Decision Dates

Catria · Post by **Catria** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:14 pm

YodaT wrote:Has anybody gotten funding offers? I got a phone call from UChicago's astro dept this monday saying they'd send extra info via email later on. Montana State physics dept just sent me an email to check the website, was accepted with no info on funding.

Minnesota made my funding offer clear: $18,330 for 9 months of TA, $6,110 for summer funding.

YodaT · Post by **YodaT** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:19 pm

Catria wrote: Minnesota made my funding offer clear: $18,330 for 9 months of TA, $6,110 for summer funding.

Cool man, maybe i'm not that cool yet. So weird because Montana basically said 'decide' through this link, lol. At least Chicago astro invited to an open house in March.

shep23 · Post by **shep23** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:55 pm

UT-Austin has sent out a round of acceptances for Astronomy

gradapp2015 · Post by **gradapp2015** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:39 pm

CU Boulder has sent out acceptances for physics.

wompwomp · Post by **wompwomp** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:43 pm

I'm waiting for the first round of rejections to come through. Only then will I know if I dare hope.

gradapp2015 · Post by **gradapp2015** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:01 pm

Actually, I think the Boulder decision on TGC might also be a fake, given that no other post has been made saying that Boulder has sent out decisions.

blackmass · Post by **blackmass** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:18 pm

gradapp2015 wrote:Actually, I think the Boulder decision on TGC might also be a fake, given that no other post has been made saying that Boulder has sent out decisions.

There have been a few for astro from Boulder on TGC, but I don't know. There's one reported phone call acceptance from Harvard astro now, too...

Catria · Post by **Catria** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 12:59 am

Can anyone admitted to Minnesota confirm that there is no information whatsoever concerning the department-sponsored prospective student visits weekend on their acceptance letters?

Kapusta claims that the information is available on the acceptance letter (all of them say that there is guaranteed summer RA, 9-month TA, for $24,440 total, plus health insurance valued at $4,346, and $2,500 for moving expenses) yet there is no trace of the open house weekend on my acceptance letter.

jbb · Post by **jbb** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:14 am

Indiana Bloomington has sent out at least one acceptance. I didn't post it on the grad cafe yet but I got it with funding details three or four days ago.

reachmenon240 · Post by **reachmenon240** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:15 pm

I was wondering if anybody's heard from NYU? And if so, how many offers were sent out.

croth1992 · Post by **croth1992** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:16 pm

Do you think Washington has finished giving out acceptances? I thought that they were a relatively safe school for me and I still haven't heard back

PathIntegrals92 · Post by **PathIntegrals92** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:44 pm

I was accepted to Ohio State and Purdue last week!

croth1992 wrote:Do you think Washington has finished giving out acceptances? I thought that they were a relatively safe school for me and I still haven't heard back

University of Washington-Seattle? I wouldn't really call that school a safety... but it also depends on your field...

Some schools do it in waves, so you never know. Good luck!

Sanhedrin · Post by **Sanhedrin** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:21 pm

Actually, I think the Boulder decision on TGC might also be a fake, given that no other post has been made saying that Boulder has sent out decisions.

As of this morning there is a non-Astro acceptance to Boulder I personally know of. So I doubt the ones on gradcafe are fake.

Catria · Post by **Catria** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:51 pm

PathIntegrals92 wrote:Some schools do it in waves, so you never know. Good luck!

I really hope this is the case at WUSTL, UChicago (astro) and Michigan...

aquirdturtle · Post by **aquirdturtle** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:22 pm

gradapp2015 wrote:Actually, I think the Boulder decision on TGC might also be a fake, given that no other post has been made saying that Boulder has sent out decisions.

That was me :p and I assure you that I am not fake XD. It is curious that there aren't more than two boulder entries on TGC; perhaps they send out smaller batches.

zhuk · Post by **zhuk** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:12 pm

AHHH! just got an email from Stanford Applied Physics saying that a decision has been made and to await a 2nd email later on in the day. What a tease... excruciating waiting period ensues.

