GeorgiaTech&Emory BME 2021 PhD admissions

[CornDaug]

Hi, all, 

As mentioned in the title, I applied for GaTech&Emory dual BME PhD Program, and I reached out to a professor in Emory in Feb and had a conversation with him. I had a follow-up talk with his post-doc in the beginning of March. Recently, I saw some admissions posted here, but no rejections. I did not receive either. 

Questions: 

1. Should I email the professor who I talked to and ask about the process? I have gotten the offer from WashU, should I mention that? 

2. I know that in some schools or programs, admission decisions are controlled by the committee and professors cannot help a lot before admission. Does Gatech BME belong to this type of school? 

 

[ricklisz]

Hi there,

 

I applied to Gatech Emory program as well. I received an email notifying recruitment event back in late Jan. The recruitment visit was March 4-6 ish. If you didn't get the recruitment invite, I think they might have already rejected you. Sorry.

In response to your question, 1). No I don't think you should email him, for he might not know what the whole admission picture either. I would email the department coordinator. 2). I think so. Plus the committee has the final decision when it comes to admission, so even if your PI stands up for you, there is still a good chance that most committee members don't concur and has to reject you. I know this sucks, but there is literally nothing we could do about that. 

 

Hope this helps.

[CornDaug]

1 hour ago, ricklisz said:

Hi there,

 

I applied to Gatech Emory program as well. I received an email notifying recruitment event back in late Jan. The recruitment visit was March 4-6 ish. If you didn't get the recruitment invite, I think they might have already rejected you. Sorry.

In response to your question, 1). No I don't think you should email him, for he might not know what the whole admission picture either. I would email the department coordinator. 2). I think so. Plus the committee has the final decision when it comes to admission, so even if your PI stands up for you, there is still a good chance that most committee members don't concur and has to reject you. I know this sucks, but there is literally nothing we could do about that. 

 

Hope this helps.

That helps a lot! Thank you so much!