Fall 2019 Sweat Thread

oniongood · Post by **oniongood** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:57 pm

KYDKON95 wrote:Hello there guys. Does anyone know when does the ASU sends out funding decisions? I can't find a pattern in Gradcafe

I was accepted into the Applied Math Ph.D. last year (12.31 lol) but still haven't heard anything about funding decisions yet

; this is taking too long...

DoNotMicrowave · Post by **DoNotMicrowave** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:30 pm

Looks like UCSD has released more decisions. Anyone know if they are done?

mimi1414 · Post by **mimi1414** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:07 pm

DoNotMicrowave wrote:Looks like UCSD has released more decisions. Anyone know if they are done?

I got my acceptance only an hour ago, so they are probably still sending them!

DoNotMicrowave · Post by **DoNotMicrowave** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:25 pm

mimi1414 wrote:
DoNotMicrowave wrote:Looks like UCSD has released more decisions. Anyone know if they are done?
I got my acceptance only an hour ago, so they are probably still sending them!

Congrats! Fingers crossed.

I thought UCSD would be a safety school for me even though it is top 20. I don't mean to sound cocky -- I was just stupid. In hindsight, I should have applied to more realistic programs. I overestimated how much weight my essay and research experience would carry -- ignored the letters.

It sucks because I went to a top 5 program for undergrad, but full professors would never teach upper-level undergraduate courses there. So, my letters are from very junior people. Some students in my classes started taking pure math courses earlier in their college years and were able to take graduate courses with well-known professors. Most students did not get to do so. Something to keep in mind if you ever know someone who is interested in postgraduate study and applying to the top US colleges.

KYDKON95 · Post by **KYDKON95** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:18 am

oniongood wrote:
KYDKON95 wrote:Hello there guys. Does anyone know when does the ASU sends out funding decisions? I can't find a pattern in Gradcafe
I was accepted into the Applied Math Ph.D. last year (12.31 lol) but still haven't heard anything about funding decisions yet ; this is taking too long...

I was accepted 01.08 into Pure Math PhD. I'll send them an email in a couple of weeks if I don't hear anything till then

Mr.Scholze · Post by **Mr.Scholze** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:29 am

Today, there will be acceptances from 4 schools.

oniongood · Post by **oniongood** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:42 am

Hey Professor Scholze, which 4?

Mr.Scholze · Post by **Mr.Scholze** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:10 am

oniongood wrote:Hey Professor Scholze, which 4?

You could wait and see.

LordWiki · Post by **LordWiki** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:16 am

Mr.Scholze wrote:
oniongood wrote:Hey Professor Scholze, which 4?
You could wait and see.

Or you could tell us.

kkky · Post by **kkky** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:18 am

Mr.Scholze wrote:Today, there will be acceptances from 4 schools.

please tell us!

ellm · Post by **ellm** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:30 am

did everyone get an email asking for fall transcript updates from umichigan? i guess they're looking at our applications now

ya · Post by ya » Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:55 am

ellm wrote:did everyone get an email asking for fall transcript updates from umichigan? i guess they're looking at our applications now

I didn't get an email from them

young556646 · Post by **young556646** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:00 pm

ya wrote:
ellm wrote:did everyone get an email asking for fall transcript updates from umichigan? i guess they're looking at our applications now
I didn't get an email from them

I also heard nothing. Maybe they are contacting only those shortlisted.

optimisticnihilist · Post by **optimisticnihilist** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 1:38 pm

Like someone else mentioned above, it really is panic o'clock damn

Calypso · Post by **Calypso** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:01 pm

I have not heard anything since last Wednesday. It has been a horrible week and I have midterms next week. Today when I visited my doctor, she suggested that I should check if I have anxiety.

Anyone has good advice about how to relax?

MMDE · Post by **MMDE** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:03 pm

Calypso wrote:I have not heard anything since last Wednesday. It has been a horrible week and I have midterms next week. Today when I visited my doctor, she suggested that I should check if I have anxiety. Anyone has good advice about how to relax?

Distractions are probably your best bet, worrying won't make the decisions come in any sooner.

ponchan · Post by **ponchan** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:13 pm

Just keep doing math. It's the best distraction.

qaopor · Post by **qaopor** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:18 pm

If you didn't get an explicit rejection from a school, then don't count yourself out just yet. When I applied last year I got an acceptance letter by the AMS Group I school I'm currently attending on like April 10, less than 5 days before the deadline to accept an offer.

