2021 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admissions Results

[actionpotential]

Just received an interview invite from Drexel!

[Neuro2021]

2 minutes ago, beardedlabrat said:

Just received an interview invitation for UC Irvine Neuroscience!

Was it a mass email?

[anxiousinneuro]

Does anyone have any ideas when BU and NYU's interviews will be?

[anxiousinneuro]

Also, thoughts on if it is time to give up hope for UPenn, Columbia, and NYU? 

[icsyr]

1 hour ago, mak16 said:

I saw that someone got an invite from UW - Seattle. Would you be open to sharing your stats? Also, was it a mass invite or did it seem catered to you (e.g. mentioned your name)? What are the interview dates? And what time did you get it? Thanks in advance! I'm just very anxious cause UW is my top choice.

Which program did you apply to/are you curious about?

I received an interview invite from UW - MCB. It was a general email but did have my name. Received it yesterday around 3pm.

"Dear [my name],

The University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Joint Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) in Seattle, Washington is delighted to invite you to one of two virtual Recruitment Visits:

Visit 1: Wednesday, January 20 – Friday, January 22, 2021 OR

Visit 2: Wednesday, February 3 – Friday, February 5, 2021

The visit will begin at 11:00 am PST on Wednesday and end at 4:00 pm PST on Friday.

We received a high number of applications this year and competition was exceptionally strong – we are offering interviews to 12% of all applicants. Congratulations on being part of such a select group of talented young scientists!"

There's additional detailed information after all of that about what to do to prepare and what to expect.

[mak16]

Just now, icsyr said:

Which program did you apply to/are you curious about?

I received an interview invite from UW - MCB. It was a general email but did have my name. Received it yesterday around 3pm.

"Dear [my name],

The University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Joint Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) in Seattle, Washington is delighted to invite you to one of two virtual Recruitment Visits:

Visit 1: Wednesday, January 20 – Friday, January 22, 2021 OR

Visit 2: Wednesday, February 3 – Friday, February 5, 2021

The visit will begin at 11:00 am PST on Wednesday and end at 4:00 pm PST on Friday.

We received a high number of applications this year and competition was exceptionally strong – we are offering interviews to 12% of all applicants. Congratulations on being part of such a select group of talented young scientists!"

There's additional detailed information after all of that about what to do to prepare and what to expect.

Congratulations on getting an interview invite! I applied to the Neuroscience program, so I was referring to that. I'm going to edit the original post to reflect it. Thanks for the catch. 

[OldFire Mamba]

40 minutes ago, anxiousinneuro said:

Also, thoughts on if it is time to give up hope for UPenn, Columbia, and NYU? 

Iam 100% sure UPenn is over, NYU and Columbia I would say 80% sure is over

[neurochurro99]

42 minutes ago, anxiousinneuro said:

Also, thoughts on if it is time to give up hope for UPenn, Columbia, and NYU? 

I think UPenn said they are sending out interviews mid January 

[dopamine_machine]

1 hour ago, anxiousinneuro said:

Does anyone have any ideas when BU and NYU's interviews will be?

Wait I did NYU Neuroscience and Physiology come out already? I thought it was just general Bio.  I saw one Neuro submission, but there should be more on gradcafe if that was all of the interviews that they were releasing.

Edited December 23, 2020 by dopamine_machine

[swtster]

1 minute ago, dopamine_machine said:

Wait I did NYU Neuroscience and Physiology come out already? I thought it was just general Bio.  I saw one Neuro submission, but there should be more on gradcafe if that was all of the interviews that they were releasing.

Someone posted a few pages back that NYU was still reviewing applications and will be sending out notifications by the end of December / early January. It's all hearsay but I want it to be true. 

[neuro_dreamer]

2 hours ago, mak16 said:

I saw that someone got an invite from UW - Seattle for Neuroscience. Would you be open to sharing your stats? Also, was it a mass invite or did it seem catered to you (e.g. mentioned your name)? What are the interview dates? And what time did you get it? Thanks in advance! I'm just very anxious cause UW is my top choice.

