Hep-ex/neutrinos. No GRE. No papers. Total 1 year full-time research in 3 fields. Strong letters of rec including one from top institution. No interview.

hep-th, master's degree from top university in europe with high gpa, no gre, ongoing publication, 2 research projects (3 months + 4 months), very good letters of rec, very good match with faculty... :(

I received an email asking me to check the portal. Did research in multiple subfields & applied to computational astro.

CMT

CMT/biophys. 2 first author publications, one in PRL. No GRE. Womp womp.

Email to check the portal. CMT. No GRE/sGRE. 1 preprint, 3 years of CMX research, 6 months of CMT research. Has attempted to contact PI but no response.

Triple major in physics, chemistry, and biology, with minor in applied math and honors college grad. 5 years of undergrad research experience (LSAMP, SIST, B2B, McNair, MSRP). Strong letters from research advisors. Received generic "check application portal" for status update email.

hep ex

CMT: 4 publications in Adv mat,Adv Func Mat,Springer, JAP

triple major, one submitted paper, one conference presentation cosmo theory

AMO ex. 3 yrs research experience, no pubs

hep-ex

hep-th, notified by email to check portal. Hey, at least it was a very kind rejection letter!

Hep-Th.

Applied HEP-T

Rejected by email to check application page for a status update. No GRE, 2 REUs in hep-ex. I think this was a bad fit in hindsight so not too surprised!