Fiain Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 So, Rice's admission email mentions that less than 40 people were offered admission for PhDs this year. Wow.
euronymous_oystein Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Fiain said: So, Rice's admission email mentions that less than 40 people were offered admission for PhDs this year. Wow. Does this mean that if someone hasnt received an email so far, it is over?
raul.carmo Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Did anyone hear from University of Pittsburgh, Utah (after Dec.) and UI Chicago? Also, is it inappropriate to call departments to check how far they are in the admissions process? I want to check if they are still sending offers or if all the positions are filled. Edited January 16, 2018 by raul.carmo
Fiain Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 5 hours ago, athan892 said: Does this mean that if someone hasnt received an email so far, it is over? I'm not sure, sorry! I was called yesterday and got my email last night. Im not sure if they sent them all out at once, just that the letter has that number.
euronymous_oystein Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 16 minutes ago, Fiain said: I'm not sure, sorry! I was called yesterday and got my email last night. Im not sure if they sent them all out at once, just that the letter has that number. Never mind, congrats for your acceptance!
rw16202 Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 48 minutes ago, raul.carmo said: Did anyone hear from University of Pittsburgh, Utah (after Dec.) and UI Chicago? Also, is it inappropriate to call departments to check how far they are in the admissions process? I want to check if they are still sending offers or if all the positions are filled. I don't think it's bad to call departments to see if they're still sending out offers. Another thing to do is to look at the results page of grad cafe from previous years and see when your schools have sent out acceptances in the past. A lot of schools seem to send out acceptances in the first few weeks of February. raul.carmo 1
Fiain Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 28 minutes ago, rw16202 said: I don't think it's bad to call departments to see if they're still sending out offers. Another thing to do is to look at the results page of grad cafe from previous years and see when your schools have sent out acceptances in the past. A lot of schools seem to send out acceptances in the first few weeks of February. To piggy back off of this - if you call and ask for a general timeline (IE, when they expect to have decisions out by) I don't think they mind - I've done that with a few of my schools. I wouldn't call to ask about a decision, though, as that might seem really pushy. raul.carmo 1
rwoodward Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 3 hours ago, Fiain said: To piggy back off of this - if you call and ask for a general timeline (IE, when they expect to have decisions out by) I don't think they mind - I've done that with a few of my schools. I wouldn't call to ask about a decision, though, as that might seem really pushy. Did you ask Stanford or Cornell for a timeline? As I'd be interested to hear what they are!
Fiain Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, rwoodward said: Did you ask Stanford or Cornell for a timeline? As I'd be interested to hear what they are! I'm fairly sure Stanford's folks are out at lunch today, and I've got to head out to work before they'll likely be back - I'll try and call later if I get a chance, though if someone else wants to that'd rock. Cornell told me next two weeks, the admissions committee is still looking at applications. rwoodward 1
Moonchild Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 21 hours ago, Fiain said: Northwestern for Chem is sending out their last decisions this week, is what I've heard. That does include acceptances, so don't be disheartened yet about that. I haven't heard anything from Cornell, Berkeley, or Stanford yet.. I honestly thought my really bad subject gre score (33rd percentile!) would knock me out of the running for all the schools and it hasn't so far, so... SoPs and recommendations really do help a ton. As far as welcome visits I've been invited to two that I have the information for - one I get reimbursed for the flight, the other is arranged for me. Hotels/food is covered by them. Hello, where have you been invited?
Fiain Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 10 minutes ago, Moonchild said: Hello, where have you been invited? Rice and Northwestern, officially, and I've been called by a professor at U of O who told me to expect my admissions email soon and information on the visits. Northwestern will reimburse you, Rice pays entirely themselves.
someth1ngAus Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Hmm, the wait for Princeton continues xD rwoodward and NervousChemApplicant 2
PhD_hopeful_ Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Is it possible to obtain an acceptance before a school's deadline for application?
Fiain Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Depends on the school? I imagine that is pretty unlikely, though.. As an update, called Stanford. They said they expect to have decisions made by the end of January/Early February. I tried calling Berkeley too, however I wasn't able to actually get through to a person with how many 'bots there were in between me and said person. So I won't be able to give an update on them. rwoodward 1
someth1ngAus Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Princeton looks like they're coming out - still don't have mine...shitting bricks haha singinglupines 1
smizz Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Hey all, I'm new to this thread but have been lurking for a while! I'm a bit nervous-- do schools usually send out all their acceptances at once or do they do it based on discipline or just in general all at once?
someth1ngAus Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 21 minutes ago, smizz said: Hey all, I'm new to this thread but have been lurking for a while! I'm a bit nervous-- do schools usually send out all their acceptances at once or do they do it based on discipline or just in general all at once? Depends on the university - can be any of the above. Best bet is to look at past years and see what is normally done.
javajunkie95 Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 2 hours ago, PhD_hopeful_ said: Is it possible to obtain an acceptance before a school's deadline for application? I did but the school was rolling admissions.
boulderboi Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Got in to Colorado state! Definitely my backup school but I’m still excited to finally get an acceptance. Does anyone on here know much about the program (organic)? raul.carmo, rw16202 and sky157 2 1
someth1ngAus Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 Given how many acceptances and wait lists have happened for Princeton, I think it's looking quite bleak for me...
NervousChemApplicant Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 1 hour ago, someth1ngAus said: Given how many acceptances and wait lists have happened for Princeton, I think it's looking quite bleak for me... What’s your discipline? Looks like it’s mostly organic and analytical... historically, it seems like they don’t all come out at once
someth1ngAus Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 2 hours ago, NervousChemApplicant said: What’s your discipline? Looks like it’s mostly organic and analytical... historically, it seems like they don’t all come out at once I'm organic/catalysis/synthesis. Oh well, it's 11:35PM here (Sydney) and still in lab - maybe I'll find out when I wake up...
smizz Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 5 hours ago, someth1ngAus said: Given how many acceptances and wait lists have happened for Princeton, I think it's looking quite bleak for me... Yeah I'm nervous as well, I applied there too...
someth1ngAus Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 31 minutes ago, smizz said: Yeah I'm nervous as well, I applied there too... Yeah, it's the only school I applied to because it had perfect research fit for me - if not, I can continue doing research where I am since I have a pretty large research budget ($10k for my project + supervisor's other funding but probably won't need to touch it...+like, $35k stipend take-home and several thousand more for teaching). We might be moving to UCL though, so I dunno.
PhD_hopeful_ Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 I got accepted to FIU for the PhD in Forensic Chemistry. singinglupines, KentuckyFriedChemistry and raul.carmo 3
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