CMT

I emailed the admissions director, and I was informed they are not expecting to make more offers...

If you decide not to go to Penn, PLEASE take one of your other offers instead — you’d officially become my lifelong hero and I will owe you forever! Huge thanks!!

One publication, no interview - for soft matter theory

HEP EX, 2 REUs, 4 semesters of research, post-bacc year

CMT

2.5 years of physics research, 2 first-author pubs, 2 co-author pubs, 2 national awards, 1 undergrad research fellowship. Applied from undergrad.

email to check portal

Received directly from a PI I mentioned in my SOP

cosmo

"Due to the recent reduction of Penn's incoming graduate class amidst uncertainties due to government funding, unfortunately, you are currently waitlisted for our graduate program."

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.

Ignore waitlist, has someone heard back from UPenn? Should I still have hope at this moment?

hep-ex. The wait is too long! Any other hep-ex people here?