Fall 2018 Sweat Thread

lothiriell · Post by **lothiriell** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:31 am

Oh btw, I forgot to tell you guys that the admission letter of UChicago said that there is a waitlist, so they are probably waiting to see first reactions before making more offers and finalizing the waitlist.

lambert · Post by **lambert** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:59 am

djysyed wrote:I'm starting to get a little worried because a lot of people have started hearing back from universities and I only heard back from 1 out of the 16 I applied to.

This post would be understandable were it posted in March, but it's the middle of January and a whopping total of 5 schools have posted some results. Don't jump the gun and be patient.

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:41 pm

I definitely agree, getting worried now will only slow down my coursework. In other news, UT Austin, UIUC started sending out acceptances.

egoyaq · Post by **egoyaq** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:45 pm

Are universities releasing decisions unusually early this year?

hooruru1995 · Post by **hooruru1995** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:33 pm

Is any international student getting accepted so far?

FreddieBiddleBooty · Post by **FreddieBiddleBooty** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:42 pm

djysyed wrote:I definitely agree, getting worried now will only slow down my coursework. In other news, UT Austin, UIUC started sending out acceptances.

I saw one on grad cafe. None on this site. Super anxious now cause that's my top choice!

Singularity · Post by **Singularity** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:45 pm

FreddieBiddleBooty wrote:
djysyed wrote:I definitely agree, getting worried now will only slow down my coursework. In other news, UT Austin, UIUC started sending out acceptances.
I saw one on grad cafe. None on this site. Super anxious now cause that's my top choice!

Public Uni's seem to make a greater distinction between domestic and international.

Junaid456 · Post by **Junaid456** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:51 pm

Singularity wrote:
FreddieBiddleBooty wrote:
djysyed wrote:I definitely agree, getting worried now will only slow down my coursework. In other news, UT Austin, UIUC started sending out acceptances.
I saw one on grad cafe. None on this site. Super anxious now cause that's my top choice!
Public Uni's seem to make a greater distinction between domestic and international.

What are the parameters with respect to which the public universities may differentiate between domestic and intl. students?

Singularity · Post by **Singularity** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:55 pm

I do not have any specific ideas, when I said that I meant for many public uni's domestic and international have different protals. It is not just a question about your citizenships, but rather when they ask which program you apply to, there are two different choices: math PhD domestic and math PhD international.

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:22 pm

FreddieBiddleBooty wrote: I saw one on grad cafe. None on this site. Super anxious now cause that's my top choice!

UIUC is the school I thought I had the best chance of being admitted to so I would definitely be in a bad position if I don't get admitted.

Singularity · Post by **Singularity** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:30 pm

Just got a call from Penn to invite me to visit on 2/8. It is not an official offer but the caller said they would be happy to admit all the people they have invited. She asked me to provide two professors that I want to meet the most and I was unprepared for that... Kinda awkward.

egoyaq · Post by **egoyaq** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:18 pm

djysyed wrote:I definitely agree, getting worried now will only slow down my coursework. In other news, UT Austin, UIUC started sending out acceptances.

Where did you see that UT Austin has started sending out acceptances?

It seems that Stanford is sending out acceptances as well.

regularitylemma · Post by **regularitylemma** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:52 pm

Have had too much coffee and I'm anxiety browsing gradcafe instead of writing my flipping dissertation.

lambert · Post by **lambert** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:05 pm

Are you guys seriously gonna update the thread every time someone posts on gradcafe

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:22 pm

egoyaq wrote:
Where did you see that UT Austin has started sending out acceptances?

It seems that Stanford is sending out acceptances as well.

Misread, not even pure math PhD program either.

A second person was admitted to Stanford. From what I know, Stanford doesn't admit more than 40 people and almost all of these people are among the great UChicago, MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Caltech trade.

regularitylemma wrote:Have had too much coffee and I'm anxiety browsing gradcafe instead of writing my flipping dissertation.

More coffee = more math. More ffee = more comath.

Singularity · Post by **Singularity** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:29 pm

lambert wrote:Are you guys seriously gonna update the thread every time someone posts on gradcafe

I think it is just what happens when only a few places are giving out offer unusually early. People will get tired and stop updating when too many start to come out.

ArtinWedderburn · Post by **ArtinWedderburn** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:30 pm

Where are the reversed arrows XD

djysyed wrote:
egoyaq wrote:
Where did you see that UT Austin has started sending out acceptances?

It seems that Stanford is sending out acceptances as well.
Misread, not even pure math PhD program either.

A second person was admitted to Stanford. From what I know, Stanford doesn't admit more than 40 people and almost all of these people are among the great UChicago, MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Caltech trade.

regularitylemma wrote:Have had too much coffee and I'm anxiety browsing gradcafe instead of writing my flipping dissertation.
More coffee = more math. More ffee = more comath.

regularitylemma · Post by **regularitylemma** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:45 pm

ArtinWedderburn wrote:Where are the reversed arrows XD

djysyed wrote:
More coffee = more math. More ffee = more comath.

Well, there aren't any obvious morphisms referred to in the statement...

Although upon overthinking the joke I am now unsure what the best way to make "more-ness" categorical could be.

