veele Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Hey thanks a lot twb! I saw that post earlier, but somehow when I checked again later it had disappeared from the result page... Strange. Must be some internet problem...
contretemps Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Many people have already heard back from UIUC this year. Should have applied to UIUC . Me too. Had I known that decisions would be early, I could've applied there. sigh. Oh well.
SpenzK Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 I just got an acceptance call from MIT (chemical biology)!
twb Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) I just got an acceptance call from MIT (chemical biology)! Congrats!!! do you mind sharing your information and who called you? I applied there too, for a similar area and am anxiously waiting Edited December 28, 2011 by twb
veele Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 (edited) I just got an acceptance call from MIT (chemical biology)! Congratulations! That's wonderful to hear so early. Did you contact professors and get favorable responses before applying? Edited December 29, 2011 by veele
SpenzK Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 Congrats!!! do you mind sharing your information and who called you? I applied there too, for a similar area and am anxiously waiting Hi twb, My stats are: GPA 3.99 (4.0 major) GRE 700V/780Q, Chem GRE 850 3 years research experience in same lab 2 poster presentations 1 publication (JACS, 2nd author) TA experience Other chemistry-related extracurriculars What a great way to start the New Year! Good luck to all other applicants!
SpenzK Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 Congratulations! That's wonderful to hear so early. Did you contact professors and get favorable responses before applying? I definitely didn't contact any of the professors before applying. I received the call from Professor Nolan, whose research ties well with my personal statement. It sounds like acceptance notifications have only gone out to a few bio/bio-inorganic people thus far. I'm sure that there'll be a wave of new acceptances in January.
veele Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 Hi twb, My stats are: GPA 3.99 (4.0 major) GRE 700V/780Q, Chem GRE 850 3 years research experience in same lab 2 poster presentations 1 publication (JACS, 2nd author) TA experience Other chemistry-related extracurriculars What a great way to start the New Year! Good luck to all other applicants! I definitely didn't contact any of the professors before applying. I received the call from Professor Nolan, whose research ties well with my personal statement. It sounds like acceptance notifications have only gone out to a few bio/bio-inorganic people thus far. I'm sure that there'll be a wave of new acceptances in January. I think it's not too surprising given your stats and research experience, especially if your research fits perfectly with a faculty member. Congratulations again! Indeed a wonderful news at this time of the year. Happy new year!
Amirhossein B Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 Someone else has been admitted into MIT yesterday! Do they mind sharing their stats here?!
mcstev13 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Posted January 1, 2012 I got an interview at UT-Southwestern. On the results page I erroneously put the date as 12/18, but it was actually 12/28 that I received the email.
Gringard Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 What do you normally wear for interview weekends?? They are a few days long and you're on campus for a while so I didn't know if shirt and tie, ect would be practical.
Pnictides Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Someone else has been admitted into MIT yesterday! Do they mind sharing their stats here?! I know a person who was admitted to MIT yesterday except I'm not sure if we are thinking of the same person.
Nitroglycerin Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Someone else has been admitted into MIT yesterday! Do they mind sharing their stats here?! Hey, I'm the one who got admitted to MIT on the 31st. (So excited!) It was actually the 30th in America, but because I'm living abroad right now, the time zones are a bit weird. So my stats: GPA: 4.0 GRE: V740 (99%ile), Q800 (94%ile), A4.5 (72%ile), Chem GRE: N/A 1 semester and 1 summer research in 2 different labs 1 year studying chemistry (exclusively) at Oxford Tutoring and Teaching Experience Good luck to everyone who applied! The only problem with hearing from them so early is that this will make the wait to hear from my other schools feel much longer. And SpenzK, I agree, it was the absolute best way to start the new year!
twb Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Congratulations to Nitroglycerin - that's awesome that you got into MIT! Are you interested in inorganic/bioinorganic? Also Pnictides is the person that you kinow interested in inorganic/bioinorganic? It seemed like the other people here who were accepted to MIT were in that area, so I'm wondering if those people are the only ones who are hearing back.
Nitroglycerin Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 twb, Yeah, I'm inorganic, so it's quite possible us inorganically inclined chemists are the only ones who have been evaluated/notified. It's also still really early in the admissions season: the MIT website says we are supposed to get responses in mid-February. Given that, I would try not to be concerned if you haven't heard anything yet.
Pnictides Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) Congratulations to Nitroglycerin - that's awesome that you got into MIT! Are you interested in inorganic/bioinorganic? Also Pnictides is the person that you kinow interested in inorganic/bioinorganic? It seemed like the other people here who were accepted to MIT were in that area, so I'm wondering if those people are the only ones who are hearing back. He is inorganic. Strangely enough, is MIT one of those schools that overrides your low GPA (3.03 / 4.00) if you have 170 on GRE Math and 950 on Chem GRE? Those were my friend's statistics. I thought it was kinda weird since Nitroglycerin didn't take the Chem GRE, so I'm guessing Chem GRE isn't even required, yet the Chem GRE seems to be the deciding factor in my friend's admission. Edited January 2, 2012 by Pnictides
SpenzK Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Who heard from Berkeley today?! http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php
Amirhossein B Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Congratulations Nitroglycerin!!! I wish you all the best with your future studies!
Pnictides Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Who heard from Berkeley today?! http://thegradcafe.c...urvey/index.php My friend also got accepted to UCB today. Also why didn't you apply to Harvard? Does anyone know how to search a person's post and have it show up as individual posts instead of threads?
bazinga12 Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Somebody (an International Student) has just posted his acceptance into UIUC Chemistry for 5th Jan,2012 Is it no too early ? like it is 5:43 AM in Illinois right now? Are they sending mails this early in the morning ? @guy who just got accepted Please post your stats for everyone to see
Pnictides Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Somebody (an International Student) has just posted his acceptance into UIUC Chemistry for 5th Jan,2012 Is it no too early ? like it is 5:43 AM in Illinois right now? Are they sending mails this early in the morning ? @guy who just got accepted Please post your stats for everyone to see You mean my friend's statistics or the UIUC guy? saturation 1
bazinga12 Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 I mean the UIUC guy (International Student,Chemistry ) Please do post
SpenzK Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 My friend also got accepted to UCB today. Also why didn't you apply to Harvard? Does anyone know how to search a person's post and have it show up as individual posts instead of threads? I don't think that you can search for individual posts within a thread, but maybe I'm wrong? Does anyone else have insight? I'm really interested in metalloenzyme biochemistry. Harvard's program is incredible, but they don't really have people in that area. Besides, if I'm really itching to see Harvard, I can just walk over there from MIT
mcstev13 Posted January 5, 2012 Author Posted January 5, 2012 Seems like things have been pretty slow the past few days...
Coconutman39 Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 For those of you that have received invites from Scripps, would you mind letting us know when you submitted your application? It says on their website that they are reviewed in the order they are received, so knowing when you submitted would give a good reference point for the rest of us. Thanks!
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