Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by astrofan » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:32 pm

Got my rejection letter from Ohio State. It's okay, I probably would have declined thier offer anyway.

Common JHU, what are you waiting for.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by AP Applicant » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:36 pm

Received an email from a Prof. at Caltech applied physics in reply of my inquiry that "If you have not heard from us it means that you have been rejected."
Very :cry:

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Re: ~~

Post by zxcv » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:05 pm

alkemas wrote:I heard from a reliable source that this is indeed true and it does have to do with the CA budget crisis and with the economic crisis overall. the CA schools are sending less acceptances this year because they can only admit a few students and they can't use the same strategies as before (like accepting 50 students) because of the huge increase in people applying. If more students than what they can afford end up accepting their offers, they will be in real trouble.
Here's what I know: Berkeley is accepting 122 students this year, a few more than last year.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by alkemas » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:35 pm

yay for those people........ :roll:

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by elzoido238 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:19 am

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by elzoido238 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:36 am

After checking UT Austin's application status site, they wish to inform me that...

"Your application has been given careful consideration by the committee on Graduate Studies. On the basis of their recommendation, your application has been denied. If you have questions, please write directly to the Committee in your major department."

So *** them too.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by alkemas » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:46 am

elzoido238, it shows up when you log in or is there a special link you gotta look for?


:? i want this *** to be over.....:(

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by elzoido238 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:53 am

Go to the user control panel, click on board preferences (under options on the left), and then Edit display options; there is an option to enable *** word censoring; just say no! Word biotch!! :D :x

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by alkemas » Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:19 am

ha! I meant the UT Rejection.....

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by elzoido238 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:26 am

LOL! No, it's right on the login page underneath my personal info. Man, not even a "we had to deny admission to many qualified candidates." Just "you suck we don't want you!" Ow..my pride! :cry:

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by evilclaw2321 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:47 pm

so email from michigan state

"Sorry for the delayed response. The grad recruitment committee has made their first selection. There were nearly 500 applicants and we could only select about 45 for 20 available positions. Unfortunately you were not in the first list.

Good luck with your grad school selection."


Think thats a rejection. Wish they'd just say it outright, this makes it sound like the possibility of a waitlist-i dont think so but someone else might who was reading this ya know.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by alkemas » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:15 pm

i called ucsb to get feedback and prof said "you were just not what we were looking for......... we look for the very best" OUCH....that one hurt.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by G01 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:48 pm

Rejected from Chicago today by mail.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by Maxwells_Demon » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:52 pm

Apparently Boston University had ~400 applications for 20 available spots. O_O

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by evilclaw2321 » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:25 am

is that just for boston physics? Are physics and astro separate there?

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by cato88 » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:41 am

Maxwells_Demon wrote:Apparently Boston University had ~400 applications for 20 available spots. O_O

Maxwell's Demon
Where did you get that info?

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by activegalaxybuff » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:53 am

evilclaw2321 wrote:is that just for boston physics? Are physics and astro separate there?
Physics is separate from Astronomy (which is actually astronomy and space physics).

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by Maxwells_Demon » Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:33 am

cato88 wrote:
Maxwells_Demon wrote:Apparently Boston University had ~400 applications for 20 available spots. O_O

Maxwell's Demon
Where did you get that info?
Credible source from BU.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by tshafer » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:17 am

I know UNC Chapel Hill had > 200 applicants and only initially accepted 10. Seems to be that kind of year... :/

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by clytze_pp » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:29 am

tshafer wrote:I know UNC Chapel Hill had > 200 applicants and only initially accepted 10. Seems to be that kind of year... :/
Here we are! Face it!

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Post by activegalaxybuff » Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:56 pm

clytze_pp wrote:
tshafer wrote:I know UNC Chapel Hill had > 200 applicants and only initially accepted 10. Seems to be that kind of year... :/
Here we are! Face it!
It's kind of interesting, actually, that in astronomy, at least, some schools are reporting fewer than average applications and some are reporting more. BU, UWashington, and UCLA had ~15-20% fewer applications than normal, but NMSU had quite a bit more actually. Certainly, the economy is making people do strange things.

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Post by mhazelm » Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:59 pm

clytze_pp wrote:
tshafer wrote:I know UNC Chapel Hill had > 200 applicants and only initially accepted 10. Seems to be that kind of year... :/
Here we are! Face it!
Heh, yeah... my undergrad. institution only had enough money to fund 1 PhD student this year (normally they get 10 times that many, I guess), so it's a tough year. Here's to hoping that next year is better for all those who've had little luck so far...

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by sonwon » Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:31 pm

Just got rejection from UMD today. Feel a bit pain. They said that there are 652 applicants this year. :roll:

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by mhazelm » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:14 pm

sonwon wrote:Just got rejection from UMD today. Feel a bit pain. They said that there are 652 applicants this year. :roll:
Me too!

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by Maxwells_Demon » Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:39 pm

berkeley rejection

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by G01 » Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:45 pm

Harvard rejection by snail mail today. O well.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by valentino » Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:44 am

berkeley took in 122? damn.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by valloein » Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:14 am

mhazelm wrote:
sonwon wrote:Just got rejection from UMD today. Feel a bit pain. They said that there are 652 applicants this year. :roll:
Me too!

Whats with that exact science bit ? Is it supposed to make you feel good about being rejected >_>

Anyone interested in jumping off a cliff to the sound of post-emo-goth-metal ?

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by activegalaxybuff » Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:35 am

valloein wrote:
mhazelm wrote:
sonwon wrote:Just got rejection from UMD today. Feel a bit pain. They said that there are 652 applicants this year. :roll:
Me too!

Whats with that exact science bit ? Is it supposed to make you feel good about being rejected >_>

Anyone interested in jumping off a cliff to the sound of post-emo-goth-metal ?
*raises hand* I'll take that option!