EDIT: Bonus bad categorical humour

mishania1996 · Post by **mishania1996** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:58 pm

So Stanford and Princeton are sending acceptances. Probably other top schools will be sending also today. Do you know which schools tend to send at least part of the rejections on the same day with acceptances? And second question: Do schools really start with Americans and will consider international students afterwards?(my guess is based on the data from grafcafe)

home1915 · Post by **home1915** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:41 pm

mishania1996 wrote:So Stanford and Princeton are sending acceptances. Probably other top schools will be sending also today. Do you know which schools tend to send at least part of the rejections on the same day with acceptances? And second question: Do schools really start with Americans and will consider international students afterwards?(my guess is based on the data from grafcafe)

As Trump said, America first!

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:35 pm

mishania1996 wrote:So Stanford and Princeton are sending acceptances. Probably other top schools will be sending also today. Do you know which schools tend to send at least part of the rejections on the same day with acceptances? And second question: Do schools really start with Americans and will consider international students afterwards?(my guess is based on the data from grafcafe)

At least Yale was nice enough to prevent our anxiety from building up

Singularity · Post by **Singularity** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:37 pm

mishania1996 wrote:So Stanford and Princeton are sending acceptances. Probably other top schools will be sending also today. Do you know which schools tend to send at least part of the rejections on the same day with acceptances? And second question: Do schools really start with Americans and will consider international students afterwards?(my guess is based on the data from grafcafe)

Princeton? Really?

keith · Post by **keith** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:47 pm

mishania1996 wrote:So Stanford and Princeton are sending acceptances. Probably other top schools will be sending also today. Do you know which schools tend to send at least part of the rejections on the same day with acceptances? And second question: Do schools really start with Americans and will consider international students afterwards?(my guess is based on the data from grafcafe)

My guess is that international students are not up yet or they have not got enough time to post the offer on gradcafe.

jxwatmg · Post by **jxwatmg** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:54 pm

I’ve heard that at least one international student has got Princeton, although not yet posted at gradcafe

jxwatmg · Post by **jxwatmg** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:56 pm

djysyed wrote:
mishania1996 wrote:So Stanford and Princeton are sending acceptances. Probably other top schools will be sending also today. Do you know which schools tend to send at least part of the rejections on the same day with acceptances? And second question: Do schools really start with Americans and will consider international students afterwards?(my guess is based on the data from grafcafe)
At least Yale was nice enough to prevent our anxiety from building up

True. Waiting is really torturous.

regularitylemma · Post by **regularitylemma** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:58 pm

mishania1996 wrote:And second question: Do schools really start with Americans and will consider international students afterwards?(my guess is based on the data from grafcafe)

I know of internationals with UChicago/Yale offers so I'm a bit doubtful of that. (Although I guess Yale sent out all responses so it shouldn't count.)

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:03 am

There's a red diamond next to some of the decisions. Clicking on it shows you the stats of that person. Whoever got into Princeton nailed everything (960 MGRE, 170/170/6 GRE, 3.9 GPA).

home1915 · Post by **home1915** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:07 am

djysyed wrote:There's a red diamond next to some of the decisions. Clicking on it shows you the stats of that person. Whoever got into Princeton nailed everything (960 MGRE, 170/170/6 GRE, 3.9 GPA).

After I heard of someone who got perfect scores three times in IMO, I think this is not impossible.

Singularity · Post by **Singularity** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:33 am

I'm gonna stop reading this site forever.

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:39 am

Singularity wrote:I'm gonna stop reading this site forever.

Says the guy with 20+ graduate classes.

jxwatmg · Post by **jxwatmg** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 2:11 am

djysyed wrote:There's a red diamond next to some of the decisions. Clicking on it shows you the stats of that person. Whoever got into Princeton nailed everything (960 MGRE, 170/170/6 GRE, 3.9 GPA).

170/170/6 is crazy

lothiriell · Post by **lothiriell** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 2:51 am

mishania1996 wrote:So Stanford and Princeton are sending acceptances. Probably other top schools will be sending also today. Do you know which schools tend to send at least part of the rejections on the same day with acceptances? And second question: Do schools really start with Americans and will consider international students afterwards?(my guess is based on the data from grafcafe)

I believe Princeton sent rejections on the same day previous years.

And about the second question, it depends on the school, but I think most of them don't divide them into international/domestic. The reason why you can see domestic students first on gradcafe is most likely timezones. Even Ohio State, which is known for having very different criteria for int/dom, hasn't been following the trend and accepted both int/dom students in the first batch this year.

jhgmath · Post by **jhgmath** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:22 am

On gradcafe, when people say they were accepted ~by phone~, does this mean that the department is calling them to offer admission? or are they calling the department? because I am going to be out of the country for a couple months and won't be able to receive calls from the states...

gragragra · Post by **gragragra** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:15 pm

I am wondering what time during the day do they send the decision email?

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:11 pm

I would guess throughout the day. Based on grad cafe, a lot of schools have started sending out acceptances.

keith · Post by **keith** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:18 pm

Does anyone know that whether UCLA has sent out any offer for I and U? It seems all the results on gradcafe are from A.