PhysicsIsCool · Post by **PhysicsIsCool** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:07 pm

zhuk wrote:AHHH! just got an email from Stanford Applied Physics saying that a decision has been made and to await a 2nd email later on in the day. What a tease... excruciating waiting period ensues.

SAME this is torture

YodaT · Post by **YodaT** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:10 pm

PhysicsIsCool wrote:
zhuk wrote:AHHH! just got an email from Stanford Applied Physics saying that a decision has been made and to await a 2nd email later on in the day. What a tease... excruciating waiting period ensues.
SAME this is torture

lol, an email i got last week (from different dept/school) said they'd call me to deliver "good news." i would've died if they called just to tell me my application was complete and under review... ultimate trolling.

modikin · Post by **modikin** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:42 pm

PhysicsIsCool wrote:
zhuk wrote:AHHH! just got an email from Stanford Applied Physics saying that a decision has been made and to await a 2nd email later on in the day. What a tease... excruciating waiting period ensues.
SAME this is torture

yeah but given the list of acceptances already on grad cafe, i am not holding my breath on an offer to their program. I think it is a mass reject mailing list that you can't reply to is what they're telling us. but maybe that's me being pessimistic.

PhysicsIsCool · Post by **PhysicsIsCool** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 8:00 pm

modikin wrote:
PhysicsIsCool wrote:
zhuk wrote:AHHH! just got an email from Stanford Applied Physics saying that a decision has been made and to await a 2nd email later on in the day. What a tease... excruciating waiting period ensues.
SAME this is torture
yeah but given the list of acceptances already on grad cafe, i am not holding my breath on an offer to their program. I think it is a mass reject mailing list that you can't reply to is what they're telling us. but maybe that's me being pessimistic.

No, I think you are probably right...I'm just waiting for a rejection so I can cry and move on

modikin · Post by **modikin** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 8:34 pm

yeah but given the list of acceptances already on grad cafe, i am not holding my breath on an offer to their program. I think it is a mass reject mailing list that you can't reply to is what they're telling us. but maybe that's me being pessimistic.[/quote]

No, I think you are probably right...I'm just waiting for a rejection so I can cry and move on

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I feel you man, Stanford was my top choice. I am currently in a no-name masters program so other than getting a job I kinda have to accept i might not ever go to an Ivy/top 5 program despite working for years towards that goal.

zhuk · Post by **zhuk** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:22 pm

modikin wrote:yeah but given the list of acceptances already on grad cafe, i am not holding my breath on an offer to their program. I think it is a mass reject mailing list that you can't reply to is what they're telling us. but maybe that's me being pessimistic.

No, I think you are probably right...I'm just waiting for a rejection so I can cry and move on

I feel you man, Stanford was my top choice. I am currently in a no-name masters program so other than getting a job I kinda have to accept i might not ever go to an Ivy/top 5 program despite working for years towards that goal.

What gives? It's 5:21 Stanford time, where are our rejection letters? How late can Paula be possible working tonight?

PhysicsIsCool · Post by **PhysicsIsCool** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:25 pm

zhuk wrote:
modikin wrote:yeah but given the list of acceptances already on grad cafe, i am not holding my breath on an offer to their program. I think it is a mass reject mailing list that you can't reply to is what they're telling us. but maybe that's me being pessimistic.

No, I think you are probably right...I'm just waiting for a rejection so I can cry and move on

I feel you man, Stanford was my top choice. I am currently in a no-name masters program so other than getting a job I kinda have to accept i might not ever go to an Ivy/top 5 program despite working for years towards that goal.
What gives? It's 5:21 Stanford time, where are our rejection letters? How late can Paula be possible working tonight?

Seriously! Making us wait 5+ hours for a decision is just adding insult to injury at this point, if it really is a mass rejection...

zhuk · Post by **zhuk** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:37 pm

PhysicsIsCool wrote:
zhuk wrote:
modikin wrote:yeah but given the list of acceptances already on grad cafe, i am not holding my breath on an offer to their program. I think it is a mass reject mailing list that you can't reply to is what they're telling us. but maybe that's me being pessimistic.

