2022 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results

[josenelson13]

Program: Applied Math when available

Applying to Where:
NYU
UCLA
UNC
Brown - Rejected (1/20)
Ann Arbor
Columbia

Cornell
Washington - Offered Masters (1/27)
College Park - Accepted (1/26)
Yale
Dartmouth - Accepted (1/26)
UChicago
Johns Hopkins
UT Austin
Carnegie Mellon
MIT
Harvard
Caltech
Stanford
Twin Cities
Boulder
Stony Brook
Ohio State - Accepted (1/4)
Northwestern - Accepted (1/25)
Duke

By College Park do you mean University of Maryland at College Park? Was it also in the applied math department? I applied for the pure math track but haven't heard anything from them so far. :/

[tddd101]

Program: Applied Math when available

Applying to Where:
NYU
UCLA
UNC
Brown - Rejected (1/20)
Ann Arbor
Columbia

Cornell
Washington - Offered Masters (1/27)
College Park - Accepted (1/26)
Yale
Dartmouth - Accepted (1/26)
UChicago
Johns Hopkins
UT Austin
Carnegie Mellon
MIT
Harvard
Caltech
Stanford
Twin Cities
Boulder
Stony Brook
Ohio State - Accepted (1/4)
Northwestern - Accepted (1/25)
Duke

By College Park do you mean University of Maryland at College Park? Was it also in the applied math department? I applied for the pure math track but haven't heard anything from them so far. :/

College Parks' math department has already sent out acceptances, or at the very least have already decided on their list and will be sending them out very soon.

[2emporary22acc]

Program: Applied Math when available

Applying to Where:
NYU
UCLA
UNC
Brown - Rejected (1/20)
Ann Arbor
Columbia

Cornell
Washington - Offered Masters (1/27)
College Park - Accepted (1/26)
Yale
Dartmouth - Accepted (1/26)
UChicago
Johns Hopkins
UT Austin
Carnegie Mellon
MIT
Harvard
Caltech
Stanford
Twin Cities
Boulder
Stony Brook
Ohio State - Accepted (1/4)
Northwestern - Accepted (1/25)
Duke

By College Park do you mean University of Maryland at College Park? Was it also in the applied math department? I applied for the pure math track but haven't heard anything from them so far. :/

College Parks' math department has already sent out acceptances, or at the very least have already decided on their list and will be sending them out very soon.

Yeah I mean applied math at Maryland College Park

[2emporary22acc]

Program: Applied Math when available

Applying to Where:
NYU
UCLA
UNC
Brown - Rejected (1/20)
Ann Arbor
Columbia

Cornell
Washington - Offered Masters (1/27)
College Park - Accepted (1/26)
Yale
Dartmouth - Accepted (1/26)
UChicago
Johns Hopkins
UT Austin
Carnegie Mellon
MIT
Harvard
Caltech
Stanford
Twin Cities
Boulder
Stony Brook
Ohio State - Accepted (1/4)
Northwestern - Accepted (1/25)
Duke

Hi! Did you apply to applied math @Dartmouth?

I did indeed.

[josenelson13]

Program: Applied Math when available

Applying to Where:
NYU
UCLA
UNC
Brown - Rejected (1/20)
Ann Arbor
Columbia

Cornell
Washington - Offered Masters (1/27)
College Park - Accepted (1/26)
Yale
Dartmouth - Accepted (1/26)
UChicago
Johns Hopkins
UT Austin
Carnegie Mellon
MIT
Harvard
Caltech
Stanford
Twin Cities
Boulder
Stony Brook
Ohio State - Accepted (1/4)
Northwestern - Accepted (1/25)
Duke

By College Park do you mean University of Maryland at College Park? Was it also in the applied math department? I applied for the pure math track but haven't heard anything from them so far. :/

College Parks' math department has already sent out acceptances, or at the very least have already decided on their list and will be sending them out very soon.

I applied to the math PhD program there and has not heard back from them (neither an acceptance nor a rejection). According to my portal, the application is still under review. Do you know if the acceptances to which you refer are for the Applied Math track only?

[fakeName]

I applied to the math PhD program there and has not heard back from them (neither an acceptance nor a rejection). According to my portal, the application is still under review. Do you know if the acceptances to which you refer are for the Applied Math track only?

This won't answer your question for the pure math, but here's some food for thought. Their official FAQ says "Most applicants should hear news concerning the decision on their application for Fall admission by late March/early April," which isn't super helpful. On a personal note, I applied to the pure program. I paid my fee and forget to hit submit, and it took admissions until this week to actually get back to me and let me submit. Unless someone has personal info, this suggests to me that they're either close to sending things out and are tying up loose ends, or they not far in at all (or no one is gonna read my application in which case this info is totally useless...).

[josenelson13]

I applied to the math PhD program there and has not heard back from them (neither an acceptance nor a rejection). According to my portal, the application is still under review. Do you know if the acceptances to which you refer are for the Applied Math track only?

This won't answer your question for the pure math, but here's some food for thought. Their official FAQ says "Most applicants should hear news concerning the decision on their application for Fall admission by late March/early April," which isn't super helpful. On a personal note, I applied to the pure program. I paid my fee and forget to hit submit, and it took admissions until this week to actually get back to me and let me submit. Unless someone has personal info, this suggests to me that they're either close to sending things out and are tying up loose ends, or they not far in at all (or no one is gonna read my application in which case this info is totally useless...).

That's rough. I still think that no news are good news, but, in all fairness, I'm starting to get concerned seeing people getting accepted while I still haven't heard back from any uni that I applied to. btw, did you submit your GRE scores to Maryland? If yes, would you be willing to share them here (or through DM)?

