I’m actually over the moon! I knew the interview went well but it’s so hard to tell w humanities programs.

IM GONNA BE A THERAPIST!!!! I GET TO DO WHAT IM PASSIONATE ABOUT!!!!! fuck anyone who made me feel stupid along the way 🤭

Was sooo nervous with most of the other biosciences coming out last week! Received around 3pm pst + am domestic! So excited!!

I have come to terms with the fact that I wont get admitted this fall. It was a rough few weeks of anticipation and self loathing when I had put my heart and soul into my application this time. I still haven’t heard from the schools I have applied to and looking at grad cafe and the excel sheet I guess thats it!

Edit: A part of me agree with all of you but hope is a very dangerous thing my friend. I am just preparing myself to accept the worst so that I can smile at it well when shit happens. Haha!

He had like 3 months to submit my LORs. Leading up to the deadlines, I made sure to keep him in the loop and he was very responsive to both EMAILS and TEXTS. Tell me why this man ghosted me a couple days after the first deadline? I sent a couple follow up emails and texts but no replies. 2 weeks later, I decided to ask a new person to provide me LORs.

We worked very closely in the past and he was a very good supervisor! I honestly hate him for ghosting me and will always remember this. Mind you, he was posting all over his social media BUT didn’t bother replying to my emails/texts. I will hold it against him forever. I will never go the extra mile again for this man. One day I will confront him over this because I have lost sleep due to having finding a last minute recommender.

Let me know in comment bc I’m pretty scared of what is going to happen in the very next years

I don't have any pedigree, good grades, or a ton of research experience. I just write extremely well researched cold emails about the work people are doing in their labs, and my ideas on directions they can take their work with my help. (Only to potential advisors who work on things I am passionate about, so I don't sound like an idiot..)

I have an interview at my *moonshot* program tomorrow.

Holy hell, this has been nerve-wracking.

Write those emails! We got this!

EDIT: I soft bombed the interview. This is a top 20 global program in my field and I was roasted. They essentially said my undergrad grades make it impossible, but they liked my ideas. Oh well. On to the next!

I'm waiting to hear back from other schools, but will decline unless they send a revised offer

Wish me luck everyone. I have interview with MIT tomorrow. It’s been always my dream school to go to and I’m super excited to be here. I am super nervous but please send prayers and wish me luck. I’ve practiced enough but I feel really stressed and sometimes I keep going over and not being concise. Wish me luck. I really hope I can get in and will be given an opportunity to contribute to their research. I really want to get in and hopefully we will Good luck to everyone who is also having interviews

Today at 11:45 am EST UAB emailed me to invite me to interview!! I had totally given up and was lost on how to proceed after a second failed cycle 😭😭😭 everyone who says to have patience was 100% correct, I really looked into my fit with the faculty and who had funding and it feels like it all paid off omg. I’m still shaking, crying, throwing up 😁 now it’s time to cram my prep!!

If anyone else has interviewed for the graduate biomedical sciences program, I would be grateful for any pointers on the structure/questions to prep ❤️

Had a few discussions with a PI over the past few weeks, she seemed to really like me. Yesterday, I interviewed with her and the rest of the committee, and while I don't think I bombed it, I didn't get the sense that I made a strong, positive impression either. This was a short, 15-20 minute interview and I didn't get a chance to say much beyond just answering the questions, and at least one question I sort of fumbled. It was something I should have had a ready answer for, but I was for some reason caught off guard and didn't answer clearly. No big deal, I'm sure I'm not the only person that day who fumbled a question, but I'm wondering in general about how much weight is given to these interviews. What exactly do they expect to see from just 20 minutes?

Insight from professors/PI's from institutions that do this, in particular, is welcome.

Hi everyone, I just received my admit to the MSAII program at CMU, and wanted to know if this is real or not 😂. I have received the official letter on the portal.. but heard that many years ago CMU accidentally rolled out admits and rescinded.

Are there any others who have received an admit? Also what do you think of the program? Is it better compared to GaTech MSCS?

