Mathematics GRE

iliketopology wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 06, 2021 5:38 pm

Has anyone heard anything from Cornell, Stony Brook, or Rice? Pure math for all of those; I know some results came out for the Cornell CAM.

Relatedly, I have heard that the number of admittances for some schools is lower than usual -- I would be interested in any information about that for any of the aforementioned schools as well.

iliketopology wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 06, 2021 5:38 pm

Has anyone heard anything from Cornell, Stony Brook, or Rice? Pure math for all of those; I know some results came out for the Cornell CAM.

Relatedly, I have heard that the number of admittances for some schools is lower than usual -- I would be interested in any information about that for any of the aforementioned schools as well.

lapislazur wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 06, 2021 7:15 pm

iliketopology wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 06, 2021 5:38 pm

Has anyone heard anything from Cornell, Stony Brook, or Rice? Pure math for all of those; I know some results came out for the Cornell CAM.

Relatedly, I have heard that the number of admittances for some schools is lower than usual -- I would be interested in any information about that for any of the aforementioned schools as well.

One professor at Stony Brook said on Wednesday that the admission committee is just about to start reading all the applications.

hedgehog0 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 06, 2021 12:56 pm

liuluck22 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 06, 2021 12:42 pm

AnatolyBabakov wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 06, 2021 7:13 am

are you in applied maths or pure maths?

I am in pure math, discrete math track.

May I ask who interviewed you and what was it like?

Ahmadreza wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 07, 2021 9:56 pm

Did Brown release all of the offers? Or should we wait for another wave?

cauchysequence wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 08, 2021 6:10 pm

anybody heard from Texas A&M?

Taa477 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:04 pm

I know Rutgers sent out offers to some domestic students. Did any international get any offer ? It has almost been 2 month since the deadline. You think it’s time to let go??
I tried to reach out to the director but I got nothing

elene201 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:19 pm

Taa477 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:04 pm

I know Rutgers sent out offers to some domestic students. Did any international get any offer ? It has almost been 2 month since the deadline. You think it’s time to let go??
I tried to reach out to the director but I got nothing

I'm an international student and I got accepted this weekend. But I went to college in the US, so maybe I was in the domestic batch. I don't know.

phdapplicant100 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:23 pm

Has anyone here heard back from Maryland's AMSC program? I saw one acceptance on gradcafe.

sean_k wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:16 pm

Has anybody heard back from Brown or Caltech yet?

sean_k wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:16 pm

Has anybody heard back from Brown or Caltech yet?

Catalan wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:32 pm

sean_k wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:16 pm

Has anybody heard back from Brown or Caltech yet?

I heard back from Caltech today.

elene201 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:39 pm

sean_k wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:16 pm

Has anybody heard back from Brown or Caltech yet?

I got accepted to Brown today.

Silvernuts wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:13 pm

elene201 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:39 pm

sean_k wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:16 pm

Has anybody heard back from Brown or Caltech yet?

I got accepted to Brown today.

Are they done with sending offers?????

sean_k wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:04 pm

Catalan wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:32 pm

sean_k wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:16 pm

Has anybody heard back from Brown or Caltech yet?

I heard back from Caltech today.

Congrats! Do you know whether they are done sending offers?

Taa477 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:04 pm

I know Rutgers sent out offers to some domestic students. Did any international get any offer ? It has almost been 2 month since the deadline. You think it’s time to let go??
I tried to reach out to the director but I got nothing

babii wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:25 pm

phdapplicant100 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:23 pm

Has anyone here heard back from Maryland's AMSC program? I saw one acceptance on gradcafe.

There're 2 now I'm just gonna assume I got rejected

Catalan wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:24 pm

sean_k wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:04 pm

Catalan wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:32 pm

I heard back from Caltech today.

Congrats! Do you know whether they are done sending offers?

Thanks!

I have no idea. I am a domestic applicant and I applied to study logic or combinatorics. It seems only three people on gradcafe have received offers, so maybe it's by subfield or only domestic students so far. It is a small department though so who knows this might be all the offers they're sending.

Best of luck!

hormander wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:07 pm

Anyone Poked Northwestern?

kuz wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:05 pm

Catalan wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:24 pm

sean_k wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:04 pm

Congrats! Do you know whether they are done sending offers?

Thanks!

I have no idea. I am a domestic applicant and I applied to study logic or combinatorics. It seems only three people on gradcafe have received offers, so maybe it's by subfield or only domestic students so far. It is a small department though so who knows this might be all the offers they're sending.

Best of luck!

I wrote a letter of recommendation for an international high school student(!) who got admitted to Caltech's PhD program yesterday.

sumthin wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 3:38 pm

Has anyone heard anything from Georgia Tech? From what I have seen they usually send out first round close the January 15, but I haven't seen anything yet.

ensemble wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 2:36 pm

kuz wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:05 pm

Catalan wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:24 pm

Thanks!