[fakeName]

That's rough. I still think that no news are good news, but, in all fairness, I'm starting to get concerned seeing people getting accepted while I still haven't heard back from any uni that I applied to. btw, did you submit your GRE scores to Maryland? If yes, would you be willing to share them here (or through DM)?

I can't get into my ETS account but I'm pretty sure I sent them. If not, I self reported. If only a good general score counted for literally anything at all!
GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 170 (96%)
V: 165 (96%)
W: 5.5 (98%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 860 (87%)

[josenelson13]

That's rough. I still think that no news are good news, but, in all fairness, I'm starting to get concerned seeing people getting accepted while I still haven't heard back from any uni that I applied to. btw, did you submit your GRE scores to Maryland? If yes, would you be willing to share them here (or through DM)?

I can't get into my ETS account but I'm pretty sure I sent them. If not, I self reported. If only a good general score counted for literally anything at all!
GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 170 (96%)
V: 165 (96%)
W: 5.5 (98%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 860 (87%)

These are quite impressive scores. Which area are you applying to? Hopefully it's not the same as mine haha

[fakeName]

Undergrad Institution: famous techy school
Major(s): math
Minor(s):
GPA: 3.6 cause sophomore year I got all B's. My master's degree would be nearly 4.0, but sadly my uni doesn't give my GPA for the master's separately
Type of Student: domestic white male

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 170 (96%)
V: 165 (96%)
W: 5.5 (98%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 860 (87%)

Program Applying: Pure Math, focus on PDE/analysis

Research Experience: 2 papers, one on PDE/calc of variations and one on probability/combinatorics. My master's thesis is also research based, but no publications yet. Master's thesis is on an analysis/probability
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Math honors program which gives me a masters on top of my bachelors in 4 years, nothing else really important
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for 6 semesters
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: 9ish grad classes
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: not sure how good my letters were, I'm quite quiet and don't like talking to people as much as I should've...

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)
UChicago - rejected 01/14
Brown - rejected 2/1
MIT- rejected 2/7
UW Madison - rejected 2/15
Stanford - rejected 2/19
UM Ann Arbor - rejected 3/4
NYU - rejected 3/8
Columbia - rejected 3/10
Cornell - rejected 3/11
Johns Hopkins - Waitlisted 2/3 - Rejected 4/6
UPenn - Rejected by email Inquiry 4/7
Rutgers - Waitlist 4/5 (they didn't notify me, I emailed and asked)
University of Maryland - rejected 4-25, took them long enough!
CMU accepted and declined
PSU: accepted 2/11: Attending!

[fakeName]

These are quite impressive scores. Which area are you applying to? Hopefully it's not the same as mine haha

I'm applying mostly for PDE. I have one (group) paper on fluid dynamicy PDE and am studying navier stokes in a reading/research class this semester, so if I recall, I think I said "I wanna do PDE, potentially fluid dynamic style PDE." I feel like my app seems pretty strong, and yet no acceptances in spite of multiple of my schools sending out their first wave. Maybe my letters were less good than expected, or I'm unlucky, or it's too early, literally who knows. All that's left to do is hope and wait!

[tddd101]

By College Park do you mean University of Maryland at College Park? Was it also in the applied math department? I applied for the pure math track but haven't heard anything from them so far. :/

College Parks' math department has already sent out acceptances, or at the very least have already decided on their list and will be sending them out very soon.

I applied to the math PhD program there and has not heard back from them (neither an acceptance nor a rejection). According to my portal, the application is still under review. Do you know if the acceptances to which you refer are for the Applied Math track only?

Nope, I said math. Like I said, they've already made their list and if acceptances haven't gone out already they should be out very very soon

[genericusername]

Undergrad Institution: medium state
Major(s): Math
Minor(s):
GPA: High 3.9
Type of Student: domestic

GRE Revised General Test:
nope

GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
someone had to get my score so y'all could get yours. did not send

Program Applying: (Pure Math/Applied Math/Statistics/Operation Research/Biostatistics)
Pure math. AG/NT/Algebra groups

Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications or conference talks etc...)
no original work other than toy results I wanted to think about
gave several expository seminar talks

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?)
department stuff

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, etc...)
briefly a calc tutor, helped instruct college algebra

Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: (Such as connections, grad classes, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc...)
14 grad classes, graduating in 3 years, big fan of my reccomenders

Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:
I attend many online seminars on researchseminars.org

Applying to Where:
roughly by preference
Dartmouth - waitlist (1/28)
Wisconsin -
Vermont -
Michigan -
Utah -
Oregon -rejected (2/3)

[Galois7]

Undergrad (3-year) Institution: Foreign (India)
M.S. (research) (3-year) institution: One of the best in India (for research)
Major(s): Mathematics (undergrad and master's)
Minor(s): NA
GPA: undergrad - 9.81/10 (3.9/4), Master's - 8.4/10 (3.47/4)
Type of Student: International (India), Male

GRE Revised General Test: 319
Q: 165 (84%)
V: 154 (63%)
W: 4.0 (54%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M:730 (62%)-------haven't sent anywhere except Columbia

TOEFL Score: (106 = R30/L29/S24/W23)

Program Applying: (Pure Math) Number Theory - PhD

Research Experience: Had done a reading project in Lie algebras, Currently doing master's thesis in Number theory.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: First in undergrad, govt scholarship for undergrad, ranked 11th (among ~13000) in National entrance test for masters in mathematics.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: NA
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Have sent 4 LORs---1 of them (masters thesis advisor) is kind of famous but he don't know me very well. Rest 3 are also very good and know me fairly well but I have no idea how strong letter they have written.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I haven't done any number theory course but I have done a course in Modular forms and one in Basic algebraic geometry. I am currently taking a course in algebraic number theory which I have mentioned in SOP.

