2019 Math REU Thread

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:10 pm

To whoever this may be helpful to:
I've found a lot of success in emailing different programs to ask when decisions will be sent out. Though all of these have resulted in my finding out I've been rejected, at least I know for sure instead of waiting!

jjmb11 · Post by **jjmb11** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:29 pm

Does anyone have any experience with the VERUM program at Valparaiso? Thanks!!

waffleman227 · Post by **waffleman227** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:52 pm

I just got accepted into the Georgia Tech REU!

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:13 pm

jjmb11 wrote:Does anyone have any experience with the VERUM program at Valparaiso? Thanks!!

I did receive an acceptance from them very late on February 28/morning March 1.

jlawrencet · Post by **jlawrencet** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:19 pm

waffleman227 wrote:I just got accepted into the Georgia Tech REU!

Congrats! Did they tell you which specific project? thanks.

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:44 pm

I reached out to Texas State University and they told me they're still reviewing documents and hope to make first round offers by March 8.

waffleman227 · Post by **waffleman227** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:59 pm

jlawrencet wrote:
waffleman227 wrote:I just got accepted into the Georgia Tech REU!
Congrats! Did they tell you which specific project? thanks.

Yes -- Dynamical modelling and stochastic optimization algorithms with Professor Rachel Kuske.

2211nasa · Post by **2211nasa** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:37 pm

Just got accepted into PRiME, gonna do the modular curves project

ribbit · Post by **ribbit** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:52 pm

I believe I know someone who got into the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities REU the other day and will likely decline, if this helps anyone.

jamest03 · Post by **jamest03** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:29 pm

waffleman227 wrote:
jlawrencet wrote:
waffleman227 wrote:I just got accepted into the Georgia Tech REU!
Congrats! Did they tell you which specific project? thanks.
Yes -- Dynamical modelling and stochastic optimization algorithms with Professor Rachel Kuske.

I'm still waiting on them. Is it a bad sign for getting no information from them? Should I regard myself being rejected?

jlawrencet · Post by **jlawrencet** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:38 pm

jamest03 wrote:
I'm still waiting on them. Is it a bad sign for getting no information from them? Should I regard myself being rejected?

I think they might be admitting project by project. The only way to be sure of a rejection before 3/31 is to contact them.

jamest03 · Post by **jamest03** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:41 pm

jlawrencet wrote:
jamest03 wrote:
I'm still waiting on them. Is it a bad sign for getting no information from them? Should I regard myself being rejected?
I think they might be admitting project by project. The only way to be sure of a rejection before 3/31 is to contact them.

Thanks, I might as well send an email to them.

Yello · Post by **Yello** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:56 pm

I haven’t read any of the posts on this thread, but here is an unsolicited advice: Don’t do suami at CMU if you’re international. Have a friend who did it, and it was a waste of her money.

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:01 pm

Yello wrote:I haven’t read any of the posts on this thread, but here is an unsolicited advice: Don’t do suami at CMU if you’re international. Have a friend who did it, and it was a waste of her money.

I'm not international, but out of curiosity, why was it so bad?

jlawrencet · Post by **jlawrencet** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:26 pm

Indiana just emailed back and said decisions will be out by Thursday.

leholybernoulli · Post by **leholybernoulli** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:10 pm

Has anyone heard back from CSU-San Bernardino or UCONN?

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:13 pm

leholybernoulli wrote:Has anyone heard back from CSU-San Bernardino or UCONN?

I feel like someone on this thread somewhere mentioned San Bernardino?? I could be completely wrong lol this comment is useless.
I also applied to UConn, I haven't heard anything yet but I did email them today to ask when offers will be sent out.

knot · Post by **knot** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:16 pm

Anyone heard from Boise (CAD)?

2211nasa · Post by **2211nasa** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:30 pm

waffleman227 · Post by **waffleman227** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:38 pm

hesdee wrote:
Yello wrote:I haven’t read any of the posts on this thread, but here is an unsolicited advice: Don’t do suami at CMU if you’re international. Have a friend who did it, and it was a waste of her money.
I'm not international, but out of curiosity, why was it so bad?

I think this person is commenting on how if you are international you can still apply but you would have to fund it yourself (pay for the housing and the program costs). That could be quite expensive and it sounds like the program itself isn’t entirely focused on research, but also the grad school application process and learning about new topics.

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:02 am

waffleman227 wrote:
hesdee wrote:
Yello wrote:I haven’t read any of the posts on this thread, but here is an unsolicited advice: Don’t do suami at CMU if you’re international. Have a friend who did it, and it was a waste of her money.
I'm not international, but out of curiosity, why was it so bad?
I think this person is commenting on how if you are international you can still apply but you would have to fund it yourself (pay for the housing and the program costs). That could be quite expensive and it sounds like the program itself isn’t entirely focused on research, but also the grad school application process and learning about new topics.

Ah, gotcha. I was thinking it had something to do with it not being funded, but wasn't sure if there was something about the way the program is run that makes it in some way not as beneficial as others.

