Graduate School Admission Results

Email from department chair, funding decisions to be made in March.

Pretty surprised. I had a low 80s average, but had good references and work experience at multiple starchitect firms.

hep-th (quantum gravity / cosmology). To be honest, I am thankful that I have been admitted to HPMS but I am feeling a bit lost as to whether to pursue hep-th or a PhD at all (I am considering jobs unrelated to physics). I have had professors explicitly discouraging me from pursuing quantum gravity and have met jaded PhD graduates of the most famous hep-th professors (when I was interning in the industry). My own experiences in hep-th have been intellectually fulfilling but it is sometimes difficult to tell if my work is related to the real world---the essence of physics seems to be missing. I have started looking at CMT (especially topological materials) but it still seems to have limited applicability in practice. To the applicants out there, how did you know you wanted to pursue a PhD and what are your post-PhD plans? For the hep-th applicants out there, why do you want to do hep-th?

I will be interviewing in a week and will be able to meet faculty and staff, excited!!

Received an e-mail to check the portal. I knew this was coming, but it still hurts. My top choice. C'est la vie.

no admission interview

UK Master's, email to check portal

Ignore waitlist. Have all bioscience programs released admit decisions after interviews?

Basic form email from the director of graduate studies

Received an email to check portal

AMO-experiment. Email with full information, awkwardly in two parts instead of having an attached pdf file, so make sure to scroll down past the first signature to see more details. I have had no contact with a PI or an interview.