Graduate School Admission Results

emailed the department for an update. "Of the nearly 600 applications we received, we were only able to invite a very small number to interview. Given the high volume of applications received, we are not able to offer application review and feedback at this time."

personal email from graduate advisor for recruitment that I met with along with few other faculty members for a 30 min interview 2 days prior. Invited to recruitment event on feb 4

big sad

generic rejection message: "thank you for your email. As you may know, we receive many more applications from exceptionally talented students than we can possibly admit. Deciding among them is difficult. Unfortunately, we were not able to offer you an interview. Of the nearly 600 applications we received, we were only able to invite a very small number to interview. Given the high volume of applications received, we are not able to offer application review and feedback at this time. We wish you the best in your educational endeavors."

Contacted by two PI's for interviews this week

for those asking about the interview email, it seemed like a mass email but was addressed to my name

interview dates feb7-8

For the UCLA post was it a mass email or individual ?

UCLA bumpâ–¼. I only saw a single person post a UCLA interview invite a few weeks back. I asked a current UCLA grad student about interview emails 1/3/21 and they said: "UCLA has already begun to send out neuroscience graduate program invites, along with the other UCs (like UCI, UCSF, and UCSD). UCLA requires (this year) responses from all interviewees by January 18th, and their interview process is occurring Feb. 28th - March 1st. So if you haven't received an invite yet (which I'm sure only a few students have thus far since we're still on holiday break and the campus is closed), you should receive UCLA's before January 18th."

Has anyone heard back from UCLA?

3.87 major GPA. 2 years full-time research exp. HHMI investigator LOR + 3 more letters from highly regarded faculty members at prestigious research university.