Fall 2013 Application Sweat Thread

is2718 · Post by **is2718** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:20 pm

Does anybody know when schools like Michigan or Cornell will make decisions with regards to pure math? I realize this is all speculative, of course.

Manyfolds · Post by **Manyfolds** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:23 pm

I got into Courant, didn't specify Pure vs Applied as far as I remember on the application. (I did not post on gradcafe)

m_s · Post by **m_s** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:06 pm

Thanks for replying. I had seen that last year they sent offers at early March and I was hoping that the offers made now were for Oceanic + Atmospheric. I guess they replied earlier this year..

arxndo · Post by **arxndo** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:50 pm

m_s wrote:Thanks for applying. I had seen that last year they sent offers at early March and I was hoping that the offers made now were for Oceanic + Atmospheric. I guess they replied earlier this year..

Hi m_s,

I also posted on grad cafe my admission to Courant for Ocean-Atmosphere (but did not specify that it was COAS when I posted).

ReneMagritte · Post by **ReneMagritte** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:05 pm

I was accepted for NYU this morning (New York time); my application was in pure mathematics.

(I'm an international student, if that counts for anything.)

atomspatz · Post by **atomspatz** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:47 pm

Just got a rejection from Brown in response to a scores inquiry:

We received your scores, however, I am sorry to report that your application has been rejected. I am sure that you will be admitted to a good program elsewhere. Best of luck in your future studies.

marco · Post by **marco** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:47 pm

Wow I have not gotten anything from NYU. I really thought I had a good chance there...Im starting to get worried (sad) again.

IIes · Post by **IIes** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:25 pm

atomspatz wrote:Just got a rejection from Brown in response to a scores inquiry:

We received your scores, however, I am sorry to report that your application has been rejected. I am sure that you will be admitted to a good program elsewhere. Best of luck in your future studies.

My condolences atomspatz. Hope you will have an admission from a top program coming soon. I want to ask you if you, on the way, asked about your application status. Also, was your application for pure math?

Rikimaru · Post by **Rikimaru** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:31 pm

marco wrote:Wow I have not gotten anything from NYU. I really thought I had a good chance there...Im starting to get worried (sad) again.

I feel ya, man. I haven't heard either. Time to constantly check my e-mail every 10 seconds. : (

kunnysan · Post by **kunnysan** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:10 pm

Confusion!!!!

My application to Penn State was declined as they needed a 4-years Bachelor degree, and I have a 3-years. And that rejection I got on 15th Jan. But just now I have got a mail from Prof. G Andrews that they have nominated me for UGF, and he is very 'excited' to know whether I like to consider the offer and come to PSU. I just don't understand!!!!!

atomspatz · Post by **atomspatz** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:19 pm

IIes wrote:
atomspatz wrote:Just got a rejection from Brown in response to a scores inquiry:

We received your scores, however, I am sorry to report that your application has been rejected. I am sure that you will be admitted to a good program elsewhere. Best of luck in your future studies.
My condolences atomspatz. Hope you will have an admission from a top program coming soon. I want to ask you if you, on the way, asked about your application status. Also, was your application for pure math?

Thanks IIes, I'm not too disappointed about this one. My application was for pure. I didn't ask about my decision; the website reflected that they hadn't received my GRE scores, so I asked if they wanted me to resend them.

virgo · Post by **virgo** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:03 pm

I don't understand why grad schools like Brown keep you waiting long after they know your decision status. It's really annoying because the longer you hope, the worse the rejection feels.

marco · Post by **marco** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:27 pm

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waiting512 · Post by **waiting512** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:36 pm

Those schools don't tell you until they have filled up their class. They don't want to underfill their entering class because that would mean less funding the next year. Overall, though, I would call today a relatively calm admit day.

marco · Post by **marco** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:39 pm

waiting512 wrote:Those schools don't tell you until they have filled up their class. They don't want to underfill their entering class because that would mean less funding the next year. Overall, though, I would call today a relatively calm admit day.

It was relatively calm indeed. Except for the part where my dream school (NYU) sent some admits and I did not get one. That sucks.
Still hoping for the best though. It aint over till its over man! BTW I think this Friday is going to be pretty hectic! Don't you think?

virgo · Post by **virgo** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:41 pm

waiting512 wrote:Those schools don't tell you until they have filled up their class. They don't want to underfill their entering class because that would mean less funding the next year. Overall, though, I would call today a relatively calm admit day.

Yeah, but these people had already been basically rejected, yet the admissions committee did not inform them. I would understand if the admissions committee thought they probably weren't going to accept you but thought your application was decent enough to hold on to just in case they needed to fill in spots. However, this was not the case here.

virgo · Post by **virgo** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:43 pm

marco wrote:
waiting512 wrote:Those schools don't tell you until they have filled up their class. They don't want to underfill their entering class because that would mean less funding the next year. Overall, though, I would call today a relatively calm admit day.
It was relatively calm indeed. Except for the part where my dream school (NYU) sent some admits and I did not get one. That sucks.
Still hoping for the best though. It aint over till its over man! BTW I think this Friday is going to be pretty hectic! Don't you think?

