Math REUs 2014: Program Updates and Notifications

[the_green_book]

If it is at all any source of comfort, I also have not received any news from Indiana or Cornell. I'm not sure about the rest, as I haven't applied to those :/.

Has anyone heard from Michigan, William and Mary, Fairfield, and UCLA RIPS?

I just got a reply for a status update from RIPS. The Program Coordinator stated that they are almost done offering positions. They will be sending out regret letters at the end of the week for people that are not invited in the next couple of days.

 

[LambdaStyle]

I just got declined from Cornell, so I think they've filled their program. No updates from any other programs on my end.

 

[zapz]

If it is at all any source of comfort, I also have not received any news from Indiana or Cornell. I'm not sure about the rest, as I haven't applied to those :/.

Has anyone heard from Michigan, William and Mary, Fairfield, and UCLA RIPS?

Michigan has made offers for math

 

[josef_hartmann]

Anyone else accept an offer at Kent?

I'm really excited about the summer!

 

[Math]

Anyone else accept an offer at Kent?

I'm really excited about the summer!

I'm super excited for Kent's REU as well. My spring break will be spent getting up to speed on the topic.

 

[josef_hartmann]

I'm super excited for Kent's REU as well. My spring break will be spent getting up to speed on the topic.

Sounds fun! I totally missed your (earlier) comment that already said you accepted the offer ha.

 

[lauraofrohan]

I'm curious - has anyone heard from James Madison? I already (very happily) committed to an REU, but I never heard from JMU.

 

[cowmoo83]

Congratulations to everyone who has heard back from their respective programs! It must be nice to finally breathe that sigh of relief.

Unfortunately, I'm still holding my breath... does anyone know anything about the current statuses of
-Central Michigan University
-Fresno State
-GVSU
-Indiana University
or
-Willamette Valley
by chance?

I saw both GVSU and Fresno mentioned earlier, but has anyone heard anything else?

Oh, and I'm sort of new to the REU game... if I haven't been notified that I've been rejected yet, is it possible that I'm actually someone they're considering? Or would they have contacted me if I was on a shortlist or something of that sort?

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[JacobCheverie]

@cowmoo83, Well put. Congratulations to everybody who has received their acceptances. I wish you the best of luck and I hope that you enjoy your research experiences.

Along with @lauraofrohan, I am also curious about the status of James Madison University. Does anyone have any info?

A few others that I am waiting to hear from are
- Coe College
- Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
- Kansas State University (KSU SUMAR)

If anybody has received any sort of notification from either of these schools could you let me know. I've been going mad with anticipation.

 

[JapaneseGinger]

I just contacted Indiana, and they said that all offers to their program have been sent and all spots have been filled. In case anyone is still wondering. Good luck to everyone with their applications!

 

[lauraofrohan]

To cowmoo83 and JacobCheverie, I have info on a few of your programs.

Central Michigan sent me an offer (so they definitely started sending acceptances) and I believe they have completed their roster (so they are done) but I'm not sure (I didn't accept).

GVSU has filled all of their spots.

I turned down a spot at RIT, so they definitely sent out first offers. They did not give me much time to accept (three days) so I suspect that they have filled up their spots since then (I had to decide by Monday).

KSU SUMAR hasn't made offers last I checked. I emailed the director last week and she said that they would make offers for at least a week or two weeks since they hadn't started reading.

 

[JapaneseGinger]

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if William and Mary already made all their offers?

 

[IDERIVE]

William and Mary made offers and sent out rejections 3/10. I also know of Hawaii pure sending out priority acceptances, at least for their residents program, last monday. I applied to
Hawaii Pure Residents (told them to consider me for interns too)
Cmich- which sounds like it is dont
William and Mary - already said no
JMU- heard nothing
Indiana- also sounds like it is done

I guess this all the info we have now. Let me know if any of you hear something about hawaii interns or JMU.

 

[tsns]

It's possible that William & Mary will be making more offers in the next week or so. I don't know how likely this is though.

 

[IDERIVE]

Tsns, I really don't think so. This is the message they sent me:

We were very pleased to have the opportunity to consider you for the2014 William & Mary Mathematics REU program. We had a large number of applicants (over 200) of whom very many were qualified. We now have acceptances from our initial offers, and unless something unusual happens we will not make further offers.

We hope that you continue your work in mathematics and you have our best wishes for a rewarding career.