Kakatekoi · Post by **Kakatekoi** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:14 pm

I'm impressed that UC Davis has already sent out acceptances. If I'm not mistaken its deadline was reached just two week ago.

umichzzy · Post by **umichzzy** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:18 pm

djysyed wrote:
Singularity wrote:Maybe going to JMM will help pass the time of waiting.
If you're applying to UIUC, they'll have an informal interview with you there.

Did you got an interview from them? If yes, would you mind sharing what will be asked in the interview? I just received an email inform me to be interviewed next Thu or Fri. Thx!

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:28 pm

umichzzy wrote:
djysyed wrote:
Singularity wrote:Maybe going to JMM will help pass the time of waiting.
If you're applying to UIUC, they'll have an informal interview with you there.
Did you got an interview from them? If yes, would you mind sharing what will be asked in the interview? I just received an email inform me to be interviewed next Thu or Fri. Thx!

I didn't get interviewed but heard this on the Math Subreddit, where a couple people were interviewed.

curvature-form · Post by **curvature-form** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:46 pm

Kakatekoi wrote:I'm impressed that UC Davis has already sent out acceptances. If I'm not mistaken its deadline was reached just two week ago.

You're not mistaken! I submitted my application on January 5th, and I was pleasantly surprised to hear back from them so soon

a6f9 · Post by **a6f9** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:00 pm

Has anyone gotten any interviews for Master's programs in Canadian universities? I'm particularly interested in UBC and UofT but any information would be great.

Junaid456 · Post by **Junaid456** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:09 pm

a6f9 wrote:Has anyone gotten any interviews for Master's programs in Canadian universities? I'm particularly interested in UBC and UofT but any information would be great.

Do Canadian universities typically interview prospective international, MS students? I haven't applied to UBC and UofT, but I have applied to Waterloo, UWO and McGill.

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 3:11 am

curvature-form wrote:
Kakatekoi wrote:I'm impressed that UC Davis has already sent out acceptances. If I'm not mistaken its deadline was reached just two week ago.
You're not mistaken! I submitted my application on January 5th, and I was pleasantly surprised to hear back from them so soon

Given how stacked your profile is, I'm surprised they didn't come knocking on your doorstep

.

rfz · Post by **rfz** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 5:07 am

Yesterday I've got unofficial letter from my potential advisor and he said that I will receive offer from University of Rochester soon.

However, I am still waiting results from other universities too

Junaid456 · Post by **Junaid456** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:25 pm

rfz wrote:Yesterday I've got unofficial letter from my potential advisor and he said that I will receive offer from University of Rochester soon.
However, I am still waiting results from other universities too

Hey.

1. Did they send you an email or did you email the dept. to ask about the status of your application?

2. Did you specifically mention the names of a few professors in your SOP with whom you'd like to work? I guess Rochester directly sends the apps. to the professors with whom the applicant would like to work with. I did mention 2 names on this app, but i didn't go in any detail as such, as my interests aren't well defined as of yet. This leaves me worried. :/

rfz · Post by **rfz** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:41 pm

Junaid456 wrote:
rfz wrote:Yesterday I've got unofficial letter from my potential advisor and he said that I will receive offer from University of Rochester soon.
However, I am still waiting results from other universities too
Hey.

1. Did they send you an email or did you email the dept. to ask about the status of your application?

2. Did you specifically mention the names of a few professors in your SOP with whom you'd like to work? I guess Rochester directly sends the apps. to the professors with whom the applicant would like to work with. I did mention 2 names on this app, but i didn't go in any detail as such, as my interests aren't well defined as of yet. This leaves me worried. :/

1. No, my potential advisor have mailed me and said that soon I will get official offer.
2. I have put the name of professor with whom I want to colloborate in Personal Statement. I dont know does rochester sends applicant files to professors or not. Do not worry you will get the results soon.

regularitylemma · Post by **regularitylemma** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:46 pm

Getting random promo emails from schools I've applied to and am waiting for decisions from is unnecessarily stressful (looking at you, UGA!)

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:34 pm

regularitylemma wrote:Getting random promo emails from schools I've applied to and am waiting for decisions from is unnecessarily stressful (looking at you, UGA!)

I've been getting emails from Berkeley's Data Science program. A few days ago, I got an email titled "You are invited to U of I day" but it was about going to the state capitol and meeting state senators...

mishania1996 · Post by **mishania1996** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:52 pm

Almost each post on gradcafe is written by Americans. Is there a trend of starting from local students, is the forum mostly populated by Americans, or is it just that the international quotas are too small?

At the first place I'm concerned for the data regarding Ucla, Princeton and Stanford, because these are the only schools taking place in my list and in the gradcafe at the same time.

regularitylemma · Post by **regularitylemma** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 2:33 pm

djysyed wrote:
regularitylemma wrote:Getting random promo emails from schools I've applied to and am waiting for decisions from is unnecessarily stressful (looking at you, UGA!)
I've been getting emails from Berkeley's Data Science program. A few days ago, I got an email titled "You are invited to U of I day" but it was about going to the state capitol and meeting state senators...

The UGA one even had an "Apply Now" button on top xD