Physics Graduate School Admission Results

Domestic applicant with bachelor’s degree from a foreign country

Hi! Ignore Waitlist! Has anyone not received anything from Rice yet? I saw decisions but I have not heard anything from them. My portal is still the same as before, showing { “ If you need to contact us regarding your application, provide your name and this reference number: …” and below it is the checklist.}

Hi everyone, Wake Forest is my top choice, and at the moment, it is my only hope. I truly admire the research and academic environment there. If you have received an offer from Wake Forest but have a better option, I would greatly appreciate it if you could kindly make your decision as soon as possible. This would give waitlisted applicants like myself a chance to be admitted. Wishing everyone the best of luck with their applications, and congratulations to those who got offers!

Accepted without an interview. First acceptance this season.

Thank you very much for applying for admission to graduate study at the University of Pennsylvania. Your application, together with its supporting documents, was reviewed by members of the faculty in the Physics & Astronomy, PhD program. The number of applications to the University of Pennsylvania is very large every year, and unfortunately, your application was not among those we were able to accept for admission. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you continued success in your studies.

If you have received an offer from this program but are planning to accept another opportunity—especially if you have a better offer elsewhere—I would sincerely appreciate it if you could inform the university of your decision as soon as possible.

If you have received an offer from this program but are planning to accept another opportunity—especially if you have a better offer elsewhere—I would sincerely appreciate it if you could inform the university of your decision as soon as possible.

Interests: Hep-Th and Cosmology

3.35 in my MS. This cycle has been a brutal one with all the massive federal funding cuts. My situation is pretty abnormal as I am not requesting funding and will be doing my Ph.D part time which I think really boosted my chances of being accepted. I wouldn’t use my experience as a standard.

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."

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."

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.

Email from Boulder: "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.

Ignore status - has anyone heard anything in terms of acceptances from BU or if it's a lost cause at this point if you haven't heard anything?