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Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:35 pm
by homotopysphere
Does anyone know the deal with Stony Brook? I saw some acceptances there today on gradcafe. I know someone who interviewed and then was waitlisted. I haven't heard anything. Has anyone heard if they're done?

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:04 pm
by H.H
I am pretty sure that all good news (wl & offer) has been sent out according to Sam’s email.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:08 pm
by homotopysphere
H.H wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:04 pm
I am pretty sure that all good news (wl & offer) has been sent out according to Sam’s email.
Which email is this?

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:10 pm
by H.H
crystal_math wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:30 am
H.H wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:21 am
quixotic_r4 wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:06 am


They're still doing interviews over the next few days, so it's safe to assume they haven't released all decisions, if any. Dunno if the interviews are being continued after this week or if they're prerequisite for admission.
I just got an email from Sam saying that all decisions have been finalized yesterday. So good luck everyone.
Did they say interviews are pre–requisite for admissions?
Nope, but I am afraid everyone that has not been extended an offer or placed on waitlist does not have a chance any more :^( Sam told me that they’ve made all decisions. In my understanding there is not going to be a second wave of offers.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:11 pm
by H.H
homotopysphere wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:08 pm
H.H wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:04 pm
I am pretty sure that all good news (wl & offer) has been sent out according to Sam’s email.
Which email is this?
His reply to my email asking for my status.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:11 pm
by homotopysphere
H.H wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:10 pm
crystal_math wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:30 am
H.H wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:21 am


I just got an email from Sam saying that all decisions have been finalized yesterday. So good luck everyone.
Did they say interviews are pre–requisite for admissions?
Nope, but I am afraid everyone that has not been extended an offer or placed on waitlist does not have a chance any more :^( Sam told me that they’ve made all decisions. In my understanding there is not going to be a second wave of offers.
I think all decisions have been made, my question was more whether all notifications have been made.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:35 pm
by notaiscrim
jeffreygreenschtein wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:29 pm
Does anyone have any idea about where University of Georgia pure math is in their process? I have emailed but no response.
They have an open house on March 26th. I'm on the waitlist. I would email dr. Lyall if I were you Sorry to not have better news :(

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 9:50 am
by AnatolyBabakov
Does anyone know whats the deal with UIC? Like how many were admitted how many waitlisted etc ?

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:35 pm
by homotopysphere
For Stony Brook, it is not true that decisions have been made on all applications. I received an email indicating mine did not yet have a decision.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:26 pm
by babii
Anyone heard from UT Austin CSEM? :?

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 2:16 pm
by d17gl57
quanticbolt wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:39 pm
I poked a different Toronto email. They are reviewing applications and decisions will be sent later this month or in early April. I actually suspect that based on the content of the reply I received that the postings from February on gradcafe are fake.
As a person who posted an acceptance on GradCafe in February, it’s not fake.

I actually wish they didn’t do so early, as they set me a deadline for March 19 and I still haven’t heard from some places. But yeah, I believe my offer is sort of exceptional for some reasons I don’t want to disclose.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 2:59 pm
by homotopysphere
Just wanted to post here asking that if you were admitted to UT Austin and prefer another place you were admitted to, please decline! Waitlisted and crossing my fingers.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:13 pm
by ah1378
Has anyone got acceptance from the waitlist of Rutgers?

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:27 pm
by lee_34
Got rejected by University of Michigan. There are about 850 applications for Math and AIM programs and they only accept 20 spots for both programs. This is such a rough year.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:24 pm
by dumbquestionsonly
Out of curiosity, has anyone been waitlisted by Michigan? I haven't been, I just want to know if they've sent out waitlists yet.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:33 pm
by hormander
Still hearing nothing from Courant. no rejection nor unfunded master. weird.
Stony Brook is also acting weird

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:44 pm
by iliketopology
hormander wrote:
Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:33 pm
Still hearing nothing from Courant. no rejection nor unfunded master. weird.
Stony Brook is also acting weird
As far as Stony Brook goes, it seems they may be sending rejections in groups. It looked like some rejections went out about 6 hours ago, and I received a rejection about 2 hours ago. That's not at all to say that you should expect a rejection, I'm just reporting what I observed.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:03 am
by Albert_Eisenstein
hormander wrote:
Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:33 pm
Still hearing nothing from Courant. no rejection nor unfunded master. weird.
Stony Brook is also acting weird
I'm in the same position with Courant. When I emailed them last week, they gave me a generic response on the lines of 'We haven't made a final decision on your application, and will email you when we have done so'.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:04 am
by Albert_Eisenstein
lee_34 wrote:
Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:27 pm
Got rejected by University of Michigan. There are about 850 applications for Math and AIM programs and they only accept 20 spots for both programs. This is such a rough year.
Sorry to hear this. When exactly (date and time) did you receive the rejection?

