2021 Chemistry PhD Admissions Results

[sleechem]

11 hours ago, Nightrestr said:

 

 

Thanks a lot, guys, for sharing your thoughts about Scripps!
I finally accepted the offer. 
Tomthegreat and sleechem, are you considering accepting to the CA campus?
 

I haven't officially accepted the offer yet as I'm having some last minute dilemmas but yes its for the CA campus!

[Tomthegreat]

13 hours ago, Nightrestr said:

 

 

Thanks a lot, guys, for sharing your thoughts about Scripps!
I finally accepted the offer. 
Tomthegreat and sleechem, are you considering accepting to the CA campus?
 

Oh wow that's great! And yes CA campus is the one I am considering to accept. Just need to double check with some profs with regard to the research interest fit before I can make up my mind. BTW which interview week did you attend? 

[joule123]

Did any of you go to the Rutgers virtual visit? If so, how did you feel about it? 

[FeFeH2ase]

On 3/9/2021 at 7:14 AM, ZC4000 said:

I can't speak for theory, but I went to the UCSD open house for inorganic and had a terrific experience. All of my interactions with the professors and students were positive. The inorganic division was very welcoming to all students. I think if you ask each PI what they expect out of students, they're going to be honest and tell you how it is. However, the ones I spoke with were very laid back and really pushed the fact that the department has an emphasis on doing fun chemistry.

Word from students was that biochemistry division was more 'competitive' but I don't know about the other tracks.

Can you comment a little more about what you heard about the biochemistry division and the competitiveness? I am considering accepting their offer. Thanks!

[ZC4000]

19 minutes ago, FeFeH2ase said:

Can you comment a little more about what you heard about the biochemistry division and the competitiveness? I am considering accepting their offer. Thanks!

It's hard for me to comment on it because I just heard from inorganic people. They didn't say it was bad, but just because the biochemistry division is highly ranked there more students joining who are going to have that competitive mindset. By that I mean that they're going to be there 60+ hrs a week. Personally, I don't think that's bad. The biochemistry faculty is excellent and the department has the best crystallography facilities in the country. However, I would recommend speaking to students in the lab's you're interested in.

[FeFeH2ase]

19 minutes ago, ZC4000 said:

It's hard for me to comment on it because I just heard from inorganic people. They didn't say it was bad, but just because the biochemistry division is highly ranked there more students joining who are going to have that competitive mindset. By that I mean that they're going to be there 60+ hrs a week. Personally, I don't think that's bad. The biochemistry faculty is excellent and the department has the best crystallography facilities in the country. However, I would recommend speaking to students in the lab's you're interested in.

Thank you for the reply! I totally expect that there will be a lot of hours spent in the lab (and fine with that). I just wanted to make sure there wasnt anything overtly toxic going on that would probably not come up during the recruitment weekend. I'm definitely going to reach out to more student! Thanks!

[CoordinationChem]

Can somebody comment on how Cornell and UCLA stack up? I've narrowed it down to these 2 schools,  but I have trouble choosing between them. They are both good fits, but something tells me Cornell might be able to provide more opportunities. 

[Nightrestr]

On 3/17/2021 at 11:42 PM, sleechem said:

I haven't officially accepted the offer yet as I'm having some last minute dilemmas but yes its for the CA campus!

Got it. See you there if you do accept the offer:)

On 3/18/2021 at 1:13 AM, Tomthegreat said:

Oh wow that's great! And yes CA campus is the one I am considering to accept. Just need to double check with some profs with regard to the research interest fit before I can make up my mind. BTW which interview week did you attend? 

I attended the first one. And you?:) 

[Tomthegreat]

6 hours ago, Nightrestr said:

I attended the first one. And you?:) 

I attended the second one. So we haven't met during the recruitment lol. 

[sleechem]

6 hours ago, Nightrestr said:

Got it. See you there if you do accept the offer:)

I attended the first one. And you?:) 

I also attended the first one!

[Theoretical_Chemist]

Just received reject from UC San Diego, Congrats to everyone who got in!!

Edited March 20, 2021 by Theoretical_Chemist

[90% Caffeine]

Did anyone attend Northeastern visitation day and can share their opinion of the program (chemistry)? I'm still waiting on them

[spikedplant]

Is anyone who was accepted to JHU - particularly in the physical or materials chem program - planning on rejecting their offer???

[Tridecane]

TL:DR; NYU's financial package can be about $52-$58k per year.

 

Just want to mention NYU's very competitive stipend and TA package.

4 years on package, but was assured no issue finding funding by the 5th year.

You have the normal tuition, fees, health coverage, etc.

Stipend over 9 months is around $30k. Increases about 2% every year.

TA'ing is not required. Instead, you can choose to TA for 4 semesters over 4 years.

This pays an additional $12-18k per semester depending on the workload.

Additional $1k grant for first year. Additionally, if you work as an RA over the summer, you get about $10k.

Overall, if you take advantage of all the options, the financial package winds up being $52k-$58k each year.

I haven't seen any other universities with such a competitive package.

[content]

Does anyone know when is the virtual visit day for carnegie mellon university?

anyone admitted to cmu inorganic chemistry? Thank you

[content]

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Edited March 27, 2021 by content

[astrodicky]

Hi guys, 

I have received two PhD offer, one from the University of Cambridge and one from the University of Oxford. I am still seeking for some fundings in order to decide which university should I go. 

[chem2021]

Anyone have yet to hear from Vanderbilt lol

[spikedplant]

On 3/29/2021 at 2:38 PM, chem2021 said:

Anyone have yet to hear from Vanderbilt lol

lol yup still waiting

[chem2021]

1 hour ago, spikedplant said:

lol yup still waiting

I was told the waitlist is short but I’m getting sick of waiting lol

[spikedplant]

7 hours ago, chem2021 said:

I was told the waitlist is short but I’m getting sick of waiting lol

I was talking to Janet MacDonald who said she would get back to me soon with some information, but again I haven't heard back. 

[spikedplant]

Has anyone at all received a rejection from JHU? Haven't seen any posts of rejections on the results page, only acceptances. I received an email from a person in the department saying that if I haven't received an update yet than my application is still being considered. I know the deadline for most schools requiring a decision is coming soon so they can't possibly be considering their decision for much longer right? So frustrating...

[Chem91]

Hi, has anyone applied for the Chemistry PhD programs at

1.University of Texas, El - Paso

2.Virginia Commonwealth University

3.Bowling Green State University, Ohio

4.Utah State University

5. University of Nevada,Reno.

I applied during the first week of March to these Universities. I'm very anxious since I've applied pretty late. 

Has anyone heard from the above grad schools? 

[SpaceSamurai]

Did anybody just get a second rejection email from Scripps? Exactly the same as the first one. I wonder if they closed the waitlist and then accidentally set out rejections to everyone instead of waitlisted people.

[clairdelune]

Has someone heard from BU ? almost two months ago the sent and email saying that final decisions would be sent out by the end of March. But I haven't heard anything yet.