Physics, emailBigBang wrote:Congrats. Is this Berkeley Physics or AS&T? How did you hear from Berkeley...email?
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- WhatCanYouDoFermi?
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Congratulations!trani wrote:Accepted to UC Berkeley!
Was this an "official" email?
Has anyone else heard form them?
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ffalieri wrote:nonick wrote:Rutgers
e-mail?!
phone?!?
how?!?!?!!!
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unofficial;WhatCanYouDoFermi? wrote:Congratulations!trani wrote:Accepted to UC Berkeley!
Was this an "official" email?
Has anyone else heard form them?
there is a second post on gradcafe
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nonick wrote:ffalieri wrote:nonick wrote:Rutgers
e-mail?!
phone?!?
how?!?!?!!!
nonick are you an international applicant or an international with undergrad in US... Just wanted to know whether rutgers has started to notify international applicants too...
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Hey everybody! I've been stalking this board for awhile; thought I'd contribute.
I was just accepted to UCLA about 5 minutes ago for HEP Theory.
Good luck and I hope to see everyone (who didn't get accepted to top 10--you're out of my league) at open houses.
I was just accepted to UCLA about 5 minutes ago for HEP Theory.
Good luck and I hope to see everyone (who didn't get accepted to top 10--you're out of my league) at open houses.
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Has everyone that's been accepted to Rutgers been contacted by someone in their desired research group? From what I can see, only CM people (and maybe HEP?) have been accepted. I'm interested in astronomy and I haven't heard anything from them yet.
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Arent astronomy people first contacted because there treated slightly differently and form a smaller applicant group.
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I think we are probably contacted separately, but I don't know if we are contacted first, especially if physics and astronomy are in the same department.cato88 wrote:Arent astronomy people first contacted because there treated slightly differently and form a smaller applicant group.
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This afternoon I got e-mail from Berkeley, UCLA, and Boulder!
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Here... the people that got into UCLA astronomy most probably already heard from them... I know from a former undergrad there (now grad student here) that most of the spots are technically already filled before they even open the application. they know exactly who they want and they get them. I am not sure why they do that, but that is how they roll... like the whole paper recommendation thing.... welcome to the *** 21st century... and we don't use online system because we like to sit on applications for 2+ months.PoincareSection wrote:I think we are probably contacted separately, but I don't know if we are contacted first, especially if physics and astronomy are in the same department.cato88 wrote:Arent astronomy people first contacted because there treated slightly differently and form a smaller applicant group.
And on a more happy note...
Congrats to everyone for their acceptances...
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An international with an undergrad from an US school. Though from what I've gathered so far, I believe that most of the schools treat me pretty much like a domestic applicant.sidharthsp wrote:nonick are you an international applicant or an international with undergrad in US... Just wanted to know whether rutgers has started to notify international applicants too...
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UCSC and Berkeley yesterday!
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In at Berkeley
Wait-listed at Harvard
Provisional acceptace to Oxford pending my getting funding (which seems very tenuous right now)

Wait-listed at Harvard

Provisional acceptace to Oxford pending my getting funding (which seems very tenuous right now)

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Also, congrats to everybody!!!
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What way to inform me of the offer:
"A letter of offer was sent to you last week. Unfortunately, an error was
made in the amount of stipend for the 12 months. Rather than $**,*** as
shown in your letter, the amount of the stipend is $**,***. All else in the
letter remains the same. "
I was like
"A letter of offer was sent to you last week. Unfortunately, an error was
made in the amount of stipend for the 12 months. Rather than $**,*** as
shown in your letter, the amount of the stipend is $**,***. All else in the
letter remains the same. "
I was like

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Was it an increase or decrease?confused_p wrote:What way to inform me of the offer:
"A letter of offer was sent to you last week. Unfortunately, an error was
made in the amount of stipend for the 12 months. Rather than $**,*** as
shown in your letter, the amount of the stipend is $**,***. All else in the
letter remains the same. "
I was like
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How are those Harvard acceptances/wait lists/rejections trickling in? Email, Phone, snail mail?
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-- A nominal Increasecoreycwgriffin wrote:
Was it an increase or decrease?

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Email so far.confused_p wrote:How are those Harvard acceptances/wait lists/rejections trickling in? Email, Phone, snail mail?
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Congratulations secander2! Was this an official email from Berkeley? When did you hear from them?secander2! wrote:In at Berkeley :
Wait-listed at Harvard
Provisional acceptace to Oxford pending my getting funding (which seems very tenuous right now)
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I just got into Caltech...
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Email? Snail Mail?senor_frijole wrote:I just got into Caltech...
Thanks
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I got an email from Harvard detailing my wait-listing.
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e-mail.dmahler wrote:Email? Snail Mail?senor_frijole wrote:I just got into Caltech...
Thanks
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UCSB acceptance.
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Congrats!conunDrum wrote:UCSB acceptance.
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UCSB - accepted. Unofficial e-mail from a professor at UCSB I worked with last summer. He said acceptance notifications should be sent out later this week, FYI for others waiting for UCSB.
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Congrats! Thanks for the insider info!panopticon wrote:UCSB - accepted. Unofficial e-mail from a professor at UCSB I worked with last summer. He said acceptance notifications should be sent out later this week, FYI for others waiting for UCSB.
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Harvard. MIT, Cornell, UCSD -- why the hell nobody bothers to tell whether I am waitlisted, rejected or something. I think, I should start emailing them.
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confused_p wrote:Harvard. MIT, Cornell, UCSD -- why the hell nobody bothers to tell whether I am waitlisted, rejected or something. I think, I should start emailing them.
lol only 4 schools.... i am still waiting to hear from 8 of mine.


