2024 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admissions Results

[neutralnutwerk]

Has anyone not heard back from northwestern either way? I saw some people got rejected and some people received interviews last night but I havent gotten anything from them and theres nothing on my portal so I'm very confused

[bgfnatic]

I have not heard from them either, but I am assuming it is a silent rejection. 

[p00kiebear]

On 12/23/2023 at 7:39 AM, funkybanana said:

I got an invite to interview with MIT on Thursday.

For which primary field of interest did you apply? It seems like some years the interviews for the different fields are sent out at different times. I applied for systems neuro

[funkybanana]

10 hours ago, p00kiebear said:

For which primary field of interest did you apply? It seems like some years the interviews for the different fields are sent out at different times. I applied for systems neuro

I applied for systems as well, with my second interest being cellular and molecular.

[Adrita]

Hey everyone, I have been wondering if anyone has been contacted by the universities during this week?

[asparo]

1 hour ago, Adrita said:

Hey everyone, I have been wondering if anyone has been contacted by the universities during this week?

Yeah I received official interview invite from NYU C&P program and rejection from CSHL

[asparo]

Has anyone heard anything from Sinai's AIET track?

[Adrita]

8 hours ago, asparo said:

Yeah I received official interview invite from NYU C&P program and rejection from CSHL

Hey, congratulations! Thanks for letting me know. Do US universities contact international applicants later? 

[NeuroscienceTheoretically]

On 12/27/2023 at 8:16 PM, Adrita said:

Hey, congratulations! Thanks for letting me know. Do US universities contact international applicants later? 

Yes I know that CNUP has invited someone for interview. No, I don't believe or have ever seen US inviting international applicants at a different time. Administratively, it doesn't make a lot of sense to do so: the committee decides who they want to interview and it's easiest to give only one set of names to administrators who correspond with applicants to book flights and such.

[Adrita]

Hey everyone! I have been wondering if anyone has received interviews from the UCs (neuroscience)? I heard from someone that UCSD has sent all their invites but haven't sent the rejections yet. 

In general, do US universities send out interview requests in January or February?

[Adrita]

On 12/30/2023 at 11:34 AM, NeuroscienceTheoretically said:

Yes I know that CNUP has invited someone for interview. No, I don't believe or have ever seen US inviting international applicants at a different time. Administratively, it doesn't make a lot of sense to do so: the committee decides who they want to interview and it's easiest to give only one set of names to administrators who correspond with applicants to book flights 

Yes that makes sense. Thanks for letting me know 

[emma7902]

Is Columbia rolling, NYU, or ichan school of medicine rolling? Or have all of the invites gone out 

[ballerinabrain]

Has anyone heard back from hopkins neuro yet?

[Adrita]

Anyone heard back from Mayo clinic (neuroscience track) yet?

[Watsie]

Had preliminary interview with Hopkins PI back in November and never heard back.

[mishx]

On 1/1/2024 at 4:02 PM, Adrita said:

Hey everyone! I have been wondering if anyone has received interviews from the UCs (neuroscience)? I heard from someone that UCSD has sent all their invites but haven't sent the rejections yet. 

In general, do US universities send out interview requests in January or February?

To answer your second question, yeah for US schools especially in biomedical sciences like neuro, they tend to come out around those months. I would even argue it's more like December/January for invites. Out of the schools I personally applied to, there are only two schools that have not sent out invites yet. It's also because a lot of the interviews tend to be in January/February so they would need to inform interviewees well in advance (especially if it's in-person)

[neurocalculator]

Just reporting that I was notified of an interview by University College London's Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience on December 18th. Interviewed in mid January and was admitted a few days later. 

[dammit_bobby97]

On 12/18/2023 at 9:32 PM, dammit_bobby97 said:

@juliagulia no word yet from northeastern! applied for fall 2024 entry

Got a direct-admit style invite on 1/19! Wondering if the program is extending the option for an invite without direct-admit process; I'll keep u posted if u want

[baymax872]

Does anyone know what kind of admissions procedure George Mason uses for applicants to their MS in biology program? I've looked everywhere I can think on the website but nothing tells me anything about when I might hear back about this coming fall (2024). The deadline isn't until April 15th or something which seems really late and makes me think they might do rolling or something. The George Mason website for graduate stuff is pretty frustrating to navigate in general, I've found, so it's entirely possible I missed something. 
Also, I did not get accepted into their neuro phd program. They advised in my rejection letter to apply for the MS in biology concentration in neuroscience instead. They waived the application fee which was good because I can't afford to spend another $75 on a potentially wasted application right now. 

[Sohini99]

Has anyone heard back from UCLA, UCI or UT Austin for neuroscience Phd 2024?