hep-ex/nuclear/neutrino. Double major Physics & ECE. 2 REUs in related fields, 1 conference proceeding and 1 paper in progress. No GRE, GPA 4.0/4.0. First school I hear back from! :))

I am into fusion. I had a summer internship and worked on a medium-sized tokamak. Experience with cold Plasmas. Have two publications under review. I just tried my luck with space plasmas.

cosmo/hep theory, 4 years of research experience, no GRE, one co-author and one first author publication

Did not get email or any message, checked portal and saw offer has been made. No GRE, 3 yrs of research, 1 co-authored pub, cmx/hep-th (yes I applied for both)

Hep-ex . Summer Research in hep-ex, 1.5 years experience in biophysics, and 2 summer research programs in physical chemistry and computational mathematics. Exchanged emails with 4 faculty members but didn't get on Zoom with them. I thought I was a good fit, crushed.

Applied for condensed matter experiment. REU in high energy physics and computational research in materials science from a high-ranking state school. No publications. Did not submit my GREs. I was not too surprised because my application was relatively generic, as this was not my top choice and was quite a reach. Good luck to all!

My 1st Ph.D. application rejection with no offer of admission at hand.

~3.5 years of research experience in Quantum Information/CMP, MS Physics, one co-authored publication, two first-authored publications under preparation

Had talked to faculty in WIPAC, got materials reviewed by grad student in WIPAC, research exp ~ 3 years, one paper close to submission, idk anymore :((

What is going on with UChicago? Did anyone get accepted at all?

No GRE and pGRE; master's degree and 2 years of full-time research experience; 3 first-author Q1 pubs (with a total 42 cited in two years), 1 first-author preprint (under review). Received an email to check the portal.

Biophysics, 2 years of biophysics research, at U.S public school

One publication, one strong letter from a well-known professor