Acceptance 2009.... Share your joy!

sterculus · Post by **sterculus** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:01 pm

quizivex - I'll definitely be at the open house. From the letter it seems like they've admitted fewer students than normal because they really don't want to go over an incoming class of 6.

aristotle · Post by **aristotle** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:11 pm

Helio, I feel your pain, I still have 8 to hear from as well

At least we're both in at Wisconsin

And Congrats to everybody!

secander2! · Post by **secander2!** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:58 pm

Just got an acceptance from Princeton Physics (not plasma), so I guess Princeton's started. Also, I'm pretty pumped about this one! Princeton is definitely one of my top choices

xudis149 · Post by **xudis149** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:20 pm

secander2! wrote:Just got an acceptance from Princeton Physics (not plasma), so I guess Princeton's started. Also, I'm pretty pumped about this one! Princeton is definitely one of my top choices

CONGRATS!!!

secander2! · Post by **secander2!** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:06 am

Wow, I'm having super luck this week!!! Today, I got an email from Oxford awarding me a Clarendon Scholarship, so now I'm funded!!!

nowhereguy · Post by **nowhereguy** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:11 am

secander2! wrote:Wow, I'm having super luck this week!!! Today, I got an email from Oxford awarding me a Clarendon Scholarship, so now I'm funded!!!

Wow, congrats! I know you still have to visit, but what place are you leaning towards?

xudis149 · Post by **xudis149** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:33 am

secander2! wrote:Wow, I'm having super luck this week!!! Today, I got an email from Oxford awarding me a Clarendon Scholarship, so now I'm funded!!!

Thats awesome

.... Congrats !!

babazula · Post by **babazula** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:39 am

secander2! wrote:Wow, I'm having super luck this week!!! Today, I got an email from Oxford awarding me a Clarendon Scholarship, so now I'm funded!!!

that's awesome! but did you apply for DPhil or MSc?

bryanwitha_y · Post by **bryanwitha_y** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:47 am

And so did Moses sayeth unto them at the base of the mountain:
"#11: Thou shalt covet secander2!"

secander2! · Post by **secander2!** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:18 pm

Thanks everybody! And congratulations to all!!!

@nowhereguy, that's a hard question. Unfortunately, I'm more or less the first person from my undergraduate institution to have the chance to go to grad school at a top-10 school, so I don't really have many people to ask about which places are best for what I want to do. Mostly, I'm going off of feel (from meeting professors), rankings (yes, I know these are a horrible measure, but oh well), and the opinions of people on this forum. After visiting Oxford for the interview, I must say, it looks like a truly amazing place to study! I still have to decide what I think about the 3-4 year Ph.D. program though. It might be too rushed! Anyways, I'm kinda leaning towards Oxford (awesome campus and I love the UK), Cornell (it sounds like a great place to study, thanks grae313, and they've offered a really nice financial package), and MIT (I really liked the professors I met with and it's very highly ranked) right now although this will probably change once I've visited more places and met with more professors.

@babazula, I applied for DPhil.

@bryanwitha_y, thanks

but your profile is quite envy-raising also :p Anyways, hopefully my story will give some hope to those who aren't thrilled with the outcome of admissions this year or to those who might need a bit more time to put their applications up a notch.

trani · Post by **trani** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:16 pm

Anyways, I'm kinda leaning towards Oxford (awesome campus and I love the UK), Cornell (it sounds like a great place to study, thanks grae313, and they've offered a really nice financial package), and MIT (I really liked the professors I met with and it's very highly ranked)

I don't see no mention of Berkeley?! What a mistake!

On a more serious note, you should at least check it out

secander2! · Post by **secander2!** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:02 pm

I'm having amazing luck today... I just got into Chicago

WhatCanYouDoFermi? · Post by **WhatCanYouDoFermi?** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:20 pm

Did Chicago let you know by mail or email?

Also, congratulations. It wasn't luck, you clearly earned it!

bryanwitha_y · Post by **bryanwitha_y** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:21 pm

secander2! wrote:I'm having amazing luck today... I just got into Chicago

Oooh, been waiting for that one. Snail mail, I'm guessing, right?

