Online interview invite. Super psyched!

No GRE

Three years post-bac research experience at a prestigious institution, two years undergrad research experience, 10 poster presentations

TTPB: Ignore the decision. Is there anyone who applied for the MMPP track? Any updates?

Master degree, 1 fist author publication, 1 co-author pub

Attend top 10 university for undergrad, decent research experience. No major pubs, but included on conference talks.

Received a generic email to check my admissions portal. Several pubs and decent research experience and stats; also thought I developed some good rapport with my prospective PI but guess that's life!

Heartbroken. Dream school and looks like I got a rejection very early on. I submitted app close to deadline. No GRE. 3 internships (2 REU's at UIUC and NYU), 2 years independent research, 4 years industry experience that was done throughout college. I come from a small state school. You live and you learn... hopefully it was for reasons I can help. "Thank you very much for applying to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Yale University. I regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you admission. As you know, the very high number of extraordinary candidates far exceeds the number of places we have in each program, and we are not able to admit many excellent candidates."

Status update posted to portal. Rejected due to high number of exceptional candidates. Kinda sad after seeing recent interview invites.

Contacted by MCGD admission committee member with invitation for virtual interview.

Got an interview invitation from Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development (MCGD) admission committee.

I did not submit GRE scores. I had a strong undergraduate record from a state school and extensive research experience. They are offering two rounds of interviews. The first is virtual in January, and then shortlist a few students and invite them for in-person interviews to meet faculty members in February.

Virtual interview January 18th-19th, if accepted in-person visit February 24-27.

I was initially waitlisted. YSE Admissions then sent an email in April with the title "Congratulations on your acceptance...", only to retract it later saying it was a mistake. Sad, but I remained on the waitlist. Despite saying that we would be notified of any updates, I didn't receive any word that the waitlist closed in late July. The school might be top-notch but the admissions team seems rather incompetent.

Just as a note for future applicants: I was originally accepted with no funding, but ultimately received the 20k fellowship (notification day is the day I received the upgraded offer). All students accepted to the program are put on a waiting list for funding, and if someone turns down their offer, they give it to the next person on the list.