Application Information

Details and information about the application.

Acceptance Rate
40%

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

Institution
University of Colorado Boulder
Program
Physics
Degree Type
PhD
Degree's Country of Origin
International
Decision
Wait listed
Notification
on 12/03/2025 via E-mail
Undergrad GPA
0.00
  • GRE General: 0
  • GRE Verbal: 0
  • Analytical Writing: 0.00
Notes
Mentioned they sent out about 50% of the number of acceptances compared to last year because of federal funding uncertainty and larger than usual class last year. email extract: "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."

Timeline

  • Received notification of Waitlist