Re: Fall 2018 Sweat Thread
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 5:21 pm
Same here, sigh. Thursday is gonna be a make or break day. UCLA, Michigan and Berkeley are probably going to release the bulk of their results that day. Fingers crossed.
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What makes you think Thursday is when all these schools will release acceptances? It seems UCLA and Michigan have already sent out their first round (which likely constitutes the bulk of their results).ximonk wrote:Same here, sigh. Thursday is gonna be a make or break day. UCLA, Michigan and Berkeley are probably going to release the bulk of their results that day. Fingers crossed.
Did you get an acceptance?mathematics wrote:Dartmouth is out
How did you get the notification? Nothing here yet.mathematics wrote:Dartmouth is out
John Franciskeith wrote:Do you guys know whether Northwestern has sent out all their offers? Who should I contact if I want to inquire about my status?
Thank you! Is he the director of graduate studies? Have you talked with him?djysyed wrote:John Franciskeith wrote:Do you guys know whether Northwestern has sent out all their offers? Who should I contact if I want to inquire about my status?
They invited me to visit. I think it is informal and I get to tell then whichever profs I would like to talk to. So I think it is not a test. The prof who called me for the invitation told me they would like to offer admission to basically everyone invited but she can't guarantee that officially.lambert wrote:Don't fret over a rejection from Princeton people. It's probably the most selective program you could have applied to, you could have one of the strongest applications in the world and still get rejected. Means nothing, focus on the rest of your pending results and good luck.
Btw if anybody has done a skype call with Penn I would like to know what happened there
I don't see anything on gradcafe from Dartmouth, I don't expect to get in but it still seems early for themFreddieBiddleBooty wrote:Did you get an acceptance?mathematics wrote:Dartmouth is out
Yeah haven't seen anything all day. And yes, I agree. I feel I won't get in because of prestige but it does seem early for them.roboticbass wrote:I don't see anything on gradcafe from Dartmouth, I don't expect to get in but it still seems early for themFreddieBiddleBooty wrote:Did you get an acceptance?mathematics wrote:Dartmouth is out
That's true, there are less than you'd expect. But I'm not sure why they would send out a few offers earlier than most others. I'm sure there will be more offers, but since I haven't heard back from them yet, I'm skeptical of a positive outcome.ximonk wrote:Also are you sure Ann Arbor finished sending out first round offers? Gradcafe seems a little bit lacking on Michigan offers.
Most of the top schools have crazy acceptance rates, but that's not something that should discourage you, imo. These numbers are a bit inflated though, because a lot of people apply there because "why not, maybe I'll get lucky" (even though they know they clearly aren't qualified).MMDE wrote:Anyone hear back from NYU? They're my dream school and I'll be applying this Fall, but seeing the competition I'm weighing if it's even a realistic option. Heard something once about them having an acceptance rate <2.5%. Crazy if that's true!
Thanks I'm planning on taking the general GRE in the coming 2-3 weeks, then focusing on the mGRE in April just to get a feel for it and then really focus on the September exam. I'm going for Applied Math but more on the theoretical side, my application is competitive but compared to some of the applicants here my application isn't anything special by ANY means.lothiriell wrote:Most of the top schools have crazy acceptance rates, but that's not something that should discourage you, imo. These numbers are a bit inflated though, because a lot of people apply there because "why not, maybe I'll get lucky" (even though they know they clearly aren't qualified).MMDE wrote:Anyone hear back from NYU? They're my dream school and I'll be applying this Fall, but seeing the competition I'm weighing if it's even a realistic option. Heard something once about them having an acceptance rate <2.5%. Crazy if that's true!
Try working on your application as much as you can and show that you are a good applicant first and foremost. Study hard for the GRE subject test (if you're going to a Pure Math program). If you have the option, take the exam once early just to get a feeling of it and then retake it after. A lot of people feel overwhelmed by it even though they are confident beforehand. Apply to more places just so you have "safety options" and don't worry about the acceptance rates
Is that for both pure math and applied math or for pure math?zzhang222 wrote:Duke has sent out all the offers and there will not be a next round according to a professor there
Login to ApplyWeb, click on 'View details' and under Status it should say whether it's paid.chrono wrote:Does anyone know if there is an application fee for Cornell? I dont remember paying for it. kinda nervous
For all the other schools, theres a "payment accepted" message, but it didnt say anything about payment for cornell. Somehow my application status is marked as complete. does that mean they dont have an application fee?lothiriell wrote:Login to ApplyWeb, click on 'View details' and under Status it should say whether it's paid.chrono wrote:Does anyone know if there is an application fee for Cornell? I dont remember paying for it. kinda nervous
For me, when I open for Cornell, and click on View details it says it's been paid and the amount paid ($105 but maybe it's different for domestic students) is 2 rows below. Don't you get a 'View details' option for every school separately? :/chrono wrote:For all the other schools, theres a "payment accepted" message, but it didnt say anything about payment for cornell. Somehow my application status is marked as complete. does that mean they dont have an application fee?
I guess I'll contact them tomorrow:( thank you tho!lothiriell wrote:For me, when I open for Cornell, and click on View details it says it's been paid and the amount paid ($105 but maybe it's different for domestic students) is 2 rows below. Don't you get a 'View details' option for every school separately? :/chrono wrote:For all the other schools, theres a "payment accepted" message, but it didnt say anything about payment for cornell. Somehow my application status is marked as complete. does that mean they dont have an application fee?
