1535nuke Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Has anyone heard from nuclear engineering programs about the fall? I've got a general admission letter from UTK and that's it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuclearFlea Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Got admitted to RPI in NY and Wisconsin-Madison so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1535nuke Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 It seems we're the only people on gradcafe applying for nuclear programs for fall 2014.. I hate this wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukee Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Hi guys, let's keep updating posts in this thread. It is so hard to find nuclear engineering students.  These are my application status and results. MIT - waiting Michigan - waiting Texas A&M - unofficial admission from committee (Ph.D). Fundings not determined yet. UC Berkeley - waiting (department staff said the results will come in late Feb. but I do not expect good results. The professor I had made a contact does not accept students this time) NCSU - waiting (Do not expect good results. Same reason as UCB)  Btw, I am an international student with 3.7/4.0 GPA (3.85/4.0 in major) and graduated this month with a BS degree in nuclear engineering. My GRE scores are V/Q/W - 152/170/3.5 (Yeah.. not good enough). I have 1.5 years of research experience; university lab (1year), nuclear based research institute in another country (4months) and now working at a domestic nuclear based research institute. I have no publications but won several competitions related to my major and won scholarships every semester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuclearFlea Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I am still waiting on Michigan as well, they are going exceptionally slow. Wisconsin got back to me within 3 weeks of submitting the app. I will go to Michigan if accepted, