Graduate School Admission Results

Standard rejection email. have multiple years work experience in research. 0a/2r/13p

Grad GPA: 3.91/4.00 I wish they had put more effort into the mails and at least offered some feedback than sending these generic, overdue and negligent mails en masse, which is more disappointing than the rejection itself. 0a/0w/2p/4r

General rejection

Impersonal email from DGS

3A/ 4r/ 3p Email from director grad admissions

1a/0w/3r/6p

2A/0W/7R and 6 to go

Expected. Bad fit and when I didn't hear Friday, I knew. 0a/1r/2p.

Email from graduate Administrator 6a/1r/0w

Ignore the status. Does anyone receive any updates? Based on past years, we are supposed to receive the interview invitation now.

Ignore status. Is the MIT Physics department sending results late this year? Last year most acceptances were sent on 02/08

Got acceptance over a phone call today morning! Yaay!

personal email from PI informing me in advance. official letter from the department emailed to me this morning. My UG advisor and I are working on publishing my senior thesis, but no publications beyond that. However, I did have a lot of research experience in my subfield which, as many others on this platform stated, was likely invaluable to my application. I'm over the moon!

Details: Got a formal letter of admissions this morning via email followed by an email from my potential PI shortly after. I was in close contact with him throughout the Fall and we sent some interesting papers back and forth. I answered some questions he had (about my application) via email on January 15th. No GREs taken, no current publications. Background: I completed my undergrad in Geology at a top 10 R1 University and worked for >2 years on a project fairly related to my POI's work. I also completed a Summer REU in the same field, along with a visiting research fellowship and summer graduate-level training program (again, in the same sub-field). I have multiple B+s and three C's on my undergraduate transcript, all in math/physics, so that focused research background really was key for my application. I was also very well-liked in my department (I asked a lot of questions) and was told by my LORs that they wrote me strong letters (two of whom are famous in their fields). I know the stress is real guys, but remember to find value in your lives outside of grad admissions. I was ecstatic for 10 minutes after getting my admissions notification and then all my anxiety came back and I realized I am still the same person, with the same struggles, and the same potential, as I was before I got this letter. Your response to life's challenges will determine your future, not some old geezers on a grad admission panel. Okay bye.