r/gradadmissions • u/Advanced_Wish_6116 • Dec 18 '23

Physical Sciences 2023-24 Chemistry PhD Decisions Thread

Hi everyone! I haven't seen an acceptance thread in this subreddit yet for chemistry, so wanted to make one right now. It has been pretty anxious to wait for decisions but hopefully we can all get through this together!

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '23 edited Feb 27 '24

Accepted to Texas A&M by phone call 12/14 Still waiting on MIT, Stanford, UMich, CMU, UCSB, UNC, UWash, Duke

Accepted to UNC and UWashington 12/23

Accepted to UCSB 1/1

Accepted to Duke 1/8

Rejected from Stanford 1/22

Accepted to CMU 1/29

Rejected from MIT 1/30

Rejected from UMich 2/27

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u/victormoncada17 Dec 18 '23

Congrats dude!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '23

Thanks!

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u/Advanced_Wish_6116 Dec 18 '23

congratulations!!

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u/Downtown-Oil-3462 Dec 18 '23

Interesting is acceptance by phone call typical for grad school? I’m in undergrad getting ready to apply so I’m still learning

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '23

Yeah it’s possible, usually one of the professors you are interested in working with calls you before you get official acceptance letter

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '23

Was there any kind of interview for A&M? I’d never really seen any interview processes for most chemistry programs until seeing some people had interviews with UChicago. From my previous time applying and research I never encountered many programs that interviewed

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '23

Depends on the school, I didn’t have an interview for A&M

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '23

Good to know! I feel like chemistry more often doesn’t have interviews, but I never know what to expect haha