HOW SOON???

[NsciApp]

Does anybody know how soon I can expect to hear back from bioscience/neuroscience programs? The deadlines for those schools are Dec 1 & 15. Some schools explicitly state that they offer interviews on a rolling basis.

thanks

[fuzzylogician]

Does anybody know how soon I can expect to hear back from bioscience/neuroscience programs? The deadlines for those schools are Dec 1 & 15. Some schools explicitly state that they offer interviews on a rolling basis.

thanks

Did you try checking the results page on here? It could give you a pretty accurate estimate of when other people heard back in previous years. Most of the programs I applied to last year had data updated going back two or three years, and I found it was remarkably accurate. Notifications for practically all of my programs went out the same week they did in the years before.

Edited December 4, 2009 by fuzzylogician

[BCHistory]

Does anybody know how soon I can expect to hear back from bioscience/neuroscience programs? The deadlines for those schools are Dec 1 & 15. Some schools explicitly state that they offer interviews on a rolling basis.

thanks

I know what you mean. I'm constantly checking and re-checking every day, and it's only the beginning of December! I applied to history programs, and it appears that for my field, I probably won't hear back until February at the earliest. But yet I still find myself checking my application status at the schools every morning and evening. Uggghh, why can't it be February?!?!

[Ziz]

Haha I submitted an application last night and it said "a decision could be made within the next few weeks so please keep an eye on this space." FEW WEEKS?!?!?!

[modernity]

Yeah last year notifications didn't really start rolling in until Feb/March for most people as I recall. Not that that stops us from checking.

[NsciApp]

sorry to be a moron...which aspect of this site would have the "results" info ppl are talking about? Do I need to just search by school/department? I know it can be really different depending on department.

[tarski]

http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/

There's a link way up top .

[NsciApp]

http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/

There's a link way up top .

haha, you would think I would be competent at simple things like SEEING LINKS by now... oh well

[NsciApp]

UPDATE: based on my research on this website and others I've decided to stop checking my apps (neuroscience/biosciences) until after Christmas. Even then...I've heard that a lot of people get invited for interviews via phone.

[dzk]

I'm applying to Neuroscience programs as well. You'll probably get a notification in January/February for most programs (most won't even look at the applications until after the break), and interview weekends are February/March.

[edit: Also, you're applying to four of the same programs I am. Good luck!]

Edited December 6, 2009 by iggy

[NsciApp]

which 4? How did you pick? I was looking at Harvard, UCSF, Berkley, and Davis, too.

Edited December 6, 2009 by NsciApp

[dzk]

Oops. Missed this post. I'm applying to Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Penn, Stanford, and UCSD.

And despite what I said before, I now have an interview invite to Michigan. Hooray!

[NeuroNerd86]

Iggy, congrats! Did you apply to PIBS or Neuroscience only program at Michigan? I'm asking because I applied to Michigan as well (PIBS).

[ma7eb4i]

Oops. Missed this post. I'm applying to Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Penn, Stanford, and UCSD.

And despite what I said before, I now have an interview invite to Michigan. Hooray!

Congrats! Just out of curiosity, if you don't mind me asking, what are your research interests?

[dzk]

I applied direct, not through PIBS. I think most of the PIBS committees are meeting this week... I'm also pretty sure you guys don't have the same interview weekend (January 14th-17th).

My research interests are in cellular and developmental neurobiology... I'm interested in a number of topics on neuron, synapse, and circuit development.

[NsciApp]

Oops. Missed this post. I'm applying to Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Penn, Stanford, and UCSD.

And despite what I said before, I now have an interview invite to Michigan. Hooray!

hey iggy, I got an invite to Michigan neuroscience today too! yippeee!!! I also have an interview at Iowa, and I am expecting to hear from Wisconsin any day now....

[NeuroNerd86]

congrats to you too NsciApp!

[peppermint.beatnik]

I applied last year. My first reply was at the beginning of March, the last at the beginning of April.

[workingonit]

Congrats, iggy and NsciApp--looks like we'll all be partying it up in Ann Arbor together. Looking forward to meeting you guys next month!