Feng, you should not choose UMD AMSC because they have not rejected many of us yetLin_Feng wrote:Choose UCLA. I didn't apply there, but I applied to NYU (and they haven't rejected me yet).Manyfolds wrote:Nah, can't decide. You have any opinions?

Feng, you should not choose UMD AMSC because they have not rejected many of us yetLin_Feng wrote:Choose UCLA. I didn't apply there, but I applied to NYU (and they haven't rejected me yet).Manyfolds wrote:Nah, can't decide. You have any opinions?
CMU do the same thing. They never reply me and never send out rejGasquet wrote:So, have you folk heard about schools that don't officially send rejections at all(and just don't reply to emails)? I remember seeing several posts from previous years on GC that mention something in the lines of 'no reply, so assume it is a reject' which are dated after April 15th.
Take Stony Brook AMS(Applied) for example.
http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php ... &o=&pp=250
Other than the two latest posts, there isn't a single rejection there. Do you really think it is possible that none of the people in the previous years who got rejected posted there?
Getting back on point, how common do you think it is for schools to do this?
I worked with 3 top groups so far and this is my experience/opinion.math_applicant wrote:what do you guys think are the benefits/drawbacks of working with a group of young faculty ?
Thanks for sharing that! that actually makes sense. do you have any idea about how to know whether the young faculty are doing quality work vs just trying to push out a quantity of papers especially when you are still a beginner to judge yourself? For older faculty, this tends to be easier since they got awards and are recognized in many forms.Legendre wrote:I worked with 3 top groups so far and this is my experience/opinion.math_applicant wrote:what do you guys think are the benefits/drawbacks of working with a group of young faculty ?
Benefits:
- They are eager to publish and will do their best to push out papers - hopefully with you as a co-author.
- They might not be as sick of the supervision process as old timers, and give advice/help + time/attention more eagerly.
- They are closer to your age and easier to deal with or more casual.
- IMHO older, more famous faculty needs student who are brilliant and independent. I am just a regular mathematician and so I tend to avoid those.
Drawbacks:
- Older and perhaps famous faculty have the contacts/networks to help you get jobs.
- Likewise, their letters of recommendations might be better for job search.
I have not heard back anything from the University of Toronto, Mathematics. I have not emailed them only because I am not interested anymore in going there. But still, it is really odd that it takes them so long to send out results. Especially, if you look at Gradcafe (http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php ... a&o=&pp=25), you'll find that there are quite a few acceptances, but there are four individuals who have written that they came to know about their rejection only after emailing the grad admissions, and one more who came to know that he/she had been waitlisted, once again upon inquiry.Gasquet wrote:So, have you folk heard about schools that don't officially send rejections at all(and just don't reply to emails)? I remember seeing several posts from previous years on GC that mention something in the lines of 'no reply, so assume it is a reject' which are dated after April 15th.
Take Stony Brook AMS(Applied) for example.
http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php ... &o=&pp=250
Other than the two latest posts, there isn't a single rejection there. Do you really think it is possible that none of the people in the previous years who got rejected posted there?
Getting back on point, how common do you think it is for schools to do this?
As far as I know, the younger faculty do try to do their best to do high quality work. No one from any of the 3 groups I worked with have never expressed the attitude of "sacrifice quality to get the paper out faster". In fact, I regularly see them delay a paper to make it better. But the groups I have worked with are at "top tier" competitive universities, not sure if the attitude is different in less competitive places.math_applicant wrote: Thanks for sharing that! that actually makes sense. do you have any idea about how to know whether the young faculty are doing quality work vs just trying to push out a quantity of papers especially when you are still a beginner to judge yourself? For older faculty, this tends to be easier since they got awards and are recognized in many forms.
Looking at last years posts on GC, I would say that this week is going to be busy too.qbranch wrote:I'm not sure how everyone else's past week was, but mine was dead. Not a single post to gradcafe for any of my remaining schools. Is this next week going to be busy, or will that not start until the following week?
Here's hoping! I would really like to get this over with. Hopefully next week has good things to come.Gasquet wrote:Looking at last years posts on GC, I would say that this week is going to be busy too.qbranch wrote:I'm not sure how everyone else's past week was, but mine was dead. Not a single post to gradcafe for any of my remaining schools. Is this next week going to be busy, or will that not start until the following week?
Damn that sucks, though to have been rejected so late in the game means you must have almost got in.longtm1989 wrote:Rejection from Michigan pure math. It's almost the end of the application season.
