Chemistry Application Fall 2016

[metallocene2015]

Just got an interview from UCLA !

 

Thank you for your application to UCLA's Chemistry and Biochemistry department. Our faculty have reviewed your application and the department is considering you for admission into our doctoral program. Before making a final decision, we would like to set up a video live session through Skype to assess your English language ability. Please list 3 different times that you are available for a 10 minute video session starting Wednesday, January 6 through Thursday, January 14th, 8:00am - 11:30am and 12:30pm - 4:30pm Pacific Standard Time, excluding Saturday and Sunday. The video session will be with a Graduate Student Affairs Officer from the department.  

When responding with your availability, please make sure you note the time difference and respond in pacific standard time. Furthermore, please include your Skype user name as well as your TOEFL total and speaking score.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

[ChemEnthusiast]

I had the same email too! good luck buddy!

[KaffeeCafe]

On 1/5/2016 at 11:53 PM, evanescent_wave said:

TongueSten, thanks for mentioning that UW's emails was flagged as spam. I might not have found it for quite a while otherwise!

Found mine in the spam too this morning :). In the acceptance letter, it mentioned students will have to pay University Fees ($1,300) ? Isn't that waived usually with programs or am I not remembering correctly. I don't remember seeing that with other schools.

[erickkwangg]

Just got my unofficial acceptance to Yale from POI! Decision letters should be coming out some time soon too for wave 1. So excited!!

Edited January 6, 2016 by erickkwangg

[swiftninja]

Did anyone else already get accepted to USC? Do they not have an interview?

[AkashSky]

9 hours ago, swiftninja said:

Did anyone else already get accepted to USC? Do they not have an interview?

i'm pretty sure those will come out next month.  Their app was due like 2 days ago.

[TongueSten]

23 hours ago, KaffeeCafe said:

Found mine in the spam too this morning :). In the acceptance letter, it mentioned students will have to pay University Fees ($1,300) ? Isn't that waived usually with programs or am I not remembering correctly. I don't remember seeing that with other schools.

I know a few grad students at UW-Madison. Apparently you do have to pay the university fees. I was told it's not a major expense as long as you plan accordingly when budgeting your stipend.

[KaffeeCafe]

13 minutes ago, TongueSten said:

I know a few grad students at UW-Madison. Apparently you do have to pay the university fees. I was told it's not a major expense as long as you plan accordingly when budgeting your stipend.

Thank you for the info. And is the stipend generally enough? Certainly money isn't the biggest factor at all, but their stipend seems to be lower than others + apparently having to pay health insurance premiums and the fee which other schools tend to reimburse. But overall there seems to be a lot of good research, so I'll try to plan for the visitation dates.

[TongueSten]

8 minutes ago, KaffeeCafe said:

Thank you for the info. And is the stipend generally enough? Certainly money isn't the biggest factor at all, but their stipend seems to be lower than others + apparently having to pay health insurance premiums and the fee which other schools tend to reimburse. But overall there seems to be a lot of good research, so I'll try to plan for the visitation dates.

Everyone I spoke to said the stipend is more than sufficient. The cost of living in Madison is pretty low especially considering what I'm used to (being from a large city on the East Coast), but you might see it differently depending on your own experience. I have heard small grievances from students, but none of them had to do with stipends/funding. But yeah, they're a powerhouse in my field, so I'm excited for the visitation weekend.

[NoNewFriends]

anyone besides Tonguesten hear from Tr-I Chem Bio? I'm assuming all interview invitees have been sent out. 

[KaffeeCafe]

Heard back from POI I was in contact with from Northwestern just now. Now just waiting on one more!

[raybans7]

Congrats Kaffee! I loved the summer I spent at Northwestern, really hoping to hear from them soon. Did they say when official information would come out? I've been refreshing the admissions tracking page fairly regularly. 

[KaffeeCafe]

1 minute ago, raybans7 said:

Congrats Kaffee! I loved the summer I spent at Northwestern, really hoping to hear from them soon. Did they say when official information would come out? I've been refreshing the admissions tracking page fairly regularly. 

Thanks! Actually my tracking page still says 'admission not yet rendered' so I wasn't really expecting a call. It was mentioned that official letters would come in the next few weeks (if I heard it right) so I wouldn't worry yet!

[ChemEnthusiast]

Thanks for the information Kaffee, I am also waiting for Northwestern and glad to hear that they are starting to make their move. Congrats! I think next week will be important because according to the result page letters will be sent out next week.

[Orgo for days]

Just got accepted to Stanford, one of my top choices!!!!

[ChemEnthusiast]

7 minutes ago, Orgo for days said:

Just got accepted to Stanford, one of my top choices!!!!

Congrats! I am still waiting for them. My application mark incomplete even though I turned in everything tho so that's kind weird.

[fluorineforlife]

I emailed Stanford about that incomplete thing. They said they didn't know why my profile said incomplete, but it was definitely marked as complete on their system. I'm also waiting for Stanford on synthetic Org Chem.

[ChemEnthusiast]

8 minutes ago, fluorineforlife said:

I emailed Stanford about that incomplete thing. They said they didn't know why my profile said incomplete, but it was definitely marked as complete on their system. I'm also waiting for Stanford on synthetic Org Chem.

Thanks for the information. I will send them an email just to notify them about this.

Edited January 8, 2016 by ChemEnthusiast

[erickkwangg]

30 minutes ago, Orgo for days said:

Just got accepted to Stanford, one of my top choices!!!!

Congrats! was it an official acceptance or was it a personal acceptance?

Edited January 8, 2016 by erickkwangg

[Orgo for days]

2 hours ago, erickkwangg said:

Congrats! was it an official acceptance or was it a personal acceptance?

It was an official, although I'd love to hear from my main POI!

[onceinalifetime]

On 12/16/2015 at 5:55 PM, ChemicalPenguin said:

I got my acceptance from UC Irvine last Wednesday, and my acceptance for UC Davis and UT Austin yesterday. 

Congrats on those acceptances! I'm crossing my fingers for Irvine, but at this point its clear I wasn't one of their top choices. I've heard they highly value research experience there, which may explain why they weren't eager to accept me. How much research exp do you have if you dont mind me asking?

[evanescent_wave]

onceinalifetime, not who you asked, but I got into Irvine as well -- I did research for three summers as an undergrad, throughout my senior year as part of a senior thesis, and for another year (now, as a gap year) at a government lab. Hope you hear back from them soon!

[Nielsson]

Just received official acceptance letters from Yale, UWisc-Madison, and UIUC for their Chemical Biology tracks! What a nice Friday surprise, haha

[Orgo for days]

51 minutes ago, Nielsson said:

Just received official acceptance letters from Yale, UWisc-Madison, and UIUC for their Chemical Biology tracks! What a nice Friday surprise, haha

Congrats, what exciting timing!

[KaffeeCafe]

Official email from UNC Chapel Hill this evening. I've got news from all 5 I've applied to now : UChicago, Duke, UWMadison, Northwestern, & UNC Chapel HIll for Physical Chem. Now to wait for some visits !