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:42 pm

ellm wrote:did everyone get an email asking for fall transcript updates from umichigan? i guess they're looking at our applications now

I submitted my fall transcripts a week after I sent in my transcript because I know they don't start looking until now.

Calypso wrote:I have not heard anything since last Wednesday. It has been a horrible week and I have midterms next week. Today when I visited my doctor, she suggested that I should check if I have anxiety. Anyone has good advice about how to relax?

Have you taken a nature hike or gotten a chinese massage at the mall? Works a lot

lzxnl · Post by **lzxnl** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:53 pm

I received an email from Brown University saying I was 'selected for admission' and that I've been recommended to the Graduate School to be made an offer and that a formal letter will be sent next week. So, I guess this counts?

young556646 · Post by **young556646** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:00 pm

lzxnl wrote:I received an email from Brown University saying I was 'selected for admission' and that I've been recommended to the Graduate School to be made an offer and that a formal letter will be sent next week. So, I guess this counts?

That's a great news, congratulations! Is it pure or applied? I heard nothing from Brown, though I don't believe that my application is strong enough for them.

lzxnl · Post by **lzxnl** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:06 pm

young556646 wrote:
lzxnl wrote:I received an email from Brown University saying I was 'selected for admission' and that I've been recommended to the Graduate School to be made an offer and that a formal letter will be sent next week. So, I guess this counts?
That's a great news, congratulations! Is it pure or applied? I heard nothing from Brown, though I don't believe that my application is strong enough for them.

Thanks! I'm in Applied Maths. You never know if you're strong enough until you get rejected. Don't panic. I haven't heard back from MIT or Harvard and apparently they've started admitting already.

MMDE · Post by **MMDE** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:36 pm

So is it safe to assume if schools started giving out acceptances and you didn't hear anything that you didn't make the first round? Is that how it works?

q8099086 · Post by **q8099086** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:57 pm

MMDE wrote:So is it safe to assume if schools started giving out acceptances and you didn't hear anything that you didn't make the first round? Is that how it works?

Actually they will send offer to the best students and reject the worst ones (sorry for that word) in the same time. So it’s like cutting trees from both treetop and butt. It's a very bad way cause you don't know in the final it’s an offer or even not a waitinglist.

Mr.Scholze · Post by **Mr.Scholze** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:44 am

Today, there will be 3

optimisticnihilist · Post by **optimisticnihilist** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:59 am

Mr.Scholze wrote:Today, there will be 3

My good sir, thanks for letting us know but it'd be significantly more helpful if you could tell us which 3 universities you're talking about! Thanks

lzxnl · Post by **lzxnl** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 8:50 am

optimisticnihilist wrote:
Mr.Scholze wrote:Today, there will be 3
My good sir, thanks for letting us know but it'd be significantly more helpful if you could tell us which 3 universities you're talking about! Thanks

How accurate is this guy normally for these predictions?

optimisticnihilist · Post by **optimisticnihilist** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 9:11 am

lzxnl wrote:
optimisticnihilist wrote:
Mr.Scholze wrote:Today, there will be 3
My good sir, thanks for letting us know but it'd be significantly more helpful if you could tell us which 3 universities you're talking about! Thanks
How accurate is this guy normally for this predictions?

He was right about Oregon, UCDavis and UCSD the day before yesterday, so I suppose not entirely inaccurate. Not sure about the 4 unis he talked about yesterday

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 9:48 am

UIUC, Princton (rejections), Michigan State and maybe other places... I'm not entirely sure if he's just basing this off of last year lol

ponchan · Post by **ponchan** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 9:52 am

Maybe Brown (pure)?

occamsshampoo · Post by **occamsshampoo** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 10:10 am

Anybody hear from Northwestern applied?

MMDE · Post by **MMDE** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:16 pm

q8099086 wrote:
MMDE wrote:So is it safe to assume if schools started giving out acceptances and you didn't hear anything that you didn't make the first round? Is that how it works?
Actually they will send offer to the best students and reject the worst ones (sorry for that word) in the same time. So it’s like cutting trees from both treetop and butt. It's a very bad way cause you don't know in the final it’s an offer or even not a waitinglist.

