2024 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results

[mathph]

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I will warn you, however, that mathematics graduate programs do not pick people with some sort of strict formula. That said, I believe that the years of data that are forming on this site are a good source to see where students might be competitive. Keeping that in mind, please adhere to the following format:

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[b]Undergrad Institution:[/b] (School or type of school (such as Big state/Lib Arts/Ivy/Technical/Foreign (Country?))
[b]Major(s):[/b]
[b]Minor(s):[/b]
[b]GPA:[/b]
[b]Math GPA:[/b]
[b]Type of Student:[/b] (Domestic/International (Country?), Male/Female?, Minority?)

[b]GRE Revised General Test:[/b]
[b]Q:[/b] xxx (xx%)
[b]V:[/b] xxx (xx%)
[b]W:[/b] x.x (xx%)
[b]GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:[/b]
[b]M:[/b] xxx (xx%)

[b]TOEFL Score:[/b] (xx = Rxx/Lxx/Sxx/Wxx) (if applicable)

[b]Program Applying:[/b] (Pure Math/Applied Math/Statistics/Operation Research/Biostatistics)

[b]Research Experience:[/b] (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications or conference talks etc...)
[b]Awards/Honors/Recognitions:[/b] (Within your school or outside?)
[b]Pertinent Activities or Jobs:[/b] (Such as tutor, TA, etc...)
[b]Math Courses Taken:[/b] (Such as abstract algebra, advanced calculus)
[b]Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help:[/b] (Such as connections, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc...)
[b]Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:[/b]

[b]Applying to Where:[/b] (Color use here is welcome)
[u]School[/u] - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined
[u]School[/u] - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined
[u]School[/u] - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined
[u]School[/u] - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined
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[mathph]

Undergrad Institution: ___(MyHomeState)___ State University
Major(s): Math and Physics
Minor(s): null
GPA: 3.81
Math GPA:
Type of Student: Domestic White Male

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 168 (87%)
V: 156 (70%)
W: 4.0 (57%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 860 (86%)

Program Applying: Pure Math

Research Experience: Senior paper in topology. One pending publication with a faculty member in my department in topology. One submitted publication with another faculty member in combinatorics. Completed 1 REU at another Private Tier 1 university. Also writing a senior paper for my second major (physics) in classical field theory but might quit if it gets too difficult since I can graduate regardless.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Volunteered for the math department on a few occasions. Received 2 department scholarship and one distinguished dean's scholarship.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutored college algebra and precalculus. Graded for college algebra.
Math Courses Taken: Calculus 2-3 (received Calc 1 credit from AP), ODE, Linear Algebra, Numerical Analysis, PDE, Intro to Proofs, Discrete Math, Advanced Calculus 1-2, Modern Algebra 1-2, Topology, Complex Analysis, Combinatorics, Number Theory, Probability, Mathematical Statistics 1-2, Problem-Solving seminars.
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: My advisor and letter writers are from some of the schools that I'm applying to, but surely that's too common to be helpful.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)

(Dream/Donations)
Brown -
Harvard -
MIT -
Princeton -
Stanford -
UC Berkeley -
UCLA -
Yale -

(Reach?)
Michigan -
Minnesota -
Rutgers -
UIUC -
UT Austin -
UW Madison -

(Match??)
IU Bloomington -
Penn State -
Ohio State -
TAMU -
UC Davis -
UC Santa Barbara -
UIC -

(Safeties???)
Iowa -
Iowa State -
Kentucky -
Nebraska -
Oregon State -
SUNY Buffalo -

[abcd]

Undergrad Institution: Top university in the country (middle east asia)
Major(s): Mathematics
Minor(s): Data Science
GPA: 3.71
Math GPA: 3.9ish
Masters GPA: 3.85
Type of Student: International Male

GRE Revised General Test: Not taking since most universities do not require it.

GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: Will be taking in November.
M: 880 (90%)

TOEFL Score: (108 = R30/L29/S23/W26) (That 23 sucks man!)

