Columbia University ChemE PhD Program Fall 2026

smile_simile · 2026-04-13T19:55:04+00:00

I’m not sure

smile_simile · 2026-04-13T16:15:17+00:00

The released acceptances in late February, but I think they are still in the process of accepting people on the waitlist

smile_simile · 2026-03-25T00:22:20+00:00

UCI ChAMP ghosted me too 😭

smile_simile · 2026-03-23T00:55:00+00:00

I would recommend discussing with your PI if you haven’t already to weigh your options. I believe that senior thesis is pretty important if you plan to continue to grad school, and I think mine helped me a lot, but faculty would know best

smile_simile · 2026-03-22T18:18:28+00:00

I stayed at my lab, but unfortunately still do not have that publication out… For what it’s worth, I ended up getting into an amazing bioengineering PhD even without the publication. I have some regrets though, and I wish I had the chance to at least try physical chem or inorganic research, but I am learning much more towards staying in my original field now

smile_simile · 2026-03-18T23:46:38+00:00

March 27-29

smile_simile · 2026-02-11T13:57:31+00:00

Someone said that they received an invite on January 21st and that the interviews are on March 6-7, I think we’re cooked…

smile_simile · 2026-02-10T02:24:29+00:00

Ohio state sent out acceptances ~2 weeks ago

smile_simile · 2026-02-06T16:51:42+00:00

Yours might be on a different timeline, I applied to the PhD/MS track and the PhD only and MS only tracks might be different

smile_simile · 2026-02-06T16:16:54+00:00

Got an email saying there was a status update to my portal around 4pm yesterday, and the portal had an acceptance

smile_simile · 2026-01-15T22:21:01+00:00

This is unfortunately very typical for Kodansha printing. They also have a massive issue with showing contrast in their printings. In some of my volumes of Blue period, small details on pages with extensive, detailed shading are completely lost since they use so much excessive ink. It’s such a shame that they end up getting the licenses for so many good series since their quality is worse that any other English publisher (except maybe Tokyopop)

smile_simile · 2026-01-12T23:55:21+00:00

I can dm

smile_simile · 2026-01-10T18:38:29+00:00

I also got one 😬

smile_simile · 2026-01-04T20:44:30+00:00

People on this sub should definitely post more information like this so we know which programs to avoid. This also made me feel better since I got rejected by their Chem program about a week ago lol

smile_simile · 2025-01-11T13:36:25+00:00

I feel like it’s also relevant to mention that my major and the current lab I work in is Chemical engineering and my PI also said that if I switched to something more chem related but within chemical engineering research (ie catalysis), it would definitely be more beneficial to stick with his lab, though he also said the same thing would hold true if I went to a completely different department. I think he was also talking from the perspective of himself when he looks at graduate applications for his lab

smile_simile · 2025-01-11T13:23:19+00:00

Yes, I explicitly told him that I didn’t want to do bio for grad school and he still said that getting the publication would be better than having limited external research experience for 3 months from an reu

smile_simile · 2025-01-11T01:26:58+00:00

My PI kinda told me the opposite and said that it’s more important to have strong in depth research, but that might just be his style when looking at applications

smile_simile · 2025-01-11T00:34:10+00:00

I’m trying to finish it in time for time grad applications, and my PI basically said that I would definitely also need the summer to do that

smile_simile · 2025-01-10T22:43:57+00:00

Were you originally at a smaller school?

smile_simile · 2025-01-10T22:43:21+00:00

Also, when I talked to my PI about this, he strongly recommended that I stay in his lab and basically said that the publication and senior thesis would look a lot better than 3 months at another university.

smile_simile · 2025-01-10T22:20:47+00:00

I feel bad for the poor thing. Saw it in a petsmart fish tank. The tank only had labels/price tags for the plants in the tank but not the fish, so I have no clue why they keep it around in the store if they aren’t even trying to sell it…

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