columbia09

I don't even want to think about applying next year it cost me so much money and time to go through all of this. I hope that the GRE isn't enough to reject me alone. Also its on the first page I think I got a 4 on writing which put me in the 56th percentile (my best section).

Is UT big with GRE scores? I know they don't have a minimum but are they one of those schools that weigh it more then the GPA ? The GRE is definitely my Achilles heal in my application

Oh boy. Congrats to your friend though do you happen to know his or her stats ? Also were they a Ph.D or M.S candidate ? Also does anyone know if UT evaluates candidates in any type of order ? Like do they send acceptances to their first choices then they go down the ladder from there ?

My advisor said that they're just starting to look at applicants (this is at my undergrad institution). So it could be the same at other places.

Ranging from 50 - 125 $ and those are just the application fees

Does UT Austin evaluate candidates in some type of order ? Like are the one's that are hearing back now their top pick then they just go down the ladder ?

Also Congrats !!!! My status, for UT, says the same thing too and I don't expect it to change for sometime.

What's your deal buddy ?

Someone heard from Rice I'm getting nervous !

Is anyone getting impatient with not hearing anything ?!

They're pretty competitive students with high GPAs/GRE scores and they're also very involved so I don't know really. If we don't get fellowships does that mean we'll have to pay if admitted ?

This might not be true because I spoke to a couple of students who applied to UT from my school and they didn't hear anything yet.

Thats like me with VT/U Mass

Oh really ? That sucks but the other two people I talked to have good credentials also so I'm not that worried yet.

I spoke to two people from my university that also applied to UT and they heard nothing.

Apparently there are only 4 TA positions and over 100 applicants that applied to VT This is going to be painful but my POI confirmed that my application wasn't reviewed yet

In all honesty how much weight does the name of your undergrad institution mean ?

What mistake did you make ? Did you show it to anybody in your geoscience department? I showed mine to two of them and got their opinions on it. They're honestly probably the best people to show your essay to since they have a lot of experience with these sort of things

That's absolutely true did you see the stats from that guy who got accepted into Princeton ?! I'm hoping my GPA will out weigh my horrible GRE score especially now that I have to fight for a TA position at two of my schools. I also applied to UT Austin and haven't heard anything yet. :/

Look at those UT Austin stats though

Just got an email from my POI from U Mass. Again with the no funding and very little TA positions being available like VT. What the hell is going on !

I called up the department they said that the applications are still in review and that they haven't made any final decisions yet. She also told me that she thinks my application wasn't reviewed yet.

Ah very nice

Did you make contact with your POI ? What are your stats if I may ask ?

Well I got an email from my POI at Virginia Tech who said that since he hasn't heard from the committee that it's unlikely I was recommended. He said that they have very few TA positions and he's unlikely to take new students. Did anybody here apply to VT ?