Apparently they only admit Nobel Laureates! Rejection email was personalized and somewhat kind tho. Good luck to everyone

Very sad about this one, was really hoping to get an interview. Good luck to everyone interviewing!

Good luck to those who got invited to the interview!!

Didn't submit GRE scores and no publications. Strong LORs and 2+ years of research experience.

Very mediocre gpa from top-20ish school. Good GRE. 2.5 years postgrad research w/ 3 papers; 4 years undergrad research w/ 2 papers. Local to Seattle.

Thank you for your application to the University of Washington Graduate School. Thank you, too, for submitting your application to the University of Washington Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) graduate program. After an extensive process that included 3 different levels of review, we are sorry to inform you that your application was not selected for an interview with the MCB program. The number and quality of graduate applicants to the MCB program were extraordinary this year, and our difficult decision concerning your application was reached through careful, holistic consideration of all applications and their merits. Thank you for applying to the MCB graduate program at the UW, as we recognize that expenditures of money and time to do so can be considerable. Our process has been thorough and, in fairness to all applicants, all decisions are final. There are no appeals after our committee has decided. We wish you well in your future educational endeavors, and hope that you continue to pursue a graduate education, here or at another world-class university.

I am not too surprised by this result, UW was a reach for me. Congratulations to those who got an interview!

Masters GPA is 4.0. Two papers, one in preparation, strong LORs, several awards. Not too surprised since funding international students is difficult. Congrats to everyone who got an interview!

Masters GPA is 4.0. Two papers, one in preparation, strong LORs, several awards. Super happy as this is my top choice!

Interview date: Jan 17-19th.

Received less than an hour after accepting an invite to interview with the Cancer Biology program at Wisconsin - not sure if that played a role or not.

3 years research experience (2 years neuroscience, 1 year biochem), no publications