Graduate School Admission Results

Rejected after interview. (176 applicants, 20 for interview; 6-8 offers including only 1 international applicant) (You have to choose one program to apply from QMUL and Southampton)

Canadian applicant

No research experience. 2 years of work experience in big tech warehouse robotics.

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."

only 50% scholarship :(

rejection after waiting for so long

Got an email to look at portal. Accepted with 1 year of experience in in-patient and peer counseling.

Mentioned they sent less than 50% of the number of acceptances compared to last year. Cited "federal funding uncertainty" and a larger than usual class compared to last year as the main reasons. 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."