Applying to Where:

Reach:

Columbia-----Rejected (03/10/2022)
Caltech-----Rejected (02/09/2022)
U of Toronto-----Rejected (02/24/2022)
U of Michigan----Rejected (03/04/2022)
Wisconsin-----Rejected (02/12/2022)
Duke-------Rejected (02/02/2022)

Less reach:

McGill-------Rejected (03/25/2022)
Purdue-----Accepted (02/14/2022)---Attending!
Boston University------waitlisted-----rejected (04/11/2022)
MSU----------------Waitlisted (02/23/2022)------asked still interested? (04/16/2022)-declined
U of Illinois, Chicago

safe??

U of Arizona-----Waitlisted+Interview(03/23/2022)---Accepted (04/07/2022)
U of Georgia---------Rejected (04/18/2022)
CUNY-----------Rejected (04/15/2022)
UMass

[ish77]

Note: I removed some of my personal info for privacy reasons, but I would be happy to DM.

Undergrad Institution: Private Top 20
Major(s): Math

Program Applying: Pure math PhD programs


Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)
University of Southern California
University of Washington
Ohio State University accepted
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin Madison
Rutgers University
Texas A&M University
University of Pennsylvania invited to open house
Brown University accepted via email (waiting on official letter)
Indiana University
University of Oregon
Bonn Masters Program

Congrats on getting into Brown and Ohio!

I'm still waiting to hear back from Brown (which probably means rejection), did you email them for an update or did they contact you out of the blue?

[YellowBee]

Note: I removed some of my personal info for privacy reasons, but I would be happy to DM.

Undergrad Institution: Private Top 20
Major(s): Math

Program Applying: Pure math PhD programs


Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)
University of Southern California
University of Washington
Ohio State University accepted
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin Madison
Rutgers University
Texas A&M University
University of Pennsylvania invited to open house
Brown University accepted via email (waiting on official letter)
Indiana University
University of Oregon
Bonn Masters Program

Congrats on getting into Brown and Ohio!

I'm still waiting to hear back from Brown (which probably means rejection), did you email them for an update or did they contact you out of the blue?

I got an email from someone on the admissions committee. There was another email where they CC'ed a bunch of other admitted applicants and it looked to be around 15 or so people. I'm not sure how many people they usually admit in general so I'm not sure if there will be another wave or not.

[deviant_lime]

Undergrad Institution: Large public
Major(s): Math
Minor(s):NA
GPA: Major: 3.98 Overall: 3.94
Type of Student: Domestic Hispanic male.

GRE Revised General Test: Didn't take
Q:xxx (xx%)
V: xxx (xx%)
W: x.x (xx%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: 810 (76%)


TOEFL Score: NA

Program Applying: Pure math Ph.D. in PDE/geometric analysis.

Research Experience: Research in PDE/analysis, conducted at my school. Will likely publish a paper soon.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Received a $3000 research stipend. PBK, T500 Putnam (don’t know if its worth mentioning this)
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: NA
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: 10 Grad classes by time of application. Mostly in analysis and geometry. Hispanic but dunno if this matters…
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Not really.

Super reach:
MIT
Stanford
Princeton
Berkeley

Reach:
NYU
Duke-Invited for an interview
Columbia
UCLA
UT Austin
Northwestern
UCSD
Rutgers- Unofficially Accepted!

Match/Reach:
UCI
Stony Brook
UNC Chapel Hill Invited to virtual event Withdrew app
Johns Hopkins Accepted!
Notre Dame
Minnesota
Uwash (Seattle)

Safety: Home school Withdrew app

Congrats on your acceptances!! Would you be able to say how you were notified by Rutgers?

[4rr0ws99]

Undergrad Institution: Large public
Major(s): Math
Minor(s):NA
GPA: Major: 3.98 Overall: 3.94
Type of Student: Domestic Hispanic male.

GRE Revised General Test: Didn't take
Q:xxx (xx%)
V: xxx (xx%)
W: x.x (xx%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: 810 (76%)


TOEFL Score: NA

Program Applying: Pure math Ph.D. in PDE/geometric analysis.

Research Experience: Research in PDE/analysis, conducted at my school. Will likely publish a paper soon.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Received a $3000 research stipend. PBK, T500 Putnam (don’t know if its worth mentioning this)
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: NA
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: 10 Grad classes by time of application. Mostly in analysis and geometry. Hispanic but dunno if this matters…
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Not really.

Super reach:
MIT
Stanford
Princeton
Berkeley

Reach:
NYU
Duke-Invited for an interview
Columbia
UCLA
UT Austin
Northwestern
UCSD
Rutgers- Unofficially Accepted!

Match/Reach:
UCI
Stony Brook
UNC Chapel Hill Invited to virtual event Withdrew app
Johns Hopkins Accepted!
Notre Dame
Minnesota
Uwash (Seattle)

Safety: Home school Withdrew app

Congrats on your acceptances!! Would you be able to say how you were notified by Rutgers?

I was sent an unofficial acceptance via email.