Charles R. Johnson
Class of 1961 Professor
And Virginia Eminent Scholar
2001 Virginia Outstanding Faculty Member

 

[tsns]

We now have acceptances from our initial offers, and unless something unusual happens we will not make further offers.

What I mean is that based on my knowledge, something unusual may happen. I have no idea how likely it is, so I don't mean for this to be taken too seriously, but I thought I'd share my very vague information.

 

[IDERIVE]

Anyone who applied to Central Michigan, just got this back from them:

We have filled all but one slot at this time. An offer is out for the last position. Thank you for your interest.

 

[IDERIVE]

UPDATE on Indiana bloomington: all of the positions are filled. Just got emailed today about that too (I had to send an email to find that out too) . Sorry everybody that applied and had not heard back yet.

 

[LambdaStyle]

I just got declined from San Diego State today, so their selection is complete. I'm still looking for information on any of the summer institutes in Biostatistics if anyone else strayed from the glory of pure mathematics.

 

[Lawhorn]

Hi all. This is my first post on this forum.

I'll list out what I have applied for and the status of each application.

Grand Valley State University - Applied
Kansas State University - Applied
San Diego State - Rejected
Central Michigan University - Applied
Lafayette College - Rejected
SUNY Potsdam-Clarkson - Rejected
Missouri State - Applied
Ohio Wesleyan University - AppliedI haven't heard back from all the ones they say "Applied." Hopefully I can get at least one!

By the way, I'm a Junior Mathematics student attending Wabash College (liberal arts).

Edit: What do ya'll plan on doing if you don't get an REU? I'll be staying on my campus to work at our IT Helpdesk while doing some "research" with a proff. I'm close with.

 

[zapz]

Anyone planning to go to UMichigan?

 

[JapaneseGinger]

Fairfield is sending notifications now

 

[lauraofrohan]

Just got an offer from Kent to work on "Asymptotic distribution of some hybrid arithmetic functions", but I have already committed to an REU. Kind of surprised about an offer coming so much later than my other offers! I also don't understand why I was accepted for that project, because I don't have all of the "recommended background."

JapaneseGinger: Were you accepted to Fairfield? Congrats! I thought Fairfield looked like an awesome REU. I would have loved to attend. I withdrew my application when I got the email from Dr. Rafalski (sp?) saying that if we have other offers, we should accept them, because they didn't know about funding.

 

[JapaneseGinger]

Just got an offer from Kent to work on "Asymptotic distribution of some hybrid arithmetic functions", but I have already committed to an REU. Kind of surprised about an offer coming so much later than my other offers! I also don't understand why I was accepted for that project, because I don't have all of the "recommended background."

JapaneseGinger: Were you accepted to Fairfield? Congrats! I thought Fairfield looked like an awesome REU. I would have loved to attend. I withdrew my application when I got the email from Dr. Rafalski (sp?) saying that if we have other offers, we should accept them, because they didn't know about funding.

Yes, I was! It is definitely one that I wanted to wait for because of my interest in differential equations and numerical methods! I'm very certain I will accept the Fairfield offer. It's a choice between Fairfield and Rutgers for me. And congrats to you on the Kent acceptance! Even though you have committed to another REU, the acceptance is still a nice feeling! Where did you decide on?

 

[JacobCheverie]

James Madison University

I emailed the director of the REU at James Madison University (JMU) and I was told that if I have not heard anything from one of the project mentors yet, that it is safe to assume that I will not be offered a position this summer. I assume that holds true for all of you who have not heard from JMU yet.

 

[bbidlemane21]

Has anyone heard about the Boise State or Missouri State REU's? Auburn has said that they have offered all 8, with 5 accepted and 3 expiring this week.

 

[lauraofrohan]

I know someone who was accepted to Missouri State. I don't know anything about Boise State!

 

[Sherlockys]

Anyone know anything about PSU... I heard back from all others(Boise State sent out rejections like a week ago)

 

[Alexi B. G.]

Interactions between Linear Algebra and Ring Theory.

Update: I accepted the offer at Kent.

I just was accepted to Kent for Interactions between Linear Algebra and RIng Theory for summer 2015, and am deciding between Kent, UCSB, and WADE reu. What did you think of Kent??

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Closing this 2014 thread. New 2015 thread is here
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/math-reus-2015.798253/