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 5:15 pm
by lee_34
Albert_Eisenstein wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:04 am
lee_34 wrote:
Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:27 pm
Got rejected by University of Michigan. There are about 850 applications for Math and AIM programs and they only accept 20 spots for both programs. This is such a rough year.
Sorry to hear this. When exactly (date and time) did you receive the rejection?
March 12 at 1:59 pm mountain time. I wish they could return application fee. But that is not possible. I paid $90 and they have 850 applicants. They earned approximately $90*850=$76500 application fees and the acceptance rate is roughly 2.5%.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:28 pm
by Ahmadreza
lee_34 wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 5:15 pm
Albert_Eisenstein wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:04 am
lee_34 wrote:
Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:27 pm
Got rejected by University of Michigan. There are about 850 applications for Math and AIM programs and they only accept 20 spots for both programs. This is such a rough year.
Sorry to hear this. When exactly (date and time) did you receive the rejection?
March 12 at 1:59 pm mountain time. I wish they could return application fee. But that is not possible. I paid $90 and they have 850 applicants. They earned approximately $90*850=$76500 application fees and the acceptance rate is roughly 2.5%.
I think this is somehow immoral; I don't have any alternatives, though.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:21 pm
by lee_34
Ahmadreza wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:28 pm
lee_34 wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 5:15 pm
Albert_Eisenstein wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:04 am


Sorry to hear this. When exactly (date and time) did you receive the rejection?
March 12 at 1:59 pm mountain time. I wish they could return application fee. But that is not possible. I paid $90 and they have 850 applicants. They earned approximately $90*850=$76500 application fees and the acceptance rate is roughly 2.5%.
I think this is somehow immoral; I don't have any alternatives, though.

US universities act like they are businesses. One of their goals is to earn money from students for sure. Make no sense to charge me $90 for reviewing my application for a minute or so. They often charge international students more money for application fee. I will call it a discrimination. They use about the same time to review an application from a domestic applicant vs an international applicant and yet they charge international students more money. :shock:

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 12:00 am
by Albert_Eisenstein
lee_34 wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 5:15 pm
Albert_Eisenstein wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:04 am
lee_34 wrote:
Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:27 pm
Got rejected by University of Michigan. There are about 850 applications for Math and AIM programs and they only accept 20 spots for both programs. This is such a rough year.
Sorry to hear this. When exactly (date and time) did you receive the rejection?
March 12 at 1:59 pm mountain time. I wish they could return application fee. But that is not possible. I paid $90 and they have 850 applicants. They earned approximately $90*850=$76500 application fees and the acceptance rate is roughly 2.5%.
I agree with your point of the application fee being too high for just minor review. Also, the admissions staff keep us in the dark even when we ask them about the status of our application (I emailed several schools, all of which either ghosted me for a month, or responded with generic crap). Then there are schools like UCLA which provide no response and post rejections on the portal with no email notification. How can they charge $120 to 140 USD for such substandard review?

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:55 am
by pkzrd
Albert_Eisenstein wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 12:00 am
lee_34 wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 5:15 pm
Albert_Eisenstein wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:04 am


Sorry to hear this. When exactly (date and time) did you receive the rejection?
March 12 at 1:59 pm mountain time. I wish they could return application fee. But that is not possible. I paid $90 and they have 850 applicants. They earned approximately $90*850=$76500 application fees and the acceptance rate is roughly 2.5%.
I agree with your point of the application fee being too high for just minor review. Also, the admissions staff keep us in the dark even when we ask them about the status of our application (I emailed several schools, all of which either ghosted me for a month, or responded with generic crap). Then there are schools like UCLA which provide no response and post rejections on the portal with no email notification. How can they charge $120 to 140 USD for such substandard review?
So they didn't email you or send you a postal mail at all? You only found out the decision by logging into the portal? That's pretty bad. USD 120 is not an insane amount of money but it certain it's not a trivial amount of money. No wonder why so many are upset I would be mad too.