[ekansh2912]

Can someone share what all universities might conduct interviews as part of admissions review, prior to offering admissions? For example, Duke conducts interviews (I saw many people being invited and interviewed these days). And recently, UMichigan sent a generic e-mail to all the applicants informing them that it plans to send interview calls to 10% of the applicants of pure math PhD from which it will choose 5% to offer admission (by 10th March). Does someone know any other school that may conduct interviews like this before admitting? Can someone comment that in general, how typical is it for US universities to conduct interviews before offering admissions? Also, are these "interviews" supposed to test a candidate and gauge his/her mathematical knowledge or are they more of some interaction to get a pulse of the guy/girl they plan to admit to their program? Thanks.

[clopensets]

Can someone share what all universities might conduct interviews as part of admissions review, prior to offering admissions? For example, Duke conducts interviews (I saw many people being invited and interviewed these days). And recently, UMichigan sent a generic e-mail to all the applicants informing them that it plans to send interview calls to 10% of the applicants of pure math PhD from which it will choose 5% to offer admission (by 10th March). Does someone know any other school that may conduct interviews like this before admitting? Can someone comment that in general, how typical is it for US universities to conduct interviews before offering admissions? Also, are these "interviews" supposed to test a candidate and gauge his/her mathematical knowledge or are they more of some interaction to get a pulse of the guy/girl they plan to admit to their program? Thanks.

My experience has been that they just want to get to know you. They'll definitely ask about your background and why this program. But no mathematical knowledge test. This is based on 3 interviews with Tufts, NJIT, and Stony Brook. So take that as you will.

[axiomofchoice]

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[123t]

Guess I should add mine.

Undergrad Institution: Ivy
Major(s): Mathematics, Physics
Minor(s):
GPA: 3.71 / 4.00
Type of Student: Domestic

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 170 (96%)
V: 167 (88%)
W: 5.5 (98%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 910 (95%)

Program Applying: Pure Math

Research Experience: Finishing up a senior project in algebraic topology. Simultaneously did an REU online and research with a professor at my school in algebraic geometry. We were able to get two papers published in well known journals. Currently working on submitting another paper, preprint available on arxiv.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Recipient of a national scholarship for college, and received a scholarship that basically pays for my 4 years of college from an organization associated with my high school. Took the Putnam once, got double digit score but nothing super impressive.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA-ed for single variable as well as multi variable calculus and graded for undergraduate real analysis and combinatorics.

Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: I've taken varieties of math classes from category theory, representation theory to functional analysis and differential topology. I think I have a good exposure to the basic concepts of every common fields, I did go a bit more in depth in algebraic geometry, algebraic topology and category theory. I have taken 5 graduate courses so far, 2 current, and 2 in spring. I think all 3 of my letter writers are pretty well known in their field (2 in algebraic geometry and 1 in algebraic topology). Most of the departments I'm applying to have professors that are direct descendants of my letter writers. This might help idk.

Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I think I covered everything above, don't have any other life-changing incidents to add here honestly.

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)
Reach
Princeton - almost certain rejection
MIT -
Harvard - ACCEPTED
UC Berkeley - pending official notification
UCLA - ACCEPTED
Yale - waitlist?
Brown - ACCEPTED
Cornell - ACCEPTED
Penn -

Match
Michigan -
UW Madison -
Minnesota -
UT Austin -
UC San Diego -

Safeties
Ohio State - ACCEPTED
Penn State - interview-like event scheduled
Florida State -
UConn -

update> List finalized and will submit all the applications during thanksgiving break. Will also submit GRE scores to everywhere accepting and considering them.

Would you mind talking more about Berkeley？
Has they sent out unofficial admissions？

[123t]

Undergrad Institution: Large Public University with a Ph.D Program
Major(s): Mathematics and Geology
Minor(s): Computer Science
GPA: 3.68 out of 4.00 including fall 2021
Type of Student: Domestic white female

GRE Revised General Test:
it's an embarrassment
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: xxx (xx%) cancelled

TOEFL Score: (xx = Rxx/Lxx/Sxx/Wxx) (if applicable) NOT APPLICABLE

Program Applying: Pure Math

Research Experience: Writing a senior thesis in algebraic geometry. Also attended 3 talks and 1 workshop virtually.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Some university and department scholarship and awards. Will be graduating with honors.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutored and TA-ed college algebra, business math, trigonometry and business calculus.
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Female. Currently taking graduate analysis 1, algebra 1 and algebraic topology. Will have 6 graduate courses by graduation. I think I have a decent amount of math classes and have good grades in them.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I'm domestic? I have 4 recommendations letters. I don't think in-state schools will give me any more chances than an out-of-state school per my parent's residency. And I don't think my parents' alum school matters. So no, in short.

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)

Listed roughly in order of preference
1. Caltech - submitted 11/15
2. Princeton - submitted 11/15
3. UChicago - rejected 01/15
4. Brown - submitted 11/15
5. UC Berkeley - submitted 11/14
6. UCLA - submitted 11/14
7. Cornell - accepted 01/31
8. Duke - interviewed
9. Michigan - submitted 12/12
10. Georgia Tech - accepted 01/31
11. UW Madison - submitted 11/14
12. UIUC - submitted 11/15
13. Minnesota - submitted 11/15
14. Ohio State - accepted 12/21

Honestly don't know what to expect this year, maybe it's going to be more competitive than last year or maybe less so. Better safe than sorry, so I'm applying to as many as I can afford (the money and time). I think it's worth it, especially it means I can get into somewhere better.

So you mean the pure math program of Georgia tech has also sent out unofficial offers？

[smuth]

Hi
Can I ask what your math gpa is?

