asdfasdasdf Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Might just be that the people who got in don't use/know about gradcafe? I'm not sure how many people they admitted, maybe the class size is small... Yes the class size is small. When i called the grad office they said they are reducing the acceptance size compared to last year (approx. -20 ppl) and they used to accept 80. So this year it might be only 60~ 70 ish. They said that they are gonna tell us about the wait list nxt week. You can call them and give them ur name to look up if u are on the offer list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermad Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I got a U Chicago accept but I'm going completely crazy about the others. GODDAMMIT just give me a reject if that's what it is, you know? :/ Totally agree with you !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimichem Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Has anyone here applied and heard from Duke and Emory? I only applied to those two and there is still no word from them. The wait is stressing me out big time. International student here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epinephrine Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I know! The wait for these acceptance or rejection letters is even harder than the applications! I wish I could get a "hey, we're kinda looking at you" or "hey, we liked your application and you've got a 1 in a million chance". Haha, exactly. Has anyone here applied and heard from Duke and Emory? I only applied to those two and there is still no word from them. The wait is stressing me out big time. International student here. I haven't heard from Duke either, but I know someone who has. He did an REU there though, so he was almost sure to get in anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewDoctor Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 So I have an awesome/exciting story to tell. I hadn't heard back from Northwestern regarding my decision at all as of last Thursday. I had called the graduate coordinators and they said that they were essentially done sending out acceptances roughly a week before last Thursday. I was getting worried as it was my top school...I ended up talking to one of my friends who goes there as a graduate chemistry student. He told me who the professor was that is the head of the admissions committee (who I was lucky enough to have written about on my SOP). I decided to give calling him a shot and I a voicemail on his office phone Thursday morning telling him how I really enjoyed his group's research and that I would love to come to NU, but I had not heard anything back yet and was afraid that my application was overlooked despite being readily qualified ( I go to a small state school and none of my LOR writers had any connections to NU). To my astonishment I found a voicemail from him about two hours later and he told me to call him back. I ended up talking to him for roughly 20 minutes and he told me that I had been accepted! I'm not sure if I had initially been rejected (I feel like I was), but calling him seemed to have made a huge difference! I hope that gives hope to all of you out there about potentially taking the initiative and calling your top schools if you haven't heard back yet. Also excellent job everyone else, I hope to be able to run into some of you at visitation weekends. Deltagrey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallocene2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 So I have an awesome/exciting story to tell. I hadn't heard back from Northwestern regarding my decision at all as of last Thursday. I had called the graduate coordinators and they said that they were essentially done sending out acceptances roughly a week before last Thursday. I was getting worried as it was my top school...I ended up talking to one of my friends who goes there as a graduate chemistry student. He told me who the professor was that is the head of the admissions committee (who I was lucky enough to have written about on my SOP). I decided to give calling him a shot and I a voicemail on his office phone Thursday morning telling him how I really enjoyed his group's research and that I would love to come to NU, but I had not heard anything back yet and was afraid that my application was overlooked despite being readily qualified ( I go to a small state school and none of my LOR writers had any connections to NU). To my astonishment I found a voicemail from him about two hours later and he told me to call him back. I ended up talking to him for roughly 20 minutes and he told me that I had been accepted! I'm not sure if I had initially been rejected (I feel like I was), but calling him seemed to have made a huge difference! I hope that gives hope to all of you out there about potentially taking the initiative and calling your top schools if you haven't heard back yet. Also excellent job everyone else, I hope to be able to run into some of you at visitation weekends. Wow congrats that's really awesome ! I wonder if this would have worked if you had emailed him instead ? Or whether or not you were already qualified enough to be wait- listed and the phone call simply showed them that you are very serious about your app ? I've actually heard about similar stories before- one about a grad school reject that emailed the school to ask the school why she was rejected and actually ended up getting accepted when they relooked at her app for the reason ! Really interesting to see a real life example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostar Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 So I have an awesome/exciting story to tell. I hadn't heard back from Northwestern regarding my decision at all as of last Thursday. I had called the graduate coordinators and they said that they were essentially done sending out acceptances roughly a week before last Thursday. I was getting worried as it was my top school...I ended up talking to one of my friends who goes there as a graduate chemistry student. He told me who the professor was that is the head of the admissions committee (who I was lucky enough to have written about on my SOP). I decided to give calling him a shot and I a voicemail on his office phone Thursday morning telling him how I really enjoyed his group's research and that I would love to come to NU, but I had not heard anything back yet and was afraid that my application was overlooked despite being readily qualified ( I go to a small state school and none of my LOR writers had any connections to NU). To my astonishment I found a voicemail from him about two hours later and he told me to call him back. I ended up talking to him for roughly 20 minutes and he told me that I had been accepted! I'm not sure if I had initially been rejected (I feel like I was), but calling him seemed to have made a huge difference! I