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Structural Engineering Admission's Process Fall 2012


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We all know this waiting process is though, so let's support each other in it. We don't have to face it alone! Any structural applicant out there?? Whee did u apply? Have u heard back from them? What are your stats?

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Would you and other guys posting here, share their stats; it can make everyone a chance to assess their situation. Stats like: GPA, English test scores, research experience, papers, contacts with professors and how, and name of the universities applied.

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I will start myself. I applied tfor a MS at VTech, Gatech, UIUC, UTexas ^ UCBerkeley.

GPA: 3.94/4.0 (1st ranked)

GRE SCORES:

V: 400 , 300

Q: 740, 800

AW: 3.0,3.5

TOEFL SCORE: 92/120

Have 1 year internship exp and 1 year of work experience.

Worked as a TA for 3 years in the CEE Dept of my college (Top 2 in my country)

Worked on a Thesis to graduate and have strong Recommendation letters.

Already received a positive decision from VT! :D

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Hey Guishediaz,

Congrats for the positive decisions. When did you hear back from them? And when did you submit your applications? I have applied to UIUC, VTech and GaTech too; but haven't heard anything back yet.

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BTW my stats are:

Undergrad GPA: 3.18 (out of 4) --- from BUET (the highest ranked engineering university of my country)

Grad GPA: 4.00 (out of 4) ---- from University of Akron, OH, USA

GRE: Quant: 800, Verbal: 580, AW: 3.0

TOEFL iBT: 113

Research Experience:

-Working as Graduate Research Assistant at UAkron since January 2011.

-One conference paper and working on another journal paper (lead author)

-worked on a thesis for undergraduate.

1 year of job experience

Applied for PhD in Structural Engineering:

UIUC. GaTech, Virginia Tech, Lehigh, UC San Diego, John Hopkins and Northeastern.

Haven't heard anything back yet.

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Hey Guishediaz,

Congrats for the positive decisions. When did you hear back from them? And when did you submit your applications? I have applied to UIUC, VTech and GaTech too; but haven't heard anything back yet.

Well I applied for Spring to UIUC. GaTech, Virginia Tech and even Austin Texas, but had to defer because was granted with the Fulbright Scholarship. I haven't heard back from any univ rather than VT. I received the VT letter on December 27th, 2011 and I guess it was that fast because I was laready admitted for the previous term.

On the other hand, GaTech usually give sthe decision by the end of March and UIUC anytime since the very beginning of March and March 25th (*approx.).

Good luck Man!

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So are you heading to Virginia Tech? As you are awarded with a Fullbright Scholarship....You will not probably need any departmental funding like TA/RA/Fellowship...right? So which professor are you going to work with?

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I have no info about universities I applied except UW Madison

The CEE recommend me to graduate school. Still, they told that fund will be notified later.

"The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is pleased to inform you that we have recommended to the Graduate School that you be admitted to the CEE graduate program for Fall 2012. You will be notified separately if you have been selected to receive any type of financial support."

I get a fellowship of VEF (in Vietnam) which supports me 54,000 and the university must support the supplemental financial aid.

What do u think about my situation?

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I will start myself. I applied tfor a MS at VTech, Gatech, UIUC, UTexas ^ UCBerkeley. GPA: 3.94/4.0 (1st ranked) GRE SCORES: V: 400 , 300 Q: 740, 800 AW: 3.0,3.5 TOEFL SCORE: 92/120 Have 1 year internship exp and 1 year of work experience. Worked as a TA for 3 years in the CEE Dept of my college (Top 2 in my country) Worked on a Thesis to graduate and have strong Recommendation letters. Already received a positive decision from VT! :D

amazing.

I think all universities are very pleased to offer u an admission

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So are you heading to Virginia Tech? As you are awarded with a Fullbright Scholarship....You will not probably need any departmental funding like TA/RA/Fellowship...right? So which professor are you going to work with?

I am not supposed to need any of them. However, they would be more than welcomed. I am interested in working on Earthquake Engineering with Dr. Eatherthon or Dr. Charney if I finally decide to enroll VT.

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I have no info about universities I applied except UW Madison

The CEE recommend me to graduate school. Still, they told that fund will be notified later.

"The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is pleased to inform you that we have recommended to the Graduate School that you be admitted to the CEE graduate program for Fall 2012. You will be notified separately if you have been selected to receive any type of financial support."

I get a fellowship of VEF (in Vietnam) which supports me 54,000 and the university must support the supplemental financial aid.

What do u think about my situation?

Congratz man! Wanna share your stats and maybe the other schools you applied to? I will add u on my FB

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I am not supposed to need any of them. However, they would be more than welcomed. I am interested in working on Earthquake Engineering with Dr. Eatherthon or Dr. Charney if I finally decide to enroll VT.

That's great. I got a strong response from Dr. Eatherton. That is the reason I applied to VTech. I talked to him couple of days back. He said admission is not going to be a concern for me and he is supporting my application for funding consideration. So if you and me both head to VTech, we might end up working in the same group.

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That's great. I got a strong response from Dr. Eatherton. That is the reason I applied to VTech. I talked to him couple of days back. He said admission is not going to be a concern for me and he is supporting my application for funding consideration. So if you and me both head to VTech, we might end up working in the same group.

That's great! I met with him last October and he told me he is very interested in my profile. So, hopefully we both end up working together!

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I applied to UC Berkeley, UIUC, Stanford, UT Austin, Cornell M.Eng and MIT High Performance Structures M.ENG

GPA: 3.97/4.0

GRE SCORES:

V: 610

Q: 740

AW: 5.0

Attended state school

Had 3 internships with well-known engineering firms

4 years experience as construction manager

Various scholarships including a fellowship for graduate study

Good LOR's to my knowledge

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Hey everyone. I applied to MIT, UMass, Cornell, NC State, Purdue, UIUC, Purdue, UT-Austin, UCSD, and Stanford, all for M.Eng or MS.

GPA: 3.5/4.0

GRE: V: 163 (93%)

Q: 164 (91%)

A: 5.5

Received my acceptance yesterday from Cornell!

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@edor1

Your stats look great! Congrats on your Cornell acceptance!

Do you know if there is a visitation day scheduled?

Thank you, and the same to you!

I haven't heard anything about a visitation day or funding :(

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I have seen someone posted about acceptances from UIUC and VTech Civil Engineering Department. I am not sure whether they are structures or not. But have anyone of you heard back from any of these two schools?

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