Thanks a bunch
Savitha(2022 applicant)

Undergrad Institution: Large Public University with a Ph.D Program
Major(s): Mathematics and Geology
Minor(s): Computer Science
GPA: 3.68 out of 4.00 including fall 2021
Type of Student: Domestic white female

GRE Revised General Test:
it's an embarrassment
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: xxx (xx%) cancelled

TOEFL Score: (xx = Rxx/Lxx/Sxx/Wxx) (if applicable) NOT APPLICABLE

Program Applying: Pure Math

Research Experience: Writing a senior thesis in algebraic geometry. Also attended 3 talks and 1 workshop virtually.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Some university and department scholarship and awards. Will be graduating with honors.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutored and TA-ed college algebra, business math, trigonometry and business calculus.
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Female. Currently taking graduate analysis 1, algebra 1 and algebraic topology. Will have 6 graduate courses by graduation. I think I have a decent amount of math classes and have good grades in them.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I'm domestic? I have 4 recommendations letters. I don't think in-state schools will give me any more chances than an out-of-state school per my parent's residency. And I don't think my parents' alum school matters. So no, in short.

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)

Listed roughly in order of preference
1. Caltech - submitted 11/15
2. Princeton - submitted 11/15
3. UChicago - rejected 01/15
4. Brown - submitted 11/15
5. UC Berkeley - submitted 11/14
6. UCLA - submitted 11/14
7. Cornell - accepted 01/31
8. Duke - interviewed
9. Michigan - submitted 12/12
10. Georgia Tech - accepted 01/31
11. UW Madison - submitted 11/14
12. UIUC - submitted 11/15
13. Minnesota - submitted 11/15
14. Ohio State - accepted 12/21

Honestly don't know what to expect this year, maybe it's going to be more competitive than last year or maybe less so. Better safe than sorry, so I'm applying to as many as I can afford (the money and time). I think it's worth it, especially it means I can get into somewhere better.

[mindyummy]

Hi
Can I ask what your math gpa is?

Thanks a bunch
Savitha(2022 applicant)

Undergrad Institution: Large Public University with a Ph.D Program
Major(s): Mathematics and Geology
Minor(s): Computer Science
GPA: 3.68 out of 4.00 including fall 2021
Type of Student: Domestic white female

GRE Revised General Test:
it's an embarrassment
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: xxx (xx%) cancelled

TOEFL Score: (xx = Rxx/Lxx/Sxx/Wxx) (if applicable) NOT APPLICABLE

Program Applying: Pure Math

Research Experience: Writing a senior thesis in algebraic geometry. Also attended 3 talks and 1 workshop virtually.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Some university and department scholarship and awards. Will be graduating with honors.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutored and TA-ed college algebra, business math, trigonometry and business calculus.
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Female. Currently taking graduate analysis 1, algebra 1 and algebraic topology. Will have 6 graduate courses by graduation. I think I have a decent amount of math classes and have good grades in them.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I'm domestic? I have 4 recommendations letters. I don't think in-state schools will give me any more chances than an out-of-state school per my parent's residency. And I don't think my parents' alum school matters. So no, in short.

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)

Listed roughly in order of preference
1. Caltech - submitted 11/15
2. Princeton - submitted 11/15
3. UChicago - rejected 01/15
4. Brown - submitted 11/15
5. UC Berkeley - submitted 11/14
6. UCLA - submitted 11/14
7. Cornell - accepted 01/31
8. Duke - interviewed
9. Michigan - submitted 12/12
10. Georgia Tech - accepted 01/31
11. UW Madison - submitted 11/14
12. UIUC - submitted 11/15
13. Minnesota - submitted 11/15
14. Ohio State - accepted 12/21

Honestly don't know what to expect this year, maybe it's going to be more competitive than last year or maybe less so. Better safe than sorry, so I'm applying to as many as I can afford (the money and time). I think it's worth it, especially it means I can get into somewhere better.

3.68 lol

[thefisher]

Undergrad Institution: Small and competitive liberal arts college
Major(s): Mathematics
Minor(s): Statistics
GPA: Math: 3.16 Overall: 3.25
Type of Student: Domestic white male

[dumpling]

Undergrad Institution: T21 - USA
Major(s): Applied Math and Statistics
Minor(s): Economics
GPA: 3.985/4.0 (Major GPA: 4.0)
Type of Student: International Asian female

GRE Revised General Test: no test

GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: no test

Program Applying: Applied Math (all PhD)

Research Experience: REU at school (in review for publication), honors research, and MIT SGI
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's Lists, departmental award
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for a statistics class
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: female with 1 grad course
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: first gen graduate student, graduate university in 3 years

Applying to Where: in no particular order and all in Applied Mathematics PhD program (Mathematics if there is no AM offered)
Caltech
Cornell (CAM program) - Admitted (02/09/2022) fully funded with $29k stipend
Stanford (Mathematics - applied track) - Rejected (02/19/2022)
University of Michigan
MIT (Mathematics - applied track) - Rejected (02/07/2022)
Columbia
UCLA
UCBerkeley (Applied Math) - Admitted (02/04/2022) fully funded with $32k stipend
CMU
Duke (Mathematics - applied track) - Rejected (02/02/2022)
GA Tech (Computational Sciences and Engineering - Mathematics) - Admitted (01/28/2022) tuition covered with $23k stipend (have to pay fee and insurance)
Harvard (SEAS) - Rejected (02/17/2022)
Princeton (Applied Math) - Rejected (02/17/2022)
University of Texas - Austin
University of Washington (Applied Math) - Rejected (01/26/2022) got into MS with no funding
University of Chicago (CAM program) - Admitted (02/15/2022)
Rice (Computational and Applied Math) - Invited to visit in mid Feb
Tufts (Mathematics - applied track) - Admitted (01/26/2022) fully funded with $26k stipend

[math235711]

Has anybody heard back from Harvard Applied Math (SEAS)? Been extremely quiet for this school on the forums...

