Fall 2020 Sweat Thread

[algebro]

It seems that I will be rejected from every school. Even university of Oregon, my utterly safe variant, says nothing, though one international applicant has already an offer.

I am also really banking on Oregon but they are not sending offers yet, are they?

[AugmentedSeventh]

It seems that I will be rejected from every school. Even university of Oregon, my utterly safe variant, says nothing, though one international applicant has already an offer.

I am also really banking on Oregon but they are not sending offers yet, are they?

There is an acceptance post on gradcafe so its possible they are sending offers today (or already have).

[Integreat]

It seems that I will be rejected from every school. Even university of Oregon, my utterly safe variant, says nothing, though one international applicant has already an offer.

There’s still a lot of time between now and April 15. Things are only just getting started! I know schools have unofficial waitlists so it could be that you’re on one of those. Then it’s just a matter of waiting and seeing if enough people decline. Try not to worry

How were you notified?

Email, including the funding offer.

Is it safe to say if you didn’t get an offer today that you are waitlisted or rejected?

I wouldn’t say so. I don’t know if Notre Dame has an unofficial waitlist. It could be that they do, and you might not hear back for a while, like what I said above. I don’t know, past results in gradcafe may be able to help. Nothing’s certain until you hear back!

[SKS2s17fa]

What’s the appropriate reaction for a masters student who gets rejected from their own school’s PhD program? [besides embarrassment obviously ]

I am in a similar situation. My school doesn’t have many master students (in fact only me still surviving this academic year) so I don’t have many examples to compare. However, I know a master student last year, who is much better than me, got all schools rejected, including my own school. By the way, do you need to apply PhD the same as others, so a different procedure?

[jamest03]

Just received email from Madison saying I'm on shortlist

[HarmonicDog]

Just received email from Madison saying I'm on shortlist

Me too. Just received the email.

[algebro]

I believe the committee is nearly done reviewing the applications. Decisions will most likely go out early next week

This is what Oregon told me. Good waiting.

[jamest03]

I believe the committee is nearly done reviewing the applications. Decisions will most likely go out early next week

This is what Oregon told me. Good waiting.

This year is a bit behind I think. Since most of the postdoc hiring is between Feb 2 to Feb 7, many phd offers should come after prob next week or so.

[yaskhn3]

Anyone heard back from Brown, USCD or Maryland for Pure Math?

[lucasmiranda]

I believe the committee is nearly done reviewing the applications. Decisions will most likely go out early next week

This is what Oregon told me. Good waiting.

When did they tell you this? Because there are two acceptances on gradcafe today. Perhaps both are unofficial acceptances since it's only two

[algebro]

I believe the committee is nearly done reviewing the applications. Decisions will most likely go out early next week

This is what Oregon told me. Good waiting.

When did they tell you this? Because there are two acceptances on gradcafe today. Perhaps both are unofficial acceptances since it's only two

Today

[bark_muffalo]

Algebro, I just want to clarify: Oregon sent you an email telling you you were on a shortlist? Or did they tell you that decisions are coming soon?

[algebro]

Algebro, I just want to clarify: Oregon sent you an email telling you you were on a shortlist? Or did they tell you that decisions are coming soon?

Eh, I had sent an email a few days back inquiring when the department was planning to send out their initial offers. I got the reply to that email today. That's all.

[CoronalRain]

Anyone heard back from Brown, USCD or Maryland for Pure Math?

I am also waiting on these three schools. Good luck, friend.

[Lisztrachmaninovfan]

Did anybody hear anything back from Cornell, UT Austin or Yale for their Applied Math programs? Also, I have not heard back yet from UMich's AIM program; is it safe to assume that I'm waitlisted or will be rejected soon, or are they still making offers?

[Otter320]

Did anybody hear anything back from Cornell, UT Austin or Yale for their Applied Math programs? Also, I have not heard back yet from UMich's AIM program; is it safe to assume that I'm waitlisted or will be rejected soon, or are they still making offers?

Cornell CAM said they are going to make their decisions in early February.

[ahhhhmeh]

What’s the appropriate reaction for a masters student who gets rejected from their own school’s PhD program? [besides embarrassment obviously ]

I am in a similar situation. My school doesn’t have many master students (in fact only me still surviving this academic year) so I don’t have many examples to compare. However, I know a master student last year, who is much better than me, got all schools rejected, including my own school. By the way, do you need to apply PhD the same as others, so a different procedure?

Yea, the application is evaluated like any external application. It must be that they have an old low mGRE on file which they automatically attached to my application. I couldn’t retake...

[asterac]

It seems that I will be rejected from every school. Even university of Oregon, my utterly safe variant, says nothing, though one international applicant has already an offer.