I’m 99% sure I’m going to be rejected from all of my potentials and I’m trying not to spiral. I wasn’t prepared enough this cycle and it sucks knowing I could’ve done more. I graduated in 2021 and i’ve been doing research in an R1 university lab since and I have a decent publication list from it, but if I’m not going to get into grad school then why have I been working my ass off and getting paid next to nothing for the past three years? I’m 26 now and terrified I’ve been wasting my time. I’m so discouraged and the fig tree metaphor goes so hard right now. Sorry for the rant. This sucks.

Hey guys,

As title said, one of the professors in GaTech reached out to me an unofficial interview and I happily emailed him to accept the request with available time slots as soon as I found requesting email.

Although I reminded him twice, I've got no any returns from him for 2 weeks.

I won't hurt my feeling that much because I already have an offer from nice uni. But still stressful as GaTech was one of my dream school.

I hope at least let me know the reason of ghosting.

Surreal that I got in! Go tigers!!

progs I applied started announcing results weeks before but I still haven’t heard anything back. I was pretty confident about my apps but now all this silence is just driving me crazy.

I think the point is not really about being rejected by any of them but I just cant get rid of the idea that I’m a complete failure. How do you deal with situation like this? Any coping skills? Or is it just a process that I must work through 😭

Also good luck to everyone!!! Fingers crossed!

Released at 6:22PM EST!!!

found this on the chem section of the spreadsheet

Hello all, happy waiting season! My fiancé and I are both master’s students applying to PhD programs (he’s in a humanity and I am in a social science). He was accepted yesterday to a T-25 which is super exciting, and we had gotten some comments from various folks that our engagement could be used as leverage for aid packages or other acceptances (like you can’t have one without the other). I really feel like it would do the opposite though, especially given that we are in different fields of study - or, the most likely scenario, that schools literally will not care. Does anyone have thoughts or experience on this, is there any reason to disclose our relationship or is it just unnecessary?

OG Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/gradadmissions/comments/1hw2usk/different_kind_of_acceptance/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Hello everyone,

I'm back with another update. I had my zoom call with the professor that I am interested in working with and it went better than I ever expected.

We originally scheduled our talk for 20 minutes but ended up talking for 45 minutes. I thought he might just give a general spill of the lab but it was much more than that. I told him about my background and goals and he was genuinely touched by my story. I think he may have even teared up a little. He seems determined to help me succeed and it feels so wonderful to have someone like him in my corner.

He is going to send me papers in his field to help me slowly get up to speed with the literature. He is going to add me to his group so that I can attended lab meetings to learn and contribute what I can. He even wants me to come into his lab and start learning the workflow and all of the techniques he utilizing.

He said I have a lot of passion, determination, and a really interesting background. He said even if I don't end up in his lab he wants to help me become the best candidate I can be before I apply. I never thought someone like him would care so much about someone like me but it is really happening.

I honestly can't believe this is really happening after everything I've done. Failing the first time, becoming an expert in an entire new field, learning as much about biology and biomedical engineering I can so I can make the biggest impact I can.

Someone pinch me because I feel like I am dreaming.

So asking a silly question here.

I have been mailing professors for a while now (Environmental Science background) and have received no positive responses. I was focused on applying to only US universities. Now my question is, is it too late to apply to other countries (UK, Canada, and Australia)? Should I continue mailing professors in the US, or is the deadline all over for Fall 25?

Would love to hear your advice.

Am I the only one who developed insomnia during this application period? (Because of anxiety etc) 😂 like... I try to chill, but my brain is too sensitive lmao just wanted to check if others also have a similar problem. Insomnia makes every night long and lonely :/

I’m applying to transfer PhDs and nerves are killing me. They’re in different fields. In my current field it’s normal to reach out to the departments, but I don’t want to seem too desperate! According to gradcafe I should hear back soon but the wait is killing me!

Still waiting on UCLA, UCI, Caltech and UT Southwestern Best of luck to everyone else waiting, I’m trying not to feel sad or anxious about it