Generic email of rejection

Thank you for your application to the PhD program in the MIT Department of Biology. We had a large number of highly qualified applicants this year and unfortunately we are unable to offer you a place in our program. We wish you the best of luck in pursuing your education at another institution and with all of your future work. We greatly appreciate your interest in our program.

Ignore Waitlist. Could somebody shed some light on the interview process ? I see that people from last fall have mentioned that they were interviewed multiple times before their admission decision came in. What can you expect in these interviews ?

Interview in Personal Robot group Media Lab MIT, contacted by the PI. Hold a master's from ETH in Robotics. Collaborated with Harvard lab for master's thesis. I worked with phds from Media Lab before. Strong LORs from 2 Harvard Professors and 1 ETH Professor.

Interview request from POI

This email is to acknowledge receipt of your application to the MIT Operations Research Center's Graduate Program. The Admissions Committee will meet in late-January and we will be in touch with you as soon as possible after that date regarding admission decisions. If you have any questions concerning your application to the OR program, please feel free to contact me.

Email from two faculties of interest (in one email) scheduling a 30min zoom interview.

Interview call from potential advisor listed in application.

For Fall 2023, not 2022! Invited to interview in March, but was also reached out to and interviewed by a professor in the days just before the notification.