2019 Open Houses

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george97
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2019 Open Houses

Post by george97 » Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:20 pm

I'm starting a thread to keep track of the open house dates for 2019, so that we don't annoy graduate admissions with the same email asking about those dates. I'll start this out with the dates I know about:

UW Madison (Physics) v1: Feb 14-16
Minnesota: (Physics): Feb 21 - 23
Chicago (IME): Feb 22
Purdue (Physics and Astronomy): Feb 22 - 23
UC Irvine v1: Feb 22 - 23
UC Merced: Feb 22 - 23
UW Madison (Physics) v2: Feb 28 - Mar 2
UMass Amherst v1: Feb 28 - Mar 3
Chicago Physics: Mar 1
UMass Amherst v2: Mar 7 - 10
UCSB: March 11
Princeton (EE): Mar 12 - 13
UC Berkeley: Mar 14 - 15
Cornell (Applied Physics): Mar 14 - 16
Penn State (Astronomy) v1: Mar 14 - 15
CU Boulder (Physics) v1: Mar 14 - 16
UC Irvine v2: Mar 15 - 16
UIUC: Mar 15 - 16
Caltech: Mar 17 - 19
CU Boulder (Physics) v2: Mar 21 - 23
Michigan Ann Arbor (Physics) - Mar 21 - 24
Cornell (Physics) - Mar 22 - 23
OSU: Mar 24 - 25
Columbia: Mar 24 - 25
Yale: Mar 28 - 29
Penn State Astronomy v2: Mar 28 - 29
Penn State (Physics): Mar 29 - 30
UC San Diego: Apr 2 - 3
MIT: Apr 2 - 5

Please comment with the dates you know about, and I'll add them above.
Also, feel free to mention which you will be attending if you want people attending the same ones to meet you.
Last edited by george97 on Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:32 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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mcgirl
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by mcgirl » Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:36 am

Hi everyone!

UIUC: March 15-16 (Probably will attend)
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Vinc
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by Vinc » Sun Jan 27, 2019 1:57 pm

UC San Diego: April 2-3
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cosmopangu
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by cosmopangu » Mon Jan 28, 2019 2:31 pm

Penn State Astronomy: March 14-15 or 28-29
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ChunnyD
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by ChunnyD » Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:47 pm

UW Madison Physics: Feb 14-16 and Feb 28-Mar 2

I'll be attending the second session!

CU Boulder Physics: Mar 14-16 and Mar 21-23*
*Confirmed! Thanks @Kronotsky

Chicago: March 1st
Princeton EE: Mar 12-13 *Will likely attend!
Chicago IME: Feb 22

* I'll be at Wisconsin this weekend - feel free to reach out to me! Also will be at Princeton EE's visit weekend!

******

*Thanks @george97 for updating! :)

UW Madison (Physics) v1: Feb 14-16
Minnesota: (Physics): Feb 21 - 23
Chicago (IME): Feb 22
Purdue (Physics and Astronomy): Feb 22 - 23
UC Irvine v1: Feb 22 - 23
UC Merced: Feb 22 - 23
UW Madison (Physics) v2: Feb 28 - Mar 2
UMass Amherst v1: Feb 28 - Mar 3
Chicago Physics: Mar 1
Lehigh University: Mar 2
UMass Amherst v2: Mar 7 - 10
UCSB: March 11
Princeton (EE): Mar 12 - 13
UC Berkeley: Mar 14 - 15
Cornell (Applied Physics): Mar 14 - 16
Penn State (Astronomy) v1: Mar 14 - 15
CU Boulder (Physics) v1: Mar 14 - 16
UC Irvine v2: Mar 15 - 16
UIUC: Mar 15 - 16
Caltech: Mar 17 - 19
CU Boulder (Physics) v2: Mar 21 - 23
Michigan Ann Arbor (Physics) - Mar 21 - 24
Rice (Applied physics): Mar 21 - 23
Cornell (Physics) - Mar 22 - 23
OSU: Mar 24 - 25
Columbia: Mar 24 - 25
Yale: Mar 28 - 29
Penn State Astronomy v2: Mar 28 - 29
Syracuse: Mar 29
Penn State (Physics): Mar 29 - 30
Carnegie Mellon (Physics): Mar 29 - 30
UC San Diego: Apr 2 - 3
MIT: Apr 2 - 5
Michigan Ann Arbor (Applied Physics): Apr 5 - 6
UOregon: Apr 4 - 7

[Updated through WuLei24... again]

I imagine that everyone has heard back already, so this is more for future years sake :)
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krappyram
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by krappyram » Tue Jan 29, 2019 2:50 pm

Purdue Physics and Astronomy: Feb 22 - 23
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chris314
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by chris314 » Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:39 pm

UC Irvine: February 22/23 and March 15/16
UC Merced: February 22/23
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sphonino
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by sphonino » Mon Feb 04, 2019 12:58 pm

Caltech: March 17-19!
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kronotsky
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by kronotsky » Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:13 pm

ChunnyD wrote: CU Boulder Physics: Mar 14-16 and Mar 21-23*
*Unconfirmed, but heard from a friend who had been admitted.
These dates are correct. Don't miss it! Boulder in March is grand and gorgeous.

UCSB: March 11
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lob_124
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by lob_124 » Wed Feb 06, 2019 6:40 pm

Penn State (Physics) - March 29/30 (probably attending)
Michigan Ann Arbor (Physics) - March 21-24
Cornell (Physics) - March 22-23 (attending)
UC Davis - March 15-16


Admitted to Caltech as well - definitely attending that one.
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noethername
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by noethername » Sun Feb 10, 2019 2:11 pm

I think these two haven't been mentioned yet.

Minnesota: (Physics, not sure about astro) Feb 21-23
UMass Amherst: Feb 28-March 3 and Mar 7-10 (choose one)
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WuLei24
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by WuLei24 » Tue Feb 12, 2019 12:46 pm

Cornell (Applied Physics): March 14-16
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Awesomeology
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by Awesomeology » Tue Feb 12, 2019 2:22 pm

OSU: March 24th -25th
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Qwaps
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by Qwaps » Thu Feb 14, 2019 4:09 pm

Carnegie Mellon (Physics): March 29-30
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chrysaor4
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by chrysaor4 » Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:22 pm

University of Oregon: April 4-7
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WuLei24
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by WuLei24 » Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:36 pm

Michigan (applied physics): Apr. 5-6
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supermario42
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by supermario42 » Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:39 pm

Lehigh University March 2nd
Syracuse, March 29th
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WuLei24
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by WuLei24 » Sat Feb 23, 2019 10:07 pm

Rice (Applied physics): March 21-23
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fysics
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Re: 2019 Open Houses

Post by fysics » Thu Mar 07, 2019 4:04 pm

Texas A&M: March 17-19
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