Integreat · Post by **Integreat** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:13 am

hesdee wrote:To whoever this may be helpful to:
I've found a lot of success in emailing different programs to ask when decisions will be sent out. Though all of these have resulted in my finding out I've been rejected, at least I know for sure instead of waiting!

I agree with this! The directors are very willing to share any information they can if you just email. After I was accepted to Princeton's summer school, I sent out some emails because the deadline for committing to it was Feb. 25 which is, well, fairly early. I got a response from all the people I emailed, but not necessarily a decision. The closest thing I got was a "definite maybe" from Dr. May, but I was later accepted!
I've had a lot of questions about all this answered by just emailing; so if you have any questions/concerns about the program, want to inquire about decisions because you have an upcoming deadline, etc., just email!

blue · Post by **blue** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:32 am

angryalgebraist wrote:Hey everyone! Has anyone who applied for the Data Science project heard from Iowa State? What about the MBI REU through Ohio State? Currently dying of anticipation over here.

I just got an acceptance for MBI today.

Integreat · Post by **Integreat** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:41 am

Texas State (algebra, at least) sent out acceptances. 3 were chosen (including myself); I will be denying the offer.

angryalgebraist · Post by **angryalgebraist** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:56 am

blue wrote:
angryalgebraist wrote:Hey everyone! Has anyone who applied for the Data Science project heard from Iowa State? What about the MBI REU through Ohio State? Currently dying of anticipation over here.
I just got an acceptance for MBI today.

Me too! I posted this 3 hours before I got an email. I think I'm going to accept! Super excited!!!

waffleman227 · Post by **waffleman227** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:16 am

Does anymore know much about the Georgia Tech REU? I know that I have to find my own housing and pay for my own airfare, but I think that the projects are one on one with your mentor? It seems structured a little different from other REUs from I saw on their website

HarmonicDog · Post by **HarmonicDog** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:24 am

I'm an international student

jamest03 · Post by **jamest03** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 2:40 am

waffleman227 wrote:Does anymore know much about the Georgia Tech REU? I know that I have to find my own housing and pay for my own airfare, but I think that the projects are one on one with your mentor? It seems structured a little different from other REUs from I saw on their website

I just emailed them earlier today and got the response saying that they are still actively recruiting people and decision will be out by 3/31 as said on the website.

complexcat · Post by **complexcat** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 3:44 pm

Has anybody heard back from these programs?

California State University San Bernardino
Lafayette (website sounds like they'll be contacting a first round this week)
Clemson
CAD (Complexity Across Disciplines) at Boise State
SUMaR at Kansas State
Lamar University
Bethune-Cookman University

I'm getting anxious about needing to think more seriously about back up options for how to spend my summer.

Integreat · Post by **Integreat** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 4:06 pm

complexcat wrote:Has anybody heard back from these programs?

California State University San Bernardino
Lafayette (website sounds like they'll be contacting a first round this week)
Clemson
CAD (Complexity Across Disciplines) at Boise State
SUMaR at Kansas State
Lamar University
Bethune-Cookman University

I'm getting anxious about needing to think more seriously about back up options for how to spend my summer.

It probably doesn’t help much, but I also applied to SUMaR and have not heard back yet. Don’t worry though! I know people who didn’t hear back from everywhere they applied to until the end of March. So you still have time!

knot · Post by **knot** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 5:09 pm

complexcat wrote:Has anybody heard back from these programs?

California State University San Bernardino
Lafayette (website sounds like they'll be contacting a first round this week)
Clemson
CAD (Complexity Across Disciplines) at Boise State
SUMaR at Kansas State
Lamar University
Bethune-Cookman University

I'm getting anxious about needing to think more seriously about back up options for how to spend my summer.

CAD has been doing interviews/sending out offers. I believe they will continue doing this into next week.

Clemson is sending out offers (via their announcement on mathprograms.org).

livingmyth · Post by **livingmyth** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:12 pm

Has anyone heard back from BDSI at the Univeristy of Michigan? I applied before the second round of acceptances were supposed to start and haven’t heard back.

sunitabhatta · Post by **sunitabhatta** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:27 pm

2211nasa wrote:Just got accepted into PRiME, gonna do the modular curves project

Yeay! Congrats

sunitabhatta · Post by **sunitabhatta** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:28 pm

HarmonicDog wrote:I have been admitted to the program at the Fields Institute! I’m an international student so I have to work on my visas like ASAP.

Woah!

wannabealgebraist · Post by **wannabealgebraist** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 3:07 am

To anyone asking about CSU San Bernardino, they tend to be pretty late on invitations. When I got in (not this year), the invitation came so late I figured I got rejected by the time it came.

If you want any more info you can pm me, I feel like I can say quite a bit about the program.

jjmb11 · Post by **jjmb11** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 1:10 pm

I just got an official rejection from Texas A&M. Good luck to anyone who's still being considered!!

prime-y · Post by **prime-y** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 1:29 pm

2211nasa wrote:Just got accepted into PRiME, gonna do the modular curves project

Oh nice! Same here haha still waiting to hear back from one program and meet with someone before I pick. PRiME seems like a good REU!

bd · Post by bd » Thu Mar 07, 2019 3:43 pm

knot wrote:
Clemson is sending out offers (via their announcement on mathprograms.org).

