Was not invited to visiting days. Reached out to the PI I applied under, and we agree that it seems unlikely I will be accepted to the program at this point. Sad

Can't believe I got in. Got a phone call.

As expected since I didn't reach out to any PI...

No GRE, two good recs, two okay recs, 3 years research experience, three publications. General rejection letter.

Organic. Generic rejection, not surprised.

Received email from system asking me to check portal. Pchem track, GPA 4.08/4.30 , no GRE, 3 summer research (1 each summer, 2 at home university in Asia, 1 overseas), no publications, 2 posters and 2 presentations at local college student conferences, 3 year experience as tutor for first-year undergrad science course, 5 good LoR (1 from renowned professor in my field)

One publication, honors thesis, 3.5 years of undergraduate research, 2 conference presentations, 2 years TA experience

No GRE. No Pub. 1 conference

First author publication in JACS. Top research group at a top university. Extensive research experience including a summer at another top research university. Pretty epic fail.

Sorry to all others who have the alerts on for this. To the previous poster, thank you for sharing. I applied to work under Dr. Terence Capellini. So, I am feeling a bit worried I have not heard back yet. Do you know if you are getting interviewed by multiple PIs or just one? Good luck!

sorry for the wrong post above

Received email earlier today indicating interview in February. Wasn't expecting to hear anything until mid-February so this is a surprise.

To the previous poster - I applied under Dr. Carmody and I believe Dr. Capellini is setting up / running the interview! You?

To the previous poster, congrats! Which PI had you originally applied for?

3rd interview

my background is numerical and theoretical condensed matter, I have 2 paper ( 1 co-first author). In the interview they asked about my research and my goals for phd.