Fall 2018 Sweat Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:03 am
Fall 2018 Sweat Thread, good luck to everyone!
for current and prospective graduate students in mathematics
https://mathematicsgre.com/
Same here hahahadjysyed wrote:I am extremely nervous. My professors think I barely have a chance of getting admitted into my own school, let alone any of the top 10.
Couldn't be worse than me. One of my recommenders who I was closed to agreed to write me LORs, then changed their mind Now what should I dodjysyed wrote:I think what makes it worse is I keep thinking, "How am I supposed to go from where I am now to writing papers in a few years?".
You can check gradcafe for admission / rejection email dates. From what I've seen, most admissions from top schools happen during January to early February (with a few exceptions) and rejections come sometime later (say late January to late February / March).Singularity wrote:I'm super worried too. I wonder when do most grad schools annouce their results. I heard Chicago does it super early.
Thank you. Honestly I find gradcafe hard to navigate...korobeiniki wrote:You can check gradcafe for admission / rejection email dates. From what I've seen, most admissions from top schools happen during January to early February (with a few exceptions) and rejections come sometime later (say late January to late February / March).Singularity wrote:I'm super worried too. I wonder when do most grad schools annouce their results. I heard Chicago does it super early.
For example last year Chicago started sending out acceptances during the second week of January. It looks like Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Berkeley and the like send out their offers usually mid to late January.
Yeah it's not the prettiest looking site ever. But in about two months time most of us will be checking it very frequently anyway.Singularity wrote:
Thank you. Honestly I find gradcafe hard to navigate...
I am having a similar issue. At this point I will start sending out reminders every three days until December 7th, then every day afterwards.roboticbass wrote:Getting my profs to submit their letters is such a pain.... I don't want to constantly nag them but the deadlines are fast approaching. All of my applications are in so it's just the beginning of Anxiety Season
That's a surefire way to piss them off. Professors are still human beings with other obligations and responsibilities (likely *many* more than the average student), they will eventually get to submit your letter. A single reminder a few days before the deadline is fine, then maybe remind them again if the deadline passed and they still haven't submitted it. Programs allow a bit more wiggle room for recommenders to send everything since they're aware not every letter makes it by the deadline.djysyed wrote:I am having a similar issue. At this point I will start sending out reminders every three days until December 7th, then every day afterwards.roboticbass wrote:Getting my profs to submit their letters is such a pain.... I don't want to constantly nag them but the deadlines are fast approaching. All of my applications are in so it's just the beginning of Anxiety Season
If you're applying to UIUC, they'll have an informal interview with you there.Singularity wrote:Maybe going to JMM will help pass the time of waiting.
Did similar thing as korbeiniki for Statistics PhD programs on my list. Looks like January and February as well, and around 3-6 weeks after deadline for first contact (interview, first round acceptances).korobeiniki wrote:=
Yeah it's not the prettiest looking site ever. But in about two months time most of us will be checking it very frequently anyway.
I decided to not be productive and look up acceptance / rejection mailing dates for a few top universities (based on whataver available data there is at gradcafe):
I wouldn't say all of them are accurate predictors of the future but you can see certain trends. In particular a lot of the top ones tend to send out their acceptances in January and early February.
Anyway maybe this will be useful in two months time
I agree. I sent 4~5. I think we just to make sure no one of them is significantly weaker than the others. Or it won't help if not harm. I think very few undergrads can have worked very closely with 5 profs unless they do many reus.djysyed wrote:My professors were on the admissions committee at Princeton for a couple years. They said to send in as many recs as you can. I've submitted 5 for each school that allows 5.
Ha. I like this idea.djysyed wrote:The easiest way to overcome the anxiety of applications is by picking up a basic text and start working though all the problems.
If I had a dollar for every person who suffered an anxiety attack because of this forum, I could probably buy my way into Harvard.Peregrine wrote:This website can be great at feeding the paranoia too.
Anxiety: the website.djysyed wrote:If I had a dollar for every person who suffered an anxiety attack because of this forum, I could probably buy my way into Harvard.Peregrine wrote:This website can be great at feeding the paranoia too.
It seems to vary based on the school. You can look at TheGradCafe (https://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php) and check when people were sent acceptances last year though.Peregrine wrote:Just a quick question:
If a school states on their website that they will start reviewing applications on a certain date, approximately how long after that date should students be expecting acceptances/rejections?
Thanks.
It says via website... That's a bit weird, I thought they do it by email only?EpsilonDelta wrote:Uchicago result was out!
From the UChicago website:Singularity wrote:It says via website... That's a bit weird, I thought they do it by email only?EpsilonDelta wrote:Uchicago result was out!
Thanks. Well, good for those who got offers. And that's it for Chicago huh...curvature-form wrote:From the UChicago website:Singularity wrote:It says via website... That's a bit weird, I thought they do it by email only?EpsilonDelta wrote:Uchicago result was out!
"Once an update has been made to your application status, you will receive an email directing you to log into our application system to view your decision. Most programs will not provide decisions via email or phone."
https://grad.uchicago.edu/admissions/apply/faq
I haven't received an update yet so hopefully I still have a chancecurvature-form wrote: From the UChicago website:
"Once an update has been made to your application status, you will receive an email directing you to log into our application system to view your decision. Most programs will not provide decisions via email or phone."
https://grad.uchicago.edu/admissions/apply/faq