Same experience as the person below. "wow you'd really love it here, you're a great fit for the program, it'd be crazy if you were rejected". This was my top choice despite multiple acceptances and I said so at every interview so that's a shame.

post-interview: "you're my top choice applicant! I would love to have you in my lab" "please choose UCSF, I can't wait to see you in the fall!"

Interviewed: mid-January.

To the bio poster below: Congrats! Did you receive an email from your potential advisor or was it from the graduate school? Thanks for any information!

Admission decisions via email will be sent out on Feb 22 or Feb 23. I received a call from one of the PIs on the interview committee to congratulate me. Is this real life?!

With funding- visit on March 4.

To the anon below: they had a campus invite/interview at the end of January.

Strong letter or recommendation, 1 publication, 3 years of research experience in related field.

FYI: IU GCDB, EEB, and Microbiology (Biology programs) had their recruitment weekend on ~2/15-2/16, so if you haven't heard from them by now, you're not likely to get accepted. It's possible international students might get separate interview invites later, but they usually would have sent those out already.

E-mail to check the website where I found a standard rejection letter.