[2015 Waitlist Thread]

Took myself off the wait list at Purdue and Texas A&M (both Ph.D.). Hope this helps someone.

[Decisions 2015!]

I'll be attending Boston University.

[2015 Campus Visits Thread]

I just got back from visits at Pittsburgh, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, and UC San Diego. I'll try and say a bit about what I thought of each.

 

Pittsburgh: It's more or less my dream school, so I was really happy to be there. I had heard some rumors of climate issues there, but I was really happy with what I could tell of the environment. (Which isn't to say that climate issues definitely don't exist.) I got along well with many grad students, and I'm really hoping to get in off the waitlist. I got a great impression from all the faculty I talked to, and asking some of their advisees about working relationships, I was surprised by the amount of energy the faculty put into advising. So overall it seemed great. Pittsburgh is also a surprisingly nice city.

I didn't apply to U.Pitt, but I've been to Pittsburgh and I think it's the most awesome city I've been to in the US. Cheap living, great food, good public transportation, beautiful city, and nice people.

[2015 Campus Visits Thread]

I'm visiting BU next week. Very excited!

[Decisions 2015!]

With UCSD, one of my primary concerns is the funding situation - it's not very much money, in a relatively expensive place, with teaching duties every year.

 

How much funding did UCSD offer? They were one of my top choices, but I was rejected.

[2015 Rejection/“Plan B” Thread]

Rejected from OSU via email (solicited)

Same. I am the perfect fit there also.

[2015 Rejection/“Plan B” Thread]

I've seen a few people say they've been rejected from Columbia, but I haven't heard from them. Thus they haven't told me I'm on a wait list. Should I expect a rejection? I'm in the same situation with Toronto, but I've seen more people get admissions offers from them back in February.

[2015 Waitlist Thread]

My wait for them is slightly agonizing. The application center still says "Pending." There is but one post on our results page for being on the waitlist for OSU, and that was a month ago. I emailed LD and she hasn't gotten back to me -- it's been a week.

 

Even so, they are my top choice. And LD is one of my major reasons for wanting to go there.

 

Any word you receive on this helps me too.

Same. I really want to work under LD on Berkeley and Malebranche.

[2015 Waitlist Thread]

Does anyone know about Ohio State related to a wait list? I've been waiting ages to hear back from them (they were one of my top two choices when I sent out my applications), and can't tell whether they even have a wait list, or whether they let people know?

 

So far I've been admitted to BU and wait listed at Purdue (seems like a ton of people are wait listed there) and Texas A&M (will likely decline).