2019 Math REU Thread

mari123 · Post by **mari123** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:15 pm

Anyone heard back from applied math at Brown or SUAMI yet? I think it might be a little late for Brown at this point...

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:33 pm

Just got accepted to ICERM at Brown!!! I'm assuming this is their second run through as there are already a significant number of participants listed on their website.
This could be an ungodly stupid question, but I now have to choose between VERUM at Valparaiso and Brown. Am I being stupid in thinking about this at all? I never expected to get into more than one program, let alone one at such a prestigious institution. Do I just accept Brown's offer without question?

username31415 · Post by **username31415** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:18 pm

jlawrencet wrote:
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?

Nope, but I didn’t ask either.

anexperiment · Post by **anexperiment** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 6:21 pm

Has anyone heard from any of the SIBS programs yet? Or the Voting Rights Data Institute?

waffleman227 · Post by **waffleman227** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:45 am

I committed to one REU and got accepted into another one 20 minutes later.

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:05 am

waffleman227 wrote:I committed to one REU and got accepted into another one 20 minutes later.

Oof that's tough... it's awesome that you got into one though, congrats!!!
Something similar happened to me this morning lol, today was the deadline for me to respond to the only offer I got, and I had an email all written out and I was about to send it when I got another offer! I'm glad I hesitated and waited until the last second for my first offer lol

waffleman227 · Post by **waffleman227** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:44 am

hesdee wrote:
waffleman227 wrote:I committed to one REU and got accepted into another one 20 minutes later.
Oof that's tough... it's awesome that you got into one though, congrats!!!
Something similar happened to me this morning lol, today was the deadline for me to respond to the only offer I got, and I had an email all written out and I was about to send it when I got another offer! I'm glad I hesitated and waited until the last second for my first offer lol

Is your second offer better than the first? Luckily my first offer was my first choice... however I imagine I wouldn't be super happy right now if things worked out the other way around.

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:33 am

waffleman227 wrote:
hesdee wrote:
waffleman227 wrote:I committed to one REU and got accepted into another one 20 minutes later.
Oof that's tough... it's awesome that you got into one though, congrats!!!
Something similar happened to me this morning lol, today was the deadline for me to respond to the only offer I got, and I had an email all written out and I was about to send it when I got another offer! I'm glad I hesitated and waited until the last second for my first offer lol
Is your second offer better than the first? Luckily my first offer was my first choice... however I imagine I wouldn't be super happy right now if things worked out the other way around.

My second offer definitely was better than the first! I was extremely shocked that I even got in, I had already gotten rid of the bookmark I had for their page and everything because I had just assumed they already had gotten all their participants! Now I'm sitting here really curious about what my advisor could have possibly said in my letter of rec to get me in there haha

Lisztrachmaninovfan · Post by **Lisztrachmaninovfan** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:57 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.

Btw, I declined Cornell, if that helps anyone.

waffleman227 · Post by **waffleman227** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:32 pm

I have gotten into Hobart & Williams and SURIEM REU at MSU but will be denying both, hope that helps someone else!

livingmyth · Post by **livingmyth** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:37 am

livingmyth wrote: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.

I got in a few hours after posting this and will be declining because I got a better offer for the summer

eigenartig · Post by **eigenartig** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 9:37 pm

Has anyone attended the Chicago REU and could tell me a bit about what that was like? I got a (second round) offer for it on Friday and I'm debating whether or not to accept.

jecika95 · Post by **jecika95** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 10:14 pm

Has anyone heard back from any of the following locations?:
Indiana-Bloomington
Wisconsin-Lacrosse
GVSU
Kent State
U Minn- Twin Cities
U Mich - Dearborn

(Indiana Bloomington is sending 2nd round offers on Monday, and after an email I found out that I may be included in the 2nd round.)

apa2021 · Post by **apa2021** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 11:45 pm

jecika95 wrote:Has anyone heard back from any of the following locations?:
Indiana-Bloomington
Wisconsin-Lacrosse
GVSU
Kent State
U Minn- Twin Cities
U Mich - Dearborn

(Indiana Bloomington is sending 2nd round offers on Monday, and after an email I found out that I may be included in the 2nd round.)

I feel like at this point Twin Cities is full, but don't quote me on that. As for Kent State I think they have emailed all of their shortlisted people for each group this summer. I am unsure about any of the other programs on your list.

leholybernoulli · Post by **leholybernoulli** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:22 pm

jecika95 wrote:Has anyone heard back from any of the following locations?:
Indiana-Bloomington
Wisconsin-Lacrosse
GVSU
Kent State
U Minn- Twin Cities
U Mich - Dearborn

(Indiana Bloomington is sending 2nd round offers on Monday, and after an email I found out that I may be included in the 2nd round.)

