heistotron Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, shoyemiademola said: Unrelated but what research field do you guys think is most popular among ChemE departments? Curious as well. My uni's department (R1) has a fairly even mix of cancer biology, biofuels, catalysis, computational and modeling, materials, polymers, and even process optimization. The one thing my department does not have is electrochemistry (afaik this field is becoming more and more uncommon amongst ChemE departments). Amongst applicants, I'd wager the most popular research field would be some form of bio-engineering, whether it be in biomaterials, biocatalysis, protein engineering/therapeutics, and synthetic biology. Edited January 1, 2020 by heistotron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoyemiademola Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 4 hours ago, heistotron said: Curious as well. My uni's department (R1) has a fairly even mix of cancer biology, biofuels, catalysis, computational and modeling, materials, polymers, and even process optimization. The one thing my department does not have is electrochemistry (afaik this field is becoming more and more uncommon amongst ChemE departments). Amongst applicants, I'd wager the most popular research field would be some form of bio-engineering, whether it be in biomaterials, biocatalysis, protein engineering/therapeutics, and synthetic biology. I tend to feel like Energy research (including PV cells and electrochemistry) is less sought after by applicants. That's the impression I get from being on various forums. I wonder if being interested in a field with less applicants (assuming there are faculty in that area) boost chances in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemEBear Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Just got some insider's news about Princeton: They will be sending out acceptance letters on Jan 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020bioE Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, ChemEBear said: Just got some insider's news about Princeton: They will be sending out acceptance letters on Jan 15th. Out of curiosity, who'd you hear that from? Not that I doubt you, seems like previous years had a similar timeline. Also, do you know if Princeton does any sort of campus visits or interviews for accepted students? Congrats on Stanford btw! Edited January 6, 2020 by 2020bioE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemEBear Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, 2020bioE said: Out of curiosity, who'd you hear that from? Not that I doubt you, seems like previous years had a similar timeline. Also, do you know if Princeton does any sort of campus visits or interviews for accepted students? Congrats on Stanford btw! I have a friend/former colleague who is a graduate student in Princeton's CBE PhD program. His PI (who is one of my POI I wrote about in my SOP) asked him about me, and told my friend about the 1/15 email date. My friend just delivered the same message to me. Princeton does have campus visits! No interviews. My friend shared with me that there will be two weekends we can choose between to attend, if accepted: 2/13-16 or 2/27-3/1. Edited January 6, 2020 by ChemEBear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020bioE Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 36 minutes ago, ChemEBear said: I have a friend/former colleague who is a graduate student in Princeton's CBE PhD program. His PI (who is one of my POI I wrote about in my SOP) asked him about me, and told my friend about the 1/15 email date. My friend just delivered the same message to me. Princeton does have campus visits! No interviews. My friend shared with me that there will be two weekends we can choose between to attend, if accepted: 2/13-16 or 2/27-3/1. Thanks for the info!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redox9797 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Has anyone applied to/heard back for MIT's PhD CEP program? I am curious how the review timeline compares to the PhD program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constellationsoup Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Has anyone heard back from UT Austin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHMQ Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 The radio silence is deafening. shoyemiademola and AtTJP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anoncheme Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 The results page showed a few acceptances from UT Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constellationsoup Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 hours ago, anoncheme said: The results page showed a few acceptances from UT Austin I only saw 2 which were unofficial (via phone)? I was curious if a letter has come in for anyone yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020bioE Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 8 hours ago, LHMQ said: The radio silence is deafening. This. Trying not to be too anxious but really praying that I hear back before the end of January (wow, that seems so far away) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtTJP Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I have a stupid doubt. As mentioned above, some universities are already releasing a few decisions. In this rolling admission process, are the first students to be accepted the ones who applied before? Or are they simply the most qualified candidates? I know that universities may work quite differently from each other, but I was just curious about it. shoyemiademola 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHMQ Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Just saw an acceptance for Johns Hopkins. Anyone else heard back from them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placebo Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Hey hi I applied to mostly ChemE and few bioE programs. My major is in ChemE. I am an international student from India. One of my labmates has already received an admit from UW Madison. Any idea whether the ChemE department at UW sends admits in a batch or they send admits periodically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearenolongerlost Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 15 hours ago, LHMQ said: Just saw an acceptance for Johns Hopkins. Anyone else heard back from them? I got in! Both JHU and Northwestern sent me an email. LHMQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHMQ Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, wearenolongerlost said: I got in! Both JHU and Northwestern sent me an email. Congrats! I will take that as a good sign that decisions are coming soon. I can't understand why they don't send a big batch on one day though. To create suspense for those who haven't heard anything? No thanks lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoyemiademola Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, LHMQ said: Congrats! I will take that as a good sign that decisions are coming soon. I can't understand why they don't send a big batch on one day though. To create suspense for those who haven't heard anything? No thanks lol. I know right!! Why can't they all be like Stanford who sent all decisions in one batch?! AtTJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHMQ Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just got an offer from Johns Hopkins! Seems like they just sent a large batch out, so I take back my words. Placebo, AtTJP, shoyemiademola and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placebo Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 19 hours ago, wearenolongerlost said: I got in! Both JHU and Northwestern sent me an email. Yea, one of my friend has also received an offer from JHU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoyemiademola Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 6 hours ago, LHMQ said: Just got an offer from Johns Hopkins! Seems like they just sent a large batch out, so I take back my words. Never knew decisions are sent on weekends as well. New level of anxiety unlocked. AtTJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHMQ Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 hour ago, shoyemiademola said: Never knew decisions are sent on weekends as well. New level of anxiety unlocked. Hahaha ikr it was 9 pm in the US too. I was very surprised. Placebo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoyemiademola Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 4 hours ago, LHMQ said: Hahaha ikr it was 9 pm in the US too. I was very surprised. What?!! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemEBear Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I have a feeling this week will be the craziest week with the most acceptances sent out. Good luck everyone!! LHMQ and shoyemiademola 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoyemiademola Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 1 hour ago, ChemEBear said: I have a feeling this week will be the craziest week with the most acceptances sent out. Good luck everyone!! I really hope so? Cuz I'm so tired of this silence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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