Shocked. Did not interview. Physical track

I made the last post without logging into the forum so repaeting it here- I had a pretty impressive IELTS band score of 8 and the school requirements were 7.5

I had a pretty impressive IELTS score (Band 8) and the requirement in this school was 7.5

1/24 POI sent unofficial notification, 1/26 official update. Background: Optics.

1/24 POI sent unofficial notification, 1/26 official update.

2 yr M.S. research exp. No publication. 85 in toefl

Organic track with 1.5 year of research experiences in synthetic methodology

Applied for computational quantum chem. Got a generic acceptance letter first. Program director reached out to me and seems pretty excited about what I could accomplish there :D No GRE, no papers, 3 yr research and 1 REU. Good luck everyone!

BSc in chemistry with GPA3.57 and AS in computer science GPA 3.8, applied for computational chemistry labs. Three reference letters one of them is from head of graduate studies at my university, five industrial internships and one in medical field, one published paper first author and two other manuscripts awaiting decisions

Dual Master: 1st MS 3.60/4.00 2nd MS: 3.60/4.00, IELTS 6.5 Publications 04, 02 Book Chapters, 03 years of teaching experience, and currently doing TAship.

inorganic/organometallics, 3.5 years of undergrad research, thesis forthcoming, but no publications

was emailed to check portal, portal had a generic rejection letter. I called and was told they had to be more selective than previous years because they have less resources/less staff/ and everyone wanted a smaller cohort moving forward. Sympathies to everyone who should have gotten accepted but didnt