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University of Colorado Boulder

Physics

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Application Details

Institution
University of Colorado Boulder
Program
Physics
Degree Type
PhD
Degree's Country of Origin
American
Decision
Wait listed
Notification
on 12/03/2025 via E-mail
Undergrad GPA
0.00
GRE General
Not provided
GRE Verbal
Not provided
Analytical Writing
0.00
Notes
Got this email today. AMO-EX and Boulder is my #1 choice, so if anyone got accepted and not planning on attending, please decline the offer. I’m sorry I have not sent this email earlier. I wanted to give you an update on your status. You are one of about 50 students who has neither been admitted nor denied admission to the CU Boulder physics Ph.D. program. Last year, we ended up with a very large incoming class of 80 students compared to our target of 60. Last year we admitted 248 students. To compensate for last year and to be conservative given the uncertainty in federal funding, we have admitted only 123 out of 1224 applications. In a normal year, nearly all of you would be admitted to our program. Unfortunately, this is not a normal year. The reason that we have kept your application active is in case it seems that our entering class will be even smaller than our target. If that were to occur, we may be able to admit a handful of you. In summary, it is very unlikely that you will be admitted to the CU physics Ph.D. program. You should definitely make plans based on not receiving an offer from us. A few of you (out of 50) may end up receiving an offer. We plan to finalize our admissions by April 11.

Institution Statistics

Acceptance Rate

39.3%

Avg. Notification Date

March 14

This data is estimated based on applicant submissions at The GradCafe.

Timeline

  • Received notification of Waitlist