Invite to interview early January. 3.58 GPA. Mathematics minor. Computational skills; MATLAB and Python. 3 summer research experiences. Work in Lab at home university. Strong Letters of Rec.

4.0 GPA, 2.5 yrs undergrad research experience, one first author pub in review, 1 national award. Super excited - one of my top choices! Good luck to everyone else who applied

Research Masters; interview via Teams. Unable to log in to teams for 4 months. Requested an alternative video-conferencing app

Email saying I was waitlisted but it also said I would be updated on the status of my waitlist position/if I get an interview in January. Anyone else have this experience? Did they just reject you in Jan?

Non-trad; 3.5 years of full-time research at a top-5 school throughout undergrad; obtained degree from a lower-tier public school; no publications; 3 presentations; 2 national research awards; no GRE; 3 strong LORs from PI/direct research supervisors, 1 from a professor. Interview is virtual, Jan 13-14

Non-trad; 3.5 years of full-time research at a top-5 school throughout undergrad; obtained degree from a lower-tier public school; no publications; 3 presentations; 2 national research awards; no GRE; 3 strong LORs from PI/direct research supervisors, 1 from a professor. Interview is virtual, but still awaiting a specific date from the department.

Non-trad; 3.5 years of research at a top-5 school; obtained degree from a lower-tier public school; no publications; 2 national awards; no GRE; 3 strong LORs from PI/direct research supervisors, 1 from a professor. Interview week is potentially in person the week of feb 22 with the option to do virtual

Virtual interview days offered late January early February. Had two non-first author publications, 1.5 years undergrad research and 2 years post bac research as a technician. 3.15 gpa overall but penn state takes jr/sr calculation and that was 3.35.