MightyMike

Ph.D. Med.Chem., after much much much consideration, at KU!!! :D something to share about Lawrence?

Good point gstergia, agree 100% :D 1. thank them for having your application accepted 2. say how sorry u feel coz you r unable to accept it (perhaps due to so-called `personal reasons`if you really want to state specific motive :D) / or simply reject it ;) 3. preserve some link for the future; e.g. that if you were given an offer once again you`d be grately honored or something along this lines 4. thank a person from the school that was esp. nice in dealing with you (e.g a secretary, graduate director, prof) 5. say what your action will be; i.e. that you`ll send them back I-20 and this letter asap (and try to be succinct) Good LUCK in the other school!!!!

Hey jason, med.chem, have heard from all of them. You, Ph.D., which specialization? Good Luck, :D

Fingers, sth for you! Jason, it seems to be no news so far from Pharmaceuticals. Which specific field are u appliyng to? Ph.D, Pharm.D. or Masters? Cheers :D

Madeleine, truly sorry for the capitals. :D

e-mail and subsequently FAX is the easiest way to confirm it. Sending hard copy via snail won`t do any harm as well. :D

Great dude! Bikini and that sort of things!! :D

Thanx to ritwik and gforce. @ on_dope - I`m already engaged in this firing. :) Unfortuntaley not all of them reply? Why, though? Kinda afraid of competition? Donnot understand this behavior. Funding, drop-rate, prospects after graduation - ok everywhere. That`s a problem!!! :D

On_dope, awhig, Nishi and Dingus thanx! :) Any suggestions please........ Dingus, That`s exactly the reason why I still keep OleMiss on the list....... (rest 3 draw) A prof who is responsible for graduate admissions in Mississippi is really nice and extremely accommodating. And, yes he answers my questions fully, leaving no doubts. Yet, from the very moment I saw this question in Dragon`s thread, I`m not quite sure how much should the whole issue count. After all, it will be the time during our graduate studies (esp. during the 1st year) when we`ll prove our values. You can easily imagine a situation that an applicant who does not appear to be excellent, excel in his research. And, the converse. The first will become more desirable for a department, the latter will lose. Intricacies of an admission process. It`s a kind of competition, but also an art of making false pretences...... :D Besides, graduate programs can treat differently wannabes and their graduate students. Next question please. :D

Admits: :D Rutgers - TA SUNY Buffalo - GA UFL - 4 year fellowship OleMiss - GA Kansas University - RA Virginia Commonwealth - sadly dep.is out of cash Michigan, Ann Arbor - 1 year fellowship Minnesota, Twin Cities - stipend Reject: Purdue - God knows why they denied my application. :hmm: Purdue was my first-choice, so will have to seek education somewhere else.... When I asked them about the reason, they wrote me: `while your application was acceptable, it was not competitive enough..` Why then, every other school took me in??? :whistle: Now, as my time is pressing, I came to think that taking the proper decision is incomparably more difficult than application process in itself, gre including. Dingus, I read assiduously all your considerations regarding the choice, and narrowed my choices down to Kansas, Minneapolis, Ann Arbor, and OleMiss. All have some pros and cons. 3 first are within the 5 best pharmacy schools in the country. 1. Kansas - can find only 2 people under whom I`d like to work; one of them (in the words of a current graduate student) is `demanding`, which forecasts no good; focus on the synthesis (50% chances that I`ll go there) 2. Minneapolis - terribly cold, absolutely freezing, bone-chilling; focus equally on biochemistry and synthesis, longest tradition (20%) 3. Ann Arbor - all recent graduates easily tracked, all of them with great record; can`t find a prof. with whom I`d like to work at all :( (15%) 4. OleMiss - received the most money from NIH last year out of all pharma schools in the US, budding department, could work with 4 out of 5 profs there - overall mystery. (15%) Hey biologists what do you think about it? Dingus, can you offer some guidance? All TMians what would you suggest?

Can. till april 15th without any kind of agreement from a school. After this date he/she must seek a written release from the school.

Let me join the discussion for a while. Dragon, I`d say that since it`s almost certain that you won`t move to Athens, then the choice is extremely easy. :D You`re so different from other applicants sharing their concerns on TM that your priorities do not resemble theirs in any terms, that`s for sure. All the best in Emory!!! :grad: Dingus, have you thought of any other factor influencing school selection? I still have 4 open, comparable possibilities and I`m hitting the roof as deadlines re comming. :mad:

That you are shortlisted for the admission! I`d say 50/50 to almost certain admit depending on particular school. Once again, good luck, mate!

then you share interests with both of us, fingers and me! :D

Dingus, I often wonder how do you rember all the facts associated with TM! I bow down before you!!! :D Yes, I applied (successfully!) for Medicinal Chemistry. And, you`re quite right Dingus. It deals mainly with drug discovery and design, but also branches out into prodrugs which obviously can be regarded as a form of delivery. FingerS have you applied this year? To medical schools? My program is located within pharmacy schools, so the application-admission procedure can be quite different. As of today I know 8/9 decisions. :grad: Cheers :)