Fall 2014 Application Sweat Thread

Gasquet · Post by **Gasquet** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:49 pm

Caltech CMS admit on GC. My dream school.

Anyone heard from Michigan AIM? There is a Applied Math admit on GC. Don't know whether that is AIM or not.

johngeller · Post by **johngeller** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:23 pm

Gasquet wrote:Caltech CMS admit on GC. My dream school.

Anyone heard from Michigan AIM? There is a Applied Math admit on GC. Don't know whether that is AIM or not.

A guy from China seemed to get an admission from AIM last week.

troopiedoop · Post by **troopiedoop** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 5:06 pm

Gasquet wrote:Caltech CMS admit on GC. My dream school.

Anyone heard from Michigan AIM? There is a Applied Math admit on GC. Don't know whether that is AIM or not.

I think Caltech sent out all their admits yesterday (including to me); plus they invited all their prospectives out to Cali for an interview day a few weeks ago.

That one Caltech post on GC vastly underrepresents the percentage of admits they made.

ghjk · Post by **ghjk** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 5:20 pm

johngeller wrote: A guy from China seemed to get an admission from AIM last week.

May I know where did you get this information from?

Btw, anyone heard from Maryland-AMSC program?

wangelaine · Post by **wangelaine** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 5:48 pm

Purdue has already sent out the first round of admission, and it won't send out the second round shortly. Does it mean there is little hope of being admitted later. I'm sad

. Cant stand this endless waiting. Only saw three posts on gradcafe now .

Gasquet · Post by **Gasquet** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 5:51 pm

troopiedoop wrote:I think Caltech sent out all their admits yesterday (including to me); plus they invited all their prospectives out to Cali for an interview day a few weeks ago.

That one Caltech post on GC vastly underrepresents the percentage of admits they made.

Congrats! I envy your admits.

Caltech over Northwestern?

semigroups · Post by **semigroups** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 6:07 pm

Has anyone heard back from Courant Institute for applied mathematics? Courant used to send admission letters before mid Feb, but so far there seems no admission result for applied maths on grad cafe.

johngeller · Post by **johngeller** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 7:12 pm

ghjk wrote:
johngeller wrote: A guy from China seemed to get an admission from AIM last week.
May I know where did you get this information from?

Btw, anyone heard from Maryland-AMSC program?

From the bbs of USTC

mathephysicist · Post by **mathephysicist** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:10 am

Pink Floyd wrote:Dear pals,
My status on Kent State Uni says that they have made their decision and sent me their decision letter (through mail). I have not yet received any emails, so I emailed the DGS twice, but he has not yet answered to my emails. I am very nervous because I think the letter was a rejection. If they wanted to accept me they firs let me know via email. Am I right?

I got an unofficial email from someone on the committee he didn't say if I would get accepted or not, but I got a letter about 5 days later. I received my letter though the last week of December...

kailun · Post by **kailun** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 1:15 am

Gasquet wrote:Anyone heard anything from NC State Applied Math?

ghjk wrote:@l0019 and Gasquet: have you guys received anything from ASU regards to the funding? The graduate director told me that the initial TA offers have been sent out, but I didn't get one:(
I didn't get one either. Don't like the sound of this one bit.

Yeah, I got an offer on Tuesday (2/11) from NC State Applied Math. I wouldn't be surprised if more people are going to be accepted though. I'm going to visit and then will hopefully have a chance to visit another one of the schools I have an offer from so I can free up my spot in one of those programs in March for someone else to take.

dasgut · Post by **dasgut** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 1:58 pm

ghjk wrote:
johngeller wrote: A guy from China seemed to get an admission from AIM last week.
May I know where did you get this information from?

Btw, anyone heard from Maryland-AMSC program?

I heard that at least as of 2/7 the adcom hasn't even met. I think they've got a new DGS so the process will prolly be slow this year.

ghjk · Post by **ghjk** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:43 pm

dasgut wrote: I heard that at least as of 2/7 the adcom hasn't even met. I think they've got a new DGS so the process will prolly be slow this year.

Are you talking about the AMSC or the AIM program?

dasgut · Post by **dasgut** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:13 pm

ghjk wrote:
dasgut wrote: I heard that at least as of 2/7 the adcom hasn't even met. I think they've got a new DGS so the process will prolly be slow this year.
Are you talking about the AMSC or the AIM program?

AMSC

caxton · Post by **caxton** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:50 pm

I applied to UT Austin's Computational Science Engineering and Math (CSEM) PhD for this fall. I see that one person at GC stated "Interview via email" as at Feb 7th, but there are no other decisions listed there for this program this fall. My own status still reads "in review".