Program Applying: (Analytic Number Theory)

Research Experience: Currently doing a master's thesis in analytic number theory. Did some reading projects in Algebraic Geometry and Topology.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: 2nd position in national level undergraduate mathematics contest, merit scholarship for masters, high achiever award, Dean's honor roll etc...
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Did TAships of Cal-I, Real Analysis-I, and Linear Algebra with Differential Equations
Undergraduate Math Courses: Cal-I, Cal-II, Cal-III, Mathematical Statistics-I, Mathematical Statistics-II, Discrete Mathematics and Applications, Elementary Number Theory, Mathematical Computing, Real-Analysis-I, Real Analysis-II, ODE-I, ODE-II, Linear Algebra, Calculus of Variations, Differential Geometry-I, PDEs, Numerical Analysis-I, Fluid Mechanics, Complex Analysis, Functional Analysis, Group Theory, Rings and Fields, Integral Equations, Mathematical Modelling, Metric and Topological Spaces
Graduate Math Courses:: Mathematical Analysis, Advanced Complex Analysis, Advanced Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, Advanced Differential Geometry, Advanced Topology
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: One of my recommender is famous at least in the number theory and analysis circles and he is my thesis supervisor. The other two have taught me courses (one of them is my co-supervisor of thesis and knows me very well).
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Got my name in the acknowledgement section of a book by a pretty famous mathematician (Prof. T T)

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)

(Dream)
Oxford -
Stanford -
UCLA -

(Target)
UIUC -
UCI - Submitted
Kansas State -
Montreal -
Rutgers -
UofT -
Rice - Submitted
ETH -

(Safety)
MIssissippi -
Georgia -
Kentucky -
Bogacizi -

[vfefe]

Before I post - I've noticed a lot of post in previous years threads have been deleted.

Is this for privacy issues? Should I be worried that I could get doxxed?

My profile is definitely distinctive.

[mathph]

Before I post - I've noticed a lot of post in previous years threads have been deleted.

Is this for privacy issues? Should I be worried that I could get doxxed?

My profile is definitely distinctive.

that's a good question, there could be many reasons, but likely most fall under one of the following:

- privacy concerns
- lack of confidence aka inferiority complex
- 'crab mentality'

just hide the stuff that makes you fingerprintable...?

[paatpaatpaat]

Undergrad Institution: Top 30 worldwide (Australia)
Major(s): Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Minor(s): Biomedical Sciences
GPA: First-Class Honours (85+)
Math GPA: First-Class Honours (90+)
Type of Student: International (Australia), Asian male

GRE Revised General Test: (not taken)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: (not taken)

Program Applying: Applied & Computational Math/Biomathematics

Research Experience: One year-long research at a cancer research wet lab (pending one second-author publication); MSc research thesis on cancer modelling.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Chancellor's scholar, Vacation research scholarships, MSc academic scholarships etc.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Private high-school tutor & TA at Calc 1, 2, Lin. Alg.
Undergraduate Math Courses Taken: Calc 1-3, Linear Algebra 1 & 2, Measure-Theoretic Probability, Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Differential Equations, Group Theory, Numerical methods & Scientific Computing, Linear Statistical Models, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Stochastic Modelling, Metric & Hilbert Spaces, Methods of Mathematical Physics
Graduate Math Courses Taken: Mathematical statistics, Stochastic Calculus, Mathematical Statistical Mechanics, Advanced Methods: Differential Equations, Advanced Methods: Transforms, Bayesian statistical learning, Multivariate statistics, High-dimensional numerical analysis, Random Matrix Theory
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: I know I want to apply maths & stats to cancer research, and so I'm only applying for programs who share a similar interest and have groups who work in this area. The programs I'm applying for are all very good fit.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: (1) I received straight A's for all of the math courses mentioned above except for one, and the one for which I didn't receive an A is Metric and Hilbert Spaces, for which I only got a B . This might raise some red flags? (2) None of my recommenders are very well-known worldwide, though they are all professors and associate professors who are renowned domestically in Australia.

