Email to check portal, flat out rejection.

We have received your application for admission to the Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy program at The Ohio State University for the autumn 2026 semester. After careful consideration of your application, I'm sorry to inform you that the Graduate Program did not approve your admission. On behalf of the Graduate School, we appreciate your interest in Ohio State, and we wish you success in your future studies.

If you have any other better offer, please reject or withdraw !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3.8 Major GPA

Emailed department directly after seeing another person do this and got the rejection. This cycle is absolutely brutal, with how many applicants there are and how little spots are being offered due to cuts. Frankly, to get any acceptance is a win at this point. 1a/0w/6r/3p

So excited for this opportunity, go rams!!

No email, updated in portal

GPA Masters; Offered acceptance with full tuition remission and a 22k a year stipend (though the way its worded makes it seem like it may not be guaranteed after the first year); this was a pretty good cycle for me and I have a lot of figuring out to do between the acceptances to figure out where I'm gonna be going. Hope everyone else's cycle goes just as well! 2a/3r

Invitation for interview on 01/30, interview on 02/04, accepted on 03/12