[Camus Visit...what's going to happen!?]

Thank you, that's really helpful and calming.

[Camus Visit...what's going to happen!?]

Haha I was thinking of taking that approach...

[Camus Visit...what's going to happen!?]

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!

[Campus Visit...What's going to happen!?]

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!

[That awkward moment when...]

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...

[Do you have to visit once you've been accepted?]

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

[Do you have to visit once you've been accepted?]

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.