2022 Chemistry Admissions Cycle Thread

[organic path]

3 hours ago, chemnerd101 said:

I didn't apply to UCSD or UCLA but I heard back from a faculty member at Berkeley about a week and a half ago. I was reading some old admissions forums and some people received their official acceptances without being contacted by a professor. They haven't sent official acceptances yet so there is still hope if you haven't heard from them yet!

 

Also to those wondering about Caltech organic, my interviewer mentioned more interviews are going on early next week, and these interviews were not listed on the initial schedule, which makes me think they are not done sending out interviews to prospectives.

Thanks for sharing about caltech, now I'm being hopeful again haha. Has anybody else heard the same thing?

[ABis]

2 hours ago, jtn_11 said:

I got a letter of admission from Penn State! I also got an interview at Dartmouth on the 29th in person.

Hey are you an international student or from the States? I had an interview at penn state two days ago but haven't heard from them since. Would you plz share the timeline?

[jtn_11]

Just now, ABis said:

Hey are you an international student or from the States? I had an interview at penn state two days ago but haven't heard from them since. Would you plz share the timeline?

I am from the States and it took like a month for the notification.

[ABis]

1 minute ago, jtn_11 said:

I am from the States and it took like a month for the notification.

Congratulations for the acceptance! And thanks a lot.

[jtn_11]

1 minute ago, ABis said:

Congratulations for the acceptance! And thanks a lot.

For sure I do not know much about Penn State is it a good program to you?

 

[ABis]

6 minutes ago, jtn_11 said:

For sure I do not know much about Penn State is it a good program to you?

 

Yes it definitely is one of my top choices coz I have many groups of interest there. I'll definitely go there if I get an offer. 

[Saisei]

Someone please confirm with me that Stanford is done sending out interviews so I can mark myself rejected and forget about them lmao

[MonkeyFan]

On 1/11/2022 at 7:31 PM, maplelatte said:

I had mine today (organic)! Really simple questions (this is what I remember):

1. Talk about a time in your research where you had an exciting result/something you were proud of.

2. Talk about a challenging time and what you did.

3/4. Why do you want a PhD and what drives you to get one?

Good luck tomorrow! They were quite nice. They did ask a couple follow up questions regarding my research, but I wasn't being grilled by any means. 

Had my caltech interview today (chem bio) and they also asked me these exact questions with a few follow up regrading my research. 

[chemnerd101]

Did they rush through any of the Caltech interviews (organic)? They rushed through mine and I'm scared thats a bad sign lol, they barely asked any follow up questions so I'm concerned

[Saisei]

8 minutes ago, chemnerd101 said:

Did they rush through any of the Caltech interviews (organic)? They rushed through mine and I'm scared thats a bad sign lol, they barely asked any follow up questions so I'm concerned

Lmao I had no follow up questions either. God I talked too much about my projects and probably too fast. Same questions as above tho (inorg).

edit: I'm still mentally melting, I need to tell someone that

Edited January 13, 2022 by Saisei

[chemnerd101]

1 minute ago, Saisei said:

Lmao I had no follow up questions either. God I talked too much about my projects and probably too fast. Same questions as above tho (inorg).

HAHA I I think I had the same problem. Talked so fast I forgot to mention some of the best parts of my undergrad experience and research?

[chem3097]

12 minutes ago, chemnerd101 said:

Did they rush through any of the Caltech interviews (organic)? They rushed through mine and I'm scared thats a bad sign lol, they barely asked any follow up questions so I'm concerned

ChemBio, but they maybe asked one follow up question. Pretty clear that they had 4 questions they were determined to ask within the time period. 

[UnstableRadical]

I’m losing my mind with Scripps La Jolla… two people said they were invited for interviews today. I hope it’s still being sent out

[maplelatte]

Did anyone have their MIT interview today? I feel like I'm still sweating...

[theorganicchemistrytutor]

1 hour ago, maplelatte said:

Did anyone have their MIT interview today? I feel like I'm still sweating...

I have mine tomorrow and am pretty nervous, was it that bad?

[maplelatte]

17 minutes ago, theorganicchemistrytutor said:

I have mine tomorrow and am pretty nervous, was it that bad?

Some hard follow-up questions regarding research! I might be overthinking it, but it was a bit more stressful than my last interview. 

[theorganicchemistrytutor]

5 minutes ago, maplelatte said:

Some hard follow-up questions regarding research! I might be overthinking it, but it was a bit more stressful than my last interview. 

Oh no I'm sorry to hear that, but I'm sure it went better than you thought!

[Orgogogo]

32 minutes ago, maplelatte said:

Some hard follow-up questions regarding research! I might be overthinking it, but it was a bit more stressful than my last interview. 

Oh jeez… i really hope you get in! And i haven’t even heard back yet, did you interview for organic?

[Orgogogo]

57 minutes ago, theorganicchemistrytutor said:

I have mine tomorrow and am pretty nervous, was it that bad?

Hi! Just curious to know if you’re interviewing for organic? I’m assuming you are given your display name haha

[theorganicchemistrytutor]

3 minutes ago, Orgogogo said:

Hi! Just curious to know if you’re interviewing for organic? I’m assuming you are given your display name haha

I am organic haha

[Saisei]

1 hour ago, maplelatte said:

Some hard follow-up questions regarding research! I might be overthinking it, but it was a bit more stressful than my last interview. 

Elaborate on hard lol please I beg you. Mine is in the next few days, I hope they don't ask me to rattle off boiling points or draw an MO diagram.

[maplelatte]

6 minutes ago, Saisei said:

Elaborate on hard lol please I beg you. Mine is in the next few days, I hope they don't ask me to rattle off boiling points or draw an MO diagram.

Pretty sure they'd never make you do that haha. PM'ing you!

[chem3097]

31 minutes ago, Saisei said:

Elaborate on hard lol please I beg you. Mine is in the next few days, I hope they don't ask me to rattle off boiling points or draw an MO diagram.

Compared to the other interviews, they just went more in depth and asked what I guess I would call "more technical" questions about the science behind it. 

[xeniah]

1 hour ago, maplelatte said:

Pretty sure they'd never make you do that haha. PM'ing you!

Please PM me too!  I also have mine in a few days haha and I don't know what to expect

[nina37]

On 1/2/2022 at 8:58 PM, rubysaerosol said:

I was accepted to CU Boulder and UC Irvine for analytical/atmospheric chemistry! Does anyone have any insight into how these two programs compare? 

I was also accepted into these two programs/divisions! They are two of my top choices I am nervous about making a decision but I am looking forward to the open houses