Though I wouldn't be surprised if MIT hands out offers on Thursday, I doubt they'll be done then. Schools (even the top ones) generally have several acceptance waves as people in their first choice list decide to go elsewhere.photonic wrote:I also gotta know, how do you know its going to be Thursday?DiracMan wrote:
Why? Their website says early March. Past gradcafe results suggest mid-to-late February. What is on Thursday?
Official acceptances or unofficial ones from the physics department? I know my application is still listed as incomplete because they haven't updated by subject GRE scores (although the general ones are up), so I hope this doesn't slow down when I hear back.kboone wrote:UPenn has started sending out email acceptances.
Also for those who applied to Columbia, don't worry if you're GRE scores are still listed as not being received. Apparently they still have to run the computer program that matches up your scores to your application.
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Good to know, thanks.photonic wrote: Also for those who applied to Columbia, don't worry if your GRE scores are still listed as not being received. Apparently they still have to run the computer program that matches up your scores to your application.
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Insider info. High energy/particle physics will be done with their selections. Other subfields will follow sometime next week.
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2 reports of admissions for Hawaii's Astronomy program on gradcafe.
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Haha, you may have judged me if you saw me dancing.AprilMay4 wrote:This actually fits how my mood is now that I've gotten my Berkeley acceptance. Totally not judging.Tom Joad wrote:
By the way, in case anyone is in need of a good "acceptance dance" song, might I suggest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPHC0zFjE24
Thanks, I wasn't expecting to hear back from two of my top choices first! I think I'm going to withdraw a few applications now.Meteorshower wrote:Not gonna lie, super jealous of all your offers Tom :p
Congratulations though obviously
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Post your profile. We're all curious!Tom Joad wrote:Haha, you may have judged me if you saw me dancing.AprilMay4 wrote:This actually fits how my mood is now that I've gotten my Berkeley acceptance. Totally not judging.Tom Joad wrote:
By the way, in case anyone is in need of a good "acceptance dance" song, might I suggest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPHC0zFjE24
Thanks, I wasn't expecting to hear back from two of my top choices first! I think I'm going to withdraw a few applications now.Meteorshower wrote:Not gonna lie, super jealous of all your offers Tom :p
Congratulations though obviously
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Seriously. Do it.blighter wrote: Post your profile. We're all curious!
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Don't worry guys, I promise that I will post my profile sometime in the next few weeks. In fact, I already have it as a saved post ready to be submitted, and haven't done so because I'm one of the weirdos who is paranoid about posting information before hearing back from certain schools. I know it's not really a logical concern, as I have nothing to lose really, so I'll probably break down and post it soon.
I will say that we have very similar research interests, Skullgrid.
By the way, UCSB today by email to check website.
I will say that we have very similar research interests, Skullgrid.
By the way, UCSB today by email to check website.
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Hey Guys
University of Minnesota Graduate Program in Astrophysics replied with a Reject , the reason was not enough financial aid this year to send out an admit to me.They also included in the mail that, they have finished reviewing all the applicants.
University of Minnesota Graduate Program in Astrophysics replied with a Reject , the reason was not enough financial aid this year to send out an admit to me.They also included in the mail that, they have finished reviewing all the applicants.
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They did tell me they had 57 applicants, sent out offers to 12, and waitlisted 10(myself included). However they aim to take in 3-4 students a year, so they are expecting most of those 12 to go to other institutions, hence the waitlist.lordbadri wrote:Hey Guys
University of Minnesota Graduate Program in Astrophysics replied with a Reject , the reason was not enough financial aid this year to send out an admit to me.They also included in the mail that, they have finished reviewing all the applicants.
I wonder what would happen if all 12 decided to accept, how would they come up with the funds to support all of them?
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Given that most students apply to many places, this is a very low probability event. But it does happen that occasionally there's a fluctuation upwards and one winds up with 5-6 more students than desired. Typically one borrows the funds from the Dean. They then agree to have a much smaller class the following year, so the money is mostly "paid back". Net cost is basically a year's interest on a few stipends.....Lavabug wrote: They did tell me they had 57 applicants, sent out offers to 12, and waitlisted 10(myself included). However they aim to take in 3-4 students a year, so they are expecting most of those 12 to go to other institutions, hence the waitlist.