A few people on the thread have recieved offers to U-Mich Dearborn. It was before the application deadline closed, so I’m not sure if there will be more offers sent out or not.

cauchysequence · Post by **cauchysequence** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:32 pm

leholybernoulli wrote:
jecika95 wrote:Has anyone heard back from any of the following locations?:
Indiana-Bloomington
Wisconsin-Lacrosse
GVSU
Kent State
U Minn- Twin Cities
U Mich - Dearborn

(Indiana Bloomington is sending 2nd round offers on Monday, and after an email I found out that I may be included in the 2nd round.)
A few people on the thread have recieved offers to U-Mich Dearborn. It was before the application deadline closed, so I’m not sure if there will be more offers sent out or not.

I hope it doesn't mean they finished releasing offers before the deadline...

On a side note, has anybody heard for UConnecticut or Carnegie?

fewey · Post by **fewey** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:56 pm

jecika95 wrote:Has anyone heard back from any of the following locations?:
Indiana-Bloomington
Wisconsin-Lacrosse
GVSU
Kent State
U Minn- Twin Cities
U Mich - Dearborn

(Indiana Bloomington is sending 2nd round offers on Monday, and after an email I found out that I may be included in the 2nd round.)

I recently heard I was shortlisted for U Mich - Dearborn

jecika95 · Post by **jecika95** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 4:39 pm

fewey wrote:
jecika95 wrote:Has anyone heard back from any of the following locations?:
Indiana-Bloomington
Wisconsin-Lacrosse
GVSU
Kent State
U Minn- Twin Cities
U Mich - Dearborn

(Indiana Bloomington is sending 2nd round offers on Monday, and after an email I found out that I may be included in the 2nd round.)
I recently heard I was shortlisted for U Mich - Dearborn

Do you know for which group?

fewey · Post by **fewey** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 4:58 pm

jecika95 wrote:
Do you know for which group?

No idea. Would be really excited about any of them though

wj · Post by wj » Mon Mar 11, 2019 5:23 pm

apa2021 wrote:
jecika95 wrote:Has anyone heard back from any of the following locations?:
Indiana-Bloomington
Wisconsin-Lacrosse
GVSU
Kent State
U Minn- Twin Cities
U Mich - Dearborn

(Indiana Bloomington is sending 2nd round offers on Monday, and after an email I found out that I may be included in the 2nd round.)
I feel like at this point Twin Cities is full, but don't quote me on that. As for Kent State I think they have emailed all of their shortlisted people for each group this summer. I am unsure about any of the other programs on your list.

I got an offer from Twin Cities last week, and have since accepted it. So I guess it might be full, but probably not quite.

abcdefghijk · Post by **abcdefghijk** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:50 pm

Does anyone know if Boise State has started making offers?

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:40 pm

abcdefghijk wrote:Does anyone know if Boise State has started making offers?

Not completely positive on this, but I think I saw someone say they've been conducting interviews or something along those lines?

apa2021 · Post by **apa2021** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:04 am

abcdefghijk wrote:Does anyone know if Boise State has started making offers?

I have a friend who was interviewed and was accepted for the Game Theory project. I am unsure if they will take it, and I think is leaning toward no last time I spoke with this person. I am inclined to think that they have made similar moves for the crypto project (i.e. have interviewed and made offers).

ehaithc95 · Post by **ehaithc95** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:19 pm

Has anyone heard from MSRI-UP yet? I just got an acceptance from Texas State (due tomorrow at 5 lmao) and they're the only one I haven't heard anything about.

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 7:50 pm

ehaithc95 wrote:Has anyone heard from MSRI-UP yet? I just got an acceptance from Texas State (due tomorrow at 5 lmao) and they're the only one I haven't heard anything about.

I emailed MSRI about a week ago and they responded very quickly and told me I didn't make it in. Try reaching out and see what they say!

jlawrencet · Post by **jlawrencet** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:42 pm

Georgia Tech just sent out another round of acceptances.

ehaithc95 · Post by **ehaithc95** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:52 pm

hesdee wrote:
ehaithc95 wrote:Has anyone heard from MSRI-UP yet? I just got an acceptance from Texas State (due tomorrow at 5 lmao) and they're the only one I haven't heard anything about.
I emailed MSRI about a week ago and they responded very quickly and told me I didn't make it in. Try reaching out and see what they say!