Ah so there's still hope, that's great to hear!

basically_trash · Post by **basically_trash** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:18 pm

Tulane sending admission wave(s) on 1/30/2019.

optimisticnihilist · Post by **optimisticnihilist** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 1:02 pm

djysyed wrote:UIUC, Princton (rejections), Michigan State and maybe other places... I'm not entirely sure if he's just basing this off of last year lol

Nothing from UIUC yet

bbqchips · Post by **bbqchips** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 1:11 pm

MMDE wrote:So is it safe to assume if schools started giving out acceptances and you didn't hear anything that you didn't make the first round? Is that how it works?

I think this is true for most schools, but some schools only send out a certain number of offers and don't have a waitlist. Brown pure math is one of these departments (I have spoken to faculty there). For these schools they send out all of their rejections and acceptances simultaneously.

Yello · Post by **Yello** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 2:53 pm

MrScholze, will any school release results today?

neptunian · Post by **neptunian** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:44 pm

Anyone having unofficial acceptances from Berkeley? Seems like a person in the grad cafe got it. I'm not sure if it is fake or not though.

lindal · Post by **lindal** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:48 pm

neptunian wrote:Anyone having unofficial acceptances from Berkeley? Seems like a person in the grad cafe got it. I'm not sure if it is fake or not though.

It's most likely real. I was not the poster, but also received an offer within the last hour. Don't lose heart, since they're unofficial they might take a while to come out!

optimisticnihilist · Post by **optimisticnihilist** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:54 pm

Fun drinking game: take a shot every time you open gradcafe

neptunian · Post by **neptunian** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:57 pm

optimisticnihilist wrote:Fun drinking game: take a shot every time you open gradcafe

I would have already started my 2nd bottle

Calypso · Post by **Calypso** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 4:05 pm

Thank you to everyone who replied and gave suggestions. I guess I will just do some boxing to relax.

ellm · Post by **ellm** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 4:18 pm

lindal wrote:
neptunian wrote:Anyone having unofficial acceptances from Berkeley? Seems like a person in the grad cafe got it. I'm not sure if it is fake or not though.
It's most likely real. I was not the poster, but also received an offer within the last hour. Don't lose heart, since they're unofficial they might take a while to come out!

does berkeley have multiple rounds?

oniongood · Post by **oniongood** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 7:01 pm

I ended up playing more LEGO while waiting for my Brown, JHU, and Northwestern Applied Math Ph.D. decisions...

lippyrogue · Post by **lippyrogue** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 7:54 pm

lindal wrote:
neptunian wrote:Anyone having unofficial acceptances from Berkeley? Seems like a person in the grad cafe got it. I'm not sure if it is fake or not though.
It's most likely real. I was not the poster, but also received an offer within the last hour. Don't lose heart, since they're unofficial they might take a while to come out!

Congrats! Does the unofficial offer mention when the official offers are coming?

KYDKON95 · Post by **KYDKON95** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 8:08 pm

What do they mean "Accepted via Website " santabarbara posts in gradcafe?

lambert · Post by **lambert** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 8:43 pm

oniongood wrote:Hey Professor Scholze, which 4?

You realize this kid isn't actually Peter Scholze right?

djysyed · Post by **djysyed** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 9:36 pm

lambert wrote:
oniongood wrote:Hey Professor Scholze, which 4?
You realize this kid isn't actually Peter Scholze right?

Are you suggesting that someone applying to grad schools is a brainlet?

lindal · Post by **lindal** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 10:58 pm

lippyrogue wrote:
lindal wrote:
neptunian wrote:Anyone having unofficial acceptances from Berkeley? Seems like a person in the grad cafe got it. I'm not sure if it is fake or not though.
It's most likely real. I was not the poster, but also received an offer within the last hour. Don't lose heart, since they're unofficial they might take a while to come out!
Congrats! Does the unofficial offer mention when the official offers are coming?

Details to follow "in the next few days".

And to another previous poster, I'm afraid I don't know anything about admission in waves.

lambert · Post by **lambert** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 3:01 am

djysyed wrote:
lambert wrote:
oniongood wrote:Hey Professor Scholze, which 4?
You realize this kid isn't actually Peter Scholze right?
Are you suggesting that someone applying to grad schools is a brainlet?

Had to google to see what that meant ... uh, I'll go with "no"? I just found it odd that one would refer to someone as 'Professor Scholze" for simply having Scholze in the username. Kids these days make memes and fb pages after Grothendieck, Mochizuki, Scholze and others without having the faintest clue about their research work. Bah *shakes cane*

Bottomology · Post by **Bottomology** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 12:03 pm

I’m starting to get nervous, since most of the schools I applied to have already admitted people. Does anyone know how common it is for schools to accept in waves?