Graduate School Admission Results

HEP-th

Condensed matter theory. Already expected at this point.

hep-th

Two first author publications, 3 total, 20+ citations, goldwater, REU + visiting scholar, multiple conferences, T100+ university w/ dual major, no GRE

Two first author publications, 3 total, 20+ citations, goldwater, REU + visiting scholar, multiple conferences, T100+ university w/ dual major, no GRE

Why the hell I am not getting any results?? I just want to hear something. This wait is killing me; it's been almost two months and I still haven't heard from any school. (¬､¬) (⩺_⩹) (ᗒᗣᗕ) (ᗒᗣᗕ) (ᗒᗣᗕ)

Has anyone heard back from Vanderbilt?

Ignore waitlist. Please reject your offer of Upenn if you don't need it. I am waiting for it.

Ignore Waitlist: Did anyone hear from Stony Brook for Physics and Astro Program?

1 first author peer-reviewed, 2 conference proceedings, 3 years of undergrad research, 4.0 GPA LOL

hep-th

Two first author publications, 3 total, 20+ citations, goldwater, REU + visiting scholar, multiple conferences, T100+ university w/ dual major, no GRE, had interview with caltech.

Kindly ignore status. Has anyone heard from this program? The deadline was the 5th of January.

HEP-Th/Cosmo-Th. Email to check portal. I am not satisfied with the decision and I don't think they have looked to my application carefully.

I received the same ambiguous email as everyone else here, saying that they "prefer not to send rejection letters until the very end of the process." I personally think this is not a nice practice for them to do. They are essentially waitlisting everyone and keeping themselves safe. They can always admit more students if whoever they have admitted decline their offer. However, this is not nice for the student and other graduate schools. For the students, I know that applying for grad school is a stressful thing, and if they just reject us early, we can still make other plans. For other graduate schools, they sent out offers and thought the students will come. However, because UMD is doing this, the students may receive UMD's admission at the very end, and decline other schools. Then, other schools will not have time to make more offers. I personally think their move is harmful for the whole environment of applying to grad school, which is already stressful. It is only good for themselves. However, if every school starts to do this, no one will be benefited. I have withdrew my application, because I have better offers anyway.