2018 REU and Summer Program Acceptance Thread

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I am a freshman chemistry major and I applied to all chemistry REUs. I have a 3.4 GPA and no research experience, so I know not to expect much.

I applied to:
University of South Carolina Dornsife
Florida State University
Boston University
Duquesne University
Clemson University - rejected
 
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Wow did anyone else get that Purdue email?:/
 
Jason Bennett said:
Wow did anyone else get that Purdue email?:/
I was successfully tricked for a moment there
 
Jason Bennett said:
Wow did anyone else get that Purdue
AbeC said:
I was successfully tricked for a moment there
I don’t get what you guys are referring to here. Joke?

Update for my daughter. She has only heard from Vanderbilt VINSE on 3/16 with a rejection. Nothing from any of her other apps. Perhaps some are on spring break? Hard to think about undergrad researchers while sipping an umbrella drink on a tropical island...
 
The email included an attachment which contained the rejection. I'm used to attachments being for acceptances and direct texts for rejections
 
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I accepted my offer to MSRP and am super excited. I'm probably going to be working on the newly initiated SPARC fusion reactor at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center.
 
Yes I got the Purdue email and I had a similar reaction. Insensitive to send a rejection in an attachment.
 
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This is so stressful, I don't know how I'll make it through grad school applications.
 
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kubaanglin said:
I accepted my offer to MSRP and am super excited. I'm probably going to be working on the newly initiated SPARC fusion reactor at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

Wow this is so great! I hope your summer works out incredible:)
 
Rejected from Minnesota and Utah.
 
Just heard back from Northwestern a few days ago, pretty stoked!
 
Rejection from U. Penn. today.
 
john cruishack said:
Just heard back from Northwestern a few days ago, pretty stoked!
WOW good for you!:)
 
byzantine04 said:
Rejected from Minnesota and Utah.
same
 
Did anyone apply to the IBM Minority research program? I got into an REU in Colorado already but curious to know.
 
Has anyone heard from GA Tech yet? I was rejected by their SURE program (minorities REU, basically) but I have not heard from their regular REU program. I tried emailing last week and have not gotten a response.