I wonder what would happen if all 12 decided to accept, how would they come up with the funds to support all of them?
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It's relieving to hear that, I was fearing that qualifying exams would be used to cull the herd if financial strain became too much. I was told by admissions they got an unexpected increase in enrollments last year. With the increased competition and the number of people with strong backgrounds that strangely get rejected everywhere(many examples here), I wouldn't be surprised if underestimating enrollments becomes a regular occurrence, but for my sake I really hope it was just an anomaly!admissionprof wrote:Given that most students apply to many places, this is a very low probability event. But it does happen that occasionally there's a fluctuation upwards and one winds up with 5-6 more students than desired. Typically one borrows the funds from the Dean. They then agree to have a much smaller class the following year, so the money is mostly "paid back". Net cost is basically a year's interest on a few stipends.....Lavabug wrote: They did tell me they had 57 applicants, sent out offers to 12, and waitlisted 10(myself included). However they aim to take in 3-4 students a year, so they are expecting most of those 12 to go to other institutions, hence the waitlist.
I wonder what would happen if all 12 decided to accept, how would they come up with the funds to support all of them?
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NYU has started to send out more acceptance emails and more Cornell decisions have been posted.
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Series of Cornell questions:photonic wrote:NYU has started to send out more acceptance emails and more Cornell decisions have been posted.
1. Did you got a fellowship or TA? It seemed that the last round of acceptances were all fellowships.
2. Did you get an email, or randomly check the website status?
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Did you see this in your account, or is there a website with the names of the students admitted?Scotthew wrote:I also just discovered a Cornell acceptance on the website (no email as of yet) - the acceptance was a very general acceptance letter from the dean of graduate studies, with no specifics (or even references to the physics department in particular) whatsoever, and thus no information about fellowships.
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Does this mean that the acceptances have all been sent out?
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Analyzing 2012 and 2011 gradcafe results for Cornell suggests that they send out acceptances at a somewhat steady rate until February 12th-14th. After that your chance of acceptance seems to decay exponentially. So in theory, we're still okay. In practice, who knows.StewieVader wrote:Does this mean that the acceptances have all been sent out?
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I just heard from UCSB Physics (I think this might not be breaking news though).
I also finally heard from Cornell by email (had already noticed the offer on the website).
I also finally heard from Cornell by email (had already noticed the offer on the website).
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To follow-up on my prior comment, I know programs often accept people by area (send out acceptances for HEP-th, then astro, then CMT...etc.). So far the only acceptances I have seen for Cornell are astro and HEP. Can anyone cite an exception to this?
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you meant the applyweb (Collage Net) site? correct where you check your application status and recommendation status?Scotthew wrote:On my account (there's a "decision" section added above "online letters of recommendation" on the status page), as others have described on the previous page.
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Yes, its under the applyweb site (the same website that Brown and Princeton use) and the link will be posted right above the letter of recommendations section.lordbadri wrote:you meant the applyweb (Collage Net) site? correct where you check your application status and recommendation status?Scotthew wrote:On my account (there's a "decision" section added above "online letters of recommendation" on the status page), as others have described on the previous page.
No exception here, I applied for HET/CMT, but primarily the former. For most schools its usually by area so I doubt Cornell is done sending out acceptances.DiracMan wrote:To follow-up on my prior comment, I know programs often accept people by area (send out acceptances for HEP-th, then astro, then CMT...etc.). So far the only acceptances I have seen for Cornell are astro and HEP. Can anyone cite an exception to this?
I got a TA position and I just randomly checked the website. There seems to be a delay between being accepted and getting the email.DiracMan wrote:Series of Cornell questions:photonic wrote:NYU has started to send out more acceptance emails and more Cornell decisions have been posted.