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)

Reach:
Princeton (PACM) -
JHU (Applied Maths & Statistics) -
UT Austin (Oden Institute) -

Target:
UCLA (Biomathematics) -
UWash (Applied math) -
UMich (Applied & Interdisciplinary Math) -
U Maryland (Applied math & Statistics, and Scientific Computation) -
Northwestern (Applied Math) -

Safety:
Australian PhD

[fiveier.analysis]

Undergrad Institution: Mid-sized Public (w/o PhD program)
Major(s): Mathematics, Biology
Minor(s): Anthropology, Chemistry
GPA: 3.57
Math GPA: 3.43
Type of Student: Domestic/Female/White

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 166 (80%)
V: 169 (99%)
W: 5.5 (98%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 880 (89%)

Program Applying: Pure Math (Combinatorics, Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic Number Theory)

Research Experience:
(i) Currently working on an honors thesis in mathematical logic
(ii) One paper published in mathematical logic with professor advising me on (i)
(iii) One paper published in graph theory with another professor
(iv) One paper submitted in analytic number theory, pending minor revision. I mostly did computational work/verification of formulas.
(v) Completed 2 REUs, one of which is with professor mentioned in (iv). The other is at my home institution, end product is a poster presentation at the end of summer.
(vi) Worked with a professor in data science and got 2 papers published, both have 5-10 authors so not sure how much weight they carry.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions:
Bunch of department and university scholarships.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs:
Attended many seminars, colloquiums and talks.

Math Courses Taken:
Matrix theory, number theory, ordinary differential equations, introduction to analysis, fourier analysis, abstract algebra, partial differential equations, numerical methods, numerical linear algebra, mathematical biology, optimization and parallel computing. Directed study in complex anlaysis, topology and algebraic topology.

Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help:
Female. The professor mentioned above in (iv) is "a big name" in his field of research.

Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:
Two of my letters are coming from (i) and (iv) above. I don't know if the letter from (iv) is going to be super strong but he is famous, at least in analytic number theory.

I'm a bit weary asking for (iii) to write me a letter because it didn't seem like she liked me at all. My gut is telling me that she's very annoyed with me, and she]s always reluctant to spend time explaining things to me. I think she was only using me to compute/verify data for her paper and at the end she only added me as a secondary author as supposed to a coauthor.

Actually, I've attempted the subject GRE three times. Honestly it's a test that you'll just have to study for, hard. It's probably the easiest way to make your application stand out imho. The professor mentioned above in (iv) told me their department uses the subject GRE in general to, for a lack of a better term, weed off applicants. I don't remember the exact wording, but something along the lines "it demonstrate that you as an applicant can focus on one task and perform well" and "we get way more applications than we have funding so not doing well in the subject GRE put you in a significant disadvantage".

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)

Reach:
Cornell - submitted October 14
Duke - submitted
UC Berkeley - submitted
UC San Diego -
UCLA -

Target:
Michigan - submitted
Minnesota -
UIUC -
UW Madison -
Washington - submitted
Waterloo -

Safety:
Florida -
Florida State -
Iowa -
Iowa State -
Michigan State -
Ohio State -
Penn State -

Super Safety:
Delaware -
Hawaii -

[anticategories]

Undergrad Institution: Private
Major(s): Math
Minor(s): Chem, Physics
GPA: 3.22
Math GPA:
Type of Student: Domestic Male

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 170 (93%)
V: 166 (96%)
W: 5.0 (91%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 920 (95%)

*I took the GRE general over 12 months ago and either the percentile changes over time, or that my brain's memory storage is failing

Program Applying: Pure Math - Harmonic Analysis

Research Experience:

