Got the first rejection- Generic rejection email (No GRE, CGPA-3.7, One first author paper, one under preparation, 30+ months of research experiences in hep th and quantum gravity, few conferences)

Applied for Hep-th. 1 first authored paper in high reputation journal. 2 years of research experience in Classical Gravity and QFT in curved Spaces. Congrats to the ones who got selected.

CMT. >2.5 years of CMT and HEP exp research. Few conferences. 1 conference paper.

HEP-Ex. Awarded the Grainger Foundation Graduate Fellowship (and incredibly thankful for it).

Got an email to check the portal; No interview. Research in CMX/CME and CMT. One 1-st author paper in CMT, a few nth-author papers in CMX/CME.

HEP-th. Got an email to check portal. Brief generic rejection letter. 1 1st author pub, a couple of conferences, 3+ years of research, many extracurrics.

Got the heads-up from my gf that decisions were out. Wasn't expecting this, feeling grateful

I felt so sad.

Got an email to check the portal. 3 years undergrad research, a pub in progress

Accelerator Physics

Hep Th. No interview

first rejection :( Undergrad and masters gpa: 4.0 , 2 years+ research experience, no pubs , research area: hep-th/ qit 1r/0w/16p

CMT