Carrot123

Thank you, that's really helpful and calming.

Haha I was thinking of taking that approach...

Hi all, I am heading to a school that I have been "unofficially accepted" to, for a math phd program, next weekend and I feel so lost! Please help! What is going to happen during this weekend? What will the interviews be like/what should I be prepared to answer and ask? How can I talk to a professor about their research that is way over my head without sounding like a complete idiot? And finally, what's up with this "unofficially accepted" nonsense...is it possible that I will be retroactively rejected after this weekend? Let me know what you think, please!

Hi all, I am heading to a school that I have been "unofficially accepted" to, for a math phd program, next weekend and I feel so lost! Please help! What is going to happen during this weekend? What will the interviews be like/what should I be prepared to answer and ask? How can I talk to a professor about their research that is way over my head without sounding like a complete idiot? And finally, what's up with this "unofficially accepted" nonsense...is it possible that I will be retroactively rejected after this weekend? Let me know what you think, please!

Someone from a University I applied to e-mailed me to set up a time to Skype and I replied but with the timezones reversed. She called me out on it and I feel like such a dope! I'm applying to a math phd program...

Thanks for the advice! I hope I will have the chance to visit but it's nice to know that you don't nevessarily have to

I've heard a few conflicting things on this so I'm just wondering, is it true or false that once you've been accepted (knock on wood) and have an offer and all, do you have to actually go to the school in person or can all of these talks occur via the Internet? Specifically for applied math PhD programs.