Croissant Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 So you are saying it would have been nicer if she had not received a rejection letter at all (since she already knew she was rejected anyways)? What if it was possible that there were more than 1 visitation weekend and that she could have gotten an acceptance later for the 2nd visitation date but didn't due to not having high statistics? No. I'm saying I think they should have given her the rejection letter before the visitation date. There was one visitation date. Croissant and saturation 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlh5639 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I'm sorry if this sounds rude but please start a new thread if you would like to debate the fairness of the Harvard system. I come here for updates on acceptance/rejected decisions and information on schools for the 2012 school year. This is not constructive for the people here. Pnictides, contretemps, Chronos and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pnictides Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 No. I'm saying I think they should have given her the rejection letter before the visitation date. There was one visitation date. Well to be fair, Harvard receives lots of qualified applicants, so they don't have time to send rejection letters right off the bat. They have to worry about the top students first. aberrant, Croissant, ah233 and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLA Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Woop woop. Admitted to Stanford! Its not too late hahahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveoak Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Woop woop. Admitted to Stanford! Its not too late hahahah Congrats! Email or snail mail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLA Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I received an email from a professor. In it he said he would have called me but my phone number was not on file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTchemist Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I just received an acceptance to Purdue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronos Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I made a phone call to Columbia University to get an update on my application, and the graduate coordinator told me they are around 60% through with sending out offers. The rest of the offers will be given out this week. They receive around 450 applications each year and 26 students enrolled last year. She couldn't tell me how many offers she made, but I guess it's around double (just made this up). Hope this helps =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgzh Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I made a phone call to Columbia University to get an update on my application, and the graduate coordinator told me they are around 60% through with sending out offers. The rest of the offers will be given out this week. They receive around 450 applications each year and 26 students enrolled last year. She couldn't tell me how many offers she made, but I guess it's around double (just made this up). Hope this helps =) Did she say in what form the notification will come? Thank you for the update and Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoothsilkmusic Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I made a phone call to Columbia University to get an update on my application, and the graduate coordinator told me they are around 60% through with sending out offers. The rest of the offers will be given out this week. They receive around 450 applications each year and 26 students enrolled last year. She couldn't tell me how many offers she made, but I guess it's around double (just made this up). Hope this helps =) It's probably more like triple to quadruple that (e.g. 75-100). Harvard's (at least for chemistry) matriculation rate is roughly 50%, which is the highest among all chemistry grad programs, at least I'm told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronos Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Did she say in what form the notification will come? Thank you for the update and Good luck! Yep. She said e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccb2 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I think it's just kind of a bonus...so far both UCI and UCR offered a little extra for the first year. Maybe it's to unofficially help with the moving costs or something. Thanks for this info. Btw, when did you submit your application and when did you get notification (through email/phone by faculty you mentioned in SOP or letter from the department)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlh5639 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Thanks for this info. Btw, when did you submit your application and when did you get notification (through email/phone by faculty you mentioned in SOP or letter from the department)? Beginning of January I think..maybe end of December..wasn't too early. I received a packet in the mail a couple weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
this_isnot_here Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Saw a few Cornell admits recently, any of you guys mind posting your stats? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcard Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) Since U of Michigan's visitation date is from February 2-5, and I haven't heard anything from this school yet, should I assume a BIG rejection ? Edited February 1, 2012 by blackcard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemkid2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Since U of Michigan's visitation date is from February 2-5, and I haven't heard anything from this school yet, should I assume a BIG rejection ? What division are you applying to? For p-chem, the UMichigan visit dates are March 2-4 and March 16-18. So maybe theres still hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contretemps Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 eek. UChicago now sends out E-mail notifications instead of mail? Freaking out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthetichead Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Since U of Michigan's visitation date is from February 2-5, and I haven't heard anything from this school yet, should I assume a BIG rejection ? Feb 2-5 is for medicinal chemistry which is a division of the college of pharmacy. It's admissions are completely separate from the chemistry department. So no worries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcard Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Feb 2-5 is for medicinal chemistry which is a division of the college of pharmacy. It's admissions are completely separate from the chemistry department. So no worries! Thanks for your information. I'm in Inorganics, so yeah, there's still a little hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikabod Idad Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Who posted their acceptance to Iowa State and Ohio State theoretical chem yesterday? Send me a PM please, because I'll be going to ISU and a really good friend of mine is going to OSU (both theoretical). Just wondering which groups you're interested in and which visitations you'll be going to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contretemps Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 woke up to a good news. Just got accepted to Johns Hopkins! I'm in Inorganic/Organometallic chem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemstudent12345 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Called Stanford admissions to inquire about my application, was sadly told all admissions decisions had been made on Monday, was pretty dissapointed. Checked my mailbox for the rejection, and found an acceptance letter. Pessimism at its finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
this_isnot_here Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Called Stanford admissions to inquire about my application, was sadly told all admissions decisions had been made on Monday, was pretty dissapointed. Checked my mailbox for the rejection, and found an acceptance letter. Pessimism at its finest. You thought the cup was half-empty, turns out it was completely filled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyjen116 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I am kind of confused, what area did you apply to for Stanford? I am going for organic. I called yesterday and they told me that my application is still under review...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLA Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I am kind of confused, what area did you apply to for Stanford? I am going for organic. I called yesterday and they told me that my application is still under review...? I applied under organic as well and I received my admissions mail yesterday. I'm from California. My guess is that you'll hear back very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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