yup, me, from Italyterrence wrote:
By the way, did anyobody hear of an international student accepted to UCSB so far?

yup, me, from Italyterrence wrote:
By the way, did anyobody hear of an international student accepted to UCSB so far?
yeah even according to their website.. they mentioned mid feb onwards.. On emailing them they said that my application is still under review..newt11 wrote:Florida is late according to last year! waiting..
Wow, congratulations. Did you apply for external funding and/or fellowships? That probably counts.Alesonny wrote:yup, me, from Italyterrence wrote:
By the way, did anyobody hear of an international student accepted to UCSB so far?
Agreed. Still though...terrence wrote:Congrats! Regarding funding, I don't think it's a common practice for graduate programs in physics to admit students without funding. Moreover, it's still early, so I am pretty sure you are not one of their last choices, some sort of funding should be implied...unless this year's financial situation is incredibly harsh for California schools.wmwolf wrote:I got an e-mail from UCSB 12:30 AM their time telling me to check admissions page. I was indeed accepted, but they were completely mum on financial aid, and now their department website's page is down... The ambiguity is killing me, as they are one of my top choices.
Still cool, though!
If I get into Caltech I would give it to you, I honestly don't wanna go there, I just applied cuz it's Caltech.matonski wrote:Anyone have an extra Stanford or Caltech acceptance that they could spare me?
Tuition is probably based on how many classes you are taking (each class is worth a certain number of "units"). Pretty much all PhD students in physics are fully funded so that will likely cover as many courses as you'd ever want to take in a quarter.Alesonny wrote:Stanford!!! woot woot!
Now I have a question for you guys, since I am not familiar with the american funding system: what does it mean to have "tuition allowance for 10 units per quarter"?
You shouldn't take that as a reason not to go. I have someone I want to work with at every other school I've applied to, except Caltech. Also I've spent 20 years of my life in southern california so I kinda wanna spend some time elsewhere. But Pasadena is in SoCal, and we do have wonderful weather here, so that's definitely a plus for most people.michael wrote:Blue planet, why would you not want to go? This is a serious question as I may not be able to make the open house! I have heard it is small, and I dont like the sound of the nearest city LA too much. Is there other stuff you can tell me too?
Thanks for your help.
UCSB first year here, the "standard" package guarantees you up to 4 years worth of TAships, which includes full coverage of tuition and health insurance, plus about $1700/mo after taxes. Typically experimentalists here get hired away to do research pretty quickly (which pays about $100/mo less until you advance to candidacy, at which point you get your $100/mo back), and there's obviously no limit on the number of quarters you can do research. Theorists here typically TA much longer, but profs hire them away once their TAing allowance is used up, or possibly sooner if they get lucky and the prof has extra grant money.wmwolf wrote:I got an e-mail from UCSB 12:30 AM their time telling me to check admissions page. I was indeed accepted, but they were completely mum on financial aid, and now their department website's page is down... The ambiguity is killing me, as they are one of my top choices.
Still cool, though!
Could you pls give some information on the RA or TA or FLWSHP offer? I still am waiting for them to reply. I am already accepted by UW-Madison but I think JHU is a better place, what do you think?lapen wrote:Thanks to your post I found my offer letter in my gmail spam box! Now I have exactly 12 hrs to notify them whether I am attending their open house or not.matonski wrote:Accepted to John's Hopkins. The email was in my gmail spam box for a day.
artificertxj wrote:just asking, those who applied for AMO program in grad college, did you guys heard anything back from Berkeley (physics), Stanford (applied physics) and MIT (physics). I didn't hear anything from them yet. I think maybe it's time for me to book my Arizona flight (sigh.....)
You can find last year's data on their webpage: 713 applications, 99 offers, 31 enrolled.jmason86 wrote:Does anyone have an estimate of how many applications Berkeley physics got this year? Or know what they typically get each year?
They sure are taking their time making decisions..
I'm amazed it too them 99 offers to get 31 people.terrence wrote: You can find last year's data on their webpage: 713 applications, 99 offers, 31 enrolled.
According to AIP (gradschoolshopper.com), Admission information: For fall admission, 2009 – 10, 125 students were accepted from 674 applicants.abeboparebop wrote:Last year's class (meaning those entering fall 09) had well more than 31 -- it was something like 48 or 50. Not sure what that data's about.
EDIT: and in a brief pass through the prospective physics students webpage, I can't find that info. Got a link?
Find it here: http://physics.berkeley.edu/index.php?o ... Itemid=141higgs_boson wrote:According to AIP (gradschoolshopper.com), Admission information: For fall admission, 2009 – 10, 125 students were accepted from 674 applicants.abeboparebop wrote:Last year's class (meaning those entering fall 09) had well more than 31 -- it was something like 48 or 50. Not sure what that data's about.
EDIT: and in a brief pass through the prospective physics students webpage, I can't find that info. Got a link?