hope that gives hope to all of you out there about potentially taking the initiative and calling your top schools if you haven't heard back yet. Also excellent job everyone else, I hope to be able to run into some of you at visitation weekends. This is the most epic story I've read on gradcafe. Congratulations!! Shows the power of genuine interest and initiative that can go a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timscoffee Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Does anyone know by chance if MIT has finished giving out offers of admission? Or if they have started sending out rejections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallocene2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Does anyone know by chance if MIT has finished giving out offers of admission? Or if they have started sending out rejections? The FAQ section on their chem grad page says that offers of admission are typically made in mid-February; I guess (and hope) that the earlier MIT admissions posted here so far were made only to the more competitive applicants rather than to all the potentially qualified ones...hoping for the unlikely chance to get wait -listed myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallocene2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 and also I haven't seen any MIT chemistry rejections yet The website does say that rejections will go out in late February though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucdude Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I'm still waiting on UIUC and Cornell. Does anyone have info on whether they're done yet? Based on the fact that so many got accepted into UIUC already (seen on the results page, and on here), I doubt there is any more spots, which is a bummer. :/ It also seems like they stopped giving out acceptances, iirc the last acceptance was a couple weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epinephrine Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Based on the fact that so many got accepted into UIUC already (seen on the results page, and on here), I doubt there is any more spots, which is a bummer. :/ It also seems like they stopped giving out acceptances, iirc the last acceptance was a couple weeks ago Is that the Chemistry program or Chemical Physics? I applied to Chemical Physics, and I have no idea if anyone's getting into that. I'm a little disappointed, UIUC takes a lot of people from my undergraduate institute every year, I really expected an accept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la_bonera Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I'm curious- at what point after the first round of acceptances go out do you contact someone to see what your status is? I'd like to know, but I think it would be counterproductive to come off as pushy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdfasdasdf Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 For those who applied to columbia No Email = Rejection I called the graduate office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UWChemE Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) For those who applied to columbia No Email = Rejection I called the graduate office I expected as much, but damn that sucks. I don't expect much from Berkeley or MIT, so now I'm down to 0/3/4 (accepted/rejected /no response) Still haven't heard a peep from the other schools though. Edited February 2, 2015 by UWChemE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UWChemE Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) I also called Columbia, they're admissions coordinator said: "I believe we have sent out all of the acceptances we will be sending. There may be a waitlist, I won't know until next week. The head of admissions is out of town this week and ultimately he decides if there will be a waitlist. I want you to know a wait list is something that we DO consider, however I believe that we have accepted all of the students that we plan to take for this year." On a brighter note, I called Colorado, and they are still reviewing applications later this week. Same for UNC. UCLA said call back in March. UCSD didn't answer the phone. Didn't call Berkeley or MIT. Edited February 2, 2015 by UWChemE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epinephrine Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I sent a mail to UIUC, they aren't done yet, said my application is still being reviewed. Cornell sent a very non-specific reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnubisGate Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 On a brighter note, I called Colorado, and they are still reviewing applications later this week. Same for UNC. Did UNC ask which division you were in, or just, "later this week?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltagrey Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Is Caltech finished sending out admissions? Based on previous years, it seems like this is the time that rejections will start coming out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UWChemE Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Did UNC ask which division you were in, or just, "later this week?" I was told by the man I spoke with on the phone that not all decisions have been made and he would be able to tell me better at the end of this week, if I didn't already receive notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synorg Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Is Caltech finished sending out admissions? Based on previous years, it seems like this is the time that rejections will start coming out. all organic admits have for sure been notified. i believe other subfields have as well. Deltagrey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdfasdasdf Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 still no replies... only three rejections from chicago northwestern and princeton yale - almost done giving out offers columbia - received an e mail that they are actually done cal tech - done so.. 10 more to go but feeling all rejection for the rest of the schools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltagrey Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 all organic admits have for sure been notified. i believe other subfields have as well. That's a bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queue Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) Rejection from UChicago. Went to check if there was any update on my application status and found out there was one. I guess I'll be going to UT Austin for sure.. Edited February 4, 2015 by Queue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxtini Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 So happy~ email from POI informing of my admission to New York University. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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