Email them. I emailed Northwestern two days ago, and they told me they have enough acceptances. What schools are you waiting for?marco wrote:Damn that sucks, though to have been rejected so late in the game means you must have almost got in.longtm1989 wrote:Rejection from Michigan pure math. It's almost the end of the application season.
Still sucks though so Im sorry to hear this. I just wish my schools would just tell me something already.
Im waiting on University of Minnesota, University of Maryland AMSC program, Duke University and NYU. I have emailed most of them, Minnesota and Maryland have both replied that I should hear news by this week, Duke never responded.longtm1989 wrote:Email them. I emailed Northwestern two days ago, and they told me they have enough acceptances. What schools are you waiting for?marco wrote:Damn that sucks, though to have been rejected so late in the game means you must have almost got in.longtm1989 wrote:Rejection from Michigan pure math. It's almost the end of the application season.
Still sucks though so Im sorry to hear this. I just wish my schools would just tell me something already.
Yes. My stipend this year is $1875 (give or take, then take out 10% for retirement and a little more for health insurance), and I bring home about $1275 (Ohio taxes). I believe you can turn down the retirement, but with my setup, the school matches what I put in.wickerfurniture wrote:quick question. do taxes come out of our stipend?
How could you find out about this retirement issue ? Also, I know that OSU covers 85% of the insurance premiums, do you mean that the remaining 15% is more than 10% of the stipend ? and finally the numbers don't really add up, if you take out 10% retirement + say 15% insurance out of the 1875 you get a little bit over 1400 not 1275, not that i am knit picking but I wonder if there is another item that it is taken out of the stipend.qbranch wrote:Yes. My stipend this year is $1875 (give or take, then take out 10% for retirement and a little more for health insurance), and I bring home about $1275 (Ohio taxes). I believe you can turn down the retirement, but with my setup, the school matches what I put in.wickerfurniture wrote:quick question. do taxes come out of our stipend?
Not a little bit more percent, a little bit more money. Last year, I paid $28/month for health insurance (I have added a wife and kid this year). $210 came out in taxes and $55 for student fees. Then $185 came out for my retirement account, leaving $1375 ($1275 is this year with the increased insurance premium).math_applicant wrote:How could you find out about this retirement issue ? Also, I know that OSU covers 85% of the insurance premiums, do you mean that the remaining 15% is more than 10% of the stipend ? and finally the numbers don't really add up, if you take out 10% retirement + say 15% insurance out of the 1875 you get a little bit over 1400 not 1275, not that i am knit picking but I wonder if there is another item that it is taken out of the stipend.qbranch wrote:Yes. My stipend this year is $1875 (give or take, then take out 10% for retirement and a little more for health insurance), and I bring home about $1275 (Ohio taxes). I believe you can turn down the retirement, but with my setup, the school matches what I put in.wickerfurniture wrote:quick question. do taxes come out of our stipend?
Thanks for the clarification! just one last quick question: are the 210$ tax + 55$ fees monthly ? because this sounds a lot.qbranch wrote:
Not a little bit more percent, a little bit more money. Last year, I paid $28/month for health insurance (I have added a wife and kid this year). $210 came out in taxes and $55 for student fees. Then $185 came out for my retirement account, leaving $1375 ($1275 is this year with the increased insurance premium).
The two retirement accounts they recognize (for gta's) are STRS (state teachers retirement system) and OPERS (Ohio public employees retirement system). If you already had a STRS account, you could use that and OSU would match your contributions. If you didn't already have a STRS, you could open an OPERS, but I don't think OSU matches. Also, you could decline a retirement account altogether.
Not a problem. Yeah, those are monthly.math_applicant wrote:Thanks for the clarification! just one last quick question: are the 210$ tax + 55$ fees monthly ? because this sounds a lot.qbranch wrote:
Not a little bit more percent, a little bit more money. Last year, I paid $28/month for health insurance (I have added a wife and kid this year). $210 came out in taxes and $55 for student fees. Then $185 came out for my retirement account, leaving $1375 ($1275 is this year with the increased insurance premium).
The two retirement accounts they recognize (for gta's) are STRS (state teachers retirement system) and OPERS (Ohio public employees retirement system). If you already had a STRS account, you could use that and OSU would match your contributions. If you didn't already have a STRS, you could open an OPERS, but I don't think OSU matches. Also, you could decline a retirement account altogether.
