Email says interviewing 16 people to admit 3-4 students

Strong SOP, very strong letters, 2 years research, no publications

TTPB: take it easy! It's normal in engineering programs that some professors might send informal offers to students, since the decisions of professors weight out of the committee in these programs. At least we know the actual time that the decision will be out now, so don't lose hope!

ALL MOLECULAR ENGINEERING (PME) RESULTS POSTED ARE FAKE. I inquired and got this response from the grad program coordinator: "I can assure you, however, that the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering has not released any decisions yet; our admissions committee is still finalizing decisions. We hope to release decisions within the next week."

Zoom call to notify my acceptance into the program.

5 mins zoom talk about the application result.

Informal acceptance in Zoom interview with POI

To the question below-- I'm not the original poster, but I heard they were aiming to wrap up interviews the 18th and make decisions "quickly" after that. No idea about specific dates though.

UChicago interviews all candidates being considered for admission. No Doodle Poll means no admit, unfortunately.

Does UChicago take in grad applicants without interviews? If I don't receive a Doodle Poll, does that mean I am not in the running?

One of the PI emailed saying that I am accepted and he is interested to take me in his group. Finally....I am so happy. Good luck to everyone!

Was emailed by the committee co-chair. Waitlisted due to pandemic (smaller incoming class).

informal zoom call and acceptance from POI

To poster below: UChicago sends Doodle Poll for 'possible' interview to long-listed candidates. They'll then send out interview notifications to short-listed candidates (so not everyone who receives the Doodle Poll will actually get an interview), and then admit about half of those who are interviewed.