applied?

[TC886]

2 hours ago, Polar said:

Congratulations! I think your profile looks strong, and sometimes professors like students with a computer science background.

Do you mind sharing what other programs you applied?

Just received interview invitation from UC Berkeley as well.

[siguy]

Received interview invitation from UCB

[worried_sick]

11 hours ago, wneuro said:

I’m an international student and received an interview invitation for UCI yesterday!

Do you mind sharing your stats?

[NeuroGal1]

does Berkeley send their invitations in batches normally? Just saw somebody received one yst.

[ftb]

46 minutes ago, NeuroGal1 said:

does Berkeley send their invitations in batches normally? Just saw somebody received one yst.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like they did last year.