Fall 2013 Application Sweat Thread

kunnysan · Post by **kunnysan** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:07 am

Has anyone heard from Caltech yet?

Nr · Post by Nr » Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:20 am

A new day ...
Let's see if UIUC finally makes his offers today

DiscreteGuy · Post by **DiscreteGuy** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:24 am

1lovingsister wrote:
dactylonomist wrote:This may have been mentioned, but do you guys think there are any negative consequences to emailing a department/admissions to ask about your status? I suppose one could always do it under the veil of another inquiry, and hope that they tell you whether or not a decision has been rendered.

I'm really wanting to check about Rutgers, since they seem to wait until mid-late March to send rejections. I have spoken with a professor there about working on a specific research project, but it seems inappropriate/awkward to contact him directly.
I would email Rutgers. Just email the graduate secretary if you don't feel comfortable asking the professor specifically. I emailed the graduate secretary about a request they had made on my application and she told me:

"Our Admissions Committee has finished their review of applications to our PhD program, and has begun to make their initial offers. I regret to inform you that we are unlikely to make you an offer. Your application does have multiple strong points. However, we have a large pool of over 350 applications, with many impressive applications, including yours, and with only a few openings this year, this forces us to turn down many strong applicants. We wish you the best in your future career."

I'm guessing you can probably find out where you stand if you shoot off a quick email.

Dang, that's scary. Rutgers is probably my top choice as well. I'm not quite sure if I'm ready to rip off the band-aid like that.

In other news, literally just received a rejection (via email, never contacted them to ask) from Cornell. Bad way to start considering it was my first result, but nice to finally hear back from somewhere.

virgo · Post by **virgo** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:30 am

DiscreteGuy wrote:
1lovingsister wrote:
dactylonomist wrote:This may have been mentioned, but do you guys think there are any negative consequences to emailing a department/admissions to ask about your status? I suppose one could always do it under the veil of another inquiry, and hope that they tell you whether or not a decision has been rendered.

I'm really wanting to check about Rutgers, since they seem to wait until mid-late March to send rejections. I have spoken with a professor there about working on a specific research project, but it seems inappropriate/awkward to contact him directly.
I would email Rutgers. Just email the graduate secretary if you don't feel comfortable asking the professor specifically. I emailed the graduate secretary about a request they had made on my application and she told me:

"Our Admissions Committee has finished their review of applications to our PhD program, and has begun to make their initial offers. I regret to inform you that we are unlikely to make you an offer. Your application does have multiple strong points. However, we have a large pool of over 350 applications, with many impressive applications, including yours, and with only a few openings this year, this forces us to turn down many strong applicants. We wish you the best in your future career."

I'm guessing you can probably find out where you stand if you shoot off a quick email.
Dang, that's scary. Rutgers is probably my top choice as well. I'm not quite sure if I'm ready to rip off the band-aid like that.

In other news, literally just received a rejection (via email, never contacted them to ask) from Cornell. Bad way to start considering it was my first result, but nice to finally hear back from somewhere.

Are you domestic or international?

torelli · Post by **torelli** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:32 am

marco · Post by **marco** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:02 am

Me either. Im international and applied to CAM.

Shera250 · Post by **Shera250** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:59 am

DiscreteGuy wrote:
1lovingsister wrote:
dactylonomist wrote:This may have been mentioned, but do you guys think there are any negative consequences to emailing a department/admissions to ask about your status? I suppose one could always do it under the veil of another inquiry, and hope that they tell you whether or not a decision has been rendered.

I'm really wanting to check about Rutgers, since they seem to wait until mid-late March to send rejections. I have spoken with a professor there about working on a specific research project, but it seems inappropriate/awkward to contact him directly.
I would email Rutgers. Just email the graduate secretary if you don't feel comfortable asking the professor specifically. I emailed the graduate secretary about a request they had made on my application and she told me:

"Our Admissions Committee has finished their review of applications to our PhD program, and has begun to make their initial offers. I regret to inform you that we are unlikely to make you an offer. Your application does have multiple strong points. However, we have a large pool of over 350 applications, with many impressive applications, including yours, and with only a few openings this year, this forces us to turn down many strong applicants. We wish you the best in your future career."

I'm guessing you can probably find out where you stand if you shoot off a quick email.
Dang, that's scary. Rutgers is probably my top choice as well. I'm not quite sure if I'm ready to rip off the band-aid like that.

