Acceptance 2009.... Share your joy!

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naseermk
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Re: Acceptance 2009.... Share your joy!

Post by naseermk » Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:16 pm

Congrats, YF17A, way to go.

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Post by Helio » Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:24 pm

Congrats on UIUC and NYU

So much for "by the end of the month"

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Post by PoincareSection » Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:56 pm

YF17A wrote:NYU has started...got an unofficial e-mail this morning!
Congrats! Anyone else hear from them yet?

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Post by Helio » Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:57 pm

PoincareSection wrote:
YF17A wrote:NYU has started...got an unofficial e-mail this morning!
Congrats! Anyone else hear from them yet?

i am waiting as well... yes as much as I dislike them. I want to know.

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Post by PoincareSection » Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:04 pm

Helio wrote:
PoincareSection wrote:
YF17A wrote:NYU has started...got an unofficial e-mail this morning!
Congrats! Anyone else hear from them yet?

i am waiting as well... yes as much as I dislike them. I want to know.
haha...

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Post by nonick » Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:15 pm

@chocolate:
how did you hear from UIUC? email?

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Post by rockwhj » Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:49 pm

got one from NYU

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Post by PoincareSection » Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:58 pm

rockwhj wrote:got one from NYU
Congrats! Just now? I keep refreshing my email...

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Post by trinitron » Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:33 pm

Email from BU today.

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Helio
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Post by Helio » Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:19 pm

Congrats guys... according to gradcafe somebody already got into Berkeley :shock: :shock:

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Post by dsperka » Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:29 pm

Got into Boston, Bean Town baby!!!

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Post by babazula » Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:48 pm

Helio wrote:Congrats guys... according to gradcafe somebody already got into Berkeley :shock: :shock:
it happens to be Michel's acceptance...

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Re: Acceptance 2009.... Share your joy!

Post by chocolate » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:33 pm

yes, unofficial email

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Post by Seen » Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:11 pm

Got an e-mail from Minnesota today. My first acceptance. :D

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Post by Helio » Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:01 pm

babazula wrote:
Helio wrote:Congrats guys... according to gradcafe somebody already got into Berkeley :shock: :shock:
it happens to be Michel's acceptance...
i doubt because Michel did not list yale in his profile and this person got rejected by yale...

Yale University Physics, PhD Rejected via E-mail on 13 Feb 2009 I 13 Feb 2009 Rejected from Yale (#11 in physics) but accepted to Berkeley (top 3 in physics) ????? HAHA ironic, Berkeley was my top choice and Yale my safety school.

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Post by WakkaDojo » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:12 pm

Just got into NYU. Still waiting on responses from some of the tougher schools though...

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Post by amit » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:29 pm

Got a phone call from a UCSC professor this morning which sounded like I was due for an interview. After calming down, I called him in the afternoon and got what sounded like an effective admission. :D He said that the admissions committee hadn't met to make its final decisions yet, but that I should "expect a decision soon :wink: :wink:". I got an acceptance email from NYU a few hours later, too!

Congrats to everyone else that's heard back so far, and for those of you that haven't, sit tight! It's still really early in the season.

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Post by dsperka » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:37 pm

Geez what a day, acceptances from McGill and NYU, too.

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Post by coreycwgriffin » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:54 pm

Seen wrote:Got an e-mail from Minnesota today. My first acceptance. :D
Minnesota has started? They're one of my top choices.

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Post by dmahler » Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:54 am

Just got an email from the University of Toronto quantum optics group! Yay! My first acceptance, I am officially going to grad school somewhere.

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Post by fastones3 » Sun Feb 15, 2009 2:34 am

dmahler wrote:Just got an email from the University of Toronto quantum optics group! Yay! My first acceptance, I am officially going to grad school somewhere.
Congrats! Really though? This late? On a Saturday? On Valentine's day?

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Post by cato88 » Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:33 am

Its a valentines day card.

Will you be my valentine?

Sincerely,
University of Toronto

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Post by dmahler » Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:02 am

Haha ya that is kind of weird. The email came at 11:56pm on valentines day?! Odd, but I don't care, cause I got in!