1. Did you got a fellowship or TA? It seemed that the last round of acceptances were all fellowships.
2. Did you get an email, or randomly check the website status?
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Anyone got any admission?kangaroo wrote:MIT applicants keep your eyes open...Thursday is the day
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No decision posted on my application yet, though I indicated CMT as my top preference (according to kangaroo, only the HE group is supposed to be done).wololo wrote:Anyone got any admission?kangaroo wrote:MIT applicants keep your eyes open...Thursday is the day
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I applied and have not heard anything from Caltech and Harvard (international). Is it too soon to ask for the status of my application?Skullgrid wrote:CalTech Astronomy has started sending out acceptances.
I would like to rip the bandaid off it it is flat out rejection.
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I would say wait a bit longer. I was always under the impression that they would inform everyone at once, but it appears that they actually do it gradually. For example, looking at gradcafe, the earliest acceptance to UCSB physics was Jan 29, but I didn't get my acceptance until today.soh wrote:I applied and have not heard anything from Caltech and Harvard (international). Is it too soon to ask for the status of my application?Skullgrid wrote:CalTech Astronomy has started sending out acceptances.
I would like to rip the bandaid off it it is flat out rejection.
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Skullgrid wrote:I would say wait a bit longer. I was always under the impression that they would inform everyone at once, but it appears that they actually do it gradually. For example, looking at gradcafe, the earliest acceptance to UCSB physics was Jan 29, but I didn't get my acceptance until today.soh wrote:I applied and have not heard anything from Caltech and Harvard (international). Is it too soon to ask for the status of my application?Skullgrid wrote:CalTech Astronomy has started sending out acceptances.
I would like to rip the bandaid off it it is flat out rejection.
Thanks. Wait, I'll do.
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Well he didn't say it would be THIS Thursday....Next Thursday is 2/14, which has been the day MIT, Harvard, etc. release the first round results in the past few years.Minovsky wrote:No decision posted on my application yet, though I indicated CMT as my top preference (according to kangaroo, only the HE group is supposed to be done).wololo wrote:Anyone got any admission?kangaroo wrote:MIT applicants keep your eyes open...Thursday is the day
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He actually was implying that it would be this Thursday, since he said "Other subfields will follow sometime next week."
Also, thegradcafe results show that in 2011 MIT started accepting people on Feb. 2nd.
On the other hand, it's possible that he meant that decisions will be made internally on Thursday, but not actually mailed out, though it seems unlikely.
Another possibility is that he was wrong, or that the committee changed its mind.
A final (unfortunately the most likely) possibility is that we suck.
Also, thegradcafe results show that in 2011 MIT started accepting people on Feb. 2nd.
On the other hand, it's possible that he meant that decisions will be made internally on Thursday, but not actually mailed out, though it seems unlikely.
Another possibility is that he was wrong, or that the committee changed its mind.
A final (unfortunately the most likely) possibility is that we suck.
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Hey Guys
LSU sent me a mail saying that their first round of offers are done and asked me to wait for their second round of offers to go out.
So anytime time now.good luck
LSU sent me a mail saying that their first round of offers are done and asked me to wait for their second round of offers to go out.
So anytime time now.good luck
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MIT is having a snow day today, so don't expect anything this week.
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Congratulations! That's awesome No surprise though.
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For those who have been recently accepted to Berkeley, UCSD, and/or UCSB, what fields did you list as your preferences? I'm curious to know if it's possibly field specific or just the first batch overall. In related news, it looks like UCLA has sent out a bunch today as well based on thegradcafe postings.
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I applied for theoretical astrophysics at Berkeley (in the physics department) and the same for UCSB except with an additional interest in gravity theory.Ivan Fyodorovich wrote:For those who have been recently accepted to Berkeley, UCSD, and/or UCSB, what fields did you list as your preferences? I'm curious to know if it's possibly field specific or just the first batch overall. In related news, it looks like UCLA has sent out a bunch today as well based on thegradcafe postings.
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If your wait listed will the decision saying that your wait listed will be posted for Cornell and other apply web collages?
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I heard that Stanford Applied Physics has sent out all its acceptances and those who haven't received one on Feb 2nd are rejected
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Has anybody heard anything about Texas A&M (high-energy theory, specifically)?
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Theres nothing on gradcafe so probably not. I think this week the pace will pick up some more.bschroe wrote:Has anybody heard anything about Texas A&M (high-energy theory, specifically)?
