Listing Grad school responses (Admits & Rejects)...
Santa Barbara
Has anyone heard from Santa Barbara lately?
@Schmit
The "student day" at Caltech for Materials (and I believe Applied Physics and Biochem too) was Feb 15-17. Nobody had been accepted then in Mats, so we kind of got interviewed by the faculty members, but it was also an opportunity get to know what the faculty members are doing.
If I go to Caltech I would definitely be working with the professor I spent the last two summers with, trying to determine the role of vibrational entropy and anharmonicity in various materials. I think Caltech is an awesome place; I guess you will have a very hard time choosing between all these awesome programs you have gotten admission into. Congrats!
I am also eager to hear from several fellowship programs, although I am already a Gates Millennium Scholar. We'll see.
Good luck everybody!
The "student day" at Caltech for Materials (and I believe Applied Physics and Biochem too) was Feb 15-17. Nobody had been accepted then in Mats, so we kind of got interviewed by the faculty members, but it was also an opportunity get to know what the faculty members are doing.
If I go to Caltech I would definitely be working with the professor I spent the last two summers with, trying to determine the role of vibrational entropy and anharmonicity in various materials. I think Caltech is an awesome place; I guess you will have a very hard time choosing between all these awesome programs you have gotten admission into. Congrats!
I am also eager to hear from several fellowship programs, although I am already a Gates Millennium Scholar. We'll see.
Good luck everybody!
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MSU
@CPT
Would you mind posting the fellowship/TA amount that Michigan State University will pay you? I too have applied to Physics Department at Michigan State University...
Would you mind posting the fellowship/TA amount that Michigan State University will pay you? I too have applied to Physics Department at Michigan State University...
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@strange.attractor: My fellowship amount is just about $ 26k, I suppose that's good enough for Michigan.
Got the Princeton reject too ... looks like everyone's getting one
@shivaraj: I'll update the list soon, or anyone else can add the new places and post the appended list as well.
Good luck y'all !!
Got the Princeton reject too ... looks like everyone's getting one
@shivaraj: I'll update the list soon, or anyone else can add the new places and post the appended list as well.
Good luck y'all !!
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Harvard?
Oh wow, Harvard sent acceptance emails out on a Saturday? Is that common?
Btw, can I ask if any of you apply for/express interest in theoretical physics?
Btw, can I ask if any of you apply for/express interest in theoretical physics?
Last edited by physicslover on Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Harvard Biophysics
Is that all from Harvard Physics?; has anyone heard from Harvard Biophysics
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thought I would weigh in...
I am a math/physics major at a medium sized public liberal arts university.
high GPA, high general GRE, OK physics GRE, publication in press
On my applications, I expressed an interest (though not an exclusive one) in high energy theory.
So far I have been accepted in the physics depts at University of Virginia, University of Rochester, Cornell, Yale, and University of Colorado, Boulder (I received the offers in that order starting in Jan).
Most of those places gave me fellowship offers in addition to RAs/TAs..
I am still waiting to hear from MIT. I was just wondering if anyone else is still waiting for a decision from their physics dept in theory. I know sometimes they don't accept many theorists, especially w/ comparatively lower GRE scores.
Even if I don't get in I am pretty happy b/c I have plenty of great choices, but I am just curious.
To those who are wondering about accepting NSF in conjunction w/ other schools, it seems like each place does it differently ( I hope for an NSF offer!!). At Cornell, they say that I could teach part time over the summer and during the year and make an additional 10K. At some of the other places it is either/or. One of my schools would let me put off the fellowship til the three years and then use it my fourth and fifth years.
To the person who wanted to know about Brown. I got an e-mail from them a few weeks ago saying they wanted to talk to me about research interests (nothing official, they just asked me to call them) but I had already gotten into places that were higher on my list so I withdrew.
high GPA, high general GRE, OK physics GRE, publication in press
On my applications, I expressed an interest (though not an exclusive one) in high energy theory.
So far I have been accepted in the physics depts at University of Virginia, University of Rochester, Cornell, Yale, and University of Colorado, Boulder (I received the offers in that order starting in Jan).
Most of those places gave me fellowship offers in addition to RAs/TAs..
I am still waiting to hear from MIT. I was just wondering if anyone else is still waiting for a decision from their physics dept in theory. I know sometimes they don't accept many theorists, especially w/ comparatively lower GRE scores.
Even if I don't get in I am pretty happy b/c I have plenty of great choices, but I am just curious.
To those who are wondering about accepting NSF in conjunction w/ other schools, it seems like each place does it differently ( I hope for an NSF offer!!). At Cornell, they say that I could teach part time over the summer and during the year and make an additional 10K. At some of the other places it is either/or. One of my schools would let me put off the fellowship til the three years and then use it my fourth and fifth years.
