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Undergrad Institution: Mid-size private school in Midwest, top 50 for physics
Major(s): Physics, math, music performance
Minor(s): Music composition
GPA in Major: 4.00
Overall GPA: 3.99
Length of Degree: 5 years with the music major
Position in Class: Top
Type of Student: Domestic white male
Research Experience: Four years of dark matter phenomenology research with two different professors at my school, summer internship at a national lab doing nuclear theory. First author on two papers: one published in Phys. Rev. D, one submitted to Phys. Rev. C
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Goldwater, top junior physics major, Phi Beta Kappa, best oral presentation at a local research symposium
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Teach general GRE for Kaplan
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Co-organizing a graduate mathematical physics seminar, founded a physics study group to help freshmen physics majors for upper-level classes
Special Bonus Points: Six graduate math classes; grad quantum, stat mech, and classical mech
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Studied abroad in France and took three physics courses, all in French (one with Alain Aspect!)
Applying to Where:
MIT - Physics - HEP Theory (phenomenology) ------------- Accepted 2/9 by phone, with 12- month fellowship ($2329/month)
Harvard - Physics - HEP Theory (phenomenology) --------- Accepted 2/20 by e-mail, with 12-month fellowship ($2375/month)
Princeton - Physics - HEP Theory (phenomenology) ------- Accepted 2/25 by e-mail, with "full financial support"
Berkeley - Physics - HEP Theory (phenomenology) -------- Accepted 2/20 by e-mail, with TA and summer fellowship ($2312/month)
Stanford - Physics - HEP Theory (phenomenology)
Cornell - Physics - HEP Theory (phenomenology) ---------- Accepted 1/29 by snail mail. With 1 year TA and 2 year graduate fellowship ($2756/month)
Johns Hopkins - Physics - HEP Theory (phenomenology) - Accepted 2/2 by e-mail, financial details pending
NYU - Physics - HEP Theory (phenomenology) ------------ Accepted 2/13 by e-mail
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Undergrad Institution: Small liberal art college that send a few students to physics graduate programs each year
Major(s): Astrophysics
Minor(s):
GPA in Major: 4.0
Overall GPA: 4.0
Length of Degree: 4 year
Position in Class: Near top
Type of Student: Domestic white female
Research Experience: Summer research at my school and a REU. Sophomore research at my school. Senior thesis. No publications.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Goldwater Scholar, mysterious school award, school thesis fellowship
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Physics tutor, IT job, president and former treasurer of relevant club
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:
Special Bonus Points: Recommenders with colleagues?
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Junior year abroad. Inability to write a non-bizarre personal statement (am working on this...).
Applying to Where:
Berkeley -Astronomy - Planetary science Waitlisted 02/04 by e-mail
CalTech - Geological and Planetary Sciences - Planetary Science Accepted 1/22 by e-mail
Colorado - Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences - Planetary science Accepted 02/02 by post
Cornell - Astronomy - Planetary science Accepted 02/03 by e-mail
Harvard - Astronomy - Planetary science Accepted 02/09 by phone
Michigan - Astronomy - Planetary science Accepted 1/28 by e-mail (declined admission 02/05)
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Undergrad Institution: Ivy, great reputation
Major(s): Astrophysics
Minor(s): Applied Math
GPA in Major: 3.86
Overall GPA: 3.81
Length of Degree: 4 years
Position in Class: Near top
Type of Student: European female, doing my undergrad in the US
Research Experience: At my school: One summer program, two semester projects, senior thesis. No publications though hopefully thesis work will lead to one.
Also, did a summer research program in Germany last summer, which will eventually be submitted for publication though not until February or so.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Nope. (This is the problem with going to über-competitive schools )
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: One semester TA'ing astronomy for non-majors, peer academic adviser, various tutoring experience
Special Bonus Points: Well-known recommenders, all who have been my research advisers at some point
Applying to Where:
Applying to Astronomy/Astrophysics, especially interested in Cosmology:
Harvard -- Admitted (email) 2/9
U Chicago -- Admitted (email) 2/2
UC Berkeley -- Rejected (in response to email) 2/20
CalTech -- Rejected (in response to email) 2/20
UC Santa Cruz -- Admitted (email) 2/3
U Washington (Seattle) -- Admitted (phone/email) 2/9
U Arizona -- Admitted (phone) 2/13
Ohio State -- Admitted (phone/email) 12/29
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Undergrad Institution: big private school, ranked 40-60 in physics
Major: Physics
GPA in Major: 3.83
Overall GPA: 3.77
Length of Degree: 4 years
Position in Class: near top
Type of Student: whitebread male
Research Experience: One REU in computational non-linear dynamics -- presenting at March APS meeting, will be publishing as first author but not published yet. Started working this year in computational cosmology at my institution.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: scholarship for physics excellence from school, another big generic scholarship from school, Dean's List.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for gen phys II, paid and volunteer tutor at school.