• Did research in high school with a professor at a local university, published 1 paper in combinatorics/graph theory together and another in algebraic combinatorics after high school during summer before college.
• Completed 2 REUs. First one's online, ended up being a 'learning project' i.e. the final paper was a summary for algebraic topology. The second one did the 'learning project' again but in harmonic analysis.
• Did research with 2 faculty members at my home institution in functional analysis. Submitted 1 paper each with them separately, 1 in functional analysis the other in fourier analysis.
• Did research with faculty member with my REU advisor in harmonic analysis. Published 1 paper as a secondary author in harmonic analysis. Published 3 more papers later as coauthors with the professor and other experts in the field, 2 in harmonic analysis, the other in geometric measure theory.
• Currently working on a paper with a professor at another university whom I connected with during a conference and introduced by another faculty member. Paper is being typed up almost ready for submission.
• Also currently working on graduation thesis requirement in abstract harmonic analysis.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions:

• Got into USAMO 3 times but were never selected for the 'preIMO summer camp' nor the IMO.
• Putnam honorable mention.
• Won a national scholarship for college. Technically won 2 but can only accept 1. Also bunch of high school scholarships but the national scholarship effectively refunded these smaller high school scholarships.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs:
None. Never tutored nor TA'ed for any classes, unless you count siblings and friends.

Math Courses Taken:

• Undergraduate
  Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Fourier Analysis, Probability Theory, Linear Algebra, Algebra 1-2, Number Fields, Algebraic combinatorics, Differential Geometry, Functional Analysis
• Graduate
  Advanced Real Analysis, Advanced Complex Analysis, Harmonic Analysis, Several Complex Variables, Differential Analysis, Analytic Number Theory, Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, Riemann Surfaces, Geometric PDEs, Modular Forms, Class Field Theory, Algebraic Topology

Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help:
All 3 letter writers are very well-known in their fields - algebraic combinatorics, number theory and harmonic analysis. They all have their wikipedia pages and won bunch of prizes, so hope that helps. Some of the courses I've taken are at another university, which I'm applying to so that might also help.

Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:
I got some pretty bad grades in freshman year which partially contributed to my low GPA. I underestimated the difficulty of higher level undergraduate and graduate level math courses. Fortunately my professors (and some grad students) were really patient and helped me out. They spent quite a lot of time explaining things to me. I also did comparatively worse on 'algebra courses' - categories didn't make much sense to me and still doesn't. I barely passed graduate algebraic topology and for some reasons I just couldn't figure out Lie groups (and a bunch of other stuff) for a long time and did poorly in some classes.

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)

1. Princeton - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined
2. UCLA - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined
3. Caltech - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined
4. MIT - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined
5. Yale - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined
6. UW Madison - Program / Admitted/Rejected/Waitlisted/Pending on (date) / Accepted/Declined

[cocoaalmondbutter]

Undergrad Institution: Small liberal arts and sciences honors college at a large state university
Major(s): Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences with an Emphasis in Biology
GPA: 3.977 (Only non-As were in Organic Chemistry and Genetics)
Math GPA: 4.00
Type of Student: Domestic, Male, White

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 160 (61%)
V: 152 (50%)
W: 4.0 (56%)

Program Applying: Pure Math, Applied Math, and Biostatistics

Research Experience: I will have a published Honors Thesis in Group Theory by the time I graduate.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?)
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: I am the tutor for Physics, Learning Assistant (LA) for Calculus, and a Mathnasium tutor.
Math Courses Taken: Honors Calculus I-III, Matrix Theory, Abstract Algebra, Complex Analysis, and Differential Equations. I have also taken two coding classes (R and gretl).
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: My recommenders are alumni at two of the schools I am applying to.