I emailed them yesterday and got nothing back. Oh well, I just accepted Texas State so I’m happy.

jamest03 · Post by **jamest03** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:57 pm

jlawrencet wrote:Georgia Tech just sent out another round of acceptances.

What projects are you accepted?

jlawrencet · Post by **jlawrencet** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 5:01 pm

jamest03 wrote:
jlawrencet wrote:Georgia Tech just sent out another round of acceptances.
What projects are you accepted?

"Geometry of Curves and Surfaces" with Prof. Ghomi

jamest03 · Post by **jamest03** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:09 pm

jlawrencet wrote:
jamest03 wrote:
jlawrencet wrote:Georgia Tech just sent out another round of acceptances.
What projects are you accepted?
"Geometry of Curves and Surfaces" with Prof. Ghomi

Thanks, I wonder anyone gets accepted for "community detection" group

hesdee · Post by **hesdee** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:02 pm

ehaithc95 wrote:
hesdee wrote:
ehaithc95 wrote:Has anyone heard from MSRI-UP yet? I just got an acceptance from Texas State (due tomorrow at 5 lmao) and they're the only one I haven't heard anything about.
I emailed MSRI about a week ago and they responded very quickly and told me I didn't make it in. Try reaching out and see what they say!
I emailed them yesterday and got nothing back. Oh well, I just accepted Texas State so I’m happy.

Congrats!!!! Which project are you on? I applied there but didn't make it in lmao

abcdefghijk · Post by **abcdefghijk** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:17 am

Does anyone know if Clemson is still deciding?

bd · Post by bd » Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:27 am

abcdefghijk wrote:Does anyone know if Clemson is still deciding?

I have a deadline of tomorrow to reply elsewhere, so I emailed the point of contact early last week, no response. I sent an email to the point of contact again yesterday, and just now to the specific project director I want to work with. I have obviously not received responses from the emails I sent yesterday and today.

Also, I just received my official rejection from ICERM at Brown.

sunitabhatta · Post by **sunitabhatta** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:31 pm

ehaithc95 wrote:Has anyone heard from MSRI-UP yet? I just got an acceptance from Texas State (due tomorrow at 5 lmao) and they're the only one I haven't heard anything about.

Yes. Just email them. They respond almost immediately.

sunitabhatta · Post by **sunitabhatta** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:33 pm

Has anyone heard from UMich Ann Arbor yet?

waffleman227 · Post by **waffleman227** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:44 pm

jlawrencet wrote:Georgia Tech just sent out another round of acceptances.

Are you planning on attending? What do you think of the Georgia Tech REU?

bd · Post by bd » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:16 pm

bd wrote:
abcdefghijk wrote:Does anyone know if Clemson is still deciding?
I sent an email to the point of contact again yesterday, and just now to the specific project director I want to work with.

I heard back that the cryptography group is full.

AdoptedApricot · Post by **AdoptedApricot** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:37 pm

Who are you guys emailing? I want to ask about my application status but I don’t want to bother people who aren’t involved in the decision making process.

Integreat · Post by **Integreat** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:04 pm

eigenartig wrote:Has anyone attended the Chicago REU and could tell me a bit about what that was like? I got a (second round) offer for it on Friday and I'm debating whether or not to accept.

From a friend "During the beginning there's a bunch of lectures and one can choose to attend a ton of them or a few of them. These lectures gradually thin out over the course of the program as the focus shifts to writing an REU paper on whatever subject seems most interesting (it doesn't have to be related to the lectures). Lots of interaction w/Chicago grad students and one can and should make an effort to interact w/profs as well."

sunitabhatta wrote:Has anyone heard from UMich Ann Arbor yet?

I haven't heard back yet, but someone here has: https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/ ... iscussion/

AdoptedApricot wrote:Who are you guys emailing? I want to ask about my application status but I don’t want to bother people who aren’t involved in the decision making process.

When I emailed programs, I would go to mathprograms.org and look for a contact there. If not, the actual webpage should have a contact. If all else fails, I guess you could look on the NSF page to see who the grant was awarded to (if it is NSF funded)?

cauchysequence · Post by **cauchysequence** » Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:19 pm

apa2021 wrote:
abcdefghijk wrote:Does anyone know if Boise State has started making offers?
I have a friend who was interviewed and was accepted for the Game Theory project. I am unsure if they will take it, and I think is leaning toward no last time I spoke with this person. I am inclined to think that they have made similar moves for the crypto project (i.e. have interviewed and made offers).

