Physics Graduate School Admission Results

No interview

Checked status site. No funding for Masters students, reserved for PhDs.

Is "Applied Physics" different than "Theoretical Physics" when it comes to Stanford? I applied for hep-theory; should I be worried that I have not heard back yet?

Strong GPA, Goldwater Scholarship, prior research experience in intended field

received official acceptance email; interviewed with POI in mid-January

Materials science track (note to future applicants: SEAS accepts students based on fit with and recommendation by (a) specific advisor(s). A large fraction of students, maybe 30%, do switch advisors, and this is fine as long as you find another SEAS professor to work with. Department seems very chill about this process, modulo individual attitudes. I did not list my advisor on my SoP, but we had a productive skype chat after I applied and it worked out for me.)

To the poster below: the Harvard applied pysics program is part of the John Paulson SEAS, which is entirely separate from the physics department, which operates within the GSAS. I applied to both, and it appears that the SEAS results are coming out today. I believe the physics department usually takes at least another week or so before sending out results.

Attend a small liberal arts school, absolutely no physics reputation. Double major in math and physics. One international REU, no other research experience and no publications.

Email to check status page.

From the trend in previous years, offers from SEAS should be later than Physics? I am just wondering why the official info of Applied Physics at SEAS is so early this year?

To the poster below, I think you must have misread the results. Harvard SEAS usually releases acceptances in the first or second week of February; this year it happened to be today. Harvard GSAS usually releases acceptances around the 10th. I would expect that this means next Friday or Monday this year, but we'll have to see.

To the posters below who were admitted, did you interview with a PI? Did you receive notification from the PI or from the department itself? I didn't receive an invitation to interview, so should I assume I didn't get in? Thanks!

Undergrad in chemistry (3.0 GPA), MS in physics (3.8 GPA)

Skype interview on 13 Feb. CMT.

Hept

Applied for HEP, got automated response.