Decision Dates 2017

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magdalenasophie
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by magdalenasophie » Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:19 am

When oh when will we hear from Columbia and Harvard? I spoke to someone from Columbia almost two weeks ago and he said (without me even asking about admission dates, it was about something else entirely) "by the way we'll have a second look at applications this Monday (that would have been the 31st) and will let you know soon!"

HELP I'm going crazy and my fiance sighs every time I look at my phone haha

tattooedphysicist
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by tattooedphysicist » Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:01 pm

Heard from Cornell and Louisiana State University last night.

magdalenasophie
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by magdalenasophie » Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:03 pm

anirekj wrote:There goes my dream of Stanford applied physics. I seriously loved this school. Hopefully I will get a tenure there some day :P
Rejections are always tough, hope you get into your 2nd choice school! And thumbs up for tenure... :P

Flagg
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by Flagg » Tue Feb 07, 2017 1:24 pm

I got an invite to Brandeis' open house. Does anyone know anything about what this is like, how many students they invite, what percentage of those they accept?

bunnysid
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by bunnysid » Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:58 pm

Minnesota has sent some offers to international students yesterday as per gradcafe posts. Anyone knows if they are done?

eternalwait
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by eternalwait » Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:03 pm

magdalenasophie wrote:When oh when will we hear from Columbia and Harvard?
I saw the Columbia acceptances in TGC and remembered this post! Hopefully you received good news!

xkcd0803
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by xkcd0803 » Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:15 pm

bunnysid wrote:Minnesota has sent some offers to international students yesterday as per gradcafe posts. Anyone knows if they are done?
I didn't receive one. Don't know if they are done or not. As per past years trend, looks like they won't notify wait listed until March.

cosmosis
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by cosmosis » Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:14 am

Has anyone reached out to Harvard, Columbia or Johns Hopkins astronomy programs? Wondering when we will start hearing back from them.

bunnysid
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by bunnysid » Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:26 am

xkcd0803 wrote:
bunnysid wrote:Minnesota has sent some offers to international students yesterday as per gradcafe posts. Anyone knows if they are done?
I didn't receive one. Don't know if they are done or not. As per past years trend, looks like they won't notify wait listed until March.
From previous years the trend is that they send all the offers within 2 -3 days and then declare waitlist after some days. So I feel it may be the waitlist or rejection. :oops: :cry:

magdalenasophie
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by magdalenasophie » Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:13 pm

Good news from Harvard Astronomy today! :)

cosmosis
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by cosmosis » Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:15 pm

magdalenasophie wrote:Good news from Harvard Astronomy today! :)
Waitlisted. Pretty much means rejected. :cry: Congrats on your acceptance!

Yiiiiii
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by Yiiiiii » Wed Feb 08, 2017 1:31 pm

cosmosis wrote:
magdalenasophie wrote:Good news from Harvard Astronomy today! :)
Waitlisted. Pretty much means rejected. :cry: Congrats on your acceptance!
I still have nothing on my application page.. Pretty much means something worse than yours... :(

ckitc
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by ckitc » Wed Feb 08, 2017 1:38 pm

Yiiiiii wrote:
cosmosis wrote:
magdalenasophie wrote:Good news from Harvard Astronomy today! :)
Waitlisted. Pretty much means rejected. :cry: Congrats on your acceptance!
I still have nothing on my application page.. Pretty much means something worse than yours... :(
Can I just say -- while freely admitting my bias because I did get into Harvard and am probably going to end up declining it -- that judging from your other posts I think you both will be JUST FINE ;)

Yiiiiii
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by Yiiiiii » Wed Feb 08, 2017 1:48 pm

ckitc wrote:
Yiiiiii wrote:
cosmosis wrote: Waitlisted. Pretty much means rejected. :cry: Congrats on your acceptance!
I still have nothing on my application page.. Pretty much means something worse than yours... :(
Can I just say -- while freely admitting my bias because I did get into Harvard and am probably going to end up declining it -- that judging from your other posts I think you both will be JUST FINE ;)
:wink: :wink: :wink: Thanks and congrats! It is just that waiting is suffering :roll:

xkcd0803
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by xkcd0803 » Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:02 pm

bunnysid wrote:
xkcd0803 wrote:
bunnysid wrote:Minnesota has sent some offers to international students yesterday as per gradcafe posts. Anyone knows if they are done?
I didn't receive one. Don't know if they are done or not. As per past years trend, looks like they won't notify wait listed until March.
From previous years the trend is that they send all the offers within 2 -3 days and then declare waitlist after some days. So I feel it may be the waitlist or rejection. :oops: :cry:
Whatever it is, I hope they'll notify us soon. Waiting is suffering! All the best to you. :) :) :)

HydrogenAndTime
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by HydrogenAndTime » Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:10 pm

