4yr research experience, 3 pubs, strong LOR, state undergrad institution, avg GRE scores, 3.85 GPA, 7 interview offers total.

Standard rejection letter in the mail

Invitation for campus visit

Email never used the word "interview" but they did say "hosting". "It is a great pleasure for us to invite you to attend our recruitment activities on February 29th and March 1st".

Interview dates 2/29, 3/1

Will be interviewing for both NSGP and NIH partnership programs.

01/31/2015 - Interview invite; 02/14/15 Interview, 30 minutes including a 20 minute presentation on previous research; 02/16/15 rejection notification. I suspect I did poorly on my interview. Frost Scholar Candidate.

I think UCI is my top choice simply because of Gary. Great recruitment weekend.

semesters of research (will finish an honors thesis next semester), 1 REU, 1 independent research lab volunteer for part of a summer

2 first-author pubs in other areas; mail with link to account having generic rejection letter

Interviews 2/26-28

5 years research experience Two fellowships Strong LOR Still rejected😑 Good luck to everyone who got in

Received an email saying that i am accepted on 1/19/2016. Still waiting for the official offer send from the school. I was originally a second year PhD student in the graduate program of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Kansas and i'm not quiet interested in the research that focused on diabetic nephropathy here and my previous mentor is really weird and she treats people really bad in her lab. She promised me to work on AD and neuroscience before i chose her lab but then i end up with diabetes which is why i choose to move. 4 co-author papers, no first author.

First (un)official acceptance! (Two first author pubs in other areas)

Was told that the committee has shortlisted my application for admission. Acceptance into the program is conditional upon me finding a supervisor. There was no mention of an interview.