UW sent me an invitation to interview today. The email did include my name, but the rest of it seemed generic. They included two dates for interviews: Feb 9-10 or 10-11.

[dopamine_machine]

Just now, swtster said:

Someone posted a few pages back that NYU was still reviewing applications and will be sending out notifications by the end of December / early January. It's all hearsay but I want it to be true. 

 

I definitely think you're right with this.  It would be really weird to only have 1 post on here and have ~20 in the cohort (I'm guessing, but I think this is probably around the size of their yearly Neuro PhD cohort)

[beardedlabrat]

3 hours ago, Neuro2021 said:

Was it a mass email?

The email included my name but everything else seemed very generic. It gave two possible interview dates: January 21-22 or February 4-5. 

[kkrowling]

has anyone here applied to Caltech? I just got an email with an interview offer & I haven't seen any recent posts about it, and I was wondering if anyone had tips/info about the interview process? What to expect, how likely is it to get admitted if you're offered an interview, etc...? Thank you guys in advance!!

[4sdch]

16 hours ago, celestial said:

NYU said late December/early January when I asked!

Did you also ask them when interview dates are?

[SalamNeuro]

Did anyone receive an invite from this list (Harvard PiN, Yale INP, UPenn NGG, WashU in St. Louis, UCSF, UCSD, Stanford)?? 

[lowestprime]

Just now, SalamNeuro said:

Did anyone receive an invite from this list (Harvard PiN, Yale INP, UPenn NGG, WashU in St. Louis, UCSF, UCSD, Stanford)?? 

Several people, myself included received invites from UCSF on December 18th.

https://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=neuroscience+san+Francisco&t=a&o=&pp=25

[Elephantonly]

Just now, SalamNeuro said:

Did anyone receive an invite from this list (Harvard PiN, Yale INP, UPenn NGG, WashU in St. Louis, UCSF, UCSD, Stanford)?? 

I got Harvard and UCSF on Dec 18th

[SalamNeuro]

Just now, lowestprime said:

Several people, myself included received invites from UCSF on December 18th.

https://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=neuroscience+san+Francisco&t=a&o=&pp=25

Congratulations!!

Does it apply to international students?

and thanks for sharing!

[lowestprime]

Just now, SalamNeuro said:

Congratulations!!

Does it apply to international students?

and thanks for sharing!

It looks like there was at least one "U: International, with US degree" if you look at the ST column of the results.

[MyCortisolLevelsRVeryHigh]

19 minutes ago, SalamNeuro said:

Did anyone receive an invite from this list (Harvard PiN, Yale INP, UPenn NGG, WashU in St. Louis, UCSF, UCSD, Stanford)?? 

I received an invite from UPenn NGG 12/12, UCSF 12/18, and Yale INP 12/22. I think Yale might still be sending out invites!

Haven’t heard anything from Harvard (assuming it’s a rejection at this point), UCSD or Stanford. Didn’t apply to WashU St Louis.

[SalamNeuro]

Just now, MyCortisolLevelsRVeryHigh said:

I received an invite from UPenn NGG 12/12, UCSF 12/18, and Yale INP 12/22. I think Yale might still be sending out invites!

Haven’t heard anything from Harvard (assuming it’s a rejection at this point), UCSD or Stanford. Didn’t apply to WashU St Louis.

Congratulations!

I am an international, non-US degree applicant. In my case, I am not sure if my application would be evaluated later or I assume it is a rejection.

[MyCortisolLevelsRVeryHigh]

Just now, SalamNeuro said:

Congratulations!

I am an international, non-US degree applicant. In my case, I am not sure if my application would be evaluated later or I assume it is a rejection.

Thank you! Forgot to mention that I am an American applicant.

Wish I could give you a more helpful response but I have no idea if they evaluate international applicants for any of these programs later on. 

[Elephantonly]

Did anyone else hear from Yale? I’m almost sure they send invites individually

[izthewhiz]

Anyone got the inside scoop on Vandy Neuro? Think they’re done sending invites out? #desperate ?✌?