Regarding Clemson, has anybody actually received any news, besides the announcement? They note that they are selecting them, but give no indication of how far in the process they are. I had to email them on Monday and have not heard back.

I also reached out to the others that I applied to, and was told Texas A&M, Emory, and Cornell are all full. I was told Oregon State is still selecting and would get back to me. I have not heard from ICERM.

knot · Post by **knot** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 3:52 pm

bd wrote:
knot wrote:
Clemson is sending out offers (via their announcement on mathprograms.org).
Regarding Clemson, has anybody actually received any news, besides the announcement? They note that they are selecting them, but give no indication of how far in the process they are. I had to email them on Monday and have not heard back.

I also reached out to the others that I applied to, and was told Texas A&M, Emory, and Cornell are all full. I was told Oregon State is still selecting and would get back to me. I have not heard from ICERM.

No, haven't heard of anything individual from Clemson. I have given up on them, though. Their website updated in January (may have even been December) that they were currently in the process of selecting students, so I'm going to take a guess and say they have long been full (likely before the deadline).

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 3:59 pm

knot wrote:
bd wrote:
knot wrote:
Clemson is sending out offers (via their announcement on mathprograms.org).
Regarding Clemson, has anybody actually received any news, besides the announcement? They note that they are selecting them, but give no indication of how far in the process they are. I had to email them on Monday and have not heard back.

I also reached out to the others that I applied to, and was told Texas A&M, Emory, and Cornell are all full. I was told Oregon State is still selecting and would get back to me. I have not heard from ICERM.
No, haven't heard of anything individual from Clemson. I have given up on them, though. Their website updated in January (may have even been December) that they were currently in the process of selecting students, so I'm going to take a guess and say they have long been full (likely before the deadline).

I haven't seen or heard anything about Clemson either. However, their website does have a section where they list 2019 participants "as they accept" their offers, and there is no one listed there yet. I'm not sure if this is because no offers have been made, none have been accepted, or if they're waiting for all slots to be filled before updating the website. I did just email them to see if I get any info, so I'll update if/when I hear back!

Lisztrachmaninovfan · Post by **Lisztrachmaninovfan** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 4:01 pm

jjmb11 wrote:I just got an official rejection from Texas A&M. Good luck to anyone who's still being considered!!

Same here hahaha

FYI, for reference, I still have not heard back from Brown (Applied Math/zebrafish), UConn, RIT, or SUAMI.

jlawrencet · Post by **jlawrencet** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 4:42 pm

Sorry to ask again, but has anyone heard back from Indiana? They said they would announce by today. Thanks!

ljsreader · Post by **ljsreader** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:19 pm

If anyone has any questions about Lafayette, I did that program last year and would be happy to PM you! I just committed to a place I'm super excited about for this summer, and I wish everyone the best

tzwxy · Post by **tzwxy** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:47 pm

Emailed Texas A&M University about the application status. They said they have made out first and second rounds of offers and the Committee is now waiting for responses. It is highly unlikely that they could make me an offer. SAD

username31415 · Post by **username31415** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:48 pm

jlawrencet wrote:Sorry to ask again, but has anyone heard back from Indiana? They said they would announce by today. Thanks!

I was accepted this morning but declined. Good luck!

tzwxy · Post by **tzwxy** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:50 pm

tzwxy wrote:Emailed Texas A&M University about the application status. They said they have made out first and second rounds of offers and the Committee is now waiting for responses. It is highly unlikely that they could make me an offer. SAD

Oh sorry guys, this should appear in "2019 MATH Sweat Thread"!

jlawrencet · Post by **jlawrencet** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 9:18 pm

username31415 wrote:
jlawrencet wrote:Sorry to ask again, but has anyone heard back from Indiana? They said they would announce by today. Thanks!
I was accepted this morning but declined. Good luck!

Thanks! Did they tell you what project?

user8675309 · Post by **user8675309** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:40 am

bd wrote:
knot wrote:
Clemson is sending out offers (via their announcement on mathprograms.org).
Regarding Clemson, has anybody actually received any news, besides the announcement? They note that they are selecting them, but give no indication of how far in the process they are. I had to email them on Monday and have not heard back.

I also reached out to the others that I applied to, and was told Texas A&M, Emory, and Cornell are all full. I was told Oregon State is still selecting and would get back to me. I have not heard from ICERM.

ICERM is updating their website as they receive acceptances. Looks like they already have about 16 undergrad slots filled.

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:15 am

Has anyone heard from Lafayette yet? Their website update posted on the 5th says they're making first offers this week, but I haven't heard or seen anything. I have one program that needs to hear back from me today and I was hoping to have heard back from Lafayette by now... Should I email them or take it as a loss at this point?

cauchysequence · Post by **cauchysequence** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 11:07 am

Anybody heard from UConn?