MSc 3.25, IELTS 7.0, Papers 3. I was very interested in this university. Deliberately emailed the professors, but there was no reply. Now I am just sad.

I was interviewed on 3 April by two Chinese professors. One of them (the senior and very aged one) asked a lot of theoretical questions, but I didn't understand his accent, as it was a pure Chinese English accent. Even after he repeated a question for the fourth time, I replied I don't know, though I didn't understand his question. The interview was around 45 minutes. It was my first interview, and I was just as nervous. After 22 long days of quietness, they replied, "No." I am sad. IELTS 7.0; Papers 3; No GRE, Centrally applied, BSc 3.32, MSc 3.25.

7 rejections out of 8.

Accepted off of waitlist

International. Applied to HEP-TH.

IELTS 7.0, MSc 3.25, Papers 3. Thought so.

6 years industry research experience, 2 years academic research experience, 1 publication (3rd author), 1 conference presentation (march meeting) My to-be PI and the admissions chair emailed me on March 12 saying that I was on a 50 person waitlist. The chair said there were financial concerns and were cutting admissions (combination of high admission rate last year and federal funding). I followed up on 4/14 in the morning and heard from the chair around 10 pm MDT that I will not be admitted. I'm very disappointed because my PI and I had been working together for over 6 months developing a research plan. We got along well and I was excited to work on the project.

Subfield: HEP-th/ Mathematical Physics