international students have less access to gradcafe, so the percentage may be biased. Based on gradcafe and some other bbs, Chinese applicants have already received some chem offers/rejs, not that many, though
My roommate got his unofficial offer on mid Jan 4 yrs ago, a 2nd tier program but very nice advisor
I don't think lz needs to worry about it. There r alot of chem offers; only a small portion of them come in Jan.
In fact, some of the 2nd tier programs in my area (not mse or chem) have already given some offers, both domestic and international. I believe it's completely fine for me