Congrats to the people who were accepted! I am on the waitlist... They said not to be discouraged but....haha. I appreciate them for getting back to me the fastest out of every program.

TTPB: Is it fair to assume that if you haven't received any such e-mail, there is no chance of admission?

sent an email saying open house is April 9th, here are the first two paragraphs of the letter: "We are writing to let you know that you are under active consideration for admission to our Ph.D. program. Our admissions committee reviewed your application and was quite impressed. It is clear that your record is sufficient to merit admission, but due to the pandemic, we anticipate to make many offers much later than typical...We only make offers that we fully fund (tuition + stipend), via either Teaching Assistantships or Research Assistantships. Effects of the pandemic have rendered uncertain our ability to fund as many graduate students as we would typically. During the next ~5 weeks, we will clarify our situation, and have thus held off currently making as many offers that we would like. We expect to make a number of additional offers.."

CP

I have declined an offer with funding. Good luck to those on the waitlist!

Hi TTPB, I think it was very informally said, also this was more in my favor that in case I did get in elsewhere before I hear from them, and had to make a decision, couldn't wait, I could let them know to hear earlier from them. They necessarily weren't interested in learning whether I got in elsewhere to make their decision. Sorry I wasn't clear with the language earlier

Sorry for my mistake. I got the email with a letter from Prof. Linn. No funding at this point. TTPB: Did you get the funding info from AREC?

NOTES Northwestern University Materials Science And Engineering, PhD (F21) Accepted via E-mail on 12 Feb 2021 ♦ A 12 Feb 2021 University Of Maryland Agricultural, PhD (F21) Accepted via E-mail on 12 Feb 2021 U 12 Feb 2021 report spam Email with letter from Prof. Linn. NO funding right now. TTPD: Did you get the funding info from AREC?

Email with letter from Prof. Linn. NO funding right now. rnTTPD: Did you get the funding info from AREC?

"you are under active consideration". Page-long letter that says they want to offer me but the pandemic has "made uncertain their future funding avenues" and they "anticipate making many more offers over the next ~5 weeks" So kinda like an unusual wait-list letter I suppose. Obligatory: Hep-ex, 3.8, renowned recommender.

Decent GPA, No publications, 3 years of research experience and No GRE

E-mail indicating application status update, with an acceptance letter in application portal. Tuition remission + assistantship. Woohoo!

CM-exp. No prior interview. TTPB: "There were over 800 applicants this year... for about 25 spots in our entering class."

Checked portal status today. Changed to “under grad review”, which I learned from someone else on the forum means rejection. Good luck to others!

Indian student, 3.74/4.00 UG GPA, 3 summer research projects (one in astronomy). No publications. Couple of months of TA experience.

Got an invitation for interview today from DGS :)

TTPB: Some committees will recommend that an applicant gets rejected or waitlisted if they think that you will not accept the offer. It streamlines the process on their end (or so I have heard). Also, astro people all know each other, so it wouldn't surprise me if committees talk across schools and coordinate acceptances. (again, this is all hearsay don't take it for Gospel).

TTPB: That happens when a professor really wants you but the committee doesn't agree. What reason did the professor give you?