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: good bit of programming proficiency/experience.
Special Bonus Points: Recommenders have h-indices of 35, 34, and 10. I don't think this actually matters but it was fun to calculate. One grad astrophysics course.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: it's a pretty generic app.
Applying to Where:
Stanford - Physics - computational astro/cosmo
Chicago - Physics - computational astro/cosmo
Columbia - Physics - computational astro/cosmo
UCSB - Physics - computational astro/cosmo - accepted by email 2/20 -- $17k (academic year TA) and summer RA positions are available
Berkeley - Physics - computational astro/cosmo - accepted by email 2/20 -- $28k (academic year TA + summer RA + fellowship)
Washington - Physics - computational astro/cosmo - accepted by email 2/03 -- $19k (academic year TA + fellowship)
Wisconsin - Physics - computational astro/cosmo - accepted by email 1/30 -- $22k (academic year TA + summer RA + fellowships)
UCSC - Physics - computational astro/cosmo - accepted by email 2/20 -- details in the mail
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Undergrad Institution: Smaller Liberal Arts University. No real physics reputation.
Major(s):Physics
Minor(s):Mathematics
GPA in Major:3.96
Overall GPA:3.96
Length of Degree: 4
Position in Class: Top in my department. In the top 5% over the whole senior class.
Type of Student: White Domestic Male
GRE Scores:
Q:730 (79%)
V:560 (77%)
W:4.0 (37%)
P:820 (77%)
Research Experience:
2 REU's at state school in top 50 for physics- Condensed Matter Experiment
Worked with the same professor both times. Getting a letter from him.
2 years of research at home institution-Condensed matter Theory. 1 (possibly 2) conference presentations. Listed as 3rd author out of 4 on abstract. Possibly a journal article but not before apps are due. I would be third author on this article as well.
Senior Research Project in scanning probe microscopy.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions:
Half Tuition Scholarship (In school)
Goldwater Nominee (did not win)
2nd Place at IEEE SAC conference in the hardware competition
Sigma Pi Sigma
One general (i.e. non physics) honor society.
Dean's List
Will get award for highest GPA for a Physics Major.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs:
Physics Tutor for 3 years- tutored individually and managed group sessions
Past SPS President and VP
One of the organizers and judges for a Local High School Physics Competition.
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:
I built an STM from scratch for my senior project. I mentioned this in my SOP and applications where possible.
Special Bonus Points:
I think my letters from professors at home will be spectacular. The REU letter will also be great. Also, one of my letter writers is a Harvard Alum. Another has advised MIT PhD candidates.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:
Hopefully my respectful (I won't say great since I think it could be better) PGRE score will make my lower than average QGRE score meaningless.
Applying to Where:
Harvard - Physics- Condensed Matter Experiment
MIT- Physics- Condensed Matter Experiment
U Penn -Physics- Condensed Matter Experiment
Cornell-Physics- Condensed Matter Experiment - REJECTED 2/24 by email
Chicago-Physics- Condensed Matter Experiment
Boston U-Physics- Condensed Matter Experiment -ACCEPTED by email 2/10 w/ 12 month TA-$27,300
Pittsburgh-Physics- Condensed Matter Experiment - ACCEPTED by email 2/10 w/ 12 month TA-$22,597
Penn State-Physics- Condensed Matter Experiment-ACCEPTED by email 2/18 w/ 12 month TA-$23,705
Boston College-Physics- Condensed Matter Experiment- Invited for Interview Declined interview and withdrew application
Northwestern-Physics-Condensed Matter Experiment - Decided not to apply.
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Undergrad Institution: Liberal Arts College with no physics reputation
Major(s): Physics, Mathematics
Minor(s): n/a
GPA in Major: 3.97
Overall GPA: 3.93
Length of Degree: 4 years
Position in Class: Top
Type of Student: Domestic white male
GRE Scores:
Q: 790 / 92%
V: 670 / 95%
W: 6.0 / 96%
P: 980 / 95% (got a 780 / 72% when I took it last year)
TOEFL Total:
Research Experience:A summer of work in Quantum optics at a big state school. Summer REU at CERN. A nine month research fellowship at CERN. One publication in which I am just one author among many. Gave talk at a regional conference on my HEP research. Co-presented a talk on computational physics with our Physics department head.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma, National Merit Scholar, Dean's List, physics excellence award from my department, school-wide award for potential in graduate school, Fulbright fellowship.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for two years in general physics and physics tutor. Worked in software development for a consulting firm. SPS President.
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: I graduated from college two years early, but I don't know if that helps or not.
Special Bonus Points: Not really...
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Took PGRE last year with minimal studying and scored 780 / 72%
Applying to Where:
Chicago - Physics - HEP Experiment - Accepted 2/27 by email. Details to follow.
Princeton - Physics - HEP Experiment - Accepted 2/25 by email. Details to follow.