I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but I have it on good authority that Oregon probably won’t be able to make as many offers as usual. I wanted to bring this up again cause I could imagine myself freaking out after getting a rejection from what’s supposed to be a safety—though I’m not saying you will be rejected! So, it’s important to remember that they may need to be more selective than normal. The reason I even found this out was that this prof had previously said I’d get into Oregon without a doubt if I applied... but that with this development, I shouldn’t be sure.

I guess the same goes for any school—sometimes there will just be invisible factors like that, and you don’t know if a result really says anything about your merit as a candidate.

[PhilippMainlander]

It seems that I will be rejected from every school. Even university of Oregon, my utterly safe variant, says nothing, though one international applicant has already an offer.

I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but I have it on good authority that Oregon probably won’t be able to make as many offers as usual. I wanted to bring this up again cause I could imagine myself freaking out after getting a rejection from what’s supposed to be a safety—though I’m not saying you will be rejected! So, it’s important to remember that they may need to be more selective than normal. The reason I even found this out was that this prof had previously said I’d get into Oregon without a doubt if I applied... but that with this development, I shouldn’t be sure.

I guess the same goes for any school—sometimes there will just be invisible factors like that, and you don’t know if a result really says anything about your merit as a candidate.

Not applying to Oregon but thank you for mentioning this. I'm sure it will ease the anxiety of a lot of people who applied there lol. People gotta realize that there is a lot of factors going on, and that is why its best to apply to many schools.

[Lisztrachmaninovfan]

Did anybody hear anything back from Cornell, UT Austin or Yale for their Applied Math programs? Also, I have not heard back yet from UMich's AIM program; is it safe to assume that I'm waitlisted or will be rejected soon, or are they still making offers?

Cornell CAM said they are going to make their decisions in early February.

Early February?? That's now!

Welp, I'll be refreshing my inbox a lot the next few days. Fingers crossed.

[Alkaline]

No news from Emory yet.

Right there with you buddy; keep the faith! Hoping we get some good news soon!

[JK10]

The John Hopkins waitlist is killing me. Anyone not attend pls decline begging

[Junaid456]

Did anybody hear anything back from Cornell, UT Austin or Yale for their Applied Math programs? Also, I have not heard back yet from UMich's AIM program; is it safe to assume that I'm waitlisted or will be rejected soon, or are they still making offers?

Cornell CAM said they are going to make their decisions in early February.

I emailed the grad program coordinator at Cornell because my application was missing an item and they posted a note. She said most notifications will go out this month, but she said that late February, so yes, we can expect to hear back this month at the very least.

[ahhhhmeh]

It seems that I will be rejected from every school. Even university of Oregon, my utterly safe variant, says nothing, though one international applicant has already an offer.

I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but I have it on good authority that Oregon probably won’t be able to make as many offers as usual. I wanted to bring this up again cause I could imagine myself freaking out after getting a rejection from what’s supposed to be a safety—though I’m not saying you will be rejected! So, it’s important to remember that they may need to be more selective than normal. The reason I even found this out was that this prof had previously said I’d get into Oregon without a doubt if I applied... but that with this development, I shouldn’t be sure.

I guess the same goes for any school—sometimes there will just be invisible factors like that, and you don’t know if a result really says anything about your merit as a candidate.

True. There are many factors including faculty who go on sabbatical and can’t accept new students. Or existing PhD candidates who don’t finish their research in time so the advisors are tied up... also if it’s everyone’s safety then it sorta becomes competitive!

[PhilippMainlander]

Rejection from Emory.


fml.

[Oops-ilon]

Same. Although Emory is super competitive for its ranking - they advertise the fact that only 6 or 7 students enroll each year.

[PhilippMainlander]

Same. Although Emory is super competitive for its ranking - they advertise the fact that only 6 or 7 students enroll each year.

Yeah. Some guy from my school got into there a few years ago but after he finished his masters. I would imagine that they tend to accept students with master's degrees.

[misterB]

The grad director at George Washington mailed me saying I should get an official offer soon. This was one of my top choices (as I'm quite inclined towards knot theory right now). Pretty excited. This forum has helped a lot. Thanks guys.

[PhilippMainlander]

The grad director at George Washington mailed me saying I should get an official offer soon. This was one of my top choices (as I'm quite inclined towards knot theory right now). Pretty excited. This forum has helped a lot. Thanks guys.

Congrats. I hope the best for you.

[mishania1996]

MIT has just released rejections. Gradcafe website is down. Coincidence?

UPD: Ok, it's back again.

[Integreat]

MIT has just released rejections.

Lol I didn't get a rejection until just now, thought maybe I survived the wave of rejections. Oh well

[ellen_klly2020]

Looks like Columbia has also starting sending out rejections.

[jungleshrimp]

Anyone heard back from Purdue or know when they usually send out decisions?

[youngsmasher]

Anyone heard back from Purdue or know when they usually send out decisions?

I got an e-mail today saying that they are planning on admitting me, saying that it'll take 1-2 weeks before I get a formal offer.

