closetchem Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Hi, I'm international (UK) and have been invited for some visitation weekends. Is it reasonable to ask for funding aid to visit schools? (In particular MIT and Caltech). Flights are approx $700. Thanks in advance. You can also see if the schools you visit/interview at will allow you to plan things so you can fly across the pond once and visit them back to back. I know people who lived on the East Coast and visited all Cali schools in this manner.
TheNewDoctor Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 This is a bit of a delayed response, but I turned my app in on the due date (Dec 15th) and heard back four days later. They are on the ball with the application process!! Question, were you in contact with any of the professors there? I'm wondering if thats why I heard back so fast. Sorry for the late reply. No I wasn't in contact with any of the professors there, seems like they were on point with their applications. Got accepted to UW-Madison today! The email ended up in my spam folder like someone else had mentioned, so be sure to check yours.
Bruehl Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 I guess Columbia has started to send out acceptance letters as well. Just got one from the department!
railwaysleeper Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 I emailed them and they do. There's not as much cash in the UK to assume that this would be the case! Cheers.
itscontrary Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Phew, Berkeley admissions are still coming out. It freaked me out when I didn't see many Berkeley admissions this week... But just got accepted into Berkeley!!
Monstercookie Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Phew, Berkeley admissions are still coming out. It freaked me out when I didn't see many Berkeley admissions this week... But just got accepted into Berkeley!! Me too! I'm so excited! Also thought chances were looking a bit slim.
itscontrary Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Me too! I'm so excited! Also thought chances were looking a bit slim. Same. I started losing hope a couple of days ago after I saw a number of people getting into Berkeley but I kept refreshing my email only to see no replies... until now. Congrats! ^__^ Nothing better than scaring my lab because of this. I freaked out a couple of people because our school wifi was too slow in loading my Berkeley email. LOL.
Monstercookie Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) Same. I started losing hope a couple of days ago after I saw a number of people getting into Berkeley but I kept refreshing my email only to see no replies... until now. Congrats! ^__^ Nothing better than scaring my lab because of this. I freaked out a couple of people because our school wifi was too slow in loading my Berkeley email. LOL. Without much hope for anything I figured I'd refresh ones more before going to bed, and there it was! Will be difficult to get to bed now! Congrats! Edited January 15, 2015 by Svann
ghostar Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 no worries. I noticed you are also applying to harvard chem bio - i gave em a call yesterday and they told me that they were meeting today to review apps, and interview invites should go out tomorrow. Looks like no news from Harvard Chemical Biology today. Hopefully tomorrow!
xxyyxx Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Looks like no news from Harvard Chemical Biology today. Hopefully tomorrow! in a moment of desperation i called the program coordinator for the umpteenth time. the coordinator said that invites should go out this afternoon, but the've been experiencing difficulties of some kind. I called again at 5 but no answer. It may be that they're still working on these "difficulties," or they've sent all invites. praying for the former! here's to hoping, I suppose... did you also apply to scripps btw?
ghostar Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 in a moment of desperation i called the program coordinator for the umpteenth time. the coordinator said that invites should go out this afternoon, but the've been experiencing difficulties of some kind. I called again at 5 but no answer. It may be that they're still working on these "difficulties," or they've sent all invites. praying for the former! here's to hoping, I suppose... did you also apply to scripps btw? Yeah, invited for both campuses last week.
Monstercookie Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) Just heard from Caltech! Congrats!! Seems like lots is happening this week! Edited January 15, 2015 by Svann
Queue Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Indeed lots are happening.....just not for me (cry)
ghostar Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Just heard from Caltech! Nice, congrats! Love your profile pic, by the way =]
Darren Xu Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Just heard from Caltech! Congrats! p.s., another rejection for me.
ghostar Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Congrats! p.s., another rejection for me. Don't lose hope yet! It seems like many programs send notices in batches (ex. Scripps, Berkeley), so there could be more good news in the future.
Darren Xu Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Don't lose hope yet! It seems like many programs send notices in batches (ex. Scripps, Berkeley), so there could be more good news in the future. Thanks for comforting me. Actually, an offer from my dream school is enough even if I am rejected by all other schools. Look forward to the offer from Harvard.
SymmetryOfImperfection Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 wtf why are there so many elite ppl this year? i'm just seeing harvard, MIT, stanford, berkeley and UIUC pop up everywhere. where's the normal ppl at lol? chemblah 1
Maxtini Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) My~ I haven't received any news since Texas A&M. To think I received their admission so early in Dec, I started to doubt myself that it was not because of my good qualification, but merely of by chance and luck. Come on~ Edited January 15, 2015 by Maxtini
xxyyxx Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 all harvard chemical biology invites were sent out today
ChemPlasmonics Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 For those waiting to hear from UIUC (myself included), I spoke with the graduate coordinator this afternoon and she reassured me that they have not even come close to sending out most of their offers. Some files still have not even been reviewed as 140+ sent in applications during the night of the deadline. Hoping for some more good news next week! This week has been a little slow.
mapodoufu Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 I assume the generic acceptance emails from Princeton have started coming.
ChanEvansLam Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 I assume the generic acceptance emails from Princeton have started coming. Well I haven't heard anything
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