I was also really hoping for NYU although it was a long shot with my terrible GRE score. Cornell should send out admittance notifications this week so that should be exciting.

marco · Post by **marco** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:31 pm

@virgo: well I think there is still some hope left. I think NYU tends to make some offers without funding so if you have financial support from elsewhere this could be an option. Good luck with Cornell did you apply to applied math or pure?

PNT · Post by **PNT** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:13 am

virgo wrote:
waiting512 wrote:Those schools don't tell you until they have filled up their class. They don't want to underfill their entering class because that would mean less funding the next year. Overall, though, I would call today a relatively calm admit day.
Yeah, but these people had already been basically rejected, yet the admissions committee did not inform them. I would understand if the admissions committee thought they probably weren't going to accept you but thought your application was decent enough to hold on to just in case they needed to fill in spots. However, this was not the case here.

I was under the impression that they haven't even sent out formal acceptances yet.

colldood · Post by **colldood** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:03 am

Has anyone heard from Columbia so far? There seem to be have been a fair number of intermittently-added admits on gradcafe but they don't really follow a pattern.

L3inad · Post by **L3inad** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:37 am

Just received an email from a professor in Brown saying I got in!

L3inad · Post by **L3inad** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:40 am

rashomon wrote:Did you ever know that Brown has a cut-off in GRE general? They have cut-off 152 in verbal, and I got 150. And that's why they have declined my application!!!!! I have never seen this restriction in their website. This is really a disappointment!!!!

I just received an email from a professor in Brown saying I got in and I got lower than a 152 in verbal.

torelli · Post by **torelli** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:52 am

TheYoungin · Post by **TheYoungin** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:55 am

torelli wrote:I emailed Yale, Penn, and Madison, and was told that they won't make any more moves before their first-round admits decline their offers.

If anyone is not seriously considering any of those schools, do let them know so that they can make more offers to people who are still waiting.

Good to know about Madison; I must be on the wait-list since I am neither accepted nor rejected. I may just withdraw my application now since I am 100% sure I won't go there.

marco · Post by **marco** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:58 am

TheYoungin wrote:
torelli wrote:I emailed Yale, Penn, and Madison, and was told that they won't make any more moves before their first-round admits decline their offers.

If anyone is not seriously considering any of those schools, do let them know so that they can make more offers to people who are still waiting.
Good to know about Madison; I must be on the wait-list since I am neither accepted nor rejected. I may just withdraw my application now since I am 100% sure I won't go there.

May I ask where are you planning to go?

TheYoungin · Post by **TheYoungin** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:20 am

marco wrote:
TheYoungin wrote:
torelli wrote:I emailed Yale, Penn, and Madison, and was told that they won't make any more moves before their first-round admits decline their offers.

If anyone is not seriously considering any of those schools, do let them know so that they can make more offers to people who are still waiting.
Good to know about Madison; I must be on the wait-list since I am neither accepted nor rejected. I may just withdraw my application now since I am 100% sure I won't go there.
May I ask where are you planning to go?

PMed you.

Eowyn · Post by **Eowyn** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 5:56 am

I got an acceptance from Courant yesterday. It came as a very pleasant surprise as I was almost sure I won't make it

. The funding details will follow in a couple of days. All I know is that I'm going to be funded through the Henry M. Mccracken fellowship. My interests are primarily in probability, and I applied in pure math.

enomomo · Post by **enomomo** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 6:09 am

congratulations Eowyn!!!

allin1 · Post by **allin1** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 6:11 am

TheYoungin wrote:
torelli wrote:I emailed Yale, Penn, and Madison, and was told that they won't make any more moves before their first-round admits decline their offers.

If anyone is not seriously considering any of those schools, do let them know so that they can make more offers to people who are still waiting.
Good to know about Madison; I must be on the wait-list since I am neither accepted nor rejected. I may just withdraw my application now since I am 100% sure I won't go there.

TheYoungin:

do you have any idea if they refund the application fee if you withdraw your application? I know most of the schools say that the application fee is nonrefundable but I was just curious.

math_applicant · Post by **math_applicant** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 6:31 am

Eowyn wrote:I got an acceptance from Courant yesterday. It came as a very pleasant surprise as I was almost sure I won't make it . The funding details will follow in a couple of days. All I know is that I'm going to be funded through the Henry M. Mccracken fellowship. My interests are primarily in probability, and I applied in pure math.

congrats

IIes · Post by **IIes** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:25 am

Thanks IIes, I'm not too disappointed about this one. My application was for pure. I didn't ask about my decision; the website reflected that they hadn't received my GRE scores, so I asked if they wanted me to resend them.

