Chemistry Application Fall 2016

[appchem]

10 hours ago, Organic for days said:

I'm not sure, a lot of schools will just plain accept you, but I know that schools are more likely to interview international applicants rather than accept them right away, whether that be over Skype or in person.

And what do interviewers usually cover? I'm assuming the usual topics - research, goals, etc

[ChemEnthusiast]

I think most school will only interview you if they really have doubt about their decision or they just want to test your English skill. 

[erickkwangg]

Got my official acceptance to UW about an hour ago. 29K/year stipend!

[Shine the Light]

Has anyone heard back from, or even applied to, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry?

[KaffeeCafe]

16 minutes ago, erickkwangg said:

Got my official acceptance to UW about an hour ago. 29K/year stipend!

UW Madison? For Chemistry?

[ChemEnthusiast]

On 12/22/2015 at 1:13 PM, erickkwangg said:

Got my official acceptance to UW about an hour ago. 29K/year stipend!

congrats ! is it UW Seattle ?

[erickkwangg]

On 12/22/2015 at 3:04 PM, ChemEnthusiast said:

congrats ! is it UW Seattle ?

 

On 12/22/2015 at 1:29 PM, KaffeeCafe said:

UW Madison? For Chemistry?

It's UW in Seattle for Chemistry

[ChemEnthusiast]

Nice! I am applying there too but for the inorganic division. 

[Shine the Light]

I have applied to the organic division and polymer chemistry at CMU. But I'm curious to hear from them back soon

 

[metallocene2015]

7 hours ago, erickkwangg said:

 

It's UW in Seattle for Chemistry

Congrats ! I also applied to UWashington but I haven't heard anything yet- what division are you applying to ? 

[erickkwangg]

1 hour ago, metallocene2015 said:

Congrats ! I also applied to UWashington but I haven't heard anything yet- what division are you applying to ? 

Thanks! I applied for analytical. Seems like they will release many more on January if they follow last year's footsteps.

[NoOrgoPlease]

Anyone apply to Princeton? That's my top choice and am waiting nervously for that rejection email. 

[Orgo for days]

1 hour ago, NoOrgoPlease said:

Anyone apply to Princeton? That's my top choice and am waiting nervously for that rejection email. 

I applied to Princeton too, it looks like responses typically come out the beginning of the third week of January: http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=Princeton+chemistry. No need to worry quite yet!

Also, nice name ;).

Edited December 23, 2015 by Organic for days

[fluorineforlife]

Is anyone applying to Stanford? Clearly they have received all my LORs and official transcripts as they updated the website like 2 weeks ago but my status is still "Incomplete". I am not worrying too much as Stanford admission team seemed to be nice in recent years when they emailed people to let them know when their application was missing something. I would email them to ask but the uni website says it's close for Xmas.
Wonder anyone is like me. That might mean they somehow haven't updated everyone's status yet at all.

Edited December 23, 2015 by fluorineforlife

[ChemEnthusiast]

My application is in the same situation. They received everything but still mark it as incomplete. I wouldn't sweat about it tho.

Edited December 23, 2015 by ChemEnthusiast

[sarl]

1 hour ago, fluorineforlife said:

Is anyone applying to Stanford? Clearly they have received all my LORs and official transcripts as they updated the website like 2 weeks ago but my status is still "Incomplete". I am not worrying too much as Stanford admission team seemed to be nice in recent years when they emailed people to let them know when their application was missing something. I would email them to ask but the uni website says it's close for Xmas.
Wonder anyone is like me. That might mean they somehow haven't updated everyone's status yet at all.

Mine says completed (and I submitted the app on the last day). It does say they'll contact you if they're missing anything though

[NoOrgoPlease]

2 hours ago, Orgo for days said:

I applied to Princeton too, it looks like responses typically come out the beginning of the third week of January: http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=Princeton+chemistry. No need to worry quite yet!

Also, nice name ;).

