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    2014 Fall
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    Biomedical Engineering

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  1. I received NSF and Ford too... likewise worried about the pending status on my Ford stuff, but I think it's ok as long as you accepted it on time. I'm fairly certain the same applies for NSF. I'll be making phone calls by the end of the month if nothing changes though.
  2. Got it! E/VG, E/E, VG/VG but the content of the reviews were all positive. I wrote quite a bit about NSF's newest thrust, STEAM, so it might be good to play toward NSF's strengths. Congrats to all the winners!
  3. Yeah stay positive people. The trolls have a point, but they could say it a little nicer. One thought to consider is definitely the recommendations. People tend to undervalue them... I think it's not who you know (even though a senator or Nobel helps) but rather HOW that person talks about you. I have one professor who told me his recommendations for me are always 4 pages long if there's no word limit, simply because he has that much positive stuff to say about me. It's likely super annoying to read, but the reviewer can't help but get the point: this student is pretty great! Anyway, godspeed to all! I'm anxiously waiting too. i fear my proposal could have used a little more umph. hakuna matata?
  4. In my award email it said to accept or deny by April 13th, so I think they send out all acceptances at once according to discipline (the jury's still out on when for each), and then after april 13th, they'll probably send out the no's based on who accepts or not. That's my best guess. is this how it works??
  5. I'm in Biomedical Engineering (1st Year PhD student...idk if they group based on year?) and received mine around 2:15 EST too. Pre-doc.
  6. I got the Pre-doctoral fellowship!
  7. Hi everyone! I'm wondering about Northwestern BME as well. Any admitted people know of the open house weekend dates if there are any? I'm hopeful that I can still get in (fingers crossed!) since I'm from Chicago and would like to go home for grad school, but my weekends this semester are filling up with commitments! Thanks for any insight! (colorblind friendly results~) Accepted: Boston U BME, Boston U Computational Neuro, U Illinois BioE Rejected: Georgia Tech BME Interview: U Mich BME Applying: Illinois Institute of Tech BME, Northwestern BME
  8. Just finished an admitted students visit weekend at UIUC. its bioE program is SUPER new so their ranking is not high (yet), but they are working on it. they just named a new dean of engineering, who is supposedly responsible for strengthening their other engineering programs there (idk if that's true lol). as you know their other engineering programs are great in rankings: 1 in civil, 3 in electrical, 4 in computer, 7 mechanical, etc so that's awesome and useful to keep in mind. The main theme that i got over the visit was that the school is STACKED with money. every prof and grad student i spoke with were talking about how equipment is shared within the school, so there are no ridiculous fees to reserve a flow cytometry machine, for example, and no politics between professors. the professor i spoke with primarily (the inventor of infrared spectroscopic imaging) buys $50,000 equipment for his students as long as they ask and have a legit use for it. basically, they painted the picture that equipment, resources, funding, etc will NOT be a roadblock during your time there (which was super impressive to me). all in all? i think it's a great school, great resources. i'm hesitant to settle in a remote college town and i'm not sure if i gelled with all the current students, but that's personal. Hope I helped!
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