CMT. 2 1st author papers, 3 n-th author papers (all in Hep-th). Also have a MSc with GPA 4.0.

Going to Caltech anyways :)

To the UMassD and U^2GRC people below, don't worry about it, everyone who applies gets admitted, just finished there myself, part of the UMass-URI group.

I co-authored a publication with a Prof. (a name in the field) from UC Berkeley. I was in contact with two Caltech faculty members from my subfield back in December and both were greatly encouraging: one telling me he's on the admissions committee and the other offering to chat over Zoom. About a month ago I found out that my most recent letter of recommendation is a bit sketchy, a risk I took by doing a master's in Germany (context: famous group, terrible atmosphere). Good luck to the rest! :~)

Had interview on Feb. 12. Apply to U2GRC.

I got into Stanford and Yale, so I do not really care

Experimental condensed matter, Generic rejection email.

Email that I was unofficially waitlisted while they wait for more schools to send out admissions decisions to see how many more students they can admit.

Contacted for interview by PI on admissions committee

email to check portal, no interview.

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Nuclear / High Energy (Experimental). Bachelor's in Physics at Univ. of Washington, 1.5 years in a scientific position at a Department of Energy National Laboratory. No Publication. 6 years of independent research that involves a lot of hands-on work. Both rejections on the same day - hit hard. But lessons learned - I am not qualified yet nor ready yet. This will remind me to work harder. Thank you gradcafe and I wish you the best in your journey!

Was interviewed in Jan. After zero acceptances last season I got into my top choice as an international HEPTh applicant! Dreams do come true…