To the person who wanted to know about Brown. I got an e-mail from them a few weeks ago saying they wanted to talk to me about research interests (nothing official, they just asked me to call them) but I had already gotten into places that were higher on my list so I withdrew.
waitlists anyone?
How many people are still waiting to hear from schools? I am still waiting to hear from FIVE and I was wondering if this is normal. I checked my application status for most of them and they're listed as complete.
I have yet to hear from Hawaii, Berkeley, Columbia, U-Wisconsin Madison, and UCSC.
I'm ready to tear my hair out.
I have yet to hear from Hawaii, Berkeley, Columbia, U-Wisconsin Madison, and UCSC.
I'm ready to tear my hair out.
For those still waiting, I think at some point you might want to e-mail them to at least make sure your application is still on the waiting list and they haven't messed up with anything. Just e-mail one of the professors you want to work with, tell him you want to work with him and are still very interested in the school, and ask when you can expect to hear back. Either they'll be on the admissions committee or they'll ask the right person. It also shows you still have an interest in the program, which might get you in over someone else.
I also say this because some of the departments really don't seem to care. After everyone got rejected from Berkeley astro and I didn't, I thought that I must be on a very short waiting list. I e-mailed a professor I was interested in working with. He forwarded my e-mail to the people handling admissions and it turned out that they had used a wrong e-mail address to me and never bothered to figure out why the rejection e-mail bounced. Got me really upset for a day until I got into my top choice, but its worth checking out if you haven't heard from places yet.
I also say this because some of the departments really don't seem to care. After everyone got rejected from Berkeley astro and I didn't, I thought that I must be on a very short waiting list. I e-mailed a professor I was interested in working with. He forwarded my e-mail to the people handling admissions and it turned out that they had used a wrong e-mail address to me and never bothered to figure out why the rejection e-mail bounced. Got me really upset for a day until I got into my top choice, but its worth checking out if you haven't heard from places yet.
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Hey slee, any idea what kind of accommodations Berkeley will be providing when/if you visit them? Will they be providing a hotel room or will they have you stay in the apartment of one of their grad students?
(I ask because of the conversation in this thread: http://www.physicsgre.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=611 )
(I ask because of the conversation in this thread: http://www.physicsgre.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=611 )
I think that depends on your perspective and how you word it. Remember that the admissions staff is probably clueless unless decisions have already been made. Ideally, you will have already contacted a professor at some previous point or know one somehow from before the admissions process.
If you e-mail someone and say "I'm still interested in working with you, going to your department, and I want to make sure I can visit if you accept me", I think that's fine. If you don't word it too well, then it won't work.
If you e-mail someone and say "I'm still interested in working with you, going to your department, and I want to make sure I can visit if you accept me", I think that's fine. If you don't word it too well, then it won't work.
You should probably be really brutal when you email them. Make sure they know that they are missing out on a great opportunity to give you knowledge and money, and that you don't want to be forced to go to a competing institution and take their knowledge and money instead. Sound angry in your email, then they will get scared and accept you. Remember: if they aren't begging you to attend, you haven't yelled enough.
You might also want to start a blog about how horrible their institution is, like berkeleysuxmyc60buckeyballs.livejournal.com, and then tell them you might take it down if they admit you. Maybe, maybe not. Keep them on edge.
You might also want to start a blog about how horrible their institution is, like berkeleysuxmyc60buckeyballs.livejournal.com, and then tell them you might take it down if they admit you. Maybe, maybe not. Keep them on edge.
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I honestly believe that if one were to go through this graduate admissions process more than once, it would drive him to complete insanity. The waiting game is painful. I think I checked my email more than 200 times today to see if Stanford sent out notifications.
Someone asked about Maryland... I just received an email from them today.
Someone asked about Maryland... I just received an email from them today.
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To Harvard ppl
Those of you who got to Harvard, congratulations . What area of physics did you apply to? Can I ask when their Open House is?
Thanks!!!
Thanks!!!
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Colorado
Just heard from the University of Colorado-Boulder on the phone...funding details to come...Im interested in AMO and to a lesser degree condensed matter
not being a Phd
It seems ok, however in my country (Chile) the ceiling is too low, for a Bachelor...
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@tnoviell: The scientist I spoke said its just a matter of patience and that most people aren't willing to wait. That if you are willing to be broke a few years, you get a reasonable salary later. They think its worth doing that to get an amazingly rewarding career as opposed to the other route which may be profitable but not as stimulating.
news about minnesota and uwmadison
Minnesota should be sending out a second round of offers this week, and UW Madison doesn't think that they will be making any more offers...
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U Chicago admission
I got into the Univeristy of Chicago, notified by snail mail today - standard TA + waived tution + healthcare offer
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Colorado official e-mail
I just got the official e-mail from Colorado today! ( I had heard a few weeks ago by phone) RA + 8K fellowship!