balderdash Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 It's funny how this thread ramps up on tuesday/wednesday, hits a peak friday morning, then settles into absolute silence for saturday/sunday morning. Let's hope this week is better than last. And if anyone is looking for a distraction, I recommend Radiohead's new album. Given the beauty that was In Rainbows, I am going to go give it a thorough listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 For those who need the ultimate procrastination tool: http://www.stumbleupon.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penndryve Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 In at UPenn (Comparative)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explodingstressball Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 In at UPenn (Comparative)! Congrats! How were you informed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorashinobi Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 For the second time (it happened last year) I got two rejection emails from UCSD. I get the message UCSD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penndryve Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congrats! How were you informed? Thanks! Email from Prof Hirschmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
action Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Also accepted at U Penn for theory via e-mail. 5 years full funding at 23,000 + 3 years summer support at 3,800. And Philadelphia is cheap living.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maicondouglas Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congrats to everyone on their acceptances and best of luck to those still waiting! Three questions: 1) Has anybody NOT heard back from UNC CH yet? It looks like that they released their decisions quite awhile ago and I have yet to hear from them. 2) For those admitted to UNC, what sort of funding package were you offered? 3) Is there anybody else traveling to St. Louis for the WashU recruitment shin dig? Sorry, if these topics have been covered already-- I hope you won't hold it against me that I didn't read through all 70 pages in this threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAS166 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) Same story for UPenn. Wait for a decision all day long (EST +7). Finally see someone cheerfully post admission news. Check e-mail excitedly. See no e-mail. Go back to work. Congrats to those who are admitted! Edited February 21, 2011 by CAS166 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croasyjr Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 On 2/21/2011 at 12:19 PM, maicondouglas said: Congrats to everyone on their acceptances and best of luck to those still waiting! Three questions: 1) Has anybody NOT heard back from UNC CH yet? It looks like that they released their decisions quite awhile ago and I have yet to hear from them. 2) For those admitted to UNC, what sort of funding package were you offered? 3) Is there anybody else traveling to St. Louis for the WashU recruitment shin dig? Sorry, if these topics have been covered already-- I hope you won't hold it against me that I didn't read through all 70 pages in this threads. I can address #1 -- I haven't heard anything from UNC -- I don't think anyone has posted a rejection, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunseeker Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 On 2/21/2011 at 12:19 PM, maicondouglas said: Congrats to everyone on their acceptances and best of luck to those still waiting! Three questions: 1) Has anybody NOT heard back from UNC CH yet? It looks like that they released their decisions quite awhile ago and I have yet to hear from them. 2) For those admitted to UNC, what sort of funding package were you offered? 3) Is there anybody else traveling to St. Louis for the WashU recruitment shin dig? Sorry, if these topics have been covered already-- I hope you won't hold it against me that I didn't read through all 70 pages in this threads. Hi Maicondoublas, this was what UNC offered me just FYI- don't know if they offered more to other people. Hope you hear back either way soon! Good luck!! "$15,000 for the 2011-2012 academic year ( requires twelve to fifteen hours per week of departmental service, usually in the form of teaching assistant duties.)...out-of-state tuition ($14,730)... You will only be responsible for paying student fees, which are currently about $1,840 for the first academic year... health insurance premium (worth about $2,270 this year). Although we are not permitted legally to make binding commitments to fund students beyond their first year of study, I can inform you that, even during our worst budget years, our department has awarded assistantships to our second- through fifth-year students. In other words, you can reasonably expect four additional years of departmental financial aid (for a total of five years of funding), contingent on making satisfactory progress in the program." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maicondouglas Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Hi Maicondoublas, this was what UNC offered me just FYI- don't know if they offered more to other people. Hope you hear back either way soon! Good luck!! "$15,000 for the 2011-2012 academic year ( requires twelve to fifteen hours per week of departmental service, usually in the form of teaching assistant duties.)...out-of-state tuition ($14,730)... You will only be responsible for paying student fees, which are currently about $1,840 for the first academic year... health insurance premium (worth about $2,270 this year). Although we are not permitted legally to make binding commitments to fund students beyond their first year of study, I can inform you that, even during our worst budget years, our department has awarded assistantships to our second- through fifth-year students. In other words, you can reasonably expect four additional years of departmental financial aid (for a total of five years of funding), contingent on making satisfactory progress in the program." Oh man! I was hoping for a bigger number. I guess I should wait to hear from them first though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreanhouseEffect Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Seems like a slow news day today on the admissions front. My hope is that ad comms are simply paying proper respect to this holiday (i.e., making sacrifices at Teddy Roosevelt's grave so he doesn't come back and beat each and every last one of us with his bare hands) and that tomorrow will follow with an acceptances flood of biblical proportions. Good luck out there, my fellow impatient applicants. And just remember that no news is good news...unless it's bad news...oh please God don't let it be bad news...it's bad news, isn't it?....