I have no idea. I am a domestic applicant and I applied to study logic or combinatorics. It seems only three people on gradcafe have received offers, so maybe it's by subfield or only domestic students so far. It is a small department though so who knows this might be all the offers they're sending.

Best of luck!

I wrote a letter of recommendation for an international high school student(!) who got admitted to Caltech's PhD program yesterday.

How is that even possible?

dumbquestionsonly wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:35 pm

hormander wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:07 pm

Anyone Poked Northwestern?

Yeah. They said they plan to start sending out results in mid February. I hope that means next week, but who knows.

sz9232 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 3:03 pm

dumbquestionsonly wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:35 pm

hormander wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:07 pm

Anyone Poked Northwestern?

Yeah. They said they plan to start sending out results in mid February. I hope that means next week, but who knows.

I know that they sent out interviews a few weeks ago and admitted someone today.

kuz wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 3:00 pm

ensemble wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 2:36 pm

kuz wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:05 pm

I wrote a letter of recommendation for an international high school student(!) who got admitted to Caltech's PhD program yesterday.

How is that even possible?

He's a child prodigy; he's already written 7 papers.

bannanagamma wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 3:12 pm

sz9232 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 3:03 pm

dumbquestionsonly wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:35 pm

Yeah. They said they plan to start sending out results in mid February. I hope that means next week, but who knows.

I know that they sent out interviews a few weeks ago and admitted someone today.

Oh they do interviews? Is this for pure or applied math (or both)?

Interviews are honestly really useful and I wish more departments did them.

sumthin wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 2:58 pm

sumthin wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 3:38 pm

Has anyone heard anything from Georgia Tech? From what I have seen they usually send out first round close the January 15, but I haven't seen anything yet.

Anybody heard from Ga Tech yet?

RunningOutOfHope wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:31 pm

Anyone poke at NYU or Columbia recently? I am worried NYU might be done with making decisions, in the past they seem to send out most offers during the first round. Columbia also taking in only 5 students is very worrisome.

kahdk wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:09 pm

RunningOutOfHope wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:31 pm

Anyone poke at NYU or Columbia recently? I am worried NYU might be done with making decisions, in the past they seem to send out most offers during the first round. Columbia also taking in only 5 students is very worrisome.

just FYI, NYU has 400+ applicants and plans to take 12 students. I think if someone who got an offer declined it, they might sent out more offers to other people. Also I believe in the past they sent out waitlist email later in March or so (from gradcafe).

RunningOutOfHope wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 11, 2021 12:41 am

Thank you, I didn't know NYU got so man applicants this year for such few seats. I guess it's fair to say if we didn't receive an offer we can count it as a rejection.

soo wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:20 am

RunningOutOfHope wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 11, 2021 12:41 am

Thank you, I didn't know NYU got so man applicants this year for such few seats. I guess it's fair to say if we didn't receive an offer we can count it as a rejection.

Most Group I programs get hundreds of apps for 10-20 spots. Schools like Princeton, Brown or Caltech maybe on the lower side, while those like Cal, UIUC or Maryland maybe more. They all know their historical yield rates very well and want to maintain or increase them and avoid having too many or too few in the cohort at the end. So, they give more offers than spots initially in the first wave, knowing roughly how many will go elsewhere. Then, as people turn them down, they may send out more offers sporadically through early April to make sure they fill up spots as they see how things are going. If you haven't been rejected or received an unfavorable waitlist letter, then you still have a small chance through early April to get an offer as others decline theirs to go elsewhere. Keep in mind that yield rates at some top 10 elite private schools are closer to or above 50% so they can send out far fewer offers initially compared to say large, top 100 publics where it's more like 20% of offers are accepted.

If you haven't received a waitlist or reject letter by early March, then you're probably on the waitlist anyway. You could always contact them in March to ask where you stand. They might tell you that you are one of the next in line if they send out more offers or if you are not likely to get one so that you can choose among your other options.

This is also why if you are lucky enough to ahve a couple official offers of interest and also one or more that you will not accept, then please turn down all those that you would not accept sooner rather than later. That will help reduce the uncertainty time for others, especially given the added chaos from the pandemic!

RunningOutOfHope wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:13 pm

Thank you for the very informative reply! Your reply gives me some hope, but it is still hard to remain overly optimistic. I'll poke at them next month if it is still silent then.

soo wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:56 pm

No doubt the odds go down if you weren't in the first waves that usually come by very early March, but still a chance if no rejection letter. And I'm sure some poorly run admissions departments keep way to many people on their waitlist than needed:-( There are plenty of reputable reports here from recent years with lucky people getting offers from group I schools including some elites in late March and early April.