[hornedsphere]

Has there been any word from the University of Maryland for pure math? I got an unofficial email from one of the faculties in Early Jan where he told me that I was recommended to the Graduate admissions and I should let him know other offers that I might get. I had no prior contact with this concerned faculty. I am just super anxious because of this whole ordeal

[pi31415pi]

Has there been any word from the University of Maryland for pure math? I got an unofficial email from one of the faculties in Early Jan where he told me that I was recommended to the Graduate admissions and I should let him know other offers that I might get. I had no prior contact with this concerned faculty. I am just super anxious because of this whole ordeal

I am accepted by the math department of Maryland but waiting for the official letter from dean

[hornedsphere]

Has there been any word from the University of Maryland for pure math? I got an unofficial email from one of the faculties in Early Jan where he told me that I was recommended to the Graduate admissions and I should let him know other offers that I might get. I had no prior contact with this concerned faculty. I am just super anxious because of this whole ordeal

I am accepted by the math department of Maryland but waiting for the official letter from dean

What was this acceptance like? Was it like the email I received?

[pi31415pi]

I received email from Sydney Han and the title is UMD Math department math admission.

[d0zbay]

Undergrad Institution: Big State
Major(s): Mathematics
Minor(s): None
GPA: 4.00
Type of Student: International, Asian Male.

GRE Revised General Test: N/A
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: N/A
TOEFL Score: N/A

Program Applying: Pure and Applied Math, PDES, Complex Analysis, Mathematical Biology.
Research Experience: In the process of writing a paper with a professor in the field of several complex variables. Have done some undergraduate research in complex analysis, but no real papers.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Departmental Scholarship, Deans List.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Graded for an Honors capstone course.
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Finishing in 3 years, 15 graduate courses by graduation, received the highest grade possible in all of them.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Nothing in particular.

Applying to Where:
Super Reach:
Chicago - Rejected on 01/14/22

Reach:
Brown (applied) - Pending
Northwestern (applied) - Accepted on 01/25/22
UCLA - Pending
Cornell - Pending (Was informed more offers may be made in April)
JHU - Pending
Duke - Rejected on 02/02/22
Michigan - Pending

Match:
Minnesota - Pending

how were you informed that Cornell might make more offers in April?

[Jerry99]

Has anyone heard back from Indiana Bloomington?

[BochnerTube]

Undergrad Institution: Big State
Major(s): Mathematics
Minor(s): None
GPA: 4.00
Type of Student: International, Asian Male.

GRE Revised General Test: N/A
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: N/A
TOEFL Score: N/A

Program Applying: Pure and Applied Math, PDES, Complex Analysis, Mathematical Biology.
Research Experience: In the process of writing a paper with a professor in the field of several complex variables. Have done some undergraduate research in complex analysis, but no real papers.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Departmental Scholarship, Deans List.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Graded for an Honors capstone course.
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Finishing in 3 years, 15 graduate courses by graduation, received the highest grade possible in all of them.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Nothing in particular.

Applying to Where:
Super Reach:
Chicago - Rejected on 01/14/22

Reach:
Brown (applied) - Pending
Northwestern (applied) - Accepted on 01/25/22
UCLA - Pending
Cornell - Pending (Was informed more offers may be made in April)
JHU - Pending
Duke - Rejected on 02/02/22
Michigan - Pending

Match:
Minnesota - Pending

how were you informed that Cornell might make more offers in April?

I emailed them to update my transcripts and ask if they were still considering my application. Their response was exactly that.

[kl99]

Is anyone else still waiting to hear back from Brown? So far I haven't heard anything from them.

[clopensets]

Undergrad Institution: Liberal Arts College at a Major Research Institution
Major(s): Mathematics
Minor(s): Physics, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
GPA: 3.57 / 4.00
Math GPA: 3.4 / 4.0
Type of Student: Domestic Student

Master's Institution: Private R2 Institution
Major(s): Mathematics
GPA: 3.98 / 4.00
Math GPA: 3.98 / 4.0


GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 169 (94%)
V: 170 (99%)
W: 5.0 (91%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 770 (70%)

Program Applying: Applied Math (focus on Applied Analysis, Numerical Methods, and Mathematical Modeling

Research Experience: 1 REU (more like a reading project that publishable work), grunt work for an Astrophysics lab in Undergard. Several grad reading projects (no publishable work)
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List, Graduated General Honors, a bunch of meaningless scholarships that sound nice
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutorial leader: Calculus, TA: Calculus, Differential Equations, Multivariable, Linear Algebra, Tutor: High School through Intermediate college math
Math Courses Taken: asbstract algebra, analysis, topology, numerical methods, mathematical statistics (graduate level), complex variables, mathematical modelling, game theory (graduate level), functional analysis
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: None
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: None