Applying to Where:
University of Tennessee - Ph.D. in Mathematics / Pending on 10/19/2023
Florida State University - Ph.D. in Biomathematics / Pending on 10/19/2023
Florida Atlantic University - M.S. in Mathematics / Pending on 10/19/2023
University of Florida - Ph.D. in Mathematics / Pending on 10/19/2023
University of Georgia - Ph.D. in Mathematics / Pending on 10/19/2023
Clemson University - Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences / Pending on 10/19/2023
University of South Carolina - Ph.D. in Mathematics / Pending on 10/19/2023
University of Alabama - Ph.D. in Mathematics / Pending on 10/19/2023

[The Knave]

My university reports my “Major GPA,” which is my GPA for courses required by my major (math). This includes some chemistry and physics courses, and excludes some math courses I’ve taken as “general electives.” My university does not report a GPA just for math courses. Is this “Major GPA” my “Math GPA”?

[newtonjeep]

My university reports my “Major GPA,” which is my GPA for courses required by my major (math). This includes some chemistry and physics courses, and excludes some math courses I’ve taken as “general electives.” My university does not report a GPA just for math courses. Is this “Major GPA” my “Math GPA”?

Usually these are separate, and you'll have to calculate your math courses only GPA using whatever grading scheme your university uses.

[deligne]

Undergrad Institution: Best in the country
Major(s): Mathematics and Computer Science
GPA: 4.00
Type of Student: International Male

GRE Revised General Test: didn't take

GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 900 (93%)

TOEFL Score: 106

Program Applying: Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry

Research Experience: multiple published papers in analytic number theory.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for multiple core courses for undergraduates.
Graduate Math Courses Taken: Commutative Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic Number Theory, Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves,...
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: read multiple classic papers on modular forms, modular curves, and Galois representations; read 1 influential algebraic geometry paper; recommenders know me well.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: selected to write IMO TSTs (team selection tests) multiple times.

Applying to Where:
Harvard -
Princeton -
Stanford -
MIT -
U Chicago -
Columbia -
U Michigan -
UCSD -
U Toronto -
U British Columbia -
UW-Madison -
U Bonn -

[Euler29]

Undergrad Institution: Top tier engineering institute in Asia
Major(s): Artificial Intelligence
Minor(s): N/A
GPA: 3.33
Type of Student: International Male

GRE Revised General Test: Not taking since most universities do not require it.

GRE Subject Test in Mathematics: N/A

TOEFL Score: (110= R27/L29/S30/W24)

Program Applying: Analytic Number Theory

Research Experience: Have published 5 papers on analytic number theory and completed two independent studies in analytic number theory and p-adic number theory respectively.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list for research for two consecutive years, a prestigious fellowship meant for supporting young mathematicians, Won awards in a couple of high school competitions.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Been a TA for multivariate calculus, a reviewer for AMS, contributed talks at some conferences
Graduate Math Courses Taken: Functional Analysis, Complex Analysis, Advanced Linear Algebra, Introductory Algebraic Geometry, Advanced Number Theory, Point-set Topology
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: I mailed some prospective advisors out of anxiety and got positive responses from a few. My recommenders know me well. Two of them are in number theory. Rest are my professors.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: My GPA is somewhat low mainly due to non-mathematical courses. My first two years were online and one semester went partially online which brought down my grades. I improved my grades significantly in junior year when I also took graduate math courses.

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)

(Dream)
Oxford -
Stanford -
Princeton -

(Target)
UIUC -
Montreal -
Northwestern -
U of Toronto(MSC) -
Michigan -
Kansas State -

(Safety)
U of British Columbia(MSC) -
McGill(MSC) -
Virginia -

[matejxx1]

Undergrad Institution: Mid-sized Public (w/o PhD program)
Major(s): Mathematics, Biology
Minor(s): Anthropology, Chemistry
GPA: 3.57
Math GPA: 3.43
Type of Student: Domestic/Female/White

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 166 (80%)
V: 169 (99%)
W: 5.5 (98%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 880 (89%)

Program Applying: Pure Math (Combinatorics, Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic Number Theory)

Research Experience:
(i) Currently working on an honors thesis in mathematical logic
(ii) One paper published in mathematical logic with professor advising me on (i)
(iii) One paper published in graph theory with another professor
(iv) One paper submitted in analytic number theory, pending minor revision. I mostly did computational work/verification of formulas.
(v) Completed 2 REUs, one of which is with professor mentioned in (iv). The other is at my home institution, end product is a poster presentation at the end of summer.
(vi) Worked with a professor in data science and got 2 papers published, both have 5-10 authors so not sure how much weight they carry.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions:
Bunch of department and university scholarships.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs:
Attended many seminars, colloquiums and talks.