No, I think you are probably right...I'm just waiting for a rejection so I can cry and move on

I feel you man, Stanford was my top choice. I am currently in a no-name masters program so other than getting a job I kinda have to accept i might not ever go to an Ivy/top 5 program despite working for years towards that goal.
What gives? It's 5:21 Stanford time, where are our rejection letters? How late can Paula be possible working tonight?
Seriously! Making us wait 5+ hours for a decision is just adding insult to injury at this point, if it really is a mass rejection...

I think modikin is right. It's gotta be a rejection mass email. bourbon!

astro_orion · Post by **astro_orion** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:13 pm

I've applied to 15 schools (including 3 that were due on Dec 15th) and have yet to hear anything back yet

PhysicsIsCool · Post by **PhysicsIsCool** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:38 pm

astro_orion wrote:I've applied to 15 schools (including 3 that were due on Dec 15th) and have yet to hear anything back yet

It's probably too soon to worry. I'm pretty sure lots of schools don't start sending acceptances until the first or second weeks of February.

djh101 · Post by **djh101** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:54 pm

Acceptance from Oregon. I guess everyone on here is waiting for Stanford, though.

PhysicsIsCool · Post by **PhysicsIsCool** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:01 am

djh101 wrote:Acceptance from Oregon. I guess everyone on here is waiting for Stanford, though.

Congratulations!

PhysicsIsCool · Post by **PhysicsIsCool** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:04 am

Sorry to keep blowing up this thread...but has anyone heard from Applied Physics at Stanford yet?

I've been waiting almost 9 hours for the second e-mail with the admissions decision. I'd have been fine with waiting a few hours...but this is to the point where it has disrupted my entire day, and now it's keeping me from sleeping. Not a good start to the week.

Cho'bal · Post by **Cho'bal** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:22 am

PhysicsIsCool wrote:Sorry to keep blowing up this thread...but has anyone heard from Applied Physics at Stanford yet?

I've been waiting almost 9 hours for the second e-mail with the admissions decision. I'd have been fine with waiting a few hours...but this is to the point where it has disrupted my entire day, and now it's keeping me from sleeping. Not a good start to the week.

Just out of curiosity, did they send out acceptance emails on Sunday? I thought the people there only worked in the weekdays, but I'm not so sure..

PhysicsIsCool · Post by **PhysicsIsCool** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:28 am

Cho'bal wrote:
PhysicsIsCool wrote:Sorry to keep blowing up this thread...but has anyone heard from Applied Physics at Stanford yet?

I've been waiting almost 9 hours for the second e-mail with the admissions decision. I'd have been fine with waiting a few hours...but this is to the point where it has disrupted my entire day, and now it's keeping me from sleeping. Not a good start to the week.
Just out of curiosity, did they send out acceptance emails on Sunday? I thought the people there only worked in the weekdays, but I'm not so sure..

According to gradcafe, there were some acceptances sent on Saturday. On Sunday it seems at least a few of is got an ~ominous~ email that told us we'd receive our admissions decisions in a second email later in the day. Seems like a mass rejection but who knows at this point. It's Monday my time now so I'm pretty annoyed by the whole situation because I've been waiting 10+ hours since the first email. And I still don't know my status. :/

metaphyx · Post by **metaphyx** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:33 am

What is going on with NYU? I have seen some admits on GradCafe but still can't figure out the subfield to which the offers were made.

Cho'bal · Post by **Cho'bal** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:45 am

PhysicsIsCool wrote:
Cho'bal wrote:
PhysicsIsCool wrote:Sorry to keep blowing up this thread...but has anyone heard from Applied Physics at Stanford yet?