Just a basicwaiting512 wrote:I also got that response from Indiana. Have you gotten a response yet? What did you respond?
Yeah, they do. Though I wouldn't count on it (except I totally would and am, and will probably be disappointed when I don't get one).atimora wrote:I wish I had at least one admit with funding this year. I am waiting on three schools that haven't responded to my email. So frustrating. Do schools make more offers after April 15th?
I remember somewhere around the 1000 comment mark of this thread that someone said they wanted to have the 17**th comment (I don't remember the exact number, somewhere in the 1700s range though), and someone else replied that there was no way that this thread would get that big. It appears that they may be mistaken!maffling wrote:I love how massive this thread is. I guess it'l all be over after the 15th. I'm still waiting to hear from Oregon State and I reaaallly hope to get accepted off the waitlist for Wesleyan. These past 3 months have been soooo tense. Any other stragglers for you guys?
I got an acceptance from Oregon State and already declined. Have you emailed them to ask about application status?maffling wrote:I love how massive this thread is. I guess it'l all be over after the 15th. I'm still waiting to hear from Oregon State and I reaaallly hope to get accepted off the waitlist for Wesleyan. These past 3 months have been soooo tense. Any other stragglers for you guys?
LearningMath wrote:I got an acceptance from Oregon State and already declined. Have you emailed them to ask about application status?maffling wrote:I love how massive this thread is. I guess it'l all be over after the 15th. I'm still waiting to hear from Oregon State and I reaaallly hope to get accepted off the waitlist for Wesleyan. These past 3 months have been soooo tense. Any other stragglers for you guys?
Mine says application is complete. Is that what you were asking about?dollar wrote:To anyone who has been rejected from umich: would you mind checking if your status on wolverine access been updated? Cheers.
Do you happen to recall if it was 1729? +1 on the 20th comment.MathFreaked wrote: I remember somewhere around the 1000 comment mark of this thread that someone said they wanted to have the 17**th comment (I don't remember the exact number, somewhere in the 1700s range though), and someone else replied that there was no way that this thread would get that big It appears that they may be mistaken!
I think it'll more all be over by like the 20th. Gotta let all those waitlisted people have a chance to fill the vacant spots!
That sounds right. I honestly don't remember though. Also, finally heard back from CMU today, speak of the devil!qbranch wrote:Do you happen to recall if it was 1729? +1 on the 20th comment.
Nr wrote:I don't think this thread will make it to 1729 ...BYA wrote:I was hoping to make the 1000th post. You guys are so fast.
Now imagine the waiting to get my first admit and the added longing to make the 2000th post.
Next year Fall applicants will have no problem waiting as even wading through this thread will take them days.
(Okay, I will admit that what I am really after is the 1729th post, everybody knows the importance of this number, right?)
Obviously most of the "sweating" is over in a few weeks
leaving a lot of people happy and (unfortunately) some not.
Unless you make lots of funny posts to increase the number of posts artificially ...
Good news?MathFreaked wrote: That sounds right. I honestly don't remember though. Also, finally heard back from CMU today, speak of the devil9!
Nope! I don't mind though. I've already got 2 acceptances (and a possible 3rd from a waitlist) that are making my decision tough enough, don't need anything else to make it harder!qbranch wrote:Good news?MathFreaked wrote: That sounds right. I honestly don't remember though. Also, finally heard back from CMU today, speak of the devil9!
qbranch wrote:Mine says application is complete. Is that what you were asking about?dollar wrote:To anyone who has been rejected from umich: would you mind checking if your status on wolverine access been updated? Cheers.
What does that mean? I mean in terms of your case. Good luck Gasquet.Gasquet wrote:I saw a couple of new rejects from UCLA on GC and since I still haven't heard anything, I sent Prof. Balmer an email again. He said that he expects to reject everyone on the wait-list by Monday.
I guess that means that I too will be rejected by Monday.marco wrote:What does that mean? I mean in terms of your case. Good luck Gasquet.Gasquet wrote:I saw a couple of new rejects from UCLA on GC and since I still haven't heard anything, I sent Prof. Balmer an email again. He said that he expects to reject everyone on the wait-list by Monday.
I know that feeling! I assumed that most schools would send funding offers with their acceptances, I was apparently very incorrect in that assumption! Good luck to you.atimora wrote:Here's hoping that I get funding from the only school that I have been accepted. Love the school (WPI) but still waiting to hear about funding. And I had thought getting accepted was the end of the story! ahhhh I am so confused