Yiiiiii wrote:
cosmosis wrote:
magdalenasophie wrote:Good news from Harvard Astronomy today! :)
Waitlisted. Pretty much means rejected. :cry: Congrats on your acceptance!
I still have nothing on my application page.. Pretty much means something worse than yours... :(

Yup, nothing on my Harvard application"s" either

cosmosis
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by cosmosis » Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:35 pm

Yiiiiii wrote:
cosmosis wrote:
magdalenasophie wrote:Good news from Harvard Astronomy today! :)
Waitlisted. Pretty much means rejected. :cry: Congrats on your acceptance!
I still have nothing on my application page.. Pretty much means something worse than yours... :(
At least we have the UCSC open house to look forward to :)

salvation
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by salvation » Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:44 pm

Got an email reply from Harvard CfA. They will notify all applicants by the end of today or latest by tomorrow. Columbia Astro will also send decision today. Was told that they have almost finalised the decisions yesterday.

cosmosis
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by cosmosis » Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:20 pm

Johns Hopkins decisions are being sent via email.

stars_are_fun
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by stars_are_fun » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:01 pm

ckitc wrote:
pppppphysics wrote:Saw a couple acceptances from caltech astronomy on gradcafe...has anyone else heard anything?
The one just a bit ago was me. I was informed they only finalized the list earlier today and that anyone accepted should be hearing very soon. (No idea about the one a few days ago, admin committee head made it sound like they'd literally only decided a couple of hours ago.)

I was the one from before, 1/23. They didn't make it sound like they were still making decisions at that time, but maybe your interview was later than mine.

ckitc
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by ckitc » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:28 pm

stars_are_fun wrote:
ckitc wrote:
pppppphysics wrote:Saw a couple acceptances from caltech astronomy on gradcafe...has anyone else heard anything?
The one just a bit ago was me. I was informed they only finalized the list earlier today and that anyone accepted should be hearing very soon. (No idea about the one a few days ago, admin committee head made it sound like they'd literally only decided a couple of hours ago.)

I was the one from before, 1/23. They didn't make it sound like they were still making decisions at that time, but maybe your interview was later than mine.
Oh hello! Looks like we're going to be overlapping at some visits :) My interview was on Jan 16th, so no clue. Maybe you're just such a rock star they took you before the rest of us!

physnapk
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by physnapk » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:49 pm

HydrogenAndTime wrote:

Yup, nothing on my Harvard application"s" either
Same here, no news from Johns Hopkins either...

Well, at least I tried :)

Congrats to the accepted ones :D

HenryB
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by HenryB » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:13 pm

cosmosis wrote:Johns Hopkins decisions are being sent via email.
All decisions? or just the first round?

cosmosis
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by cosmosis » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:57 pm

HenryB wrote:
cosmosis wrote:Johns Hopkins decisions are being sent via email.
All decisions? or just the first round?
Not sure to be honest. I got the email around 4:30 EST today

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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by HenryB » Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:37 pm

Thanks. And congrats to whom got accepted :D

badgalriri
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by badgalriri » Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:36 pm

visited princeton today and was told i was on the admit "list" so it seems like they've basically finalized their decisions and they should be coming out soon

HydrogenAndTime
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by HydrogenAndTime » Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:16 pm

Heard back from NYU today morning and JHU in the late afternoon (5:30 PM EST).

Still nothing from Harvard.

phyz
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by phyz » Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:50 pm

Wasn't Maryland supposed to send out decisions yesterday? Anyone heard back?

cosmosis
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by cosmosis » Thu Feb 09, 2017 2:12 am

I see a couple of Columbia acceptances in gradcafe. Are the decisions on the website or via email for now?

pppppphysics
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by pppppphysics » Thu Feb 09, 2017 9:16 am

cosmosis wrote:I see a couple of Columbia acceptances in gradcafe. Are the decisions on the website or via email for now?
I got my acceptance via email and there's nothing on my application login page yet

TheTacoPrincess
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by TheTacoPrincess » Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:42 pm

Any news on Brown or Penn State?

Ptolemy
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by Ptolemy » Thu Feb 09, 2017 1:16 pm

TheTacoPrincess wrote:Any news on Brown or Penn State?
There were a couple of acceptances from Brown on thegradcafe. I haven't seen anything about Penn State. I've also applied there for the Physics Ph.D. but haven't heard anything.

SpaceFace33
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by SpaceFace33 » Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:26 pm

Just heard back from MIT (astro)physics....I got in!

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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by StopScatterTime » Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:37 pm

phyz wrote:Wasn't Maryland supposed to send out decisions yesterday? Anyone heard back?
I heard back from Maryland today.

