Fall 2012 Admissions and Rejections

[doublea]

Institution: Cornell
Program: Statistics (PhD)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $22.9k/academic year
Notification date: 2/16/2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes

[mreek]

Institution: Cornell
Program: Pure Mathematics (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 2/16/2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes

[bemonocled]

Institution: Caltech
Program: Pure Mathematics (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 2/16/2012
Notified through: Other
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: I did an REU here last summer and am visiting friends on campus. I asked Prof. Makarov in person and was met with disappointment I was apparently on the short list but didn't make the final cut.

[mreek]

Institution: Rice
Program: Pure Mathematics (PhD)
Decision: Accepted with funding
Notification date: 2/17/2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes

[wine in coffee cups]

Institution: Harvard
Program: Statistics (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 2/17/2012
Notified through: Postal service
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Postmarked 2/16.

[betafj]

Has anyone heard from MIT yet?

[bemonocled]

Institution: Georgia Tech
Program: Pure math PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Yes, details to come
Notification date: 2/19/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes

[cincodemayo5590]

Institution: Brown
Program: Pure Math PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: Lawls
Notification date: 2/21/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes

Institution: Columbia
Program: Pure Math PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: More lawls
Notification date: 2/11/21
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes

[kuz]

Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Program: PhD in mathematics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $2,000 a month TA-ship
Notification date: February 21st 2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: This was one of my back-ups, but seeing as I've been accepted by Princeton (and waitlisted by Stanford), I'll be declining this offer.

[YNWA2406]

Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
Program: AMSC (Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Scientific Computation)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 16k TAship, rising to just over 18k, 5k fellowship for first two years
Notification date: 2/22/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: My number one choice

[goombayao]

Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
Program: AMSC (Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Scientific Computation)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 16k TAship, rising to just over 17k, 5k fellowship for first two years
Notification date: 2/22/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: My number one choice

Congrats! I got the same offer and just wanted to point out that the assistantship rises to $18,300 after passing the qualifying exams (according to the email), which can be done before completing all of your coursework.

[YNWA2406]

Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
Program: AMSC (Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Scientific Computation)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 16k TAship, rising to just over 17k, 5k fellowship for first two years
Notification date: 2/22/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: My number one choice

Congrats! I got the same offer and just wanted to point out that the assistantship rises to $18,300 after passing the qualifying exams (according to the email), which can be done before completing all of your coursework.

True! meant to put rising to just over 18k, which I'll change now. How's your interest in Maryland?

[betafj]

Institution:　MIT
Program: Pure Math
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 02/22/12
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Darn I haven't had any luck with the top 6 schools (unless I magically get off of the wait list at Stanford, which seems unlikely).

[cincodemayo5590]

Institution: UC Berkeley
Program: Pure Math PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: As if
Notification date: 2/22/12
Notified through: Email----I had to email them, though.
Posted on GC: Yes

Institution: University of Maryland
Program: Pure Math PhD
Decision: Accepted.
Funding: $16-18K TAship, $5K Fellowship for each of the first two years.
Notification date: 2/21/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
---> I'm excited to finally be in somewhere! UMaryland is a safety for me, so I might not end up there; I'll see how my other schools respond. But ya, I'm glad the pressure's off.

[goombayao]

Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
Program: AMSC (Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Scientific Computation)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 16k TAship, rising to just over 17k, 5k fellowship for first two years
Notification date: 2/22/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: My number one choice

Congrats! I got the same offer and just wanted to point out that the assistantship rises to $18,300 after passing the qualifying exams (according to the email), which can be done before completing all of your coursework.

True! meant to put rising to just over 18k, which I'll change now. How's your interest in Maryland?

It's a good enough school that I will probably consider it and may visit, but I've already gotten in to two of my top choices, so it's doubtful that I end up attending.

To contribute to this thread:
Accepted via email to UCSD for Math/CSME with reduced TA and fellowship today.

