University of California (UCSC)
Physics
RejectedPhDAmerican
Application Details
- Institution
- University of California (UCSC)
- Program
- Physics
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Degree's Country of Origin
- American
- Decision
- Rejected
- Notification
- on 23/03/2021 via Website
- Undergrad GPA
- 0.00
- GRE General
- Not provided
- GRE Verbal
- Not provided
- Analytical Writing
- 0.00
- Notes
- TTPB: I am the person your long response was addressed to... I didn't intend engage in any conversation here, but since you spent so much time writing back I felt I had to reply. I'm happy for you to be going to Stanford and I'm sure your admissions to UCSB and other places were well-deserved. I had certain reasons to assume UCSB was reasonably within reach for me which I don't think would be appropriate to discuss here. Yet I completely agree that calling UCSB a safe school is a big stretch. By saying "special bonus points" I didn't mean anything specific. It could be anything that makes you different from a wealthy white boi. Moreover, I didn't mean to imply there was anything wrong with those circumstance being considered by the admissions committee. I am not comfortable sharing my life story here, but I can assure it wasn't a piece of cake by any means. I chose not to discuss my hardships in much detail in the application and in retrospect I can see how that could possibly make me come across as someone a lot more proviledged than I actually am. Please don't misconstrue this for any judgement on my part toward sharing such details; I am a very reserved person when it comes to sharing personal things with strangers and it was simply difficult for me to write about it... I am very sorry to hear about your loss. I hope you are doing alright now and I wish you the best at Stanford and otherwise. And thank you for writing back.
Institution Statistics
Acceptance Rate
37.7%
Avg. Notification Date
March 15
This data is estimated based on applicant submissions at The GradCafe.
Timeline
Received notification of Rejection