Is it usually a good sign if you don't get any response for a while (does it indicate a wait-list?), please does anyone know about this?

Also does anyone know anyone else who has already received a UT Austin decision for CSEM this Fall?

Sweating badly on this one because it is probably my final option right now.

troopiedoop · Post by **troopiedoop** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:00 pm

Gasquet wrote: Congrats! I envy your admits.

Caltech over Northwestern?

I really don't know yet; we'll see how the visit days go. Caltech is a heavy favorite.

caxton wrote:I applied to UT Austin's Computational Science Engineering and Math (CSEM) PhD for this fall. I see that one person at GC stated "Interview via email" as at Feb 7th, but there are no other decisions listed there for this program this fall. My own status still reads "in review".

Is it usually a good sign if you don't get any response for a while (does it indicate a wait-list?), please does anyone know about this?

Also does anyone know anyone else who has already received a UT Austin decision for CSEM this Fall?

Sweating badly on this one because it is probably my final option right now.

I also applied UT CSEM and have heard nothing. I don't think they've made any decisions yet.

rmhism · Post by **rmhism** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:39 am

troopiedoop wrote:
Gasquet wrote:Caltech CMS admit on GC. My dream school.

Anyone heard from Michigan AIM? There is a Applied Math admit on GC. Don't know whether that is AIM or not.
I think Caltech sent out all their admits yesterday (including to me); plus they invited all their prospectives out to Cali for an interview day a few weeks ago.

That one Caltech post on GC vastly underrepresents the percentage of admits they made.

Is this the Applied Mathematics Department?

caxton · Post by **caxton** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:34 am

troopiedoop wrote: I also applied UT CSEM and have heard nothing. I don't think they've made any decisions yet.

Thanks troopiedoop. I was going on the Feb 7 "Interview by email" message I saw on GC. But maybe that person's a serious outlier or just a troll.

Ryker · Post by **Ryker** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:47 pm

Has anyone else here applied to NYU? There's an admit on The Grad Cafe saying (s)he "found out online". But NYU doesn't have an online status checker... Right?

micapps · Post by **micapps** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:20 pm

Ryker wrote:Has anyone else here applied to NYU? There's an admit on The Grad Cafe saying (s)he "found out online". But NYU doesn't have an online status checker... Right?

I applied to NYU, and as far as I know, they don't. If you do find one be sure to share.

veektorreeyah · Post by **veektorreeyah** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:23 pm

Ryker wrote:Has anyone else here applied to NYU? There's an admit on The Grad Cafe saying (s)he "found out online". But NYU doesn't have an online status checker... Right?

Their FAQ states:
The Graduate School does not provide the status of applications online, nor does it provide admissions decisions online or by telephone. The communicating of decisions varies by department. Most doctoral programs make their decisions in February and March. They arrange to have decisions mailed by mid- to late March. Master's and non-degree programs make their decisions at different times, beginning in early March. All decision notifications are done by email.
http://gsas.nyu.edu/object/grad.admissi ... issionsfaq

I guess it's a small possibility that they might communicate online, but I think I've seen most admissions on GradCafe offered through email.

I haven't heard anything from them yet though

cti112 · Post by **cti112** » Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:13 pm

i see lots of rejections today from grad cafe

Ryker · Post by **Ryker** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:35 pm

cti112 wrote:i see lots of rejections today from grad cafe

That's a good thing, no?

Gasquet · Post by **Gasquet** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:48 pm

Still not heard anything from 8(out of 10) schools. Doesn't help that this forum is quite quiet this year.

poorasian · Post by **poorasian** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:25 pm

Just checked my status for a school and apparently my official transcript never made it and there was no place to input my grades so... School is in Canada, damn you international mail service.

goatman2743 · Post by **goatman2743** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:21 pm

Does anyone else who applied to UIUC have any guess as to whether they've sent out a whole first round of offers yet? The gc results are very strange; only three acceptances, and each on a different week.

ihatepencils · Post by **ihatepencils** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:55 pm

No clue -- but I know someone personally who has already got into UIUC...not sure if they already sent out a full first round of admissions or not.

Gasquet · Post by **Gasquet** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:47 am

And so it starts. First rejection. Northwestern ESAM. They didn't even have the decency to send an email. Checked the website after seeing someone's post on GC for the same.

