Graduate School Admission Results

Received admissions letter and merit scholarship award at the same time. Was offered 30k.

Preliminary interview scheduled 12/5.

3 years academic post-bac research, 1 year undergrad research. 3 pubs, 1 first author. 2 big conferences + some smaller ones, presented posters at all. Undergrad GPA not great, but from strong school. LORs strong. Never heard back from program regarding any decisions, so presumably a rejection haha.

Received email December 17th inviting me for zoom interview at the end of January. Found out mid-March was waitlisted via email. Admin was very responsive and supportive to questions given the uncertainty during this time, as many Boston programs waitlisted higher number of applicants due to government problems.

3 years post-bac, 1 year undergrad research experience. 3 papers, 1 first author. 2 well-known conferences + some smaller group conferences (5 posters). Received invitation to interview in mid-December. Had online interview in mid-January, with multiple dates to chose from which is nice because most schools don't give you a say in that. After online interview, had an in-person interview day at the end of February. There were only a couple program slots due to American govt funding problems so most people (including myself) were waitlisted.

Received an email late January/early February to invite for in-person interview a couple weeks later. Interviewed on a Friday, received an email from dept head that Monday or Tuesday offering admission. DBS is direct entry so they gave me a couple of labs to chose from.

Get an email from a PI giving me an informal offer to join their lab.

w/ $7,000 Dean's Scholarship

PI reached out for an informal chat via Zoom.

First Reject, - 1 Paper, 1 paper accepted, 1.5 Yoe. They seem to review applications very quickly, at least according to online sources, which I personally believe leads to a high number of false negatives.

100%tuition waiver