2021 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admissions Results

[neurobelle]

have my first initial interview with UTHSC today! any pointers?

[illfigureitoutlater]

Does anyone know if Yale is done sending out interviews yet?

[dopamine_machine]

  On 12/29/2020 at 6:09 PM, illfigureitoutlater said:

Does anyone know if Yale is done sending out interviews yet?

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Was just going to ask this! I’m thinking of reaching out, but unsure if it’s too early to ask ?

[neurohopeful123]

  On 12/29/2020 at 6:21 PM, dopamine_machine said:

Was just going to ask this! I’m thinking of reaching out, but unsure if it’s too early to ask ?

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I feel like Yale might be done... people are posting interviews from a couple days ago now and looks to be similar numbers posting as years before but who knows!

[dopamine_machine]

  On 12/29/2020 at 9:55 PM, neurohopeful123 said:

I feel like Yale might be done... people are posting interviews from a couple days ago now and looks to be similar numbers posting as years before but who knows!

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My main hope is that it seems like faculty are the ones reaching out.  I’m hoping that it’s taking some faculty longer than others due to the holiday season (in previous years, Yale released after the holidays so this year is already a bit unusual)

 

[cogcontrol]

How about Princeton? Do you guys think they're done sending out invites?

[neuro_dreamer]

  On 12/29/2020 at 10:42 PM, cogcontrol said:

How about Princeton? Do you guys think they're done sending out invites?

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I think Princeton might still be sending out interview invites -- the results page shows that they started sending them out last week on December 23, and they've continued to send them over several days. They sent me an invite this past weekend!

[sirtuingirl]

  On 12/29/2020 at 5:01 PM, VictorZ said:

Me too. So sad. It's my dream program.

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Duke Neurobiology is admitting 1/3rd the number of students this year (less than 10) compared to last year but got 2.5 times as many applications (230 this year versus around 90 last year). Unless your POI is on the admissions committee, chances are slim this year in all of the Duke Biomedical PhD programs as well as the Biology PhD program, even if you have a 4.0 or close to 4.0 GPA and decent research experience.

[VictorZ]

  On 12/30/2020 at 1:22 AM, sirtuingirl said:

Duke Neurobiology is admitting 1/3rd the number of students this year (less than 10) compared to last year but got 2.5 times as many applications (230 this year versus around 90 last year). Unless your POI is on the admissions committee, chances are slim this year in all of the Duke Biomedical PhD programs as well as the Biology PhD program, even if you have a 4.0 or close to 4.0 GPA and decent research experience.

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Thanks for the information!

I'm an international applicant with a MS in the US. 3 pubs and 2 are in preparation. Had a good talk with my POI who serves on the admission committee. Sooo sad I could not get an inview invite. I used to think there would be less applications this year but clearly I was wrong.

[Just_Alice]

  On 12/30/2020 at 1:22 AM, sirtuingirl said:

Duke Neurobiology is admitting 1/3rd the number of students this year (less than 10) compared to last year but got 2.5 times as many applications (230 this year versus around 90 last year). Unless your POI is on the admissions committee, chances are slim this year in all of the Duke Biomedical PhD programs as well as the Biology PhD program, even if you have a 4.0 or close to 4.0 GPA and decent research experience.

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Any info on the Psychology and Neuroscience PhD program in Duke? I have applied to Psychology and Neuroscience and have not heard back, neither an invite nor a rejection. And this is not a Biomedical program, it belongs to another department I think.

Edited December 30, 2020 by Just_Alice

[Meggggr]

  On 12/29/2020 at 4:52 PM, NeuroKween said:

Fingers crossed!  Congrats, btw!

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I see 7 posts if you search San Diego ? seems to be comparable to # of posts last year ... 

[NeuroCat]

Has NYU just begun sending invites, or are they done? What about brown neuro and UCI cog science/ cog neuroscience?

[SalamNeuro]

I received my first email from WasU in St. Louis. It was a rejection.

 

1 Rejection

6 remaining 

Edited December 30, 2020 by SalamNeuro

[Elephantonly]

UPenn NGG now says they’re still reviewing apps and they expect all invites to be sent by late January

[dopamine_machine]

  On 12/30/2020 at 5:12 PM, Elephantonly said:

UPenn NGG now says they’re still reviewing apps and they expect all invites to be sent by late January

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Who did you contact in the program (i.e. POIs or Program Leadership)? I’m thinking of doing the same thing for another program I applied to!

Edited December 30, 2020 by dopamine_machine

[Elephantonly]

  On 12/30/2020 at 5:31 PM, dopamine_machine said:

Who did you contact in the program (i.e. POIs or Program Leadership)? I’m thinking of doing the same thing for another program I applied to!

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I contacted the program coordinator!

[NeuroKween]

  On 12/30/2020 at 4:35 AM, NeuroCat said:

Has NYU just begun sending invites, or are they done? What about brown neuro and UCI cog science/ cog neuroscience?

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Really confused about NYU too. I do know that office of admissions is closed till Jan 4th though. 

Edited December 30, 2020 by NeuroKween

[NeuroKween]

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Edited December 30, 2020 by NeuroKween

[UnmotivatedNeuroApplicant]

I'm feeling kinda numb by this stage since I haven't received ANYTHING from any program I applied to ? I feel that neuroscience programs make earlier decisions than psychology programs which is what I'm primarily applying to

[NeuroKween]

  On 12/30/2020 at 7:54 PM, UnmotivatedNeuroApplicant said:

I'm feeling kinda numb by this stage since I haven't received ANYTHING from any program I applied to ? I feel that neuroscience programs make earlier decisions than psychology programs which is what I'm primarily applying to

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Where did you apply?

[UnmotivatedNeuroApplicant]

  On 12/30/2020 at 8:27 PM, NeuroKween said:

Where did you apply?

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For psych, Yale, Pitts, Harvard, Columbia, Duke, Minnesota, Stanford, UCLA

For neuro, UPenn only

I haven't had a single interview invitation/rejection from any of these schools

[NeuroKween]

Ah, I see! I don’t know much about the Psych programs, but if they haven’t sent out invites yet then don’t worry yet! 

Edited December 30, 2020 by NeuroKween

[rippling]

  On 12/30/2020 at 6:48 PM, NeuroKween said:

Really confused about NYU too. I do know that office of admissions is closed till Jan 4th though. 

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do you know if they are sending invitations for internationals later?

[NeuroKween]

  On 12/30/2020 at 9:04 PM, rippling said:

do you know if they are sending invitations for internationals later?

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No idea! But I’m almost positive there’ll be a wave of interviews sent out in early January 

[neurogirl2021]

Does anyone know if the University of Pittsburgh (CNUP) is done sending out invitations? Also, has anyone heard from the University of Michigan (NGP)? I saw a lot of people heard back from PIBS, but I do not think I came across anyone on the results page regarding interview invitations from NGP.