AMO experiment; 32 months research experience; no publications

4 Papers, 2 in JHEP, Hep-th and CMT

If you have been accepted, but have better offers already, please, please decline this offer as soon as possible. This is my top choice, and I'll be really grateful.

Email Angela/ Tracy to get to know your status. I applied for hep-th and I believed that I had a strong background to get into. 3 projects in gravity, one publication, one ongoing project in string theory and other ongoing one in hep-pheno, three strong reco, university topper, couple of conferences.

Hep-Ex; no pubs, 1.5 years of relevant research + an REU in accelerator in physics. Sent a 990 GRE to UCB.

Four summer research internships, no publications. Visited campus last May.

Generic rejection. hep ex.

Got acceptance and offer letter via email, since I submitted my application to department graduate coordinator via email. Have a 1st author publication and 2years of research experiences in addition to Masters thesis. I was in contact with Prof. Lloyd Bumm.

OMG! I was just feeling very sad about the rejection from Stanford and then received the email to check the portal! Hep-th. No pubs.

Hep-Ex; no pubs, 1.5 years of relevant research + an REU in accelerator in physics. Current research advisor had some nifty connections

ignore waitlist. Has anyone heard from CMT?

Physics degree. Photonics interest. Surprised to be rejected.

Expected

hep-th (quantum gravity / cosmology). To be honest, I am thankful that I have been admitted to HPMS but I am feeling a bit lost as to whether to pursue hep-th or a PhD at all (I am considering jobs unrelated to physics). I have had professors explicitly discouraging me from pursuing quantum gravity and have met jaded PhD graduates of the most famous hep-th professors (when I was interning in the industry). My own experiences in hep-th have been intellectually fulfilling but it is sometimes difficult to tell if my work is related to the real world---the essence of physics seems to be missing. I have started looking at CMT (especially topological materials) but it still seems to have limited applicability in practice. To the applicants out there, how did you know you wanted to pursue a PhD and what are your post-PhD plans? For the hep-th applicants out there, why do you want to do hep-th?

AMO-experiment. Email with full information, awkwardly in two parts instead of having an attached pdf file, so make sure to scroll down past the first signature to see more details. I have had no contact with a PI or an interview.