Oh, thanks! Didn't even think to look at that. I see we have some differences in research interest :D. 

[erickkwangg]

UCSD came out for me today and UCLA yesterday afternoon

[evanescent_wave]

Yeah, I just got UCSD this afternoon too

[fluorineforlife]

5 hours ago, sarl said:

Mine says completed (and I submitted the app on the last day). It does say they'll contact you if they're missing anything though

Thanks for the info. I submitted the app and paid well before the deadline (probably 3rd week of Nov or something). My transcripts although had to fly from the UK, arrived about 2 weeks ago. And they still haven't changed the status. Seem like I don't need to sweat over this and just let them enjoy their Christmas.

[Roentgenium]

Has anyone heard back from Yale yet? Usually in the past years people have been getting offers by this point.

[metallocene2015]

13 hours ago, NoOrgoPlease said:

Anyone apply to Princeton? That's my top choice and am waiting nervously for that rejection email. 

I applied to Princeton last fall- I didn't get my rejection letter until 1/16. They won't come out that quickly so be patient !

 

[ChemEnergy]

Hey all!

Wanted to get some input on my profile since some of you have already been accepted! I applied to Berkeley, UNC, Colorado Boulder, Washington, and Notre Dame.

Stats:

Chem major and math minor; GRE- 160 V, 163 Q, 4.0 AW; 3 years research experience @ university; 1 summer program at my university and 1 international REU; Chem GPA 4.0, Overall GPA 3.97; 3 conference presentations (A poster at PITTCON in which I won an award, a poster at ACS 2015, and a presentation at a symposium on international research at ACS 2015); General, Orgo, and Analytical Tutor; Orgo and Analytical Academic Fellow; Work in the stock room of my school's chem department

 

I haven't heard from any university yet, although, I didn't submit any applications until mid-late November. The waiting is obviously a little nerve-wracking, so just thought I'd see what some other people thought.

 

Thanks for taking a look!

[ChemEnthusiast]

8 hours ago, ChemEnergy said:

Hey all!

Wanted to get some input on my profile since some of you have already been accepted! I applied to Berkeley, UNC, Colorado Boulder, Washington, and Notre Dame.

Stats:

Chem major and math minor; GRE- 160 V, 163 Q, 4.0 AW; 3 years research experience @ university; 1 summer program at my university and 1 international REU; Chem GPA 4.0, Overall GPA 3.97; 3 conference presentations (A poster at PITTCON in which I won an award, a poster at ACS 2015, and a presentation at a symposium on international research at ACS 2015); General, Orgo, and Analytical Tutor; Orgo and Analytical Academic Fellow; Work in the stock room of my school's chem department

 

I haven't heard from any university yet, although, I didn't submit any applications until mid-late November. The waiting is obviously a little nerve-wracking, so just thought I'd see what some other people thought.

 

Thanks for taking a look!

I was accepted into Notre Dame in November with a much lower stats than yours and I also submitted mid November. I think my current research project fits one of their group really well. I think you should be able to get an acceptance from them with your stat. I dont know about other schools so I cant give you any insight but your stats seem impressive so I think you have a good chance with each of them. Most school will send out their decision in the week of 1/4 so dont worry about it too much and enjoy your holidays. 

Edited December 26, 2015 by ChemEnthusiast

[ChemEnergy]

2 hours ago, ChemEnthusiast said:

I was accepted into Notre Dame in November with a much lower stats than yours and I also submitted mid November. I think my current research project fits one of their group really well. I think you should be able to get an acceptance from them with your stat. I dont know about other schools so I cant give you any insight but your stats seem impressive so I think you have a good chance with each of them. Most school will send out their decision in the week of 1/4 so dont worry about it too much and enjoy your holidays. 

Awesome, thanks a lot answering. My last LOR submitted on like 11/30 so I figured that didn't leave very much time for the possibility of early acceptances. Enjoy your holidays as well and goo luck with the rest of your apps!