Columbia University Graduate School Admission Results

Email to check portal. Year three. Three full cycles of rejections. Every single program, every single application—denied. Again. I graduated two years ago from a T10 university with a B.Sc. in physics and mathematics with a minor in physical chemistry. Eight years of research experience in high-energy theory and experiment—two at a university while still in high school, four during undergrad, and two more post-graduation. I took two semesters of graduate-level coursework as an undergrad. Spent summers in three NSF REU programs, attended a summer school in high-energy theory, and another in experimental particle physics. Completed a year-long senior thesis on top of my ongoing research at my home university. Published multiple papers, five first author. Presented at three undergraduate research symposia, two mixed symposia, and two major conferences. Three years as a teaching assistant in undergrad. The last year spent as a physics instructor at a community college. Like an 880 on the PGRE. This cycle, I changed everything. New essays, a reworked CV, three entirely different recommenders, a new fourth recommender. It didn’t matter. The outcome was the same. I have no idea what else I could have done. No idea what I’m missing. No idea if there was ever a path forward in the first place, or if I was just clinging to the illusion of one. Physics doesn’t want me. I get it now. Good luck to everyone else. If you aren't Vishnu himself you evidently aren't good enough for physics.

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Generic Rejection, email to check portal. Cosmo-theory

The decision letter says: "Thank you for your application to our Doctoral Program in Biostatistics. Unfortunately, we are not offering admission to our doctoral program." Seems like no one is getting admitted this year :(

I have reached the stage of life where such rejection means shit to me. At least I still have a job. Good luck all you freshly out of college applicants and those who invested too much into this cycle.

Sad but live moves on...

1a/1w/3r/4p :,)

Hi sorry please ignore status! Has anyone heard back from the Masters in Wealth Management Program? I applied before the priority deadline but some of my documents were delayed.

no way!!!