hep-th (quantum gravity): no interview, 2 first author publications in theory, will not attend

hep-ex, 3.9/4 gpa, decent amount of hep-ex research but no papers

Indian student. Completed BTech in Mech Engg last year. Applied for Experimental Astrophysics. 1 publication in ApJ, 1 research note in RNAAS, 1 conference presentation and 2 posters. Started working on a project with a MIT faculty in Dec 2020. And hell, it was after suggestion from another faculty member at MIT that I applied. Feels damn sad. Had expected I would be selected, but looks like an Interview is almost always requested. I didn't receive any notification about it. Prob rejected b'cuz of less number of Physics courses in undergrad. Have got an 99% sure offer in Japan for MSc Physics though. Would go there and probably apply again to MIT for the 2023 admit. Ah! I really thought I would be accepted. The applications was apparently double this year (1500+) due to COVID-19, while the number of positions offered and the funding too, were cut short. Anyway, let's hope for the best and keep the aims high. Many congratulations to all those selected BTW. Getting into MIT must be a dream come true!

hep-ex; interview in last week. This is what I dreamed for so I settle now. I will withdraw other offers and hope other applicants can find his/her best fit.

>1500 application. pretty much every school received way more applications this year, If you have already gotten into somewhere you are likely to attend please consider withdrawing some pending applications to open space.

Generic rejection letter.

Applied for frontier mathematical aspects of hep-th. One year of research in particle simulations. Two years of research on Chern-Simons (from Mathematical and Physical perspectives). No publications.

hep-th

hep-th, accepted without interview. Research experience in cond-mat theory (1 paper), hep-th, and hep-ex.

CME, didn't get an interview so this was expected at this point!

Nucl-ex. Expected. I am happy with my current offer but kind of had hopes for MIT. But MIT is MIT lol. Can't complain about my current offer but want to go somewhere urban :( which is hard.

Turns out that different groups have different progress.

It is well. CMT

astro, had an interview with committee

TTPB: Same buddy, very nervous here.