Cornell - Physics - HEP Experiment - Accepted 2/4 by snail-mail. TA + 1 yr Fellowship
Michigan - Physics - HEP Experiment - Accepted 2/24 by email. TA + Fellowship
Harvard - Physics - HEP Experiment - Waitlisted 2/20 by email.
Stanford - Physics - HEP Experiment - ...
MIT - Physics - HEP Experiment - Accepted unofficially 2/6 by email from admissions committee member, official acceptance came in the mail later. 1 yr Fellowship
Berkeley - Physics - HEP Experiment - Accepted unofficially 2/21 by email, official email came later. TA + Fellowship
Penn State - Physics - HEP Experiment - Accepted 2/24 by email. Fellowship.
Oxford - Physics - HEP Experiment - Invited for an interview 2/10 by email. Conditionally accepted (based on funding) 2/22 by email. Awarded Clarendon Scholarship 2/26 by email (full tuiton+fees and a stipend)
Fellowships:
NDSEG - Physics - HEP Experiment - ...
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Undergrad Institution: US Liberal Arts, prestigious in general (top 10) but not particularly in physics
Major(s): Physics
Minor(s): Math, Computer Science
GPA in Major: 3.89
Overall GPA: 3.72
Length of Degree: 4 years
Position in Class: Near top (or top maybe, I don't know) of physics majors, not amazing overall (top third or so)
Type of Student: Bland domestic white male
Research Experience: Two REUs, and two research projects at my school. One article in press with me as bajillionth author, one first author paper submitted. Two other first author papers 'in preparation', and 3 papers with me as author 4-5 or so also 'in preparation'. My name has been on several conference posters (but mostly way far down the author list), and I presented one at APS.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: School departmental physics awards, our equivalent of the Dean's List, Sigma Xi.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for 2 lab classes
Special Bonus Points: Connections to UCLA and Berkeley through research. I think two letters of rec should be very positive, and I have two others that should be good (one from each research adviser).
Applying to Where:
I'm not entirely sure what I want to do - either AMO or plasma experiment, but I'm leaning towards plasma. I've worked on research projects involving both, so I can sell myself as either at the moment.
MIT - Physics - Plasma experimental - Accepted 2/17 by mail, ABB-MIT fellowship (21k/9mo for the first year).
Princeton - Plasma Physics - Plasma experimental - Interviews 1/30, 2/9. Accepted 2/24 by e-mail (22k/9mo fellowship + 8k summer RA).
Berkeley - Physics - Plasma experimental - Accepted 2/20 by e-mail (26k TA/RA + 2k fellowship).
Maryland - Physics - Plasma experimental
UCLA - Physics - Plasma experimental - Accepted 2/20 by e-mail, funding info in mail.
Wisconsin - Physics - Plasma experimental - Accepted 1/30 by e-mail (17.5k TA/RA + 1k fellowship) [declined].
Harvard - Physics - AMO experimental - Rejected 2/24 after I asked via e-mail.
Stanford - Physics - AMO experimental
Caltech - Physics - AMO experimental - Accepted 2/11 by e-mail, funding info later.
Boulder - Physics - AMO experimental - Accepted 2/20 by e-mail (~20k TA/RA + 10k 'signing bonus' fellowship).
Fellowships:
NSF
NDSEG
DOE NNSA SSGF
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Undergrad Institution: Small liberal arts college, relatively strong Physics department - each year while I have been there, at least one student has been accepted to one of the top 10 programs.
Major(s): Physics/Math
Minor(s):
GPA in Major: 4.00
Overall GPA: 3.99
Length of Degree: 4
Position in Class: in the contention for being a valedictorian
Type of Student: International - European
Research Experience: 1 year optics research resulted in a minor publication. 2 years of Low-temperature Physics research - one conference, hopefully will result in a major publication in the near future.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions:
Bronze Medal on the International Physics Olympiad after my senior year in high school.
Award for the best student in the intro Physics classes in my school
among the top 200 students in the Putnam Math Exam
Pertinent Activities or Jobs:
TA-ing and Grading for the past 2 years
Vice-president of my SPS chapter
Applying to Where:
MIT - Physics - Condensed Matter Theory
UIUC - Physics - Condensed Matter Theory - Accepted, email, 2/18, 20k TA
Cornell - Physics - Condensed Matter Theory - Accepted, 1yr fellowship, letter 2/6
Columbia - Physics - Condensed Matter Theory
U Chicago - Physics - Condensed Matter Theory
Yale - Physics - Condensed Matter Theory - Rejected, website 2/11
Brown - Physics - Condensed Matter Theory - Accepted, fellowship, email 2/17--will decline
JHU - Physics - Condensed Matter Theory - Accepted, email 2/2--will decline
Rutgers - Physics - Condensed Matter Theory - Accepted, email 2/20, 24k TA
Stony Brook - Physics - Condensed Matter Theory
UW-Madison - Physics - Condensed Matter Theory - Accepted, email 1/30, 20k TA--will decline
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