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Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:08 pm
by TakeruK
tpatt wrote:
Uni of Arizona, or Arizona State??
AH, nevermind, LPL is at UofA.
Good point -- I've clarified it to say UofA now.
InquilineKea wrote:
Congrats - did any professor in particular contact you?
Thanks. I got an email from the Academic Affairs manager with 2 letters attached, one from the admission admin assistant with details about the open house and an official admit letter from the department head. The email did say every prospective student is assigned a faculty member and a current graduate student to answer any questions about the program (and that they will be in touch soon).
But I think you mean if a professor interested in my research will be contacting me, and I think the answer to that is no -- LPL also just admit to the department instead of a particular group.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:38 pm
by jitit
just had an interview with a prof. from yale (applied physics). almost *** myself. it either went really well or disastrous, and i can't tell which.
Caltech APh visit
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:45 pm
by cjaphys
Invited to Caltech APh Visiting Days on Feb 22-23. I couldn't dig up much from past years on what this invitation means. Does anybody know whether it's just a formality on the path to being accepted, if there's an interview, and if some of the folks invited get turned down?
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:52 am
by sarthorks
Offer from Cornell Physics (Feb 1, around 8pm EST) via email. 1 year graduate fellowship.
Encourage us to attend the Prospective Graduate Visit Weekend (March 9-10).
What do long distance (such as international) admits think about attending it?
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:23 pm
by scasplte2
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Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:08 pm
by Smidgens
Accepted to Michigan for Applied Physics! 1 for 1, baby!
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:42 pm
by alphanumeric
Just got an email from UCSD stating I am a top applicant, recommended for admission with financial details to follow. Huzzah!
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:49 pm
by Hausdorff
Just got an email from a school saying that my application is under review.
I won't give name of the school since this information is totally useless.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:23 pm
by SAL
Smidgens wrote:Accepted to Michigan for Applied Physics! 1 for 1, baby!
Nice!
The applied physics program at michigan was my first choice, and no email. Oh well.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:00 am
by transparent_silvery
I wasn't interviewed. They just asked questions like 'why do u want to come to Yale' through emails.
I'm now number 3 on the waiting list, which means, the last one... chance is slim.
InquilineKea wrote:Hmm interesting - what types of questions did they ask?
Did they interview you before putting you on the shortlist?
Since the Yale Grad School seems to require interviews before offers (
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2012/ ... nterviews/).
[am wondering since I'm flying to Yale next week for an interview+open house, for a related department, though I may have the option to dual-PhD with Astro]
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:22 am
by ironman1
transparent_silvery wrote:I wasn't interviewed. They just asked questions like 'why do u want to come to Yale' through emails.
I'm now number 3 on the waiting list, which means, the last one... chance is slim.
InquilineKea wrote:Hmm interesting - what types of questions did they ask?
Did they interview you before putting you on the shortlist?
Since the Yale Grad School seems to require interviews before offers (
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2012/ ... nterviews/).
[am wondering since I'm flying to Yale next week for an interview+open house, for a related department, though I may have the option to dual-PhD with Astro]
How did you learn the waitlist and your position in the waitlist?
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:15 pm
by King Vitamin
Accepted to Columbia with a Dean's Fellowship this mornIng by email!
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:17 pm
by alphanumeric
accepted to JHU and open house. quite a nice email, I must say...
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:22 am
by diracdeltas
accepted to Berkeley (phys) via website also, woo
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:32 am
by asdfuogh
Accepted to CWM by phone (plasma physics / non linear dynamics!) (Feb 3)
UCI by e-mail (plasma physics) (Feb 7)
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:09 pm
by a feyn man
Wait-listed for U. Chicago (astro).
Received email today (Feb. 6)
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:16 pm
by Smidgens
I got an acceptance e-mail from Northwestern Applied Physics today, Feb 6th.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:13 pm
by cabriner
Accepted to Carnegie Mellon 2/6 by e-mail!
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:17 am
by transparent_silvery
Same here.
I want to know how many ppl there are on the waitlist, so that I can estimate my chance....
a feyn man wrote:Wait-listed for U. Chicago (astro).
Received email today (Feb. 6)
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:00 am
by GeorgeThe4th
Accepted to UNC Chapel Hill (Physics) via email on 2/6! Such a relief having my first acceptance
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:12 am
by Shadowknite25
I just got an email of unofficial offer from University of Nebraska-Lincoln on 2/7. I know the school is not the best schools that most people on here are applying to, but my profile is not great and it's my first acceptance, so I'm very happy about it. Now I no longer need to panic.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:22 am
by kangaroo
Shadowknite25 wrote:I just got an email of unofficial offer from University of Nebraska-Lincoln on 2/7. I know the school is not the best schools that most people on here are applying to, but my profile is not great and it's my first acceptance, so I'm very happy about it. Now I no longer need to panic.
If that's your place, that's your place. Nothing to be ashamed of.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:31 am
by sarthorks
kangaroo wrote:Shadowknite25 wrote:I just got an email of unofficial offer from University of Nebraska-Lincoln on 2/7. I know the school is not the best schools that most people on here are applying to, but my profile is not great and it's my first acceptance, so I'm very happy about it. Now I no longer need to panic.
