<p>It seems that Berkeley has already emailed acceptances (not surprisingly, I did not get an email).</p>
<p>Anyone else hear back from any other math phd programs?</p>
<p>I noticed too (from the grad cafe) that Berkeley has emailed acceptances. I join you in not receiving one. Do you think they send them out in waves or is it a safe bet that we've been rejected?</p>
<p>Guys, I'm sorry, I wish you had gotten in, of course I didn't bother applying there.
So is there anything worthwhile posted on grad cafe about math phd other than those admissios results, what am I missing? Can you really be sure those results are legit or could someone be having a laugh?
I think this thread is a good idea, but we'll have to try to keep it on the first page...
Best,
Orangelights</p>
<p>To crispyk: I would assume since Berkeley is such an elite school, they probably have a high yield, i.e. if they send out an admission, there is a good chance that student will accept. Since they have a high yield, it probably does not bode well for us.</p>
<p>To orangelights: Yeah that site is very legit, I can't confirm that the results are 100% accurate, but many times when others have received admissions results, I received it either the same day or soon afterwards.</p>
<p>I really feel like things are not going to go my way again this year. If I get rejected for a second time, I have no idea what I'm going to do with my life. So I really hope I can get just one acceptance.</p>
<p>I know how depressing it can be, but it's way too early to be that pessimistic! These Berkeley offers seem quite unseasonably early. You still probably have a good two weeks before the bulk of offers go out. Good Luck to you all!</p>
<p>My S heard from MIT as well as Berkeley yesterday.</p>
<p>I'm just going to pretend that MIT is spacing out their acceptances over a couple of days/are still making some final decisions...</p>
<p>Cheer up! Rejections from Berkeley and/or MIT are not the end of the world. You still have lots of opportunity for happiness. Heck, maybe even more so if you're not going to Berkeley or MIT ;-)</p>
<p>Dilksy, seeing as you are already essentially accepted at one of your top 2 choices, I wouldn't complain too much about MIT. Go out and celebrate! I'd be happy in the short run if even the 13th school I applied to accepted me.</p>
<p>My D heard from MIT yesterday as well.</p>
<p>My friend heard from Cornell today and I didn't. I applied to Cornell, I thought I had an OK chance because one of my recommenders is very well known at Cornell.</p>
<p>Yup my friend at Berkeley got his acceptance recently. Dunno about others.</p>
<p>S heard from Chicago today.</p>
<p>Wow are those all acceptances? Must have had a very strong grad app, congratulations.</p>
<p>If only grad schools were benevolent enough to put students they know they won't accept out of their misery as fast as they accept the students they know they'll take. Apparently sometimes they just never bother to reply at all.</p>
<p>Thanks. He is quite a kid.</p>
<p>D heard from Stanford today.</p>
<p>Is there any particular reason we've heard about Berkeley, MIT, Chicago, Stanford, and Cornell, 5 of the top 10, and less from other places? Is there some expectation that students accepted to those schools will withdraw their applications in other pools? Or is it just that people are less vocal about other places?</p>
<p>I saw that someone heard from Northwestern today.</p>
<p>To orangelights: This is all just my opinion and my own speculation, but I think generally the top flight programs tend to send out admissions first because of what you said, they have a higher likelihood of acceptance, or a high yield. From the perspective of a "mid-range" school, like a 20-40 ranked school, I personally would wait until the top 20 rolls out their admissions. That way I have a higher yield myself, i.e. I'm not admitting someone who will never attend my program. </p>
<p>All this is very inexact however, but that's just my gut feeling as to why Berkeley and MIT and Cornell have started rolling out admissions and Duke or Maryland have not.</p>
<p>How do you explain Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, etc. ? If anything, Princeton would have the highest yield rate of them all.</p>