2024 Sweat Thread

[applicant_1]

Please reject Warwick if you have better offer. Its my best option 

[sicko]

finally got the NYU rejection lmao, what a joke to spread them out over weeks

[InternationalApplicant]

26 minutes ago, sicko said:

finally got the NYU rejection lmao, what a joke to spread them out over weeks

Were u on the waitlist or just didn't hear anything so far? 

[sicko]

4 minutes ago, InternationalApplicant said:

Were u on the waitlist or just didn't hear anything so far? 

Not on the waitlist, had heard nothing since I applied (and have sent multiple ignored emails)

[sunme]

20 hours ago, onemoreapplicant said:

Just rejected UBC and Maryland too. Good luck!

Could you share what uni dominated UBC and Maryland?

[temp99]

I received an email from a university I am waitlisted at (very high on the waitlist). They said that this year a number of high profile institutions have placed a high number of students on the waitlist and as a result these students have delayed communication to other universities including this one. 

Does anyone have more info on this? 

 

[sicko]

It’s specifically Stanford and UChicago, I’ve heard — they have longer waitlists than normal, especially Chicago, and that’s screwing everything up.

[temp99]

Why would they keep a longer waitlist when they know that most students accept their offers? Has there been any movement on their waitlists? 

[MVPenca]

19 minutes ago, temp99 said:

Why would they keep a longer waitlist when they know that most students accept their offers? Has there been any movement on their waitlists? 

Idk if that's historically true for Chicago

[sicko]

more cornell movement on gc

[LRM]

1 hour ago, temp99 said:

Why would they keep a longer waitlist when they know that most students accept their offers? Has there been any movement on their waitlists? 

The thing is people with competitive applications at Chicago are also likely to get offers from other top schools like Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Yale, Berkeley, Columbia, Penn, and others. I read somewhere that even MIT has to make twice as many offers as the intended class size, and other schools have to make at least 3 or 4 times as many offers. Below the top 10, that's probably even more.

Edited April 12, 2024 by LRM

[econk]

For whatever it's worth, I am aware of "confirmed" WL movement at: UVA, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, Duke, UC Davis, and Brown.

[startz]

MIT's web page says

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The department receives approximately 800 applications each year. Of those, about 40 students are admitted and 20-24 enroll.

 

[lsg]

I always thought that whenever a department says they admit something like 50 students to have a class size of 25-30, it meant the admits from both the first round of offers plus admits from waitlisted applicants. So if this isn't the case, universities actually admit more than they actually say, no?

[slutsky_equation]

2 hours ago, sicko said:

It’s specifically Stanford and UChicago, I’ve heard — they have longer waitlists than normal, especially Chicago, and that’s screwing everything up.

Stanford is only like 20 I believe. UChicago is huge tho

[startz]

31 minutes ago, lsg said:

I always thought that whenever a department says they admit something like 50 students to have a class size of 25-30, it meant the admits from both the first round of offers plus admits from waitlisted applicants. 

That's right, I think.

[int_applicant_infinity]

34 minutes ago, lsg said:

I always thought that whenever a department says they admit something like 50 students to have a class size of 25-30, it meant the admits from both the first round of offers plus admits from waitlisted applicants. So if this isn't the case, universities actually admit more than they actually say, no?

Michigan and BU sent over 100 first round offers, so I think it depends on the school. 

[john dodo]

seriously wiring it down to the 15th? unbelievable.

[startz]

Worse than that. There's often a small amount of action after the 15th!

[econk]

19 minutes ago, startz said:

Worse than that. There's often a small amount of action after the 15th!

What do people do if they get another offer after the 15th?

[international]

No fund = no admission? 

PSU has sent me a NO FUND OFFER that they don't provide any financial aid at this point. The DGS told me that they have been giving scholarships from the second year for all the cases of graduate students who have received a NO FUND OFFER if they pass the qualifiers.(years 2 ~ 5) I have some external scholarships, so I can more or less cover my tuition and living expenses for the first and second year.

Given that PSU is such a great school I could go to that matches my research interests, would it be okay to accept this offer? Or does it make more sense to choose a school with a full-funding offer that doesn't match my research fit.

Edited April 12, 2024 by international

[int_applicant_infinity]

33 minutes ago, international said:

No fund = no admission? 

PSU has sent me a NO FUND OFFER that they don't provide any financial aid at this point. The DGS told me that they have been giving scholarships from the second year for all the cases of graduate students who have received a NO FUND OFFER if they pass the qualifiers.(years 2 ~ 5) I have some external scholarships, so I can more or less cover my tuition and living expenses for the first and second year.

Given that PSU is such a great school I could go to that matches my research interests, would it be okay to accept this offer? Or does it make more sense to choose a school with a full-funding offer that doesn't match my research fit.

If 1. You can reasonably comfortably fund your first year with scholarships 2. They can guarantee you funding from the second year onward 3. You're reasonably confident you will pass qualifying exams, and 4. This is your top choice, then I'd say go for it! Make sure you get #2 in writing though.

Edited April 12, 2024 by int_applicant_infinity

[int_applicant_infinity]

38 minutes ago, econk said:

What do people do if they get another offer after the 15th?

If it's better, take it! Not your fault you didn't know your choice set until after the deadline. 

[tywp]

1 hour ago, international said:

No fund = no admission? 

PSU has sent me a NO FUND OFFER that they don't provide any financial aid at this point. The DGS told me that they have been giving scholarships from the second year for all the cases of graduate students who have received a NO FUND OFFER if they pass the qualifiers.(years 2 ~ 5) I have some external scholarships, so I can more or less cover my tuition and living expenses for the first and second year.

Given that PSU is such a great school I could go to that matches my research interests, would it be okay to accept this offer? Or does it make more sense to choose a school with a full-funding offer that doesn't match my research fit.

May I ask if you received the email with a template offer from the DGS saying that they will move the waitlist on April 15?

[slutsky_equation]

Fingers crossed that some waitlists move over the weekend!