In other news, literally just received a rejection (via email, never contacted them to ask) from Cornell. Bad way to start considering it was my first result, but nice to finally hear back from somewhere.

I also emailed Rutgers and got the same exact response. Although the band-aid hurt, knew it was a reach so at least I could put the dream behind me once and for all...

JonMLTR · Post by **JonMLTR** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:27 pm

kunnysan wrote:Has anyone heard from Caltech yet?

which department ?

I am also waiting for it.

GodlessQuadless · Post by **GodlessQuadless** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:06 pm

Cornell is sending out rejections now, or what?

alphabetical · Post by **alphabetical** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:17 pm

GodlessQuadless wrote:Cornell is sending out rejections now, or what?

I got a short e-mail rejection this morning (Pure Math).

GodlessQuadless · Post by **GodlessQuadless** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:24 pm

Well Cornell admissions seems be behaving quite strangely and bizarrely.

1lovingsister · Post by **1lovingsister** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:36 pm

kunnysan wrote:Has anyone heard from Caltech yet?

I know of one person who received an acceptance from them, but it doesn't seem like many people have gotten a response. I'm pretty anxious, too.

DiscreteGuy · Post by **DiscreteGuy** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:08 pm

virgo wrote:
DiscreteGuy wrote:
Dang, that's scary. Rutgers is probably my top choice as well. I'm not quite sure if I'm ready to rip off the band-aid like that.

In other news, literally just received a rejection (via email, never contacted them to ask) from Cornell. Bad way to start considering it was my first result, but nice to finally hear back from somewhere.
Are you domestic or international?

Domestic applicant who applied for pure math.

torelli · Post by **torelli** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:15 pm

broken_symlink · Post by **broken_symlink** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:22 pm

Rejected from UC Davis. Someone on the grad cafe said that michigan state already sent out all acceptances, so i emailed them asking, and they said they are still reviewing applications and to check back in a few weeks.

IIIII · Post by **IIIII** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:38 pm

A lonely Indiana admit of GC. Is it anyone on here? I am wondering if it is fake.

meredith · Post by **meredith** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:51 pm

So I heard from WUSTL and apparently I've been wait listed. If you're not planning on accepting PLEASE let them know because I have another offer I have to reply to in a couple of weeks.

dangxing · Post by **dangxing** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:09 pm

meredith wrote:So I heard from WUSTL and apparently I've been wait listed. If you're not planning on accepting PLEASE let them know because I have another offer I have to reply to in a couple of weeks.

Did you apply to pure or applied math?

cjh · Post by **cjh** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:10 pm

meredith wrote:So I heard from WUSTL and apparently I've been wait listed. If you're not planning on accepting PLEASE let them know because I have another offer I have to reply to in a couple of weeks.

How did you hear from them? Was it in response to an email you sent to them, or their official wait-list announcement?

Nr · Post by Nr » Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:11 pm

Oh man ...
another silent day

...

meredith · Post by **meredith** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:14 pm

cjh wrote:
meredith wrote:So I heard from WUSTL and apparently I've been wait listed. If you're not planning on accepting PLEASE let them know because I have another offer I have to reply to in a couple of weeks.
How did you hear from them? Was it in response to an email you sent to them, or their official wait-list announcement?

I applied pure math and I'm pretty sure this was in response to my email a while ago (I think I emailed the same day you did cjh)

cjh · Post by **cjh** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:21 pm

Well that bodes poorly for me... anyway, Congrats meredtith, hope you get in!

meredith · Post by **meredith** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:36 pm

cjh wrote:Well that bodes poorly for me... anyway, Congrats meredtith, hope you get in!

Thanks! Good luck to you too!

dangxing · Post by **dangxing** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:41 pm

Nr wrote:Oh man ...
another silent day
...

Same thing here man. So nervous and upset.

1lovingsister · Post by **1lovingsister** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:42 pm

dangxing wrote:
Nr wrote:Oh man ...
another silent day
...

Same thing here man. So nervous and upset.

I'll third this.

DiscreteGuy · Post by **DiscreteGuy** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:19 pm

My OSU "departmental internal procedure" status, after being marked as incomplete for a while, is now marked as "waived." What's also weird is under the comments section for that section, the comment "dept. is paying" is listed, and my three recommendations and textbook form are still listed as incomplete. Does anyone know what this means?

longtm1989 · Post by **longtm1989** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:19 pm

DiscreteGuy wrote:My OSU "departmental internal procedure" status, after being marked as incomplete for a while, is now marked as "waived." What's also weird is under the comments section for that section, the comment "dept. is paying" is listed, and my three recommendations and textbook form are still listed as incomplete. Does anyone know what this means?