[...]the faculty and administrators of The Graduate School respect your intellectual ambition[...]

whatever · Post by **whatever** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:38 am

Gasquet wrote:Still not heard anything from 8(out of 10) schools. Doesn't help that this forum is quite quiet this year.

I feel like schools are sitting on their hands this year. Maybe I'm just antsy, but it seemed like most of 'em get their first round out by mid/end of Feb and half of my schools haven't done a thing.

Should I call schools that have done their first round admits to see if I'm rejected? I'd much rather know now than in April. I feel like that wouldn't be inappropriate but it seems like a lot of people who call end up rejected...I dunno, I'm being superstitious.

dasgut · Post by **dasgut** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:02 pm

When I get REALLY antsy I have other people call and not identify themselves. I usually have friends whose phones have different area codes do it.

Ryker · Post by **Ryker** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:32 pm

dasgut wrote:When I get REALLY antsy I have other people call and not identify themselves. I usually have friends whose phones have different area codes do it.

goatman2743 · Post by **goatman2743** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 6:02 pm

ihatepencils wrote:No clue -- but I know someone personally who has already got into UIUC...not sure if they already sent out a full first round of admissions or not.

Thanks for letting me know. If anyone else has heard from UIUC I'd appreciate it if you post. It's probably my top choice outside of UCLA, which I was already rejected from, so I'm really hoping I still have a shot.

ihatepencils · Post by **ihatepencils** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 6:33 pm

I was really hoping for Minnesota but it seems like they've sent out a bit of admits already

Ryker · Post by **Ryker** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:58 pm

ihatepencils wrote:I was really hoping for Minnesota but it seems like they've sent out a bit of admits already

Haha, it seems like we're in the same situation everywhere. But yeah, I'm bummed about that one really hard, as well. Judging from recent years' postings on The Grad Cafe, it namely seems as if there aren't really any admits in later months.

Gasquet · Post by **Gasquet** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:11 pm

Purdue rejects on GC. I've not heard back. Anyone else in the same situation with Purdue?

yl2868 · Post by **yl2868** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:20 pm

Gasquet wrote:Purdue rejects on GC. I've not heard back. Anyone else in the same situation with Purdue?

I am one of the guys who post the rej from purdue on GC

dasgut · Post by **dasgut** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 2:43 am

CMU has posted two admits. Has anyone on our board received anything from them?

gogoup112 · Post by **gogoup112** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:01 am

Does univ. of Georgia send the mail of admission to applicant ?
The time in this year is strange ><

avemarya · Post by **avemarya** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:19 pm

I am also awaiting a response from cmu but so far nothing... anybody also hear from Rutgers? Gosh I just wish that they could get done soon with acceptances and rejections ... I'm still waiting to hear from 5 places. ..

ihatepencils · Post by **ihatepencils** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 9:19 pm

Ryker wrote:
ihatepencils wrote:I was really hoping for Minnesota but it seems like they've sent out a bit of admits already
Haha, it seems like we're in the same situation everywhere. But yeah, I'm bummed about that one really hard, as well. Judging from recent years' postings on The Grad Cafe, it namely seems as if there aren't really any admits in later months.

Indeed! I'm really hoping that more will come because of the relatively low number of admits on grad cafe so far. How many more schools are you still waiting back from? I still have heard nothing from 6 schools!

Ryker · Post by **Ryker** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:37 pm

ihatepencils wrote:
Ryker wrote:
ihatepencils wrote:I was really hoping for Minnesota but it seems like they've sent out a bit of admits already
Haha, it seems like we're in the same situation everywhere. But yeah, I'm bummed about that one really hard, as well. Judging from recent years' postings on The Grad Cafe, it namely seems as if there aren't really any admits in later months.
Indeed! I'm really hoping that more will come because of the relatively low number of admits on grad cafe so far. How many more schools are you still waiting back from? I still have heard nothing from 6 schools!

I'm still waiting to hear back from 14 schools (I heard back from 4), and 8 of those have already made offers to people. Oh, and looking at the profiles thread, I also see we've got the same number of admission offers and rejections at this point

dasgut · Post by **dasgut** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:47 pm

Alright, I need to mitigate my 3.51. What the **** do I need to do? I'm going to get nothing.

ihatepencils · Post by **ihatepencils** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:59 pm

Ryker wrote:I'm still waiting to hear back from 14 schools (I heard back from 4), and 8 of those have already made offers to people. Oh, and looking at the profiles thread, I also see we've got the same number of admission offers and rejections at this point

Ah well its good that you have an admit! Congrats! That definitely alleviates a lot of stress. Is your admit to a place where you wouldn't mind going?