Helio · Post by **Helio** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:40 pm

secander2! wrote:I'm having amazing luck today... I just got into Chicago

congrats... i hope you get into stanford too they just started...

a bucket · Post by **a bucket** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:56 pm

Helio wrote:
secander2! wrote:I'm having amazing luck today... I just got into Chicago
congrats... i hope you get into stanford too they just started...

From looking at the pattern in the sister thread, I think they just started the rejections...

G01 · Post by **G01** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:21 pm

secander2! wrote:I'm having amazing luck today... I just got into Chicago

Nice Job secander2! All your schools are great options. Good for you! You must be so excited about the future!

secander2! · Post by **secander2!** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:22 pm

@trani, I really do hope to look seriously into Berkeley, but I can't really list it as a top choice since I currently know very little about the program. Are they very good for HEP-experiment? Maybe if I'm unable to make the open house, you can give me the run down

Hopefully, I'll be able to go though!!!

@WhatCanYouDoFermi? and bryanwitha_y, I was notified by email with the promise of a snail mail package coming soon. Interestingly the email also apologizes for the delays in the admissions process citing the extremely large number of applicants this year.

@Helio, that would be nice (and I really do hope that Stanford will finish up their decision process soon), but since last year, I would have been happy to just get a single top-10 admit, I'd feel rather bad if I was trying to get a perfect 10/10 this time.

@G01, thanks, and yes I am. I've started to meet with as many professors here at CERN as I can and I hope to narrow down my options even before visiting weekends start up.

xudis149 · Post by **xudis149** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:31 pm

Syrcacuse .. today

@secander2 .. Awesome

naroays · Post by **naroays** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:31 am

I got accepted to Chicago today!!

It's between Physics in Chicago and MIT in engineering. The research areas overlap for me, so I have to mail the professors and department before I decide.

secander2! · Post by **secander2!** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:54 am

Congratulations naroays and sidharthsp!!!

ffalieri · Post by **ffalieri** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:30 am

naroays wrote:I got accepted to Chicago today!!

It's between Physics in Chicago and MIT in engineering. The research areas overlap for me, so I have to mail the professors and department before I decide.

Oh please, choose MIT and leave a spot open at chicago! =P

coreycwgriffin · Post by **coreycwgriffin** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:05 am

sidharthsp wrote:Syrcacuse .. today

@secander2 .. Awesome

I thought about applying to Syracuse, but it's just too close to home. Congrats, though.

secander2! · Post by **secander2!** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:40 pm

congrats... i hope you get into stanford too they just started...

You bring good luck!!! In at Stanford

(and yes, call me a nerd, but I was checking my email the whole freaking day waiting for that email!!!)

sterculus · Post by **sterculus** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:40 pm

Just got an acceptance e-mail from Stanford!

sterculus · Post by **sterculus** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:41 pm

haha, congrats secander on Stanford *and* beating me to posting here

secander2! · Post by **secander2!** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:49 pm

Haha, thanks

Congrats to you too! And congrats on posting the open house info before me (I knew there was something I was forgetting

)

Are you planing on attending the open house?

xudis149 · Post by **xudis149** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:50 pm

@Secander and sterculus ... CONGRATS...

How about a poll/bet on whether secander will make it to 10 out of 10... [with just Harvard pending]

sterculus · Post by **sterculus** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:00 pm

secander2! - I'm going to both Stanford and Berkeley's open houses.

rockwhj · Post by **rockwhj** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:31 pm

accepted to Stanford this morning. going to both Caltech and Stanford open houses.

Helio · Post by **Helio** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:28 pm

congrats on stanford everyone

jsd · Post by **jsd** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:02 pm

I just got into Stanford.

Could the people who got into Chicago please post the visiting dates? I haven't heard anything one way or the other from them, but I'm starting to book flights and want to keep them in mind.

abeboparebop · Post by **abeboparebop** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:25 pm

I haven't gotten in to Chicago yet either but on the open house thread somebody said the dates were April 2nd-3rd.

bryanwitha_y · Post by **bryanwitha_y** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:35 pm

Just got the snail mails for U Dub and Columbia U. I have to say -- even though the acceptance email arrived weeks ago, there ain't nothin like gettin the fancy envelopes and readin it off of the thick paper with the embossed insignias and everything.

sterculus · Post by **sterculus** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:35 pm

I also got an acceptance to Maryland this morning with some JQI Fellowship...and that's all the schools for me.

interactive · Post by **interactive** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:38 pm

bryanwitha_y wrote:Just got the snail mails for U Dub and Columbia U. I have to say -- even though the acceptance email arrived weeks ago, there ain't nothin like gettin the fancy envelopes and readin it off of the thick paper with the embossed insignias and everything.