When did he get the interview and when did your friend get an acceptance letter? Wondering if it is worth waiting for any more offers.

fewey · Post by **fewey** » Fri Mar 15, 2019 4:36 pm

Anyone have any insight on how common it is for someone on a shortlist to actually get an offer?

jlawrencet · Post by **jlawrencet** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:05 am

waffleman227 wrote:
jlawrencet wrote:Georgia Tech just sent out another round of acceptances.
Are you planning on attending? What do you think of the Georgia Tech REU?

I just accepted the offer today. Really excited! Are you going?

waffleman227 · Post by **waffleman227** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:38 am

cauchysequence wrote:
leholybernoulli wrote:
jecika95 wrote:Has anyone heard back from any of the following locations?:
Indiana-Bloomington
Wisconsin-Lacrosse
GVSU
Kent State
U Minn- Twin Cities
U Mich - Dearborn

(Indiana Bloomington is sending 2nd round offers on Monday, and after an email I found out that I may be included in the 2nd round.)
A few people on the thread have recieved offers to U-Mich Dearborn. It was before the application deadline closed, so I’m not sure if there will be more offers sent out or not.
I hope it doesn't mean they finished releasing offers before the deadline...

On a side note, has anybody heard for UConnecticut or Carnegie?

I was asked if I was still interested in UConn today and I declined.

waffleman227 · Post by **waffleman227** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:40 am

cauchysequence wrote:
apa2021 wrote:
abcdefghijk wrote:Does anyone know if Boise State has started making offers?
I have a friend who was interviewed and was accepted for the Game Theory project. I am unsure if they will take it, and I think is leaning toward no last time I spoke with this person. I am inclined to think that they have made similar moves for the crypto project (i.e. have interviewed and made offers).
When did he get the interview and when did your friend get an acceptance letter? Wondering if it is worth waiting for any more offers.

I was offered an interview last night at around 11pm for today at noon. I have a feeling they are trying to do the interview/offer process as quickly as possible (I declined the interview).

abcdefghijk · Post by **abcdefghijk** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:42 am

waffleman227 wrote:
cauchysequence wrote:
apa2021 wrote:
I have a friend who was interviewed and was accepted for the Game Theory project. I am unsure if they will take it, and I think is leaning toward no last time I spoke with this person. I am inclined to think that they have made similar moves for the crypto project (i.e. have interviewed and made offers).
When did he get the interview and when did your friend get an acceptance letter? Wondering if it is worth waiting for any more offers.
I was offered an interview last night at around 11pm for today at noon. I have a feeling they are trying to do the interview/offer process as quickly as possible (I declined the interview).

For the game theory or cryptography project?

waffleman227 · Post by **waffleman227** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 2:56 pm

abcdefghijk wrote:
waffleman227 wrote:
I was offered an interview last night at around 11pm for today at noon. I have a feeling they are trying to do the interview/offer process as quickly as possible (I declined the interview).

For the game theory or cryptography project?

They didn’t say. In my application I mentioned I was I interested in the game theory project but the person who contacted me was from the cryptography project.

+j · Post by +j » Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:41 pm

i'm sure all of the reu's are great, but i just want to give a shout-out to the umich-dearborn reu. i was there last summer, and it was easily the best/happiest 2 months of my life. awesome group of super smart and friendly people. i'm happy to answer any questions about it.

and if you don't hear back from an reu, don't sweat it; i'm pretty sure that getting in is more about luck. also, i did two reu's, and it's debatable whether the math i learned will actually be useful moving forward...it's more about figuring out whether you actually like the idea of a research career or not. just try to spend your summer doing some kind of useful math (i.e. find a good textbook in an important field, and read/do the problems) and study for the mgre.

(tho definitely do an reu if you can; idk another way to do math, get paid, and meet cool people)

knot · Post by **knot** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:44 pm

abcdefghijk wrote:
waffleman227 wrote:
cauchysequence wrote:
When did he get the interview and when did your friend get an acceptance letter? Wondering if it is worth waiting for any more offers.
I was offered an interview last night at around 11pm for today at noon. I have a feeling they are trying to do the interview/offer process as quickly as possible (I declined the interview).

For the game theory or cryptography project?

The application/interview isn't project specific. As you can see on their page, the project selection process is actually done in the interview (from what I can tell that's the only reason they do the interviews in the first place).

ugh · Post by **ugh** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:57 pm

has anyone heard back from SDSU?

elfaxo · Post by **elfaxo** » Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:31 pm

I am new here. I got accepted into reu at Middle Tennessee State University last week. Super excited to go.