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Weeks ago UCSD replyed my Email:"under review"...confused_p wrote:Harvard. MIT, Cornell, UCSD -- why the hell nobody bothers to tell whether I am waitlisted, rejected or something. I think, I should start emailing them.
I guess My application is hopeless.
Bless you!
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if you have not heard anything from harvard yet, that that prolly means that you were not admitted. as far as i know Harvard send e-mails to admitted and waitlisted applicants about their application status once decisions are made. only rejected applicants are informed in mid-march.confused_p wrote:Harvard. MIT, Cornell, UCSD -- why the hell nobody bothers to tell whether I am waitlisted, rejected or something. I think, I should start emailing them.
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accepted to Cornell Applied Physics (Feb 20) and Columbia Applied Physics (around Feb 17). choose the better program or the better city...
still waiting on Berkeley AS&T and Stanford Applied Physics -- has anyone heard from either?
still waiting on Berkeley AS&T and Stanford Applied Physics -- has anyone heard from either?
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Accepted to Princeton Plasma Physics (with a fellowship)! 

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sterculus wrote:Accepted to Princeton Plasma Physics (with a fellowship)!
Congrats! I got waitlised, something about only 6 spots available, etc. Do you think you will attend Princeton PPL? I imagine that this would be most (if not everybody's) first choice. I'm trying to gauge the likelihood of a spot opening up. Thanks.
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sterculus wrote:Accepted to Princeton Plasma Physics (with a fellowship)!
Congrats, lucky dog. Not even a wait-list notification from them for me, but I'm still holding on to hope.
...say...you don't really want to go to princeton do you?

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Michigan and Penn State in one day 

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congrats everyone... where are my rejections... god dammit
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good to see princeton started, as soon as i get their rejection i can start studying for my illinois qualifiers.
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plasma physics is separate program from the regular physics according to quizivex, so they haven't actually startedslugger wrote:good to see princeton started, as soon as i get their rejection i can start studying for my illinois qualifiers.
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Congrats on Michigan...secander2! wrote:Michigan and Penn State in one day
It seems they've started.
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Yeah dog, Princeton Plasma is separate! It's where real physicists apply (and get waitlisted - now im going to go listen to lilac wine).Helio wrote:plasma physics is separate program from the regular physics according to quizivex, so they haven't actually startedslugger wrote:good to see princeton started, as soon as i get their rejection i can start studying for my illinois qualifiers.
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or true physicist go to die their academic deathbigdmiller wrote:Yeah dog, Princeton Plasma is separate! It's where real physicists apply (and get waitlisted - now im going to go listen to lilac wine).Helio wrote:plasma physics is separate program from the regular physics according to quizivex, so they haven't actually startedslugger wrote:good to see princeton started, as soon as i get their rejection i can start studying for my illinois qualifiers.

I just wrote a paper bashing fusion research and I am considering going into it if I attend UWisc




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I didnt know it was separate, but i guess it makes sense. I used to drive by a HUGE spread on route one just outside of town.Helio wrote:plasma physics is separate program from the regular physics according to quizivex, so they haven't actually startedslugger wrote:good to see princeton started, as soon as i get their rejection i can start studying for my illinois qualifiers.
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Yeah, "Plasma Physics" is technically part of "Astrophysical Sciences" or some such but is really the PPPL grad program.
bigdmiller/bryanwitha_y: The top of my list is Princeton/MIT...I'm not going to make any decisions until I visit both (as well as some of the others I've been admitted to). Unfortunately MIT has scheduled their visiting weekend really late (a week into April)... :/
bigdmiller/bryanwitha_y: The top of my list is Princeton/MIT...I'm not going to make any decisions until I visit both (as well as some of the others I've been admitted to). Unfortunately MIT has scheduled their visiting weekend really late (a week into April)... :/
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That's because they know that the last school you visit always looks the best...sterculus wrote:Unfortunately MIT has scheduled their visiting weekend really late (a week into April)... :/

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Actually I think it's because they want Boston to warm up as much as possible before prospective students come...YF17A wrote:That's because they know that the last school you visit always looks the best...
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Congrats sterculus, maybe I'll see you in a few weeks.
Don't lose hope, bigdmiller or anyone else on the waitlist... Usually most the students PPPL admits do come, but last year they accepted 8 and only 4 came. They had a waitlist but couldn't use it because the other students rudely turned down the offers last minute. So as long as that doesn't happen again, some spots should open up
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Don't lose hope, bigdmiller or anyone else on the waitlist... Usually most the students PPPL admits do come, but last year they accepted 8 and only 4 came. They had a waitlist but couldn't use it because the other students rudely turned down the offers last minute. So as long as that doesn't happen again, some spots should open up

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For what its worth (i doubt anyone else was applying) but NJIT just accepted me.
No financial details.
No financial details.