Applying to Where:
Stony Brook - Applied Mathematics and Statistics - Computation Applied Math track -- Admitted 1/31, declined offer
Utah - Mathematics -- I assume Rejected from the radio silence.
University of Illinois in Chicago - Mathematics -- Admitted 2/16, declined offer
City University of New York - Mathematics -- I assume Rejected from the radio silence.
Brandeis - Mathematics -- Waitlisted 4/4 lol
University of Connecticut - Mathematics-- Rejected 3/16 lol, why is UConn so selective?
Tufts - Mathematics - Computation Applied Math group -- Admitted 1/26 Attending!
Drexel - Mathematics-- Admitted 3/8 -- Declined Offer
New Jersey Institute of Technology - Mathematical Sciences -- Admitted 2/3 -- Declined Offer
Illinois Tech - Applied Mathematics-- Interview Offer 2/14 -- Withdrew Application

[Epsilon_314]

Undergrad Institution: Foreign, 3 year Bachelors program
Major(s): Mathematics
GPA: 3.95 / 4
Math GPA: 3.99 / 4

Masters Institution: Foreign
Major(s): Mathematics
GPA: 9.6 / 10 (Ongoing)

Type of Student: Domestic Asian Female

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 166 (85%)
V: 160 (86%)
W: 4.5 (80%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: NA, did not give

TOEFL Score: (118 = R30/L30/S30/W28)

Program Applying: Pure Math (Combinatorics/Graph Theory)

Research Experience: Seminar during 3rd semester of Masters, Masters Project ongoing
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Highest aggregate in the Bachelor of Science all three years of UG, Highest aggregate in Mathematics in UG
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Mentor for a national level mathematics camp, Participant in a national level mathematics camp
Math Courses Taken: Will have many graduate level courses
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: 3 good recommendations, female
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:

Applying to Where: (in no particular order, all programs PhD Mathematics)
UCSD - Submitted Rejected 3/3
Stanford - Rejected 2/19
University of Washington - Rejected 3/9
Rutgers - Waitlisted 3/8 (on emailing for update)Rejected 4/17
University of Minnesota - Rejected 4/20
UIUC - Rejected 2/11
Berkeley - Rejected 2/4
CMU - Rejected 4/1
Emory - Interview 1/27 Rejected 2/14
UC Davis - Submitted Rejected 3/17 (On emailing for update)
University of Pittsburgh - Waitlisted 3/25 (on emailing for update)Rejected 4/20
Brandeis - Waitlisted 2/15 Accepted 2/24 and ATTENDING (9 month stipend of 25k with full tuition waiver and health insurance, renewable for upto 5 years)
NCSU - Submitted Accepted 3/3 ($19,875 TA ship, tuition waiver and health insurance but have to pay student fees of $1303 per semester + additional 2k fellowship for first year) Declined

[username2140]

Undergrad Institution: famous techy school
Major(s): math
Minor(s):
GPA: 3.6 cause sophomore year I got all B's. My master's degree would be nearly 4.0, but sadly my uni doesn't give my GPA for the master's separately
Type of Student: domestic white male

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 170 (96%)
V: 165 (96%)
W: 5.5 (98%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 860 (87%)

Program Applying: Pure Math, focus on PDE/analysis

Research Experience: 2 papers, one on PDE/calc of variations and one on probability/combinatorics. My master's thesis is also research based, but no publications yet. Master's thesis is on an analysis/probability
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Math honors program which gives me a masters on top of my bachelors in 4 years, nothing else really important
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for 6 semesters
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: 9ish grad classes
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: not sure how good my letters were, I'm quite quiet and don't like talking to people as much as I should've...

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)
Brown-rejected 2/1
Cornell
NYU
Columbia
MIT
UPenn
Stanford
UW Madison
University of Maryland
Johns Hopkins - Waitlisted 2/3
UM Ann Arbor
Rutgers
CMU
PSU: interview request on jan 14th
3. UChicago - rejected 01/14

How did you hear about JHU? I haven’t heard anything from them (so likely rejection lol), and I also don’t see anything official.

[fakeName]

How did you hear about JHU? I haven’t heard anything from them (so likely rejection lol), and I also don’t see anything official.

I got an email titled "Waitlisted at Johns Hopkins Math PhD Program," and there was no update on the portal. One thing they said was "We are hoping to be able to admit some students from the waitlist, but whether we're able to do this will depend on several factors outside of our control (e.g. results of grant applications), so I'm not able to guess when I might have an update for you."

[username2140]

No worries, but that is good to know - thank you!

[Galois7]

Anyone got any offer/rejection or have any other info about the pure math PhD program at any one of these - U of Arizona, U of Georgia, CUNY, UMass, MSU?

[coolar]

Anyone got any offer/rejection or have any other info about the pure math PhD program at any one of these - U of Arizona, U of Georgia, CUNY, UMass, MSU?

I know multiple people who heard back from UMass on 1/21. I have not heard anything, so I’m assuming rejection.

[Galois7]

Anyone got any offer/rejection or have any other info about the pure math PhD program at any one of these - U of Arizona, U of Georgia, CUNY, UMass, MSU?

I know multiple people who heard back from UMass on 1/21. I have not heard anything, so I’m assuming rejection.

Ohh

Is it possible that date of submitting your application makes a difference? The deadline for UMass was 10th Jan and I submitted my application just few days before.

Do you know around what time they submitted their applications?

[gwendoh97]

Anyone got any offer/rejection or have any other info about the pure math PhD program at any one of these - U of Arizona, U of Georgia, CUNY, UMass, MSU?

I know multiple people who heard back from UMass on 1/21. I have not heard anything, so I’m assuming rejection.

Ohh

Is it possible that date of submitting your application makes a difference? The deadline for UMass was 10th Jan and I submitted my application just few days before.

Do you know around what time they submitted their applications?

I wouldn't assume a rejection from UMass just yet. From past years it looks like they continue to admit people well in to late Feb/early March. It also looks like they wait to give out their rejections until super late so its too unpredictable as this point.

