Recent content by KH_137

I just wanted to thank everyone for their inputs! In the end, I have decided to accept an offer I received later from SISSA in Italy; my second preference was Nottingham. SISSA has an initial year of coursework, which I thought I might need, and since the position was not tied to a specific...

Thank you for the reply! Actually, that first point you mention is what I meant by a "relatively calmer current experience". As for the program, the UK position is an individual project, so while I might take a couple of courses, its not broad. But I am interested in the topic and I do feel...

I recently applied to graduate programs in the US and some European positions for fall 2025. My interests are in model-building and phenomenology, especially in cosmological/astro-particle scenarios. I applied to around 14 US schools (since I could avail a waiver at half of these) and few...

Well, I know what you mean - but I have been invited to "informal interviews" in the US too. And, this is at the stronger places - UCs, for instance. I know everyone keeps saying that admissions are centralised in the USA, but this seems to vary a lot by department (and, in fact, most of my...

I framed it a bit wrong - but essentially yes. I haven't been asking for PhD positions, per se, but rather if they will be offering a position in the future. This is mostly in Germany. The other country I have looked at is the UK where the faculty profile often mentions if they are actively...

You're right - I need to do more research on funding. I haven't yet decided where to apply apart from those 3, so this isn't something I had thought about (yet). Thanks for the advice - I was so stressed with just getting into a program that I started overlooking some extremely crucial aspects.

@Vanadium 50 Thank you for your suggestions. I appreciate the clarity. I see what you mean now. My primary experience is in astroparticle physics, not QCD, but from what little I have seen of it, I probably will enjoy it just as much. My specific area of focus is ALPs which have both a QCD...

I saw that Okui did some work on black holes, baryogenesis, neutrinos and DM (around 2021 or so I guess). I have some experience in electroweak baryogenesis, so that's what I am aiming for. In fact, I referenced these papers in my communications with him. Ah yes, that's true - but he works on...

Oh no, I didn't want to get into the specifics. I want to work in BSM physics with a link to cosmology or astrophysics. That is the focus of my thesis work too. The reason I dragged "theory" into it is because I have been working on RS models for the last few months (in this same context -...

Actually, my supervisor straight up told me that its extremely difficult to get into UMD and while I was free to apply, he would suggest considering UMD more like a fantasy and focusing on more realistic schools (at the same time, he has been suggesting people at Berkeley and Chicago, so I am...

I will be applying to graduate programs in theoretical particle physics this winter in the US (for the Fall 2025 intake) and I would appreciate some help with finding appropriate programs/schools. My interests (and experiences) are a weird mix of hep-th and hep-ph, so, I would like to look for a...

@Vanadium 50 Thank you for the input. I appreciate the consistent feedback. Writing a statement is much harder than I thought it would be - however, on deeper thought, I realised I had overlooked the science education part of a PhD training which had subconsciously informed my choices as well...

As an example of what you asked me to do, I am working with these questions: Why are you aiming for a PhD degree? Why are you applying at the [ ]? Are there particular areas of research you are especially excited about for a PhD? Describe a highlight of your MSc work. My response...

@Vanadium 50 Thank you for your answer, I appreciate it. In other words, my focus should be on the last paragraph (where I discuss why that specific PhD program is suitable for me) while cutting down everything else to one paragraph or less. As for "why you want to do a PhD" - do you think the...

@Vanadium 50 Thank you for your response - I apologise about the courtesy thing. I usually get words like "thanks" and "please" removed by moderators on the Physics stack exchange which is the only other place I have posted on before and assumed a similar directness was preferred here as well...