What subfield were you applying to at Columbia?

wade money · Post by **wade money** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:41 pm

sterculus wrote:secander2! - I'm going to both Stanford and Berkeley's open houses.

got in at stanford too. I'll probably see you at Stanford, PPPL, and MIT open houses then. Holy crap!

sterculus · Post by **sterculus** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:52 pm

Congrats wade money - it looks like we'll run into each other at the open houses quite a bit!

xudis149 · Post by **xudis149** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:06 pm

Texas A&M today...

Congrats to all above.... seems lot of results came today

bryanwitha_y · Post by **bryanwitha_y** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:17 pm

interactive wrote:
bryanwitha_y wrote:Just got the snail mails for U Dub and Columbia U. I have to say -- even though the acceptance email arrived weeks ago, there ain't nothin like gettin the fancy envelopes and readin it off of the thick paper with the embossed insignias and everything.

What subfield were you applying to at Columbia?

None other than the Experimental Nuclear Physics program.

rockwhj · Post by **rockwhj** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:38 pm

just got the U Chicago acceptance via snail mail.

interactive · Post by **interactive** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:16 pm

Is anyone applying to AMO at uchicago and heard back?

valentino · Post by **valentino** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:50 pm

are all acceptances from U Chicago, including those for internationals, through snail mail? and rejects, through email or snail mail as well?

coreycwgriffin · Post by **coreycwgriffin** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:24 pm

Got an unofficial acceptance to Northern Illinois on Thursday from the director of physics grad studies there, after a few back and forth e-mails about their website saying they still hadn't gotten my transcript.

It's not my number one choice, but it's a start.

abeboparebop · Post by **abeboparebop** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:53 pm

coreycwgriffin wrote:Got an unofficial acceptance to Northern Illinois on Thursday from the director of physics grad studies there, after a few back and forth e-mails about their website saying they still hadn't gotten my transcript.

It's not my number one choice, but it's a start.

Congrats! Hope you had some scotch...

coreycwgriffin · Post by **coreycwgriffin** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:14 pm

abeboparebop wrote:
coreycwgriffin wrote:Got an unofficial acceptance to Northern Illinois on Thursday from the director of physics grad studies there, after a few back and forth e-mails about their website saying they still hadn't gotten my transcript.

It's not my number one choice, but it's a start.
Congrats! Hope you had some scotch...

Actually had a bottle of wine instead...

Seen · Post by **Seen** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:35 pm

I just got accepted by University of Texas (physics), notified by snail mail. But this seemed a bit strange as, according to the profile page, most people seem to have gotten in at the beginning of the month, notified by e-mail. I'm a little bit confused by this, and was wondering if anyone had an idea why this happened. I understand, of course, that they might have a wait list, but it seems unlikely that enough people have already declined for new spots to open up so soon.

I was not invited to an open house, which makes sense considering the open house had already occurred by the time I opened the letter, nor did they invite me to visit at any other time. I had thought that Texas was one of my top choices, but obviously I'd like to visit.

Does anyone else find this situation a little weird or have any thoughts? Maybe I'm just being overanxious.

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:09 am

I also just received snail mail from UT, and I was not invited to visit or anything of the like. The letter I received did not seem like an acceptance letter. It only said that I had been offered an appointment as a TA, and an explanation of all that. Was your letter like that?

Seen · Post by **Seen** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:26 am

aleph wrote:I also just received snail mail from UT, and I was not invited to visit or anything of the like. The letter I received did not seem like an acceptance letter. It only said that I had been offered an appointment as a TA, and an explanation of all that. Was your letter like that?

Indeed. Though I think the reason the letter was phrased like that was because the physics department itself cannot officially offer acceptance, only the grad school can do that. But official acceptance is basically automatic if the department gives you financial assistance. I was more curious about the timing of the letter.

slugger · Post by **slugger** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:04 pm

purdue acceptance. $17.5 K? really? my cat couldn't survive on that.