<p>Who has heard from the Berkeley chemistry department? Did you hear by mail or by email? Thanks!</p>
<p>chemincali,</p>
<p>I got a call, then followed by e-mail from Berkeley chemistry department on Jan. 14</p>
<p>Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Looks like they have some results posted already at
<a href="http://www.yuster.com/school/get_program_responses/2078%5B/url%5D">http://www.yuster.com/school/get_program_responses/2078</a></p>
<p>Someone got a rejection on 10/22 and in previous year somebody got an acceptance on 12/28.</p>
<p>When is the visiting weekend for Berkeley chem? Thanks!</p>
<p>Regardless of its effect on the admissions process, I am interested in an answer to this question and have yet to get a definitive one: </p>
<p>What's a good, or even great, score on the chem subject test?</p>
<p>it's all relative -- and depends on the school you're applying for, the particular division within that school, etc. a solid understanding of general chemistry and average grasp of organic netted me a 70th percentile on that test. but then again, i applied to biochemistry and pharmacology programs, so maybe they didn't care as much. </p>
<p>from what i've heard around the interview circuit and on this forum, subject GRE scores are the least of their concerns -- your research experience and course grades are much more important factors to consider.</p>
<p>does anyone know when is the latest date that most colleges accept the GRE? also how hard is it to get into grad school without research experience? what if i have good grades but just never had the opportunity to do research? thanks.</p>
<p>chemistry PhD programs are making a rather sizeable investment in you (not just your stipend, they have to pay for tuition too -- at some private colleges this is a LOT of $$$) to become a super-duper researcher and bring their department lots of papers --> grants --> more $$$. </p>
<p>if you have no lab experience aside from what you took for your major, why should they take that risk? there will be plenty of other applicants with grades possibly not as stellar as yours, but have already demonstrated their potential to be researchers ... not lab-report-writing robots. :/</p>
<p>but i guess a more relevant question would be: why would you want to commit the next 5-6 years of your life to something you've never done before and aren't even sure if you like?</p>
<p>Are the chemistry departments done with sending out acceptances at this time? I applied to five top 10 grad schools and received two acceptances (with fellowships) very early but haven't gotten any news for the past three weeks... Can I expect rejections from the remaining schools if I haven't heard back?</p>
<p>By the way, how important is attending the visiting weekends? I'm an international student and honestly, I currently don't have the time to spend two days travelling plus two days with the visiting program.</p>
<p>Cheers and good luck to all...
cc06</p>