<p>Well, hopefully it's a good sign -- they felt that your son would be a better fit with the Chemistry and Chemical Biology program.</p>
<p>It shouldn't matter what date they forwarded the application. If the Chemistry and Chemical Biology program likes your son's application, they'll admit him (or offer an interview; I'm not sure what their particular procedure is) regardless of whether or not they've made their other decisions already. Grad programs don't tend to get too hung up on details. :)</p>
<p>That's a relief. I was kicking myself for possibly screwing up his chances by filling out the wrong application.</p>
<p>He probably would be a better fit. He is a Chem major with a biochem emphasis and is more interested in the chemical make-up of cells and viruses. I guess that is why they want those SOPs. He was pretty clear what he was interested in doing.</p>
<p>I went through the same thing when I went to grad school. I applied for one department and they transferred my application to a different department because they thought it would be a better fit (a while after the deadline). It worked out in the end (I got in).</p>
<p>I'm just curious, if your son is graduating from college and ready to attend grad school he should be pretty independent, why did you fill out the application for him? Don't take offense, I'm just wondering.</p>
<p>No offense taken --it is a legitimate question. What can I say? I'm a fantastic mom :D </p>
<p>Seriously, he was carrying 19 credits and had 3 labs --genetics, microbio, and biochem 2. I don't work outside the home, he asked for help, so I volunteered to do the menial stuff ---got a sore shoulder cutting and pasting :) It was very time consuming and with his course load he would have never been able to do them all. He selected the schools, wrote the SOP, did the resume-- the hard stuff really. He had to look it over, make sure I had it all correct, fill in the payment info and hit submit.</p>
<p>Harvard CCB is pretty good. they got a few great people there. if your son has an extensive chem background, im sure he will get in. they dont have interviews, so they will accept or reject you. but they do have recruitment weekend. now im kinda hoping they would forward my application to bbs chem bio...</p>
<p>i recieved an initation to visit stanford for a minority graduate student event. They are paying for my trip. They have not, however, notified me of an admissions decision. Do most students who are invited to visit the school recieve offers of admission to the university?</p>
<p>To keep people updated I just got into the Harvard PhD program for Chemistry so the rest of you should be hearing back soon. I must say that I'm at a loss because I now have to decide between Harvard, Berkeley, Caltech, and U. Chicago. (And I swear that I'm not trying to be cocky, I didn't really expect to get into any of the aforementioned schools.)</p>
<p>BTW- I only wished that my mom could have filled out my applications. It was so difficult doing that, research and school I was pretty miserable trying to do it all.</p>
<p>Congrats Excalibur. What a dilemma! It may come down to whether you like snow or not. Boston is a wonderful city to be near.I hear Chicago isn't too bad, either, but I have never been there. I'm not a fan of Pasadena, but having lived in Southern California for 15 years I'm not fond of traffic and concrete. ;)</p>
<p>Maybe I can get a side job filling out grad school applications :)</p>
<p>Thanks Eastcoast. He is a Chem major and did 2 summers of chemistry related research. He is fascinated by stuff on the molecular level.</p>
<p>I currently go to Tufts and I grew up in Portland, Maine so snow isn't a problem. I just question whether I should have a change of scene or not...</p>
<p>Got the acceptance email from UT Austin today from the Chemical Engineering department! They will be having the recruiting weekend March 2-4. I'm excited because I wanted to do drug delivery and Dr. Pappas along with Dr. Langer at MIT are highly regarded in the field.</p>
<p>Haven't heard from the HST department of MIT and Harvard yet.</p>
<p>Excalibur, I somehow missed when you said you were from Maine. That's what I get for not reading everything. Beautiful up there. If you like trees, don't go to CalTech. I'm not sure there are any and the ground has a propensity to shake a bit. ;) </p>
<p>I am having second thoughts about Penn....I think the prestige bug is biting me...NO funding from other schools has been offered for sure...only NOMINATIONS.....I am only doing a masters so I knew going into it all not to expect anything in the first place. I really liked Penn when I visited, but $40k give or take a few grand is a lot of debt to accumulate when my career will be in teaching, which doesn't make a lot of mone in the first place....I dunno.....hopefully the other schools will reply soon!</p>
<p>CCA: waiting
MICA: had phone interview
SCAD: waiting
UW: waiting
Pratt: waiting
RIT: still need to mail in my portfolio after work tonight! They're deadline is not until thursday.</p>
<p>So seeing all you guys get accepted already is driving me nuts.</p>