Ryker · Post by **Ryker** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 11:41 pm

ihatepencils wrote:
Ryker wrote:I'm still waiting to hear back from 14 schools (I heard back from 4), and 8 of those have already made offers to people. Oh, and looking at the profiles thread, I also see we've got the same number of admission offers and rejections at this point
Ah well its good that you have an admit! Congrats! That definitely alleviates a lot of stress. Is your admit to a place where you wouldn't mind going?

In a way. I'd love to live there, but in terms of interest match it was in the bottom half of my list, since they don't have a lot of faculty doing research I want to do, and even those they do have are mostly on the applied side of it. Plus, the guaranteed TAship leaves something to be desired, as I'm not sure it's enough for a living there considering my current expenses. So it's a mixed bag of emotions concerning that one, to be honest. How about you, are you happy with Utah?

I'll probably post my profile in the future, but I kind of want to get a couple more admissions before I do that.

safetybelts · Post by **safetybelts** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:02 am

Ryker wrote:I'll probably post my profile in the future, but I kind of want to get a couple more admissions before I do that.

What are you afraid of? You're anonymous either way.

Ryker · Post by **Ryker** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 12:58 pm

safetybelts wrote:
Ryker wrote:I'll probably post my profile in the future, but I kind of want to get a couple more admissions before I do that.
What are you afraid of? You're anonymous either way.

It's not anonymity that concerns me, I just don't want to bother with it until I have something really good to report.

ihatepencils · Post by **ihatepencils** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 4:01 pm

Ryker wrote:
ihatepencils wrote:
Ryker wrote:I'm still waiting to hear back from 14 schools (I heard back from 4), and 8 of those have already made offers to people. Oh, and looking at the profiles thread, I also see we've got the same number of admission offers and rejections at this point
Ah well its good that you have an admit! Congrats! That definitely alleviates a lot of stress. Is your admit to a place where you wouldn't mind going?
In a way. I'd love to live there, but in terms of interest match it was in the bottom half of my list, since they don't have a lot of faculty doing research I want to do, and even those they do have are mostly on the applied side of it. Plus, the guaranteed TAship leaves something to be desired, as I'm not sure it's enough for a living there considering my current expenses. So it's a mixed bag of emotions concerning that one, to be honest. How about you, are you happy with Utah?

I'll probably post my profile in the future, but I kind of want to get a couple more admissions before I do that.

I am pretty happy with Utah. I'm mostly interested in going into either Representation Theory or Algebraic Geometry and they have great faculty in both of those areas. Salt Lake City also seems like a beautiful place to live so that helps too!

rmhism · Post by **rmhism** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:22 pm

ihatepencils wrote: I am pretty happy with Utah. I'm mostly interested in going into either Representation Theory or Algebraic Geometry and they have great faculty in both of those areas. Salt Lake City also seems like a beautiful place to live so that helps too!

I'm also most likely going to Utah! And SLC is an amazing place. I had an REU there one summer and it never really got below 70 degrees outside. It's in a valley, so it never has bad weather (it probably rained once for 20 minutes). Also, the hiking paths are spectacular. I've got a few more reaches to hear back from and unless the offers I've already gotten offer better funding, it looks like I'm going to Utah. I'll also be focusing on Algebraic Geometry.

Also, are you visiting at the end of March?

ihatepencils · Post by **ihatepencils** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:32 pm

rmhism wrote:
ihatepencils wrote: I am pretty happy with Utah. I'm mostly interested in going into either Representation Theory or Algebraic Geometry and they have great faculty in both of those areas. Salt Lake City also seems like a beautiful place to live so that helps too!
I'm also most likely going to Utah! And SLC is an amazing place. I had an REU there one summer and it never really got below 70 degrees outside. It's in a valley, so it never has bad weather (it probably rained once for 20 minutes). Also, the hiking paths are spectacular. I've got a few more reaches to hear back from and unless the offers I've already gotten offer better funding, it looks like I'm going to Utah. I'll also be focusing on Algebraic Geometry.

Also, are you visiting at the end of March?

Awesome! I've been wasting lots of time looking up things about salt lake city and it seems like a pretty awesome place to live. I'm also waiting for a few more reaches but there seems to be a high probability that I end up at Utah.

I will be visiting at the end of March!

poorasian · Post by **poorasian** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:47 pm

but what about the alcohol

Ryker · Post by **Ryker** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:19 am

poorasian wrote:but what about the alcohol

You're probably deficient in aldehyde dehydrogenase anyway, so what's your worry?