Math Courses Taken:
Matrix theory, number theory, ordinary differential equations, introduction to analysis, fourier analysis, abstract algebra, partial differential equations, numerical methods, numerical linear algebra, mathematical biology, optimization and parallel computing. Directed study in complex anlaysis, topology and algebraic topology.

Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help:
Female. The professor mentioned above in (iv) is "a big name" in his field of research.

Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:
Two of my letters are coming from (i) and (iv) above. I don't know if the letter from (iv) is going to be super strong but he is famous, at least in analytic number theory.

I'm a bit weary asking for (iii) to write me a letter because it didn't seem like she liked me at all. My gut is telling me that she's very annoyed with me, and she]s always reluctant to spend time explaining things to me. I think she was only using me to compute/verify data for her paper and at the end she only added me as a secondary author as supposed to a coauthor.

Actually, I've attempted the subject GRE three times. Honestly it's a test that you'll just have to study for, hard. It's probably the easiest way to make your application stand out imho. The professor mentioned above in (iv) told me their department uses the subject GRE in general to, for a lack of a better term, weed off applicants. I don't remember the exact wording, but something along the lines "it demonstrate that you as an applicant can focus on one task and perform well" and "we get way more applications than we have funding so not doing well in the subject GRE put you in a significant disadvantage".

Applying to Where: (Color use here is welcome)

Reach:
Cornell - submitted October 14
Duke - submitted
UC Berkeley - submitted
UC San Diego -
UCLA -

Target:
Michigan - submitted
Minnesota -
UIUC -
UW Madison -
Washington - submitted
Waterloo -

Safety:
Florida -
Florida State -
Iowa -
Iowa State -
Michigan State -
Ohio State -
Penn State -

Super Safety:
Delaware -
Hawaii -

It looks like cornell is not accepting new students this year

[fiveier.analysis]

interesting yeah their website changed

I already submitted my application on applyweb and it went through. I also paid the application fee!!

Does anyone also submitted an application and heard anything back from the grad college or the department? I emailed just now but probably won't get a response until Monday

[MathDad]

Here is a link to the announcement:
https://math.cornell.edu/graduate-admis ... pplication

[mathph]

interesting yeah their website changed

I already submitted my application on applyweb and it went through. I also paid the application fee!!

Does anyone also submitted an application and heard anything back from the grad college or the department? I emailed just now but probably won't get a response until Monday

Dude I'm pretty sure Cornell as a school is not out to 'steal' your application fee however it might be.

But, with that said, I'm not sure if you'll get a straight up 'denial' as a justification to your application or that you will actually get your money back. If I have to guess it's probably a denial but no refunds. File a credit card chargeback if you dare

Good luck lol

[anticategories]

interesting yeah their website changed

I already submitted my application on applyweb and it went through. I also paid the application fee!!

Does anyone also submitted an application and heard anything back from the grad college or the department? I emailed just now but probably won't get a response until Monday

Dude I'm pretty sure Cornell as a school is not out to 'steal' your application fee however it might be.

But, with that said, I'm not sure if you'll get a straight up 'denial' as a justification to your application or that you will actually get your money back. If I have to guess it's probably a denial but no refunds. File a credit card chargeback if you dare

Good luck lol

Well I guess if you know you're never going to be a student at Cornell it probably doesn't matter.

[zeusdm]

Undergrad Institution: Small Liberal Arts College
Major(s): Mathematics, Linguistics
GPA: 3.865
Math GPA: 4.000
Type of Student: International, Male

GRE: Did not take any GRE.
TOEFL: Not applicable.