I saw your post, so I checked my status. My recommendation sections were marked incomplete before either, but now they all appear as completed. I guess they are matching the files. I will wait for another week and see what happen. Why don't you email them ?

kar · Post by **kar** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:27 pm

IIIII wrote:A lonely Indiana admit of GC. Is it anyone on here? I am wondering if it is fake.

I was actually the one who posted it. I got an email saying I was accepted this morning.

virgo · Post by **virgo** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:45 pm

kar wrote:
IIIII wrote:A lonely Indiana admit of GC. Is it anyone on here? I am wondering if it is fake.

I was actually the one who posted it. I got an email saying I was accepted this morning.

Was it Bloomington?

kar · Post by **kar** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:21 am

virgo wrote:
kar wrote:
IIIII wrote:A lonely Indiana admit of GC. Is it anyone on here? I am wondering if it is fake.

I was actually the one who posted it. I got an email saying I was accepted this morning.
Was it Bloomington?

Yep, Bloomington

L3inad · Post by **L3inad** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:53 am

UCSD just sent official admission. No word on funding though.

frgf · Post by **frgf** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:54 am

phew, Just got an official admit from UCSD too. After the initial elation I thought it might have a been a mistake because there was no unofficial notification and no word on funding. So relieved!

Gasquet · Post by **Gasquet** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:26 am

@L3inad,frgf: Pure/Applied/CSME?

frgf · Post by **frgf** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:27 am

virgo · Post by **virgo** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:17 am

I got into UCSD too at 2:55 a.m. EST lol. I suppose that's 11:55 p.m. there though.

marco · Post by **marco** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:25 am

Slow day again...

Nr · Post by Nr » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:32 am

marco wrote:Slow day again...

Yeah ...
If UIUC won't make a move today (or tomorrow, which is highly unlikely), it will break a longstanding tradition ...
that's really sad ...

(

Manyfolds · Post by **Manyfolds** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:41 am

There should be an annual party on April 15th for those on this forum.

Nr · Post by Nr » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:46 am

Manyfolds wrote:There should be an annual party on April 15th for those on this forum.

Great idea.
Will you organize it ?

Eowyn · Post by **Eowyn** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:48 am

Anybody has any fresh updates about the University of British Columbia? I'm dying to hear from it

Manyfolds · Post by **Manyfolds** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:50 am

Haha yeah. NYC cool with everyone?

Nr · Post by Nr » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:52 am

Manyfolds wrote:Haha yeah. NYC cool with everyone?

I can't speak for everyone else, but it's fine with me !!!

kunnysan · Post by **kunnysan** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:10 pm

JonMLTR wrote:
kunnysan wrote:Has anyone heard from Caltech yet?
which department ?

I am also waiting for it.

Mine is pure. Any idea about when are they going to send out decisions?

Nr · Post by Nr » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:16 pm

kunnysan wrote:
JonMLTR wrote:
kunnysan wrote:Has anyone heard from Caltech yet?
which department ?

I am also waiting for it.
Mine is pure. Any idea about when are they going to send out decisions?

Well, if we can trust gc then Caltech should send out lots of rejections these days (last year was 2/24)
I really hope none of you will get one ...

IIIII · Post by **IIIII** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:24 pm

February 23rd, 2012 is the nearest Thursday last year to February 21st. Some results from the Grad Cafe during that date:

http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php ... =a&o=&p=73

Of course we know that many schools alter their timelines, but perhaps some of these same schools will send some decisions today...?

Manyfolds · Post by **Manyfolds** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:33 pm

Did anyone who applied to Brown DAM not hear back yet?

virgo · Post by **virgo** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:34 pm

Nr wrote:
Manyfolds wrote:Haha yeah. NYC cool with everyone?
I can't speak for everyone else, but it's fine with me !!!

If we really did that, it would be fine with me as well.

mindreader · Post by **mindreader** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:34 pm

Manyfolds wrote:Did anyone who applied to Brown DAM not hear back yet?

have you heard back from them?

virgo · Post by **virgo** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:38 pm

Woah, I just got rejected from Indiana. I have no idea how that happened as I thought I would be a shoe in considering the fact that I got accepted into much better places. Also, I know people with much worse gre scores who got in.

virgo · Post by **virgo** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:40 pm

I'm thinking that maybe they didn't get my transcripts?