[6ix9ine]

Anyone heard back from Purdue or know when they usually send out decisions?

I got an e-mail today saying that they are planning on admitting me, saying that it'll take 1-2 weeks before I get a formal offer.

Oh nice congrats! Feel free to DM me with any questions you might have about the place.

[ponchan]

Same. Although Emory is super competitive for its ranking - they advertise the fact that only 6 or 7 students enroll each year.

If you are applying for number theory, then it is very competitive. Someone on here a few years back got into Berkeley but rejected from Emory for NT.

[Cyclicduck]

Same. Although Emory is super competitive for its ranking - they advertise the fact that only 6 or 7 students enroll each year.

If you are applying for number theory, then it is very competitive. Someone on here a few years back got into Berkeley but rejected from Emory for NT.

Rejection from Emory.


fml.

Well Ken Ono is gone now so like who cares right?

[yaskhn3]

MIT has just released rejections.

Lol I didn't get a rejection until just now, thought maybe I survived the wave of rejections. Oh well

I'm so doomed. They did not even bother to send me a rejection I'll just withdraw my application and suffer in silence

Anyone else waiting for their MIT rejection?

[PhilippMainlander]

Same. Although Emory is super competitive for its ranking - they advertise the fact that only 6 or 7 students enroll each year.

If you are applying for number theory, then it is very competitive. Someone on here a few years back got into Berkeley but rejected from Emory for NT.

Rejection from Emory.


fml.

Well Ken Ono is gone now so like who cares right?

Nah it was for discrete mathematics. They have very strong people in discrete mathematics like Rodl.

[AugmentedSeventh]

MIT has just released rejections.

Lol I didn't get a rejection until just now, thought maybe I survived the wave of rejections. Oh well

I'm so doomed. They did not even bother to send me a rejection I'll just withdraw my application and suffer in silence

Anyone else waiting for their MIT rejection?

I would advise against withdrawing your application yet. You might be waitlisted and still have a chance of getting admitted.

[CoronalRain]

Where my fellow Berkeley rejects at?

[AugmentedSeventh]

Where my fellow Berkeley rejects at?

Here! Got rejected from 3 schools today

[yaskhn3]

Lol I didn't get a rejection until just now, thought maybe I survived the wave of rejections. Oh well

I'm so doomed. They did not even bother to send me a rejection I'll just withdraw my application and suffer in silence

Anyone else waiting for their MIT rejection?

I would advise against withdrawing your application yet. You might be waitlisted and still have a chance of getting admitted.

Lol. That was a joke. But tbh, I really don't think I'd be in their waitlist. Did anyone else not hear anything from MIT or Berkeley today, or they are just teasing me?

[yaskhn3]

Phew. At least they sent me the rejection finally.

[Cyclicduck]

Phew. At least they sent me the rejection finally.

Congrats!

If you are applying for number theory, then it is very competitive. Someone on here a few years back got into Berkeley but rejected from Emory for NT.

Rejection from Emory.


fml.

Well Ken Ono is gone now so like who cares right?

Nah it was for discrete mathematics. They have very strong people in discrete mathematics like Rodl.

I thought number theory was discrete math.
Ah I see Rödl does combinatorics. But he's kind of old. Also he's not Hungarian. So I wouldn't worry too much.

[PhilippMainlander]

Phew. At least they sent me the rejection finally.

Congrats!

Well Ken Ono is gone now so like who cares right?

Nah it was for discrete mathematics. They have very strong people in discrete mathematics like Rodl.

I thought number theory was discrete math.
Ah I see Rödl does combinatorics. But he's kind of old. Also he's not Hungarian. So I wouldn't worry too much.

based and Hungarian pilled.

[lambert]

All Columbia posts on gradcafe are the same, there are no info about test scores or background. I feel like they are fake, but that's just my opinion.

bahaha I can confirm they are real

so now you know

(unless you think I'm a fake too)

Your profile / posts in general look like a joke so I wouldn't blame the poster for thinking that.

How were you notified?

Email, including the funding offer.

Is it safe to say if you didn’t get an offer today that you are waitlisted or rejected?

It's safe to assume that at least for top schools. One doesn't "survive a wave of rejections", it just means the rejection will come later.

Some schools do have second rounds though. I heard Michigan last year gave out some offers in March after the initial batch started declining their offers.

[Cyclicduck]

based and Hungarian pilled.

After extensive efforts I fail to understand the meaning of this message. Please clarify.

All Columbia posts on gradcafe are the same, there are no info about test scores or background. I feel like they are fake, but that's just my opinion.

bahaha I can confirm they are real

so now you know

(unless you think I'm a fake too)

Your profile / posts in general look like a joke so I wouldn't blame the poster for thinking that.

But jokes and fakes aren't the same. Usually the truth is the funniest thing of all.

[PhilippMainlander]

What you said was Based and Hungarian approved.

[EricAndre]

Waiting for UIC is torture .