Hello all, Kindly ignore the acceptance notification. Has anyone heard back from Chemistry yet?

Please ignore the interview report. Anyone has heard back from them? Saw someone did on Biosci sheet.

NOT Interview: Has anybody received anything from them so far? They started around 11-12 Jan in previous years.

high energy theory. 10 graduate classes, 3 co-author pubs, 14 single author pubs, 26 invited talks, best friends with lenny susskind. great great grandson of einstein, grandson of ed witten, son of maldacena. letters of rec from lisa randall, isaac newton, and jesus. 12 years old, 8 inches (13 if you count the balls), wanting to pursue a career on wall street.

20 minute call with faculty member to discuss my background and research interests. Not sure how many invites were sent out, but the faculty member who contacted me wasn't someone I listed on my application, so I'm assuming this is a departmental interview round.

I spent 15 minutes of our 30-minute Zoom interview talking about Garfield, particularly my extensive knowledge of Garfield lore spanning 10 years of consuming Garfield media, including comics, video games, and films. The professor seemed really confused and tried to redirect the conversation, but I told him he was talking over me and mansplaining, which shut him up for a while. At the end of the interview he said there might have been a misunderstanding and that these topics "weren't appropriate" for a PhD interview. I started screeching into my headset mic and punching my webcam. He hung up and I received a rejection email a few hours later.

I spent 15 minutes of our 30-minute Zoom interview talking about Garfield, particularly my extensive knowledge of Garfield lore spanning 10+ years of consuming Garfield media, including comics, video games, and films. The professor seemed really confused and tried to redirect the conversation, but I told him he was talking over me and mansplaining, which shut him up for a while. At the end of the interview he said there might have been a misunderstanding and that these topics "weren't appropriate" for a PhD interview. I started screeching into my headset mic and punching my webcam. He hung up and I received a rejection email a few hours later.

No publications

No publications but I have decent research experience