Email invitation to open house, although no acceptance yet. Application status still says under committee review.

email from committee inviting to me to visit weekend in two weeks, as well as very positive email from POI. Have some better options so unsure if I will take attend.

Received email notification of status update. Continuously conducted research at PUI during undergraduate. Interest in inorganic catalysis.

I am an international applicant with a mediocre GRE score V: 155 Q: 165 AW: 4.0. I don't have any publications. This has been my biggest weakness when applying. I tried to cover up my weakness with strong recommendation letters, 2 years of research experiences. I also have a pretty extreme personal story related to my research. Last, I participated in a conference where my POI delivered a lecture. I related this conference experience when sending a contact email. Good Luck with your applications all of you.

To the poster below, no I did not have an interview. I know a lot of people had interviews, so I was not feeling hopeful anyways. Good luck if you had one!

To the poster below that got notification from UCSD: did you have an interview to the program prior to their decision?