UIUC
UIUC
Has anyone out there actually received a rejection from UIUC? The lady I talked to on the phone made it sound it like UIUC had sent out some rejections, but I haven't seen anyone saying that they were rejected on this board. Anyone know? Don't be shy.
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cancelled20080417
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Re: UIUC
It is quite strange that NOBODY has been rejected from UIUC yet(acc to the data from gradecafe).
fermiboy, may be you are waitlisted there.
Good luck.
fermiboy, may be you are waitlisted there.
Good luck.
Re: UIUC
Well even if they accept me at this point I might not go, because I'll be one of the last students they want, i.e. a body to fill a TA spot. I'm more interested in theoretical quantum optics than condensed matter theory anyways, and Arizona and Oregon are better for theoretical otpics, IMHO.
yay
Re: UIUC
I just talked to the UIUC grad coordinator, Wendy Wimmer, and she said there are about 100 applications that have not been rejected or accepted, including my own. She hopes to have info on these next week. So some of us still might have a slight chance at UIUC.
Re: UIUC
How can they still have 100 files at this point, with less than a month until the deadline?
If they actually wanted me there they'd have admitted me by now. If they don't, well, someone else has already posted about their reputation for grinding their TAs and booting them when they've put in their two years.
The way it seems to me, and maybe admissionprof can shed some light on this, is that when you are admitted earlier, someone on the committee saw your application and thought they might be interested in working with you or that you were a good match for someone else's research in their department, or y'know, just that they were thinking of and lining up your success ahead of time. UIUC does have big incoming class sizes to match their big faculty, but if I get admitted now, I know it's not because Anthony Leggett sees all my potential in low-temperature CMT. It's because I speak English.
If they actually wanted me there they'd have admitted me by now. If they don't, well, someone else has already posted about their reputation for grinding their TAs and booting them when they've put in their two years.
The way it seems to me, and maybe admissionprof can shed some light on this, is that when you are admitted earlier, someone on the committee saw your application and thought they might be interested in working with you or that you were a good match for someone else's research in their department, or y'know, just that they were thinking of and lining up your success ahead of time. UIUC does have big incoming class sizes to match their big faculty, but if I get admitted now, I know it's not because Anthony Leggett sees all my potential in low-temperature CMT. It's because I speak English.
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butsurigakusha
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Re: UIUC
I think UIUC is trying to fix some of these problems. They said at the open house that they are trying to scale back the number of grad students in their department. Apparently, in the past few years, they have admitted more students than they really should have, and there were some difficulties getting into research groups. But it sounds like they admitted fewer students this year, and that trend will probably continue. They have about 300 grad students right now, I suspect that number will decrease over the next few years.
So if you do end up getting accepted, I would highly recommend at least visiting, if you can. I wouldn't count them out just because of some rumors you've heard.
So if you do end up getting accepted, I would highly recommend at least visiting, if you can. I wouldn't count them out just because of some rumors you've heard.
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admissionprof
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Re: UIUC
I can't speak for UIUC. At many places, each application is looked at. It is either clearly stronger than the threshold for admission, clearly weaker, or neither. If it is stronger, you admit right away. If is is weaker, you reject right away. The others you go through more carefully. That takes time. Most of the work on admissions committees is over the applications that are "on the bubble" (just like the NCAA selection committee really only needs to look closely at 5-10 schools, not 65). But every place is different, so I can't be sure about UIUC.will wrote: The way it seems to me, and maybe admissionprof can shed some light on this, is that when you are admitted earlier, someone on the committee saw your application and thought they might be interested in working with you or that you were a good match for someone else's research in their department, or y'know, just that they were thinking of and lining up your success ahead of time.
Re: UIUC
It is safe to assume that we all, who have been waiting to hear from UIUC, are rejected.
If we do get in, then I will take my comment back and congratulate myself or any other people who'll accepted.
So fermiboy,you got the closure now. It is time to make the decision!!
I am going to two places for sure.
Also I will be the first one in the history of Physics education attending two grad schools at the same time. 
Okay, I am waiting for NRC ranking to come out. THIS would help me so much to make the FINAL decision!!
If we do get in, then I will take my comment back and congratulate myself or any other people who'll accepted.
So fermiboy,you got the closure now. It is time to make the decision!!
I am going to two places for sure.
Also I will be the first one in the history of Physics education attending two grad schools at the same time. Okay, I am waiting for NRC ranking to come out. THIS would help me so much to make the FINAL decision!!