For those who have heard back from UPenn, did you anybody hear back while their status page still said the application was incomplete? My page lists my general GRE score as being received, but not my PGRE. I'm worried this might slow down when I hear back but I'm not big on sending more emails asking about my gre to the graduate school either.
Probably not, I would contact those schools instead concerning your status.lordbadri wrote:If your wait listed will the decision saying that your wait listed will be posted for Cornell and other apply web collages?
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Also, based on gradcafe listings for Cornell from the past two years, there will probably still be some acceptances this week. I doubt there will be many after that though.lordbadri wrote:If your wait listed will the decision saying that your wait listed will be posted for Cornell and other apply web collages?
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I'm not sure how much I trust grad cafe and PGRE to give me a decent sample (especially with such a bad PGRE turnout this year), though, so I can't be sure.photonic wrote:Theres nothing on gradcafe so probably not. I think this week the pace will pick up some more.bschroe wrote:Has anybody heard anything about Texas A&M (high-energy theory, specifically)?
I certainly hope this week has more happening! (But, my fellowship to OSU makes things much less stressful.)
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UCLA sent out a slew of admissions yesterday.
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Looking through the acceptances in the profile thread, it looks like Colorado has only sent out acceptances for AMO.
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Rutgers has started sending out acceptance emails, although their website is still not updated.
Hoping this week I hear back from most schools and end this damn waiting!
Hoping this week I hear back from most schools and end this damn waiting!
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This is a fairly dumb question that i don't think merits a thread but...
I noticed the other day that there was a "supplemental data" section on the Harvard application after you fill in the main form. Now i'd done everything else, paid for the app, sent scores and references etc. I emailed them asking if this meant my app wont be considered, and the response I got was "I'm sorry but it is too late to add further materials to the application"
Now this doesn't completely clarify things for me. I can't really tell if my app got through in the first place. I'm expecting not but if anyone can shed any light that'd be appreciated.
I noticed the other day that there was a "supplemental data" section on the Harvard application after you fill in the main form. Now i'd done everything else, paid for the app, sent scores and references etc. I emailed them asking if this meant my app wont be considered, and the response I got was "I'm sorry but it is too late to add further materials to the application"
Now this doesn't completely clarify things for me. I can't really tell if my app got through in the first place. I'm expecting not but if anyone can shed any light that'd be appreciated.
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I applied to SEAS (not pure physics), but if I'm pretty sure all of the GSAS programs use the same application. If I remember correctly, we submitted all of the necessary supplemental info in the application itself (before we paid the $105). I don't remember exactly what the extra supplemental info form was for, but I have a vague recollection that it was pretty much unnecessary - like, it was "how did you find out about us" or "tell us how long your contact info is good for" or something along those lines, but nothing substantial. Long story short, as long as you submitted your SoP, CV, and transcripts, you should be good.Meteorshower wrote: I noticed the other day that there was a "supplemental data" section on the Harvard application after you fill in the main form. Now i'd done everything else, paid for the app, sent scores and references etc. I emailed them asking if this meant my app wont be considered, and the response I got was "I'm sorry but it is too late to add further materials to the application"
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The supplemental form for Harvard GSAS application has to do with financial aid information: whether you have or are applying for an outside scholarship, how is that paid, etc. and if not whether you are able to support yourself financially (but physics students get paid by their advisors so this shouldn't matter much I guesss?)
Meteorshower wrote:This is a fairly dumb question that i don't think merits a thread but...
I noticed the other day that there was a "supplemental data" section on the Harvard application after you fill in the main form. Now i'd done everything else, paid for the app, sent scores and references etc. I emailed them asking if this meant my app wont be considered, and the response I got was "I'm sorry but it is too late to add further materials to the application"
Now this doesn't completely clarify things for me. I can't really tell if my app got through in the first place. I'm expecting not but if anyone can shed any light that'd be appreciated.
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According to a poster on gradcafe, all acceptances for Harvard Astronomy have been sent out. So if you haven't heard back from them, I wouldn't get my hopes up.
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