[Austingieg]

Brown (applied)- rejected 1/20
Boston University Admitted 2/4
Carnegie Mellon
Notre Dame (applied)
NYU
Rensselaer Admitted 2/2
Rutgers
Tufts - Interview on 1/14
University of Arizona (applied) - Interview on 1/22, Admitted 1/31
University of Illinois - Chicago

Congrats on your acceptance to Rensselaer!!! Were you informed of your offer on the application portal or did you receive an email from professor? And may I ask you mgpa? Thanks

[AAAAgggg]

Accepeted to UCLA!

[Jerry99]

Undergrad Institution: US Private
Major(s): Math, CS
Minor(s): Physics
GPA: 4.41/5
Type of Student: International Male

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 170
V: 149, this would look much better if I get 1 more point
W: 4
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 910

TOEFL Score: waived due to 4-yr degree in US

Program Applying: pure math

Research Experience: Working on a required thesis for the degree, 1 REU and 1 paper published as author.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Almost made the IMO team for my country, Putnam hm, government scholarship from my country as well, pays for my tuition/housing/insurance alongside university need-based scholarship (it's about 10-15k a year). Won a couple coding competition in my country before college.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Accepted for an internship at a major bank in the US but I decided not to go, probably burned a bridge but whatever. Never graded, proctored or taught classes.
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Currently taking 2 grad classes and completed 6. I think my recommenders are pretty famous, but not super famous.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: My department has lots of smarter people (undergraduates, graduate students here are infinitely smarter) than me, but majority of them don't want to go for a doctorate degree. Those who do want to pursue a Ph.D - I know where they are applying so I try to avoid applying to too many places that they are also applying. Maybe there are no such thing as "quota for every school" when it comes to admissions, but one can never be too careful. I wanted to stick around at my school since I love it but I was encouraged to applying elsewhere, weird.

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)
Harvard - denied 1/31
Yale - accepted 1/28
UC Berkeley - submitted
UCLA - accepted 1/25
Brown - submitted
Stanford - submitted
Yale - accepted 1/28
Wisconsin - withdrew application 1/26
Cornell - denied 1/31
Ohio State - declined offer
UCSB - withdrew application 1/26

I am in a similar situation as you. They are many smart undergraduates in the math department who get lots of A in grad courses. And some of them are interested in the same field as me so I have to be careful not to apply many places in common. Good luck to you!

[Jerry99]

School: Small Liberal Arts
Major(s): Applied Math, Biology
Minor(s): n/a
GPA: 3.52 (Math: 3.82)
Type of Student: DWM

GRE Revised General Test: Took while sick
Q: 164 (81%)
V: 157 (75%)
W: 4.5 (80%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: Not taking.

TOEFL Score: n/a

Program Applying: Applied math unless noted. Interested in modeling biological systems.

Research Experience: Summer research project in combinatorial and algebraic topology. One paper that will be published soon.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Departmental scholarships for academics and quality of research, dean's list.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Math grader for 3 years, microbiology TA for 1 year.
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Probably not lol.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Mental health problems freshman year (2.52 GPA first semester). Nothing else...

Applying to Where: Roughly in order of preference.

Big Reach:
Wisconsin-Madison - submitted 12/3
UC-Davis - submitted 12/15
CU-Boulder - submitted 11/13
UI-UC (Math) - submitted 12/3

Reach:
Michigan State - submitted 11/14
Brandeis (Math) - submitted 12/15
Mass-Amherst (Math) - submitted 12/15

Match:
Delaware - submitted 12/15
Arizona State - submitted 11/23, accepted 1/25, TAship for 5 years ($20k for 9 months) 1/26
UC-Riverside - submitted 11/28
North Carolina State (Biomath) - submitted 1/3
Oregon State (Math) - submitted 12/15

Safety:
CU-Denver - submitted 12/15

Note: I only applied to so many big reach schools because my parents went to one of them and two of my recommenders went to two others and convinced me to apply. Unless money is not a problem, I would advise only applying to 1-2 big reach schools/dream schools.

Edit 1/27: Extremely excited about getting in somewhere. I did not think anyone would want me due to my unknown school and low overall GPA. I withdrew a few apps and deleted them from the list above.

I have the same overall GPA and major GPA as you! But I heard that overall GPA is not very important in math Ph.D. application?

[Jerry99]

Undergrad Institution: famous techy school
Major(s): math
Minor(s):
GPA: 3.6 cause sophomore year I got all B's. My master's degree would be nearly 4.0, but sadly my uni doesn't give my GPA for the master's separately
Type of Student: domestic white male

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 170 (96%)
V: 165 (96%)
W: 5.5 (98%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 860 (87%)

Program Applying: Pure Math, focus on PDE/analysis

Research Experience: 2 papers, one on PDE/calc of variations and one on probability/combinatorics. My master's thesis is also research based, but no publications yet. Master's thesis is on an analysis/probability
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Math honors program which gives me a masters on top of my bachelors in 4 years, nothing else really important
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for 6 semesters
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: 9ish grad classes
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: not sure how good my letters were, I'm quite quiet and don't like talking to people as much as I should've...

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)
Brown-rejected 2/1
Cornell
NYU
Columbia
MIT
UPenn
Stanford
UW Madison
University of Maryland
Johns Hopkins - Waitlisted 2/3
UM Ann Arbor
Rutgers
CMU
PSU: interview request on jan 14th
3. UChicago - rejected 01/14

I am also quiet and don't talk a lot with professors even during office hours.