Physics Graduate School Admission Results

HEP/ Neutrino

Expected but not sad. Not a fan of rain anyway

CMP. It honestly just feels good to have heard back from all programs and be done with this waiting game. Best of luck out there. 6a/7r/0w/0p

hep-ex

CMX. Knew it was a reah so not too disappointed 5a/0w/4r/2p

Generic Rejection Letter. HEP-Th. Not very surprised.

Actually waitlisted! If you got in and do not plan on attending PLEASE deny quickly, this is my top choice and I would be super thrilled to go here.

I am on WL in CWRU and it will be great if people not attending can reject especially in theory. It is my only hope this year.

not very surprised.

If someone has a better offer would you please decline Notre Dame's offer? This is my only hope this year and I would greatly appreciate your help.

CMX. Had a really good connection with POI before applying. Thought that might give me a chance even though this was kind of a reach.

hep-th, expected as they sent out all offers weeks ago. Already got into elsewhere tho

hep-th. Major CGPA 3.92/4. TOEFL 114/120. Email to check portal. Generic rejection

Hep-th. Generic rejection letter.

I applied to more than 20 schools. Only 3 remained undeclared; others all rejected me. Hep-th, very tough year. I am not sure what these schools want the applicants of Hepth to be. I have consulted around 5 professors in hepth, especially in string theory, about graduate application preparation. One of them told me to take challenging courses and get good grades, but research is unnecessary. Another one told me to find any possible research to do. Most professors I consulted just told me to learn GR and QFT, and undergraduate research in theoretical high energy is not generally possible. They also suggested me to expand my field of interest, because the positions for string theory are always limited. I have taken graduate math courses including algebraic topology and differentiable manifold to prepare for the research because I saw many papers use them. However, one professor I consulted told me a little differential geometry is enough for the sub-direction of string theory he is doing. It seems the preparation really depends on the specific sub-direction, but the competition for such a limited position is too fierce. I will also apply to some master of math or physics programs. Whatever, good luck to everyone.

Having already posted one time before. If someone admitted to JHU has already got better offers, I'm wondering could you please decline the JHU offer? I would appreciate it so much! JHU is my last hope .

CMT; Feeling a little bit confused, because the supervisor on the offer letter is not one of my POI.