Program Applying: Pure Math

Research Experience: Summer REU 2023, Research Experience during Study Abroad, Summer REU 2022. Two published papers, plus three arXiv manuscripts. Six talks at four conferences.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: 2x Putnam Top 200, 2x IMO Medal
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Grader/Tutor for Linear Algebra, Algebra, Topology. Math Olympiad Instructor for High-School Students. Volunteering for Math Olympiad Coordination.
Math Courses Taken: Algebraic Combinatorics, Complex Analysis, Combinatorics of Hypergraphs, Conjecture and Proof, Representation Theory, Functional Analysis, Extremal and Probabilistic Combinatorics, Real Analysis, Abstract Algebra.
Any Miscellaneous Points that Might Help: Senior Thesis, Study Abroad
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:

Applying to Where:
Minnesota, Twin Cities
Michigan
MIT
CUNY
Washington
Northeastern
Oregon
Virginia
UMass, Amherst
Wisconsin, Madison
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dartmouth
Carnegie Mellon
Cambridge, Part II

[fiveier.analysis]

interesting yeah their website changed

I already submitted my application on applyweb and it went through. I also paid the application fee!!

Does anyone also submitted an application and heard anything back from the grad college or the department? I emailed just now but probably won't get a response until Monday

Dude I'm pretty sure Cornell as a school is not out to 'steal' your application fee however it might be.

But, with that said, I'm not sure if you'll get a straight up 'denial' as a justification to your application or that you will actually get your money back. If I have to guess it's probably a denial but no refunds. File a credit card chargeback if you dare

Good luck lol

Well I guess if you know you're never going to be a student at Cornell it probably doesn't matter.

I'm almost certain at this point I'm not seeing a penny back despite having submitted an application.

Emailed the department and was directed to contact admissions.

Then, admissions told me to contact applywebs.

Applwebs told me to contact the grad school admissions. ad infinitum

[The Knave]

Undergrad Institution: Private university (US News Top 30 colleges in the U.S.)
Majors: Mathematics, Global Affairs
Minor: French
GPA: 3.88
Math GPA: 3.91 (self-calculated)
Type of Student: Domestic white male

GRE Revised General Test:
Q: 169 (91%)
V: 170 (99%)
W: 5.5 (98%)
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics:
M: 870 (88%)

Program Applying: Pure Math, with specialization in logic

Research Experience: Organized and led a very small-scale student-led summer research project. Writing an expository senior thesis in logic.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Top 500 on Putnam competition. Departmental award for top first-year math major. Departmental award for top sophomore/junior math major.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Graded and tutored for proof-based undergraduate math courses. Attended two graduate summer schools in logic.
Math Courses Taken: (I list the number of semesters taken in each area, including both in-progress and planned courses.)
Undergraduate-level: 4 calculus, 2 linear algebra, 1 real analysis, 1 topology, 1 philosophy of math.
Graduate-level: 4 logic, 2 abstract algebra, 1 real analysis, 2 geometry/topology, 1 algebraic geometry.

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Dude I'm pretty sure Cornell as a school is not out to 'steal' your application fee however it might be.

But, with that said, I'm not sure if you'll get a straight up 'denial' as a justification to your application or that you will actually get your money back. If I have to guess it's probably a denial but no refunds. File a credit card chargeback if you dare

Good luck lol

Well I guess if you know you're never going to be a student at Cornell it probably doesn't matter.

I'm almost certain at this point I'm not seeing a penny back despite having submitted an application.

Emailed the department and was directed to contact admissions.

Then, admissions told me to contact applywebs.

Applwebs told me to contact the grad school admissions. ad infinitum

Update: After much back and forth, I got frustrated and contacted the dean of admissions or whatever. I'm getting a refund check in the mail because they said they cannot refund me the transaction as it is done by AppleWebs.

So if you applied and paid the fee to Cornell before they closed down the application, escalate and you should get your money back.