Is it just public schools or do you have similar experience with private schools?

EDIT: I want to point out that 76k is enough to fund one graduate student for a year with health insurance, assuming the department pays employer's tax AND pays the university for the full amount tuition billed. I doubt either applies.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 6:52 am
by Albert_Eisenstein
pkzrd wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:55 am
Albert_Eisenstein wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 12:00 am
lee_34 wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 5:15 pm


March 12 at 1:59 pm mountain time. I wish they could return application fee. But that is not possible. I paid $90 and they have 850 applicants. They earned approximately $90*850=$76500 application fees and the acceptance rate is roughly 2.5%.
I agree with your point of the application fee being too high for just minor review. Also, the admissions staff keep us in the dark even when we ask them about the status of our application (I emailed several schools, all of which either ghosted me for a month, or responded with generic crap). Then there are schools like UCLA which provide no response and post rejections on the portal with no email notification. How can they charge $120 to 140 USD for such substandard review?
So they didn't email you or send you a postal mail at all? You only found out the decision by logging into the portal? That's pretty bad. USD 120 is not an insane amount of money but it certain it's not a trivial amount of money. No wonder why so many are upset I would be mad too.

Is it just public schools or do you have similar experience with private schools?

EDIT: I want to point out that 76k is enough to fund one graduate student for a year with health insurance, assuming the department pays employer's tax AND pays the university for the full amount tuition billed. I doubt either applies.
I actually didn’t get rejected by UCLA yet, but they sent out a batch of rejections in the first week of March, and they did them all this way (no email to check the portal, just randomly uploading rejections letters on the portal). However, they have not responded to any of my mails right from November. I emailed them twice about the status of my application and they ghosted me. As far as your question about private schools, I haven’t faced something like this in private schools till date. I did email a couple of private schools with high app fees, and they gave me a shitty response of the lines ‘We still haven’t made a decision on your application’, even though this was a blatant lie (they have sent out all offers and waitlists, but not rejections.) I think the logic is that these schools want to send rejections all at once, and avoid responding to individual emails, since that would take more effort form them. I certainly get that, but I hate how they keep us in the dark regarding where they are in the process throughout. It almost feels like throwing your money down the drain. You make a good point about the amount of money they make from application fees. 76500 is no small amount for sure.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:25 pm
by jjmb11
Finally turned down some spots today. I'm happy that my own process is drawing to a close, and I hope that someone else gets good news because of that!

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:03 pm
by homotopysphere
Does anyone know why Northwestern is taking so long? They initially said mid-February, but last week they responded to my poke saying that the committee is still reviewing applications and that decisions will be made in the coming weeks. I wonder what's going on.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:36 pm
by crystal_math
NYU rejections coming up

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:52 pm
by lll222
homotopysphere wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:03 pm
Does anyone know why Northwestern is taking so long? They initially said mid-February, but last week they responded to my poke saying that the committee is still reviewing applications and that decisions will be made in the coming weeks. I wonder what's going on.
I had a phone conversation today with the DIrector of Graduate Studies. There are 20 slots available this year, they're contacting students in their shortlist and asking whether they're still interested.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:56 pm
by homotopysphere
lll222 wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:52 pm
homotopysphere wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:03 pm
Does anyone know why Northwestern is taking so long? They initially said mid-February, but last week they responded to my poke saying that the committee is still reviewing applications and that decisions will be made in the coming weeks. I wonder what's going on.
I had a phone conversation today with the DIrector of Graduate Studies. There are 20 slots available this year, they're contacting students in their shortlist and asking whether they're still interested.
Ah, thank you. Can I ask when you were contacted to set up the call?

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 6:04 pm
by lll222
homotopysphere wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:56 pm
lll222 wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:52 pm
homotopysphere wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:03 pm
Does anyone know why Northwestern is taking so long? They initially said mid-February, but last week they responded to my poke saying that the committee is still reviewing applications and that decisions will be made in the coming weeks. I wonder what's going on.
I had a phone conversation today with the DIrector of Graduate Studies. There are 20 slots available this year, they're contacting students in their shortlist and asking whether they're still interested.
Ah, thank you. Can I ask when you were contacted to set up the call?
Last Thursday.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:18 pm
by DOCTORFM
Does anybody know if Toronto has sent out offers for their masters program?