So, if it matters, I've been rejected from:

UMD (Astronomy)
UMichigan (Astronomy)
UCLA (Astronomy)
UT Austin (Astronomy)

And that's just this year! Lol. So, 4 down, 3 to go.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by Stargaz523 » Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:00 am

Was going through my old emails, and i found my Rejection from the University of Michigan (2/26). S'alright though, after 5 years, I'm begining to tire of Ann Arbor.
Also rejected from University of Oregon and UCSC, yet I somehow got into Purdue. Still waiting for my rejections from Illinois and Penn. NOTHING MAKES SENSE ANYMORE!

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by murs » Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:35 pm

@Maxwells_Demon: How did you hear about the Berkeley rejection? I have been waiting for that rejection for a while

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by Maxwells_Demon » Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:04 pm

I called Donna Sakima in physics department. she will tell you. she said she is preparing the notifications to go out nowadays

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by murs » Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:29 pm

eff my life... CU rejection today

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by alkemas » Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:50 pm

berkeley said thanks but no thanks. oh, well. everyone keeps saying this will make me a stronger person in the end...but i dont want to be strong, i want to be a broken grad student! :!:

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by astrofan » Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:19 pm

alkemas wrote:berkeley said thanks but no thanks. oh, well. everyone keeps saying this will make me a stronger person in the end...but i dont want to be strong, i want to be a broken grad student! :!:
At least you know now, they won't even tell me if they have all my application materials.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by alkemas » Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:56 pm

astrofan wrote:
alkemas wrote:berkeley said thanks but no thanks. oh, well. everyone keeps saying this will make me a stronger person in the end...but i dont want to be strong, i want to be a broken grad student! :!:
At least you know now, they won't even tell me if they have all my application materials.

What? Who did you talk to? Donna is super sweet. Give her a call: 510-642-0596. I initially emailed her and she didn't get back to me, but she is in her office right now. She just sent me my official email.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by Excalibur1986 » Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:59 pm

Rejected by CU. I forgot that I applied to this school. I should have withdrawn my application, so I could have rejected them first. :twisted:

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by PhysicsPdx » Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:42 pm

Rejected from Wisconsin via email on 03/10. This is so frustrating.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by flaxcapacitor » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:40 pm

alkemas wrote:
astrofan wrote:
alkemas wrote:berkeley said thanks but no thanks. oh, well. everyone keeps saying this will make me a stronger person in the end...but i dont want to be strong, i want to be a broken grad student! :!:
At least you know now, they won't even tell me if they have all my application materials.

What? Who did you talk to? Donna is super sweet. Give her a call: 510-642-0596. I initially emailed her and she didn't get back to me, but she is in her office right now. She just sent me my official email.
Ha, yeah. I totally have a crush on Donna. I walked in to her office to get my rejection letter and she seemed sadder than I was.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by astrofan » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:36 pm

...and if I applied to the physics department, I would do that. I applied to the astronomy department. I think the guy's name is Dexter, and technically I didn't do all I could as I only e-mailed him.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by blah » Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:59 pm

astrofan wrote:...and if I applied to the physics department, I would do that. I applied to the astronomy department. I think the guy's name is Dexter, and technically I didn't do all I could as I only e-mailed him.
I hope you didn't write "Dear Mr. Stewart" or anything like that. Dexter, in this particular case, is not a he.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by astrofan » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:52 am

blah wrote:
astrofan wrote:...and if I applied to the physics department, I would do that. I applied to the astronomy department. I think the guy's name is Dexter, and technically I didn't do all I could as I only e-mailed him.
I hope you didn't write "Dear Mr. Stewart" or anything like that. Dexter, in this particular case, is not a he.
Oh. :oops:
Well its a good thing that my e-mail was two sentences, neither of which used her name. I guess I should have been more formal and less direct with my question, but I am a little annoyed that I haven't heard anything.

It really isn't fair, as I am just frustrated that I have not heard from more than half of the schools that I applied too.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by techodestructo » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:02 am

just out of curiosity, did anyone get into stanford applied physics?

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by Ulquiorra » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:50 am

techodestructo wrote:just out of curiosity, did anyone get into stanford applied physics?
That's what I'm wondering about! I've applied for Stanford applied physics...
Yet, I still hear nothing from them... This may be due to CA budget crisis coz I haven't
heard anything from UCLA and UK Berkeley, too!...

Arghhhh! I must remain calm...

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by cato88 » Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:08 am

Ulquiorra wrote: That's what I'm wondering about! I've applied for Stanford applied physics...
Yet, I still hear nothing from them... This may be due to CA budget crisis coz I haven't
heard anything from UCLA and UK Berkeley, too!...
Stanford is a private institution.

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by Helio » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:11 am

cato88 wrote:
Ulquiorra wrote: That's what I'm wondering about! I've applied for Stanford applied physics...
Yet, I still hear nothing from them... This may be due to CA budget crisis coz I haven't
heard anything from UCLA and UK Berkeley, too!...
Stanford is a private institution.
but stanford suffered hits in their endowment, which basically determines the amount of money TAs get

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by gumpstuck » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:43 am

just out of curiosity, did anyone get into stanford applied physics?
I'm sure some people did. They just aren't on this board. Relax... there's always next year :D

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Post by Theoretischer » Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:50 am

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by alkemas » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:45 am

UCLA rejection. :cry: guess there is always next year. but i am considering going to work for defense and becoming rich.....of course i would be selling my soul, but money will buy my happiness at this point. have y'all seen this http://www.fmylife.com? its amazing!

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Re: Rejection 2009.... Share your pain!

Post by Maxwells_Demon » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:00 pm

Rejected to UCLA.... 7th rejection :/

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