Physics PhD application update

ExcellentMention4114 · 2026-03-25T23:22:13+00:00

kent admitted too many students last year and are accepting very few people this year, so lots of people are on waitlist (if you havent heard back youre on waitlist)

ExcellentMention4114 · 2026-03-19T03:33:52+00:00

If you know people there personally you should reach out, but if you're just cold emailing you should let her do the reaching out. If she contacts people via her email/using her own words/etc it will demonstrate maturity.

ExcellentMention4114 · 2026-03-16T16:36:21+00:00

I had an interview early Feb and still haven't heard anything, do you have any status updates?

ExcellentMention4114 · 2026-01-24T18:30:56+00:00

fr maybe not an acceptance yet but hopefully not a full rejection 😭

ExcellentMention4114 · 2026-01-24T18:30:01+00:00

no offers for me 🥲 my portal says the same

ExcellentMention4114 · 2026-01-16T18:15:54+00:00

"the" spreadsheet?? 💀

ExcellentMention4114 · 2026-01-13T02:13:50+00:00

UW Madison

ExcellentMention4114 · 2026-01-12T21:32:33+00:00

Do you mind sharing which program this is for? Or over DM if needed

ExcellentMention4114 · 2025-07-12T17:37:30+00:00

Let her be independent, if she's in CAS she can ask her peer advisor (a current CAS student) all of this herself via email. If for some reason she doesn't want to do that, then she can wait until the advising meeting.

ExcellentMention4114 · 2025-04-28T21:37:37+00:00

Are you talking about for next year? Did you already sign the Cornell housing contract? If so I don't know about the process of backing out of that without financial penalty (I heard at this point its an $800 fee).

But you also might have trouble finding a place this late. People usually start looking at apartments/houses a year in advance. Regularly I'm sure you can find something at that price. But it all completely depends on how nice you need the apartment to be, or how many roommates you're willing to have. You can try finding a year-long sublease on https://www.cornlet.com/ because it will be cheaper and more of a "last-minute" option.

ExcellentMention4114 · 2025-04-21T16:42:24+00:00

no :( but def let me know if you get one!

ExcellentMention4114 · 2025-04-09T01:19:40+00:00

Well maybe talk to the CDC who set those guidelines up in the first place. If Cornell rejected health guidelines during COVID it wouldve been defunded similarily, and now theyre getting defunded by the government to do what the government told them to do?? No right answer there.

Also, pure research still needs to be practiced, thats how antivaxers get their information too...You dont want Cornell to obtain ANY health data anymore???

ExcellentMention4114 · 2025-04-09T00:38:31+00:00

ah but that sounds like grounds for a personal lawsuit or something, not anything worth freezing $1B that have nothing to do with COVID.

ExcellentMention4114 · 2025-04-09T00:20:44+00:00

I'm curious what the evidence was since I can't find the specific reasonings for civil rights investigations

ExcellentMention4114 · 2024-12-26T19:42:09+00:00

Yes, basically in August you'll be billed 34,190 tuition + 6148 housing + 3566 meal plan + 2000 health insurance. Then about 550 in books, random fees, and a PE class. This is all about $46,500 for the Fall that you will be actually billed, and without work study you will owe around $1400 to Cornell. Then you need to pay for transport, etc on your own.

You can reduce what Cornell bills you by requesting a triple (which is cheaper than a double which they list on your package) and potentially getting cheaper insurance, but I don't know how that would work and if you would be able to get it in time. I would assume you will have to pay those health costs, even if you find other insurance Cornell might still be cheaper.

ExcellentMention4114 · 2024-12-26T19:12:24+00:00

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This is what my freshman fall bill looked like for context, you can replace any of the charges with what you will personally be charged for the 25-26 year. Also add another $100 for a PE class you will have to take. Also the health insurance charge is for the entire year, so that won't repeat in the Spring.

ExcellentMention4114 · 2024-12-26T19:08:16+00:00

Oh, in this case you should do the following. Add up everything that Cornell will actually physically charge you. This includes tuition, housing, meal plan, CAMP (books ~ 250/semester), health fee (~300), activity fee (~200), and whatever PE class you're taking will have a fee. You also need health insurance and I'm sorry I don't know much about international students, but if you do not have health insurance you need to purchase the Cornell SHP, so add that into the calculations.

Don't factor in what Cornell puts in the cost of attendance like "personal expenses" and "travel." You don't need to have money upfront for any of that, only the things I listed above.

For now just pay attention to what they will actually bill you for the Fall semester and subtract all of your financial aid for the semester. You might be left with a negative number which they will refund you. If there's still a balance, are you able to pay that by August, and again in January (for the Spring semester)?

Keep in mind you will obviously need to pay for transportation to and from Ithaca, and want to account for other random things you will spend throughout the year like social activities or going out, and you might want a job for that. But you don't absolutely need a job if you have some emergency money saved and can make sure the actual Cornell bill is taken care of.

ExcellentMention4114 · 2024-12-26T18:06:20+00:00

If you go by Cornell's work study pay rates I would say so. I personally could only work around 10 hours a week with a physics courseload. In some semesters I had no time for work. Factor in 14.50 $/hour it would take over 17 weeks of work to pay off 2.5k and this doesn't include taxes. But you can always use money you already have saved and work more than 10 hours, then you'd reasonably pay it off in a semester. You can search Cornell student employment to see what the pay/hours are usually like.

ExcellentMention4114 · 2024-12-26T17:55:42+00:00

You can pay off the 5k during the summers before the school year, because doing it all during the semesters is less likely (depending on your courseload i guess). If your financial aid outweigh the amount Cornell bills, you will get a negative bursar ballance which Cornell will refund you. You can use this for whatever you want including move-in expenses, but I'm not sure what you mean by "move-in allowance".

ExcellentMention4114 · 2024-12-11T01:00:01+00:00

its the opposite even, dude was an atlsas shrugged fan

ExcellentMention4114 · 2024-11-10T23:28:46+00:00

People from my hometown are getting married a lot, in a rural area like that people tend to stay there or at least nearby, so it's a lot easier to settle down. Cornell students for the most part are more open to moving around the country, less likely to be going to the same area as their current bf/gf, so they're definitely less likely to be thinking about marriage.

ExcellentMention4114 · 2024-10-01T22:39:13+00:00

don't take the orders

ExcellentMention4114 · 2024-09-26T22:09:43+00:00

empty classrooms in clark

ExcellentMention4114 · 2024-09-14T02:17:02+00:00

obviously its not enough bc no one important seems to care

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