any news from umn?

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tengao
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any news from umn?

Post by tengao » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:54 pm

does anyone receive information from umn?

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Post by VT » Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:02 am

what is umn? Minnesota or michigan

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Post by tengao » Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:07 am

minnesota

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Post by VT » Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:49 am

ok, I got a fellowship offer from there. The university wide fellowship offer is not out yet though. I got the diff fellowship.
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Post by doom » Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:23 am

I haven't heard anything from Minnesota yet. I think VT got his app in before the fellowship deadline, and so that's why he's heard early. (At least that's what I've gathered from his posts.)

I got my stuff in just before the Jan. 15th deadline, so I think those of us who got our materials in by then haven't heard yet.

tengao, have you posted your stats in the profile thread? you really should.

VT, what are you thinking about Minnesota? Or are you waiting to hear from some of the other schools on your list before you make a decision? And if you don't mind saying, where else have you gotten in? We're applying to a lot of the same schools: Minnesota, Michigan, Maryland, Ohio State.

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Post by VT » Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:17 am

I was accepted from Wisc-Madison,too. Brown gave me a phone call, so I do not know what that means. Madison on the top on my list, right now. I am waiting to hear from Cornell and UIUC.( MIT and Princeton are out of the question)

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Post by tengao » Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:56 am

i'm an international student
and i've taken the interview during early Jan
professor kubota told us that we might receive further information in feb or early march.
i wonder when we can be informed .
i'm interested in ta/ra position.
thanks

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Post by VT » Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:09 am

wow, interview, I did not go thro any interview. I am an international too, but domestic international.

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Post by twistor » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:28 am

University of Mexico, New?

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Post by twistor » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:29 am

Madison on the top on my list, right now.
It seems like Madison is a popular pick this year.

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Post by VT » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:41 am

yes, twistor, i just received taht white rejection letter from Cornell :cry:

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Post by doom » Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:03 pm

I wonder if they interview only the international applicants. Maybe it helps them get an idea of how good their English skills are or something. What did they ask you about, tengao?

Looking at the gradcafe site (which doesn't have that much data from Minnesota), it looks like they generally send out acceptances in mid February. Which means that if we don't hear from them today, I would think it would be early next week.

At least I hope so. I really want to hear back from them, as I think they're the non-safety school of mine that I think I have the best shot of getting into.

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Post by marten » Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:34 pm

University of Mexico, New?
United Mission to Nepal?

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Post by VT » Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:48 pm

what is Nepal?

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Post by marten » Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:08 pm

what is Nepal?
Are you kidding?

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Post by schandre » Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:15 pm

VT wrote:what is Nepal?
It's somewhere in the cold scary void. Where people live in grass huts.

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Post by marten » Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:29 pm

And eat chapatis and dal bat. Plus I'm pretty sure that is where garden was born. (as well as yours truly, but I'm not garden)
cold scary void
like on the top of Mt. Everest, but it gets very hot in the southern lowlands by India. (guess I just assumed everyone knew about Nepal!)

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Post by twistor » Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:11 pm

guess I just assumed everyone knew about Nepal!
Some people's knowledge is limited by the fact that they can only get dial-up internet access in their grass hut communities.

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Post by tengao » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:45 am

we talked about physics
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Post by tengao » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:36 am

waiting...



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