For Cornell's application, it listed a bunch of possible programs on page 5 for you to check if you participated in them. If you checked any of these boxes, then your application fee was waived.chrono wrote:I guess I'll contact them tomorrow:( thank you tho!lothiriell wrote:For me, when I open for Cornell, and click on View details it says it's been paid and the amount paid ($105 but maybe it's different for domestic students) is 2 rows below. Don't you get a 'View details' option for every school separately? :/chrono wrote:For all the other schools, theres a "payment accepted" message, but it didnt say anything about payment for cornell. Somehow my application status is marked as complete. does that mean they dont have an application fee?
I had a very similar situation with Indiana Bloomington. I was confused because the application was complete, but I hadn't paid anything. See http://www.mathematicsgre.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4299. I mailed them(Graduate School) and they gave me a link to pay.chrono wrote:For all the other schools, theres a "payment accepted" message, but it didnt say anything about payment for cornell. Somehow my application status is marked as complete. does that mean they dont have an application fee?lothiriell wrote:Login to ApplyWeb, click on 'View details' and under Status it should say whether it's paid.chrono wrote:Does anyone know if there is an application fee for Cornell? I dont remember paying for it. kinda nervous
This is what’s getting to me at the moment. I keep seeing offers for my top two choices to people less qualified than me. If they reject me I want to know why.ximonk wrote:... if you were qualified for the program the difference between being admitted and not being admitted will probably come down to some arbitrary decision.
At this point, "some arbitrary decision" feels somehow worse than an immediate rejection because I felt I was qualified for the program. Two of my letter writers said they haven't written a stronger letter for any other student (super small school, but still) so I really thought I had that one.ximonk wrote:Its typically not recommended. Of course you can, but not sure how helpful the information will be unless your reapplying in the future. It will be pretty generic if your not one of their top candidates, and if you were qualified for the program the difference between being admitted and not being admitted will probably come down to some arbitrary decision.
This is the typical response you will get. This is what another poster did when they contacted Yale. You'll probably get the same introduction with maybe a sprinkling of some small details, nothing too probing.djysyed wrote:For anyone worrying about what top schools look for in an applicant profile, I emailed the DGS of Yale and asked what was lacking in my application. He replied with, "We receive too many applications to give detailed feedback to everyone who is not accepted. In comparison with a typical accepted applicant, you have fewer years of undergraduate education, lower grades, lower GRE scores, and less research experience."
I got rejected there too feels bad cause I was really banking on that one. Kinda surprised actually.Peregrine wrote:At this point, "some arbitrary decision" feels somehow worse than an immediate rejection because I felt I was qualified for the program. Two of my letter writers said they haven't written a stronger letter for any other student (super small school, but still) so I really thought I had that one.ximonk wrote:Its typically not recommended. Of course you can, but not sure how helpful the information will be unless your reapplying in the future. It will be pretty generic if your not one of their top candidates, and if you were qualified for the program the difference between being admitted and not being admitted will probably come down to some arbitrary decision.
On what basis have you deduced that those offered acceptance to these schools are 'less qualified' than you? The applicant profiles here are extremely superficial, and obviously cannot be used to make direct comparisons between yourself and others.Mandelbrot wrote:This is what’s getting to me at the moment. I keep seeing offers for my top two choices to people less qualified than me. If they reject me I want to know why.ximonk wrote:... if you were qualified for the program the difference between being admitted and not being admitted will probably come down to some arbitrary decision.
Well this is kinda the point I was trying to make. I’m obviously not the most qualified overall. But reasons I haven’t been accepted are surely beyond these superficial ones. I’d like to know what. Are my recommendations not exciting enough, did I need to do two research projects not one, did I need to have published already?EGA wrote:
On what basis have you deduced that those offered acceptance to these schools are 'less qualified' than you? The applicant profiles here are extremely superficial, and obviously cannot be used to make direct comparisons between yourself and others.
For example, nearly everyone here has completed a fair bit of research. But there's no information offered as to the quality of the research that was performed. Nor the quality of recommendation letters - and these are likely deciding factors in the admissions process. Whereas the aspects of a profile that you actually can compare from this forum (e.g. gpa, test scores, etc...) are either good enough or not. Once you're past a certain threshold, nobody cares.
I'm sure the courses you have done are all at the graduate level but there are instances where people think they took a "graduate" course just because it is listed as a masters level course. Quite a few of the undergrads at my university tell everyone that they've taken 4-5 graduate courses. These courses are usually: ODEs, Topology, Abstract Algebra 2, Real Analysis 2, Complex Analysis etc. In order to take 20 graduate courses, I'm guessing you've done some reading courses in thesis level topics?ximonk wrote:Same here, but what can you do. Just wait and see I guess. Also if it helps I have taken 20+ graduate courses and I still haven't heard anything from the programs I applied to, so I guess there's either a lot of qualified applicants or there taking a chance and aiming for a more "diverse" program. Or the admits had some kickass letters of recommendation who knows.
Exactly. In fact, I heard some professors call up other professors from different schools and ask about their candidate. Since I wasn't rejected from Northwestern right off the bat, I'm guessing their Algebraic Topologists are interested in seeing my performance in my Algebraic Topology course (both programs know one another well).EGA wrote: On what basis have you deduced that those offered acceptance to these schools are 'less qualified' than you? The applicant profiles here are extremely superficial, and obviously cannot be used to make direct comparisons between yourself and others.