Graduate School Admission Results

3 summers of research experience via NSERC USRA, 2 publications (1 in PRL). Three TA experiences.

Generic email

Hepx. No email, checked portal. No pub, no GRE, no interview, choking right now, can't believe this is real

We regret to inform you that we cannot offer you admission to our graduate program. The number of applicants for admission to our program greatly exceeds the number that can be accommodated and it has been necessary to refuse admissions to some fine applicants such as yourself.

Email from a professor I mentioned in my SOP and who served on the committee. No official offer yet. CP subfield.

Email to check portal update. No GRE. Plasma physics subfield. Also got into the MIT Nuclear Science & Engineering PhD program. Had an interview for NSE but none for Physics. 4 years of irrelevant high school/undergrad research experience + 0.5 years of relevant experience. No pubs.

4 academic papers: 3 first author, 1 co-author. Central bank internship, several prize nominations, bachelors + masters Cum Laude

Expected, 990 GRE triple major physics math cs, 1 year exp research in CMT and QI, no papers

Saw that coming from miles

hep-ex/cosmology. Accepted via portal. No interview.

Got phone call last week, supposed not to share until all results went out

CMT : 3 Publications

Hep-Ex. Got email to check portal. Rejected!