(checks email).....nope, still no news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabee Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congratulations to the U Penn admits! I wonder if they are done or just getting started with the two acceptances that went up. In 2010, 7 acceptances and 3 waitlists were posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFGator Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Waiting to hear from UF here. Someone posted that they were contacted about their TOEFL scores and that decisions were coming soon. If you claim that, could you please PM me? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly28 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I can address #1 -- I haven't heard anything from UNC -- I don't think anyone has posted a rejection, though. I also haven't heard back from UNC yet. With three acceptances though, it's not weighing too heavily on my mind. I'd like to get accepted and be able to check the place out and see what they have to offer, but if not, ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormegil Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congratulations to the U Penn admits! I wonder if they are done or just getting started with the two acceptances that went up. In 2010, 7 acceptances and 3 waitlists were posted. I would wait 3 more hours. If no email, then i'm rejected or, less probable, in the waitlist. if an waitlist is posted in the wiki by today and still no email, then rejected, otherwise i'll just wait till 02/28 for the waitlist notifications going by previous trends. An UPenn rejection would be a shame as it's a great research fit for me but then again it won't surprise me. My advisor wasn't very encouraging about UPenn. Apparently they have a quota system on admits based on field i.e. they will take only 2 or 3 people on comparative giving offers to about 6 applicants out of, i believe, 60+ comparative applicants. It's a crapshoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edocoppo Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congratulations to the U Penn admits! For sure, congrats UPenn admits! May one of you tell us whether you had a previous contact with those professors who gave you the good news? Sometimes some professors do that only if they have had an informal relation with prospective students. Rest of us, keep waiting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penndryve Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Thank you! To answer your question, no, I did not have any contact with the professors at UPenn previously. For sure, congrats UPenn admits! May one of you tell us whether you had a previous contact with those professors who gave you the good news? Sometimes some professors do that only if they have had an informal relation with prospective students. Rest of us, keep waiting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtncffts Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 So, there are a bunch of schools for which a sizable number of acceptances are posted but no rejections. Anyone have any idea about what that means? I'm assuming rejections from those places, but it's cruel to keep us dimly hoping like this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 So, there are a bunch of schools for which a sizable number of acceptances are posted but no rejections. Anyone have any idea about what that means? I'm assuming rejections from those places, but it's cruel to keep us dimly hoping like this... I'm guessing rejects/waitlists. Are a lot of departments closed today because of the holiday? I hadn't thought about it, being across the pond and all, but I suppose some people have the day off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphazeta Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 So, there are a bunch of schools for which a sizable number of acceptances are posted but no rejections. Anyone have any idea about what that means? I'm assuming rejections from those places, but it's cruel to keep us dimly hoping like this... Looking at previous years, it seems like most schools send out the accepts over a day or two and after that, with rare exceptions, only rejections come out. I just heard good news today from Columbia, which apparently notified a number of people on Friday, so it seems like it's still possible to get in a few days down the road. For schools that issued acceptances over a week ago, I wouldn't get your hopes up. I'm writing off the schools that sent out acceptances >10 days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtncffts Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Looking at previous years, it seems like most schools send out the accepts over a day or two and after that, with rare exceptions, only rejections come out. I just heard good news today from Columbia, which apparently notified a number of people on Friday, so it seems like it's still possible to get in a few days down the road. For schools that issued acceptances over a week ago, I wouldn't get your hopes up. I'm writing off the schools that sent out acceptances >10 days ago. Alright, that's what I figured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edocoppo Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Thank you! To answer your question, no, I did not have any contact with the professors at UPenn previously. Thank you, penndryve. Waiting is just killing me hardly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penndryve Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Any idea if Princeton is done with all its admits and waitlists? It wouldn't appear so from the results - there are far too few compared to previous years....I mailed the Department and got a generic "you'll hear back soon" reply :-| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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