ChelseaZ
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by ChelseaZ » Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:53 pm

MIT physics just released decisions. Good luck everyone :)

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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by physnapk » Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:02 pm

salvation wrote:Got an email reply from Harvard CfA. They will notify all applicants by the end of today or latest by tomorrow. Columbia Astro will also send decision today. Was told that they have almost finalised the decisions yesterday.
Still nothing :?

metapuff
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by metapuff » Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:01 pm

Yay MIT :'--)

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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by minwoomega » Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:27 pm

metapuff wrote:Yay MIT :'--)
To the MIT admitted students: Are the results also on the website??

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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by grenupet » Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:31 pm

minwoomega wrote:
metapuff wrote:Yay MIT :'--)
To the MIT admitted students: Are the results also on the website??
i.e. should we stop refreshing the website every 5 seconds?

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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by violinasb » Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:10 pm

grenupet wrote:
minwoomega wrote:
metapuff wrote:Yay MIT :'--)
To the MIT admitted students: Are the results also on the website??
i.e. should we stop refreshing the website every 5 seconds?
So far I've just received an unofficial offer via email with no updates on the website. Email says formal offers will be sent next week. Don't lose hope!

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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by queenbee » Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:24 pm

Nope, the website still has the same message, decision was only via email.

Edit: Whoops, looks like violinasb beat me to it! Also, HOLYSHITIGOTINTOMIT! I didn't think I would get in anywhere, this is surreal.

theladybug
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by theladybug » Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:52 pm

Congrats to queenbee and metapuff and everyone who got into MIT!
I haven't heard anything from them yet. I'm slightly considering hitchhiking my way to Boston, kicking down the door, and demanding they tell me my application status. (Kidding... mostly.)

minwoomega
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by minwoomega » Thu Feb 09, 2017 9:00 pm

I might be wrong (and I hope so), but it seems there's no more hope for the ones (including me...) who didn't get an email from MIT today...
I have just checked the profile thread of last year, and every admitted one says they were admitted on 2/11 (Thursday of second week of Feb) via email, whereas every rejected one says they knew the results via website on 2/12 (Friday of the same week)..
I hope this year's schedule might be slightly different from the last year's one, but that's what happened last year...
Congrats to everyone who got into MIT!! And, for those like me, good luck for the rest of our application!!

HydrogenAndTime
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by HydrogenAndTime » Thu Feb 09, 2017 9:46 pm

Heard back from Maryland Physics today.

Still nothing from CfA (or Harvard Physics). I'm assuming I am rejected from CfA, at this point. Oh well lol

queenbee
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by queenbee » Thu Feb 09, 2017 10:16 pm

Lest I be too pleased with myself, got a rejection from Berkeley today.

HydrogenAndTime
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by HydrogenAndTime » Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:14 am

queenbee wrote:Lest I be too pleased with myself, got a rejection from Berkeley today.
Physics or Astro? Or a different department?

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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by salvation » Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:34 am

I got an email from Stanford Physics asking for two copies of my official transcript to be mailed. Don't know what this means, but I am taking it as a positive sign.

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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by metapuff » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:44 am

salvation wrote:I got an email from Stanford Physics asking for two copies of my official transcript to be mailed. Don't know what this means, but I am taking it as a positive sign.
So did I, which is a bit weird—do you remember if they asked for our official transcripts when we sent in our apps? I'd be surprised if I forgot to send them my transcripts when I applied, but would also be surprised if they just planned on getting transcripts from people so long after the deadline. Weird!

HydrogenAndTime
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by HydrogenAndTime » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:48 am

metapuff wrote:
salvation wrote:I got an email from Stanford Physics asking for two copies of my official transcript to be mailed. Don't know what this means, but I am taking it as a positive sign.
So did I, which is a bit weird—do you remember if they asked for our official transcripts when we sent in our apps? I'd be surprised if I forgot to send them my transcripts when I applied, but would also be surprised if they just planned on getting transcripts from people so long after the deadline. Weird!

I believe Stanford asked for two copies of official applications at the time of the application.

anirekj
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Re: Decision Dates 2017

Post by anirekj » Fri Feb 10, 2017 3:00 am

HydrogenAndTime wrote:
metapuff wrote:
salvation wrote:I got an email from Stanford Physics asking for two copies of my official transcript to be mailed. Don't know what this means, but I am taking it as a positive sign.
So did I, which is a bit weird—do you remember if they asked for our official transcripts when we sent in our apps? I'd be surprised if I forgot to send them my transcripts when I applied, but would also be surprised if they just planned on getting transcripts from people so long after the deadline. Weird!

I believe Stanford asked for two copies of official applications at the time of the application.
Well, I got the same request from the applied physics department a while ago and I took it as a positive sign, but eventually I got rejected. So I would say don't read into it. It's just a policy thing. (Looking back, I think it's hilarious that they have to get official transcripts to finalize rejections -- and it's kinda mean to do that)



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