[y45askel]

Institution: Illinois State
Program: Biomathematics Masters
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 1045/monthly for two years
Notification date: 2/3/12
Notified through: Mail (2/10/12)
Posted on GC: No

Institution: Texas A&M
Program: Biomathematics Masters
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/10/12
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: No

[dasgut]

Institution: Duke
Program: Decision Sciences (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -1*(Application Fee & Associated Materials + Cost of 2 bottles of Laphroaig 10 + Cab Fair From a Bar + 1 sick day)
Notification date: 2/24/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Bad season again.

[bemonocled]

Institution: Berkeley
Program: Pure math PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 2/24/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: I sent an email asking for an update and received the expected response. It is seeming quite likely that I'll be attending UCLA in the fall

[mreek]

Institution: Caltech
Program: Mathematics (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 2/26/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Expected.

[sparkplug]

Institution: Duke
Program: Decision Sciences (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -1*(Application Fee & Associated Materials + Cost of 2 bottles of Laphroaig 10 + Cab Fair From a Bar + 1 sick day)
Notification date: 2/24/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Bad season again.

Geez, take it easy on that Laphroaig, Dasgut! You'll get in somewhere good! :]

[dasgut]

Institution: Duke
Program: Decision Sciences (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -1*(Application Fee & Associated Materials + Cost of 2 bottles of Laphroaig 10 + Cab Fair From a Bar + 1 sick day)
Notification date: 2/24/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Bad season again.

Geez, take it easy on that Laphroaig, Dasgut! You'll get in somewhere good! :]

Ha ha. For a good Irish boy like me that is easy on the whiskey

[sparkplug]

Ha ha. For a good Irish boy like me that is easy on the whiskey

Have you had redbreast or green spot (same distiller)? Some of the best irish whiskeys. I'll be drinking that when I get my round of rejections. :]

[dasgut]

Ha ha. For a good Irish boy like me that is easy on the whiskey

Have you had redbreast or green spot (same distiller)? Some of the best irish whiskeys. I'll be drinking that when I get my round of rejections. :]

Dude, I <3 RB 15. Can't think of a better drink for that occasion! Thankfully there's an awesome whiskey/cigar bar just a few minutes from my house. Hence, bad ideas always abound.

[renatamaria]

Institution: UCLA
Program: Pure Math, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -$80.00 (and time)
Notification date: 2/25
Notified through: Email to check website.
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: "Dear Applicant, On top of rejecting your sorry-a**, we wanted you to know you are still in contention for our "biggest joke of an applicant" award..." kidding... expected this - just hoping I get a positive response from somewhere.

[zoey389]

@renatamaria:
Did you get the decision from UCLA automatically, or did you ask them for your status? I emailed them a few days ago but haven't heard anything yet. I assume I'm on their reject list, though. Maybe they go through the rejections in alphabetical order? If that is the case, I may have to wait for a while...

[echo]

I e-mailed UCLA as well and they have completely ignored me.

I also didn't get a rejection e-mail. If you're interested, visit the UCLA Grad application website. There's a decision status page. Mine still says no decision made.

[deckoff8]

I also got an email to check to UCLA website for my rejection. It was retarded because I had to put in username, click continue, type in pw, click continue, click my term, click continue, then click continue for some other reason. I had to go through like 4 different windows just to get my rejection. See you in hell, UCLA.

[zoey389]

Yeah, you'd think they could at least give us the courtesy of sending the rejections directly to our email accounts (and sending them to all of their applicants on the same day). Oh well. I just want this whole process to be over--for my sanity's sake I should probably just stop checking my email for the next two weeks or so. Maybe all of my results will be in by then.

[renatamaria]

I also got an email to check to UCLA website for my rejection. It was retarded because I had to put in username, click continue, type in pw, click continue, click my term, click continue, then click continue for some other reason. I had to go through like 4 different windows just to get my rejection. See you in hell, UCLA.

@zoe: I didn't email them. One was waiting for me just ahead of my first cup of coffee this morning.

@deckoff: I had the same reaction. Like four anti-climaxes before an expected (but still disappointing) rejection.

[Topoltergeist]

I e-mailed UCLA as well and they have completely ignored me.

I also didn't get a rejection e-mail. If you're interested, visit the UCLA Grad application website. There's a decision status page. Mine still says no decision made.

