2014 Open House Dates

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actrask
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2014 Open House Dates

Post by actrask » Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:39 am

Since admissions seem to be rolling in, this thread will contain information on the open house dates. Please leave a comment with the dates you are aware of and with what department (Physics, Applied Physics, Astronomy, etc) and I will update this post. Also mention which ones you will be attending when the dates get closer!

I'll list universities according to US news (first 30 to start) and will keep adding accordingly as people comment with dates.

Caltech
27-28 February - Applied Physics

Harvard
27-28 March - Physics

MIT
31 March-1 April - Physics

Stanford
1-2 April - Applied Physics

Princeton
23-25 March - Physics

UC Berkeley
3-4 April - Physics

Cornell
21-22 March - Physics

University of Chicago
14 March - Physics

UIUC
14-15 March - Physics

UCSB
31 March - Physics

Columbia
24 March - Physics
28 March - Applied Physics
7 March - Biomedical Engineering

Michigan
20-23 March - Physics

Yale
28-29 March - Physics

UCSD
1-2 April - Physics

Maryland - College Park
13-14 March - Physics

Texas - Austin
12-14 February - Physics

UPenn
4 April - Physics

Wisconsin - Madison
13-16 March and 27-30 March - Physics
27 February-1 March - Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Johns Hopkins
20-23 February - Physics

UCLA
13-14 March - Physics

Colorado - Boulder
13-15 March and 3-5 April - Physics

Washington
7-8 March - Physics

Ohio State
23-24 March - Physics

Penn State
28-29 March - Physics

Stony Brook
9-10 March - Physics

Rice

Rutgers
28 March - Physics

UC Davis
28 February-1 March - Physics

Minnesota - Twin Cities
14-15 March - Physics

Brown

Carnegie Mellon
21-22 March - Physics

Duke
20-21 March - Physics

GaTech

Northwestern

UC Irvine
21-22 February and 14-15 March - Physics

Michigan State

Arizona
27-29 March - Physics

Florida

North Carolina - Chapel Hill
27 February-1 March - Physics

Boston
4-5 April - Physics

Texas A&M
20-23 March - Physics

Rochester
28 February-2 March - Physics

Case Western Reserve
27-28 March - Physics

Baylor
1-2 March - Physics

UBC
21-22 March - Physics
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hamadahoda007
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by hamadahoda007 » Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:41 am

Chicago, 14 March.

kev12592
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by kev12592 » Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:56 am

Minnesota: 3/14-3/15. Physics

Irvine: 2/21-2/22 and 3/14-3/15. Physics

r4ve
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by r4ve » Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:07 pm

columbia applied physics - 3/28

stanford applied physics - 4/1, 4/2

Nickzdabomb
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by Nickzdabomb » Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:31 pm

Caltech Applied Physics February 27-28

Mmm_Pasta
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by Mmm_Pasta » Fri Feb 07, 2014 1:18 pm

I'll be going to the physics Open House at UT Austin from 12 Feb - 14 Feb.

dabibbler
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by dabibbler » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:06 pm

Michigan (physics): March 20-23
Ohio State (physics): March 23-24
Penn State (physics): March 28-29
Cornell (physics): March 21-22

So many overlaps :(

sorethumb
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by sorethumb » Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:24 pm

All for physics:

UCSB: March 31
U Washington: March 7-8
Wisconsin: March 13-16, March 27-30
Maryland: March 13-14
UIUC: March 14-15
MIT: March 31-April 1
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catharsis
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by catharsis » Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:35 pm

UPenn April 4th
Hopkins February 20th-23rd

kev12592
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by kev12592 » Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:49 pm

Carnegie Mellon 3/21-2/22 physics

wildcat
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by wildcat » Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:06 pm

Duke March 20-21

kap09c
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by kap09c » Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:23 pm

stony brook 9-10th march

alexkuz
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by alexkuz » Tue Feb 11, 2014 4:42 pm

CU Boulder
March 13-15
April 3-5

Mmm_Pasta
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by Mmm_Pasta » Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:05 pm

U. of Arizona: 27-29 March

hermitw
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by hermitw » Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:27 pm

Princeton Mar 23-25

TomServo
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by TomServo » Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:51 pm

Baylor, March 1-2

Low
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by Low » Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:13 pm

U Rochester, Feb 28 - Mar 2

tsymmetry
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by tsymmetry » Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:15 pm

Harvard-Thursday March 27 to Friday March 28

r4ve
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by r4ve » Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:11 pm

brown - orientation 8/29 (physics)

AEP
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by AEP » Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:04 pm

Princeton March 24th

sorairo
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by sorairo » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:53 am

Columbia Physics: March 24

Also, not physics/American:

Columbia Biomedical Engineering: March 7
UBC Physics: March 21-22

shangtsail
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by shangtsail » Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:09 am

Berkeley physics
3-4 April

Fusiontron
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by Fusiontron » Sat Feb 15, 2014 9:12 pm

02/27/14 - 03/01/14

University of Wisconsin-Madision: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

actrask
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by actrask » Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:54 am

r4ve wrote:brown - orientation 8/29 (physics)
Is Brown not having an open house? I also applied there but haven't heard from them yet.

aedealism
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by aedealism » Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:21 pm

Boston University (physics) - April 4-5

kev12592
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by kev12592 » Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:29 pm

North Carolina 2/27-3/1

pi_man
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by pi_man » Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:43 pm

UC Davis: 2/28-3/1

bfollinprm
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by bfollinprm » Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:18 am

Thanks! I was about to ask someone that.

SonicSemae
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by SonicSemae » Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:19 pm

Texas A&M:
March 20th - 23rd

Dwy
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by Dwy » Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:52 pm

Case Western Reserve University:
March 27th-28th

mrfotih
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Re: 2014 Open House Dates

Post by mrfotih » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:36 pm

Is University of Pittsburgh/Florida having an Open House this year?



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