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Post by t!m » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:19 pm

Another here for UIUC (e-mail last Friday). I don't know if chocolate got the same one, but mine was a very unofficial e-mail. It was from a non-admissions faculty member, to the effect of "You are going to be accepted, and I want to tell you about this fellowship ... " So I doubt we're even in the first wave yet.

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Post by xudis149 » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:00 am

acceptance from pittsburgh.. :)

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Post by dsperka » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:55 am

sidharthsp wrote:acceptance from pittsburgh.. :)
congratulations!

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Post by Helio » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:07 am

congrats....



waitlist at Hawaii for me.

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Post by clytze_pp » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:05 am

Accepted by Case Western Reserve...

My Third one.. :)

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Post by xudis149 » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:22 am

dsperka wrote:
sidharthsp wrote:acceptance from pittsburgh.. :)
congratulations!
Thanks :) and congrats for 8 out of 12 [and still counting :) ]

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Post by trani » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:58 pm

Columbia !!! :shock: :mrgreen: :shock: :lol: :shock: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: :lol: One of my top choices

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Post by PoincareSection » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:00 pm

trani wrote:Columbia !!! :shock: :mrgreen: :shock: :lol: :shock: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: :lol: One of my top choices
Awesome! Congrats.

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Post by Helio » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:10 pm

PoincareSection wrote:
trani wrote:Columbia !!! :shock: :mrgreen: :shock: :lol: :shock: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: :lol: One of my top choices
Awesome! Congrats.
congrats+

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Re: Acceptance 2009.... Share your joy!

Post by hermano » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:22 pm

do you think MIT is still accepting people? what about cornell? I still haven't heard from either.

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Post by secander2! » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:25 pm

Congratulations to you all! @trani, Columbia sounds really awesome :D

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Post by Nambla » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:36 pm

I got an acceptance to Rice University today by email!

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Post by WhatCanYouDoFermi? » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:34 pm

Just got accepted to Cornell! :D

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Post by bosem » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:49 pm

WhatCanYouDoFermi? wrote:Just got accepted to Cornell! :D
Yay!!!... congratz!.. We'll miss you at "... share your ambivalence!"
Very impressive!

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Post by happymonkey » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:53 pm

Congrats to everyone!!
bosem wrote:
WhatCanYouDoFermi? wrote:Just got accepted to Cornell! :D
Yay!!!... congratz!.. We'll miss you at "... share your ambivalence!"
Very impressive!
Yep, while I'm pleased people are getting in to the places they want. I find having comrades with whom I can commiserate to be personally very useful. In any event well done.

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Post by grae313 » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:20 pm

trani wrote:Columbia !!! :shock: :mrgreen: :shock: :lol: :shock: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: :lol: One of my top choices
Woohoo!! Congratulations, that's great news!

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Post by grae313 » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:21 pm

WhatCanYouDoFermi? wrote:Just got accepted to Cornell! :D
Finally off the "still waiting" thread, and what a way to do it!

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Post by WhatCanYouDoFermi? » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:48 pm

grae313 wrote:Finally off the "still waiting" thread, and what a way to do it!
Indeed! It feels great to be removed from my miserable creation, haha

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Post by nonick » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:37 pm

Acceptance from Brown with a fellowship :)

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Post by Excalibur1986 » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:27 pm

Acceptance to UC-Irvine. Hells yes!

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Post by happymonkey » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:56 pm

congratulations! I hope there's still a spot for me :roll: , but I wasn't really expecting one anyways. In any event you too are off the "still waiting" thread - at least for the most part :) .
Excalibur1986 wrote:Acceptance to UC-Irvine. Hells yes!

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Post by sterculus » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:58 pm

A nice letter from MIT today with a fellowship! :D :D :D

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Post by YF17A » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:10 pm

Congrats! This must be the second wave...

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Post by sterculus » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:15 pm

Well it was postmarked 2/12, so maybe the end of the first wave?

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Post by phoenix_123 » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:32 am

Congrats to all those of you with admits so far! :D

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Post by eightfold » Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:03 am

nonick wrote:Acceptance from Brown with a fellowship :)
Just wonder if it is an email from physics department or graduate school?

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Post by unstudmaddu » Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:43 am

Accepted to Cornell!!!.... finally
The letter was postmarked 02/10



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