I'm in the same boat: No rejection letter (yet), emailed them an inquiry about my application status, no response as of yet.

I am hoping against hope that we're on their wait list.

[dasgut]

Institution: UCSD
Program: Pure Math (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/28/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Just embarrassing. When I asked for advice on improving me profile they sent me the rudest email ever. Glad I'm not dealing those clowns.

[Topoltergeist]

Institution: UCSD
Program: Pure Math (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Funding: It would be nice to get rejected AND funded, but no.
Notification date: 2/28/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: In hind sight this was not a good fit. I want to do topology/geometry. UCSD has all of 1 tenured topologist.

[dasgut]

Institution: UC Berkeley
Program: Pure Math (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/28/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Damn hippies.

[dasgut]

Institution: UT-Austin
Program: Pure Math (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/28/12
Notified through: Website
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Bad day.

[deckoff8]

Institution: University of Washington
Program: Pure Math (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Funding: (-100 Microsoft intern dream points)
Notification date: 2/28/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Dream school

[deckoff8]

Institution: University of Illinois, Chicago
Program: Pure Math (PhD)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: ~17k TAship
Notification date: 2/29/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: CHOICES ARE AWESOME

[dasgut]

Institution: Princeton
Program: ORFE
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/29/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments:

[renatamaria]

Institution: University of Washington
Program: Pure Math, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -$80.00 (and time)
Notification date: 2/29
Notified through: Email.
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: As with UCLA, not a surprise... couting down now, only nine rejects left

On a side note, apparently one of my profs didn't send in his letter of rec. for UIC as of last Wednesday. I tried to get a hold of UIC today to see if they now have it - no response yet. I'm trying to take this in stride, but it's a little annoying as I thought that one was within reach for me...

[doublea]

Institution: Colorado State
Program: Statistics (PhD)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TBD
Notification date: 2/29/2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes

[doublea]

Institution: University of Colorado at Denver
Program: Applied Math (PhD)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TBD
Notification date: 2/29/2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes

[YNWA2406]

Institution: Georgetown University
Program: Mathematics (M.S)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Small tuition scholarship
Notification date: 3/5/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: I've always liked the school so I applied even though it's only a Master's program that has very little funding opportunities. Since I've gotten into other places I'm probably not going to go here but acceptances are always nice anyway

[castlevania87]

Institution: California Institue of Technology
Program: PhD in Computational and Applied Math
Decision: rejected
Notification date: March 6, 2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Expected, regretted applying when filling the application, but recommendation letter sent, so submitted anyway. There were only 3-4 reported acceptance on gradcafe for the last few years. So you know your chance.

[deckoff8]

Institution: Northeastern
Program: Pure math phd
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: March 6, 2012
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Living in Boston would be pretty cool.

[YNWA2406]

Institution: University of Florida
Program: Mathematics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TAship Biweekly ~$770
Notification date: 3/7/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Emailed them to ask about my status and was told that my transcript was missing. Once I emailed it to them, they sent the acceptance 10 minutes later.

[Topoltergeist]

Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Program: PhD in Pure Mathematics
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: March 7th 2012
Notified through: I called them
Posted on GF: No
Comments: They said that if you hadn't heard anything by now, then you are on the waitlist.

[castlevania87]

Institution: Courant Institute, NYU
Program: PhD in Mathematics (applied)
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: March 7th, 2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: MacCracken Fellowship, my dream school, dream offer.

[sasha]

Institution: Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell
Program: PhD in Mathematics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: March 7th, 2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Nice e-mail.

[goombayao]

Institution: Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell
Program: PhD in Mathematics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: March 7th, 2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Nice e-mail.

Same.

[meredith]

Institution: Colorado State
Program: Ph. D. Mathematics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3-8
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: yes, wrong date though
Comments: I'm thinking I'm going to take a 5th year and try to improve my application (here and elsewhere). Particularly with respect to the math gre, and hopefully with research too.

[Topoltergeist]

Institution: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Program: PhD in Pure Mathematics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: March 9th 2012
Notified through: I received a form email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: It was a long shot.