phoenix245 Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Hello everyone, is there anyone applying for Canadian Grad school? I can see that all of you applied to MIT, Harvard...top 10 school in the US. I'm not that good, and currently applying to SFU in Vancouver.... I've applied to UBC Vancouver. It's for Biochem and mol biol though. Had a skype interview so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwanttowinanobelaureate Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Vanderboy is correct- I asked Columbia about this a month ago and they said if you have not received an email by this time assume rejection. At that time they said they were not sure about a waitlist though when I called- so now they have a waitlist. Also confused about the claim that they were going to send 20 offers- I was so optimistic. Well would call and see if I was on the waitlist. I wish. Does anyone have an idea of how many people apply to programs like Columbia, Stanford e.t.c just to have an idea of the size of the applicant pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gipp Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 gipp - same exact thing happened to me. In at Chicago for theoretical and haven't heard from Columbia. Vanderboy - who exactly did you call? Might seem like a weird question but I don't know what part of the department to call for this. Interesting. Are you by any chance going to the March visitation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanderboy Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 gipp - same exact thing happened to me. In at Chicago for theoretical and haven't heard from Columbia. Vanderboy - who exactly did you call? Might seem like a weird question but I don't know what part of the department to call for this. Go to the chemistry website, click on contact us or something and call the number for the graduate office. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelangelo Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Go to the chemistry website, click on contact us or something and call the number for the graduate office. Hope that helps. It does, thanks. And Gipp, yeah I'm going to the March visitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelangelo Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 It does, thanks. And Gipp, yeah I'm going to the March visitation. Great, I'm one of those 7. This is my second wait list (also at Harvard at for chemical physics). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca2036 Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Just got the rejection notice from MIT, had me log onto their page to view my results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neuroticchemist Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Just got the rejection notice from MIT, had me log onto their page to view my results. What if I still haven't heard *anything* from MIT? At this point, I feel like I'm rejected from the last 3 (of 9) schools that I haven't heard from, but I just want closure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tso123d Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 What if I still haven't heard *anything* from MIT? Go to the website where you applied (applyweb), there should be a "view decision" link. If that's not there, maybe they simply haven't decided about your application yet or you are wait-listed. Perhaps you can get a definitive answer if you call the graduate coordinator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantorg Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I think Berkeley said their applicant pool is like ~700. http://chem.berkeley.edu/grad_info/faq.php Vanderboy is correct- I asked Columbia about this a month ago and they said if you have not received an email by this time assume rejection. At that time they said they were not sure about a waitlist though when I called- so now they have a waitlist. Also confused about the claim that they were going to send 20 offers- I was so optimistic. Well would call and see if I was on the waitlist. I wish. Does anyone have an idea of how many people apply to programs like Columbia, Stanford e.t.c just to have an idea of the size of the applicant pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luce373 Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 The only two schools I'm still waiting on are MIT and Michigan. I'm not as attached to Michigan, but I am curious about MIT. They're both applyweb and neither has a view decision link. Hmmm. At least I'm not rejected yet? I'll maybe give it one more week and then call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemcalifornia Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Does anyone know if Barry Trost is still taking students at Stanford? His website doesn't list what year his graduate students started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelangelo Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 (edited) Can someone explain to me how to check my decision via website for MIT? I didn't get any email. Edited February 12, 2011 by michaelangelo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog_3 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Can someone explain to me how to check my decision via website for MIT? I didn't get any email. If you go to the application website and go to "review your activity" and click on the name of the application (Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Graduate - chem) so that the info appears about submission/payment confirmation, after a few seconds a button pops up that says "view decision". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelangelo Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I did exactly that but nothing pops up. I guess they haven't made a decision yet. If you go to the application website and go to "review your activity" and click on the name of the application (Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Graduate - chem) so that the info appears about submission/payment confirmation, after a few seconds a button pops up that says "view decision". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neuroticchemist Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I did exactly that but nothing pops up. I guess they haven't made a decision yet. Me neither. I suspect that they've finished for organic and not for other branches of chem (I'm inorganic materials) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelangelo Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I'm theoretical. If this is some sort of a wait list then this is my third wait list. Harvard, Columbia and here. I guess I'll be crossing my fingers until April 15th. Me neither. I suspect that they've finished for organic and not for other branches of chem (I'm inorganic materials) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCchemie Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Does anyone know if Barry Trost is still taking students at Stanford? His website doesn't list what year his graduate students started. According to my research advisor and academic advisors (who know Trost), he will still be taking graduate students next fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca2036 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Got an e-mail from Columbia today letting me know I'm on the waitlist. Does anyone know what are the chances that they'll need to use it? I figure that its a very slim chance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Backspace Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Got an e-mail from Columbia today letting me know I'm on the waitlist. Does anyone know what are the chances that they'll need to use it? I figure that its a very slim chance... hi ca3036, did you email Columbia first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca2036 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 hi ca3036, did you email Columbia first? No I didn't, from reading the responses on here I had figured that no news was bad news. But today I got an e-mail from Alix Lamia letting me know that I had been selected for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anahcra Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Me neither. I suspect that they've finished for organic and not for other branches of chem (I'm inorganic materials) I guess so too. Mailed the grad office a few days back, haven't got a response yet. Been accepted at UChicago, Columbia (Chemical Physics) and Princeton so far. Anybody out there deciding between any of these schools? Would be great if you could share some opinions. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFJay Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 mobai!!! Your GPA is so high! GRE: 800Q, 630V, 4.5A GRE Chemistry: 830 GPA: 3.99 (4.0 Major) at a small liberal arts college J-term organic chemistry research, summer of bioinorganic/materials research, and two years of continuous organometallics research (with honors thesis) by the end of the year. 2nd author in an Organometallics paper and a JACS paper from different groups. I'm applying to Columbia, MIT, Berkeley, Caltech, Irvine, Illinois, Seattle, Madison, Michigan, and Minnesota for inorganic/organometallics. Minnesota is basically my safety school for a variety of reasons. It looks like we are pretty self-selecting; I hope we all do well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
physicalid Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Hey!. I see you applied to TAMU.Any news from there.I applied there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFJay Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Nothing, but one of my classmates received an offer from TAMU today. Hey!. I see you applied to TAMU.Any news from there.I applied there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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