If that's your place, that's your place. Nothing to be ashamed of.
I don't think he is.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:45 am
by kangaroo
sarthorks wrote:kangaroo wrote:Shadowknite25 wrote:I just got an email of unofficial offer from University of Nebraska-Lincoln on 2/7. I know the school is not the best schools that most people on here are applying to, but my profile is not great and it's my first acceptance, so I'm very happy about it. Now I no longer need to panic.
If that's your place, that's your place. Nothing to be ashamed of.
I don't think he is.
Precisely.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:13 pm
by Shadowknite25
kangaroo wrote:sarthorks wrote:kangaroo wrote:If that's your place, that's your place. Nothing to be ashamed of.
I don't think he is.
Precisely.
No, I am not ashamed. I'm actually happy about it since I did not expect to hear from them that soon. I just submitted my application like last week. However, it's not my first choice, so I'm still waiting for other better schools on my list.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:28 pm
by jitit
accepted to urbana champaign. not bubbly.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:54 pm
by Brooks
jitit wrote:accepted to urbana champaign. not bubbly.
I too just got accepted to Urbana Champaign and I happened to visit on my own accord last week. The city wasn't super exciting (coming from Austin), but I have to say that the faculty was super friendly and the graduate students (at least the ones I talked to) seemed very happy... Both great signs in my opinion!
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:33 am
by jitit
Brooks wrote:jitit wrote:accepted to urbana champaign. not bubbly.
I too just got accepted to Urbana Champaign and I happened to visit on my own accord last week. The city wasn't super exciting (coming from Austin), but I have to say that the faculty was super friendly and the graduate students (at least the ones I talked to) seemed very happy... Both great signs in my opinion!
that's good to hear brooks, and congrats on your acceptance. i'm thinking about attending the open house to see it for myself, and perhaps the department can make up for the boring city some. i thought that their website was the most well-made out of all of the schools.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:48 am
by transparent_silvery
Just got accepted by UC Santa Cruz astro (their email shows all recipient emails so I actually know who are accepted together with me!).
*In case* I get one more offer from California, I'd like to go to their open houses, but I haven't heard back from any school. So would anyone who has already got offers from PHYSICS of Berkeley, UCSB, UCSD Stanford and ASTRO of Caltech, post the open house dates, so that I can book air tickets early?
Thanks much.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:49 am
by InquilineKea
Haha - all I'm wondering now is when UCSC is going to write that rejection letter for me, and whether or not it personalizes rejection letters for individual applicants who might have had a lot of pre-application contact.
Though a lot of people are rejected via website, which probably means no personalized rejection letter?
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:13 pm
by Shadowknite25
I just got an unofficial offer from University of Pittsburgh. I'm waiting for more information from them in another email.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:47 pm
by Spriteling
I was accepted to Northwestern this morning.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:19 pm
by sumits2k
Waitlisted at U. Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Still looking for a first offer
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:44 pm
by scintillahx
accepted to cornell. also got into Rochester yesterday. Excited!
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:06 pm
by YoMama
Accepted to Cornell today!
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:17 am
by Physwimic
Also accepted to Cornell today!!!! So excited!!!!!!
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:33 am
by lsaldana
Accepted to SUNY - Stony Brook on January 30 via e-mail and to UT Austin on February 9 via e-mail! Both for HEP-EX. No rejections yet, so far so good.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:25 am
by ale87
Accepted to NYU (cosmology).
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:10 pm
by capandbells
Accepted to UCLA physics by email!
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:06 pm
by King Vitamin
Accepted to UC Boulder by email.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:02 am
by aravi
King Vitamin wrote:Accepted to UC Boulder by email.
Congratulations King Vitamin! Still waiting to hear back, fingers crossed.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:06 pm
by YoMama
unofficially accepted to UCLA physics yesterday
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:08 pm
by AriAstronomer
Accepted to UC Davis 2/13. They had sent me an email over the weekend to check my status of my online application today.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:10 pm
by InquilineKea
Just accepted by Brown (Geological Sciences) with fellowship for being a top applicant (over dinner with Brown professor)
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:51 am
by Shadowknite25
I got accepted to Iowa State University on 2/13 and University of Florida on 2/14. Happy Valentine Day!
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:56 am
by yg9
Harvard Physics (half an hour ago) !
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:06 am
by TakeruK
Yay good news from Cornell Astronomy & Space Sciences (via email). Visit dates probably March 9-10.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:11 am
by King Vitamin
Harvard physics by email!
As a funny aside, I think I accidentally referred to Harvard as Princeton in one sentence is my personal statement (I copy/pasted sloppily!).
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:42 pm
by kangaroo
Acceptance email from Harvard. I would probably decide between MIT, Harvard, and Stanford when the rest of the acceptances come in. Going to decline UCSB and Cornell, so good luck to those waiting to get in.
Re: 2012 Acceptances
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:58 pm
by mrrsnhtl
Just received an official offer from Pittsburgh. Quite ride for the first shot, excited. Hope the best for all.