Okay, thanks.

I emailed Yale, Penn, and Madison (all for pure math), and was told that they won't make any more moves before their first-round admits decline their offers.

If anyone is not seriously considering any of those schools, do let them know so that they can make more offers to people who are still waiting.

Hi torelli. By Penn do you mean Penn State U or UPenn?

torelli · Post by **torelli** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:53 am

marco · Post by **marco** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:24 am

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IIes · Post by **IIes** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:29 am

torelli wrote:Iles: I meant UPenn.

Oh...can anyone give opinion whether most(?) grad schools admit domestic and internatonal students at the same time? Is it fine to assume some departments first invite domestic applicants for open house and make decisions afterwards with the admission for internationals later on? I appreciate your tolerance for a newbie poster.

sananelan · Post by **sananelan** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:33 am

tired of checking e-mails and websites for every 15 minutes...

math_applicant · Post by **math_applicant** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:41 am

sananelan wrote:tired of checking e-mails and websites for every 15 minutes...

tell me about it.... the day (US time) hasn't even started yet for the schools i applied to and i am already checking my email

@Iles: for many schools i applied to, they released decisions for both domestic and international students around the same time (Ohio, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Texas Austin), i am not sure about other schools though..

IIes · Post by **IIes** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:48 am

math_applicant wrote:@Iles: for many schools i applied to, they released decisions for both domestic and international students around the same time (Ohio, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Texas Austin), i am not sure about other schools though.

I was feeling that too but was not certain. That will support the guess that many of the schools that have already given out offers(as seen in gradcafe) have already made their, sort of, first round of offers.

Langlands · Post by **Langlands** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:23 am

Rejected by Brown (pure). I emailed the Director of Graduate studies after seeing the messages on gradcafe. I didn't feel like stringing out the wait...

is2718 · Post by **is2718** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:59 am

Langlands wrote:Rejected by Brown (pure). I emailed the Director of Graduate studies after seeing the messages on gradcafe. I didn't feel like stringing out the wait...

Is it considered in poor taste to email the Director of Graduate studies at a program to ask for an update on the status of one's application?

Langlands · Post by **Langlands** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:12 pm

is2718 wrote:
Langlands wrote:Rejected by Brown (pure). I emailed the Director of Graduate studies after seeing the messages on gradcafe. I didn't feel like stringing out the wait...
Is it considered in poor taste to email the Director of Graduate studies at a program to ask for an update on the status of one's application?

Unless the deadline for the application had only just passed I don't think its in poor taste. I've done it for a few programs (just asking if they had made a decision and if not, when they expect to) and have received brief responses - which is fine since I'm sure they receives lots of similar emails - of which all of them answered my questions and none said I shouldn't have emailed them.

Manyfolds · Post by **Manyfolds** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:23 pm

Do we think Berkeley is done admitting people?

longtm1989 · Post by **longtm1989** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:35 pm

Manyfolds wrote:Do we think Berkeley is done admitting people?

I just emailed Berkeley, cannot wait anymore.

Manyfolds · Post by **Manyfolds** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:38 pm

Oh man, post on here when you hear back.

holomorphic · Post by **holomorphic** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:47 pm

Any information on when UCLA will start sending acceptance for international students?

IIes · Post by **IIes** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:47 pm

For people in the know: are the Brown(Pure) acceptances on Gradcafe beacuse of offers sent out by Brown or did applicants ask about their status?

From what I observed on gradcafe, when an applicant asks about status within 1 or 2 days of seeing posts on GC, unless they are rejected, they are not notified of their status. But instead are given explanations such as "decisions have been made and offers will be sent out soon", "first round of offers have already been made", etc...keeping one on tenterhooks. Right?

Gasquet · Post by **Gasquet** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:08 pm

This is going to be a painfully long week.

apollo · Post by **apollo** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:10 pm

I posted my acceptance to Brown on thegradcafe and I was notified last night by an unofficial email.

IIes · Post by **IIes** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:17 pm

apollo wrote:I posted my acceptance to Brown on thegradcafe and I was notified last night by an official email.

Congrats!!! Thanks for letting us know. This puts to rest a lot of speculations.

jholmer20 · Post by **jholmer20** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:37 pm

I sent out 28 unofficial email offers for Brown Math PhD Fall 2013 last night (Feb. 11) . An additional 15 are still in consideration, a few of which may be admitted in one or two weeks. The remainder of applications (296 minus 43) will be rejected but I have not contacted them yet. However, I have replied to anyone who sent me an email asking about the status of their application.

Justin Holmer

Eowyn · Post by **Eowyn** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:50 pm

Thanks math_applicant, enomomo