cog_3 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) also just waiting for Harvard and Yale (didn't apply to Columbia) Edited January 19, 2011 by cog_3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tso123d Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Sweet, I just heard from MIT by e-mail. By the way, the letter did make it sound like admissions to the department are made by sub-field (I'm classed as p-chem). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCchemie Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) Heard from Columbia, Penn, and UC Berkeley yesterday - all three by e-mail. Was a nice little birthday present and took some of the sting out of the first day of classes. Just waiting on Harvard now. Edited January 19, 2011 by BCchemie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntheticOrganiker Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 What are Columbia's visitation days if they sent that information? Thanks. (This information may already be in the thread but I'm too lazy to try and find that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelangelo Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Heard from Columbia, Penn, and UC Berkeley yesterday - all three by e-mail. Was a nice little birthday present and took some of the sting out of the first day of classes. Just waiting on Harvard now. BCchemie, what type of chemistry did you apply for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumms9980 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Has anyone contacted potential advisors about joining their groups yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbru66 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 A question for those of you who applied to MIT chemistry--did you ever receive a confirmation of your completed application? On the apply web website, it says that the application data was "sent, received, and confirmed," but nothing about if my LORs, transcripts, scores, etc. made it. With every other school I can either track my status online, or they sent me an email confirming that my application was complete, so I'm a little worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantorg Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Susan E Brighton from MIT's Chemistry office will send you an email if supplementary materials are missing. At least that's what she did with mine. I assume that if you handed in your application before the deadline, they will make an effort to contact you if your file is incomplete. I think you can safely assume your application is complete. If in doubt, just send Susan Brighton an email. She was pretty helpful. A question for those of you who applied to MIT chemistry--did you ever receive a confirmation of your completed application? On the apply web website, it says that the application data was "sent, received, and confirmed," but nothing about if my LORs, transcripts, scores, etc. made it. With every other school I can either track my status online, or they sent me an email confirming that my application was complete, so I'm a little worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix245 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I think I'll be going to Scripps California for the first session (in February) so I guess I'll see some of you there. Is anyone flying from NYC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbru66 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Thanks for the info, Cantorg! Susan E Brighton from MIT's Chemistry office will send you an email if supplementary materials are missing. At least that's what she did with mine. I assume that if you handed in your application before the deadline, they will make an effort to contact you if your file is incomplete. I think you can safely assume your application is complete. If in doubt, just send Susan Brighton an email. She was pretty helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanderboy Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Hey all, Applying to Columbia, NYU, Stony Brook (Biochem), Rutgers (Biochem), CUNY Graduate Center (Biochem), The Rockefeller-Weill Cornel-Sloan Chemical Biology Program, and Albert Einstein in addition to Princetons Computational Biology program. GRE: Q 800 V 610 W 5.0 CHEM 680 Vanderbilt University Chemistry 3.33 3 full years of research in 3 different labs, no publications Doing some undergrad and grad classes at OSU GPA 3.25 Employed at Chemical Abstract Services for 2.5 years now. my Recs should be pretty good if not great. Must say seeing all you guys makes me doubtful about Columbia. Hopefully I'll get in somewhere, could be a rough month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelangelo Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Speaking of which, any guesses as to when we'll hear from Columbia? It looks like this is a week past the date when decisions were mailed last year but apparently nobody has heard from Columbia yet this year. Or Harvard or Yale for that matter... Anyone else apply to Harvard and Columbia for chemical physics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemistry Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Speaking of which, any guesses as to when we'll hear from Columbia? It looks like this is a week past the date when decisions were mailed last year but apparently nobody has heard from Columbia yet this year. Or Harvard or Yale for that matter... Anyone else apply to Harvard and Columbia for chemical physics? I got admitted to Columbia yesterday via e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCchemie Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Speaking of which, any guesses as to when we'll hear from Columbia? It looks like this is a week past the date when decisions were mailed last year but apparently nobody has heard from Columbia yet this year. Or Harvard or Yale for that matter... Anyone else apply to Harvard and Columbia for chemical physics? I was admitted to Columbia on Monday via e-mail. Harvard is usually a little bit later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glideht Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 (edited) Speaking of which, any guesses as to when we'll hear from Columbia? It looks like this is a week past the date when decisions were mailed last year but apparently nobody has heard from Columbia yet this year. Or Harvard or Yale for that matter... Anyone else apply to Harvard and Columbia for chemical physics? I also got an unofficial admission email from Columbia yesterday. (PChem, International student) Edited January 21, 2011 by glideht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelangelo Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I was admitted to Columbia on Monday via e-mail. Harvard is usually a little bit later. You guys should post your admissions results on the main page. It's extremely helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanderboy Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I spoke with a Columbia professor who told me the first visit is March 4th so they probably need to let people know within the next 3 weeks (which is a long time to wait I know). I most certainly did not receive an acceptance email the other day but I was applying to the biological chemistry track so I don't know if the do the different tracks at different times. Do schools usually send rejections about the same time as acceptances or do they wait to see how many people schedule visits or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog_3 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Does anyone know if last year Harvard's replies went out via mail/email/phone? Or this year's, if anyone's heard back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog_3 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Looks like my question was answered by the results page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tso123d Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 (edited) Looks like my question was answered by the results page. Yup, saw that too, which made my (short-lived) post irrelevant, lol. Anyway, from last years it seems like Harvard sends acceptances in a batch and then rejects in a batch a few weeks later. So I guess those of us who applied there will know whether we got it in or not based on whether we get an answer in the next few days or not... Edited January 26, 2011 by tso123d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luce373 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I spoke with a Columbia professor who told me the first visit is March 4th so they probably need to let people know within the next 3 weeks (which is a long time to wait I know). I most certainly did not receive an acceptance email the other day but I was applying to the biological chemistry track so I don't know if the do the different tracks at different times. Do schools usually send rejections about the same time as acceptances or do they wait to see how many people schedule visits or something? I just got an e-mail from Columbia today (!!!) and my letter says they want people interested in chemical biology/biological chemistry/any interdisciplinary biology field to come that first weekend. They're having some sort of reception the 3rd that will include biology professors as well. For everyone else, the other visiting weekend is March 18th. I doubt that means they're admitting the biochem people first, but just fyi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwanttowinanobelaureate Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Waiting on Columbia too for biological chemistry. Really Really want to go to Columbia. Also i applied to Penn but have heard nothing from them so assume rejection- bleh Do like Biological chemistry people come last or something? Because all I see are inorganic/organic people. Not fair. I haven't heard from a single school except ones which mass email people at once. But those with rolling admissions, I have heard nothing from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanderboy Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Waiting on Columbia too for biological chemistry. Really Really want to go to Columbia. Also i applied to Penn but have heard nothing from them so assume rejection- bleh Do like Biological chemistry people come last or something? Because all I see are inorganic/organic people. Not fair. I haven't heard from a single school except ones which mass email people at once. But those with rolling admissions, I have heard nothing from. Hey, Waiting on Columbia for biological chemistry too. Ya it seems that Organic and Physical people have already heard. Maybe you saw Inorganic that I didn't. It is nerve racking, they may sit down at different times to decide the different tracks or they may even have different committees. I looked through the old results and it seems like people recieve acceptances as late as mid-February in past years. Here's hoping for good luck for both of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwanttowinanobelaureate Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Thats reassuring. Would stop fretting. I already got into one of my top choices but would not mind another one. Also I am international anyways and my application probably is looked at last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aventinus Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Can someone tell me how much money MIT is providing for travel to the visiting weekend? I was accepted today via email. I'm an American living in Germany and am trying to plan my visit to MIT and Berkeley without going bankrupt. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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