I've been waiting almost 9 hours for the second e-mail with the admissions decision. I'd have been fine with waiting a few hours...but this is to the point where it has disrupted my entire day, and now it's keeping me from sleeping. Not a good start to the week.
Just out of curiosity, did they send out acceptance emails on Sunday? I thought the people there only worked in the weekdays, but I'm not so sure..
According to gradcafe, there were some acceptances sent on Saturday. On Sunday it seems at least a few of is got an ~ominous~ email that told us we'd receive our admissions decisions in a second email later in the day. Seems like a mass rejection but who knows at this point. It's Monday my time now so I'm pretty annoyed by the whole situation because I've been waiting 10+ hours since the first email. And I still don't know my status. :/

Wow, that must suck. They sure know how to ruin someone's day.

And it's already past 10 PM at Stanford. I'm not sure how they'll send mails "later in the day"...

djh101 · Post by **djh101** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:50 am

PhysicsIsCool wrote:
djh101 wrote:Acceptance from Oregon. I guess everyone on here is waiting for Stanford, though.
Congratulations!

Thanks! I'm glad I didn't apply to Stanford after looking at all the recent posts on here

. I've got a nice little selection of schools to choose from (although nothing top tier or anything), so I'm quite happy.

Sorry to hear about all the difficulties, Stanford people. I hope everything gets worked out soon.

gendf · Post by **gendf** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:02 pm

Hi, my Stanford Application status is still incomplete, though it seems they received all the documents. Does anyone have the same thing?

P.S. On their webpage they ask not to disturb them with such questions.

Sanhedrin · Post by **Sanhedrin** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:09 pm

Mine says incomplete as well. They say they will email you if your application is actually incomplete. So I wouldn't worry about it.

gendf · Post by **gendf** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:13 pm

Sanhedrin wrote:Mine says incomplete as well. They say they will email you if your application is actually incomplete. So I wouldn't worry about it.

Thanks for the reply.

astro_orion · Post by **astro_orion** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:07 pm

Got into Indiana Astro yesterday!

PhysicsIsCool · Post by **PhysicsIsCool** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:40 pm

I saw someone got accepted to Berkeley today (congrats!), but why can't they just send all acceptances at once?! #stress

flobadobadie · Post by **flobadobadie** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:04 pm

They told me they'd sent all their offers...

PathIntegrals92 · Post by **PathIntegrals92** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:14 pm

PhysicsIsCool wrote:I saw someone got accepted to Berkeley today (congrats!), but why can't they just send all acceptances at once?! #stress

I didn't apply to Berkeley, but according to grad cafe they send a few in early Feb and then during the middle.

http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php ... t=a&o=&p=3

I only looked this up because I thought it was strange that only one person posted.

PhysicsIsCool · Post by **PhysicsIsCool** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:19 pm

flobadobadie wrote:They told me they'd sent all their offers...

Berkeley did???

flobadobadie · Post by **flobadobadie** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:29 pm

Only messing, I don't know what Berkeley's thinking. More waiting prescribed, sorry.

djh101 · Post by **djh101** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:43 pm

USC acceptance! All >50 schools so far, but still a nice selection to choose from.

Cho'bal · Post by **Cho'bal** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:51 pm

Looks like Stanford physics has sent out the first round of acceptances.

EDIT: via phone, so unofficial I guess.

djh101 · Post by **djh101** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 2:08 am

I think I see why USC is ranked so low in physics now. Everything awesome about it is technically part of the electrical engineering department, which is in the top 20 on U.S. News.

Catria · Post by **Catria** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:14 am

On Wolverine Access (Michigan), I now see the buttons "Accept/Decline financial aid, Financial planning calculators, My scholarship profile". Is that something that happens with everyone today or it happens to people that are about to receive an acceptance letter?

shep23 · Post by **shep23** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:51 am

I also have those buttons, but when I click "Accept/Decline Financial Aid" for example, nothing shows up. So, it's probably not anything, but I like getting my hopes up, so maybe it is! I'm applied to astro for what it's worth

reachmenon240 · Post by **reachmenon240** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:42 am

Does Stanford call every accepted student?

blackmass · Post by **blackmass** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:28 pm

Looks like one person has posted an offer from Caltech astro...

Edit: Make that two...