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 10:29 pm
by math100
DOCTORFM wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:18 pm
Does anybody know if Toronto has sent out offers for their masters program?

yes, I got a offer mid-february

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 11:06 pm
by hormander
Anyone else haven't heard from NYU and Umich? Give the rejections on gradcafe

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:06 am
by Albert_Eisenstein
crystal_math wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:36 pm
NYU rejections coming up
Did you get one today? At what time?

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:18 am
by Weil98
Anyone knows when McGill will start sending offers for their PhD program?

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:28 am
by crystal_math
Albert_Eisenstein wrote:
Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:06 am
crystal_math wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:36 pm
NYU rejections coming up
Did you get one today? At what time?
I am expecting it but I didn't get one yet. I just saw a couple in gradcafe

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:53 pm
by iliketopology
Is anyone else feeling really fatigued of this admissions process? Just to share where I'm at, I have two offers that I'm like pretty happy with (honestly I feel grateful to have offers at all), but I'm also on three waiting lists, each of which I would prefer to my current offers. The prospects of possibly sitting and waiting for a whole nother month before committing somewhere is pretty daunting.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:53 pm
by contingent
Has anyone been accepted to Tulane PhD and is considering attending? I'm interested if anyone possibly attending is hoping to study geometry/topology. I've heard bad things about the math department and I'm curious to hear anybody else's take on it.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 1:02 pm
by dumbquestionsonly
iliketopology wrote:
Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:53 pm
Is anyone else feeling really fatigued of this admissions process? Just to share where I'm at, I have two offers that I'm like pretty happy with (honestly I feel grateful to have offers at all), but I'm also on three waiting lists, each of which I would prefer to my current offers. The prospects of possibly sitting and waiting for a whole nother month before committing somewhere is pretty daunting.
I couldn't agree more. I have one offer that's okay, but I'm also on four waitlists, and making it through this for another month sounds impossible. If anyone made it into UIUC, Wisconsin-Madison, Johns Hopkins or Stony Brook and is planning on going elsewhere, please decline it.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 4:07 pm
by Ahmadreza
math100 wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 10:29 pm
DOCTORFM wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:18 pm
Does anybody know if Toronto has sent out offers for their masters program?

yes, I got a offer mid-february
Do you know if they are done with sending offers for their master's program?

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 5:24 pm
by math100
Ahmadreza wrote:
Tue Mar 16, 2021 4:07 pm
math100 wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 10:29 pm
DOCTORFM wrote:
Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:18 pm
Does anybody know if Toronto has sent out offers for their masters program?

yes, I got a offer mid-february
Do you know if they are done with sending offers for their master's program?
no idea sorry! The acceptance deadline is april 15th

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:27 pm
by lll222
Contacted UMich and they told me that they're running a bit behind their anticipated schedule. They'll have final results in a day or two.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:46 am
by yaskhn3
Anyone know what's up with San Diego? They made offers and have gone silent now.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:45 am
by CochainComplex
yaskhn3 wrote:
Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:46 am
Anyone know what's up with San Diego? They made offers and have gone silent now.
I got admitted in the "first round of offers", which probably implies the second one later. Though we've already had open house and stuff.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:56 am
by IdeallyRingless
Does anyone have any information regarding the waitlist for Rutgers' PhD program? I was told that I am on a waitlist but they didn't give me any other information about it's length, whether it's ranked or not, etc. Would like to know for the sake of limiting my expectations.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:09 am
by rekker
IdeallyRingless wrote:
Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:56 am
Does anyone have any information regarding the waitlist for Rutgers' PhD program? I was told that I am on a waitlist but they didn't give me any other information about it's length, whether it's ranked or not, etc. Would like to know for the sake of limiting my expectations.
Contact the director and ask for your rank on the waitlist and he will tell where you are very roughly. He told me I was about in the middle and the list is long.
I have heard a certain rumor that there is also a short waitlist but I haven’t been able to verify it at all.

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:24 am
by eulersburneraccount
Anyone know anything about Caltech CMS phd programs? It's the last place I haven't heard from and I haven't seen a lot of posts here about it

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:56 am
by liuluck22
Would it be rude of pushy if I ask the status for waitlist every two weeks? Thanks!

Re: Fall 2021 Sweat Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:05 pm
by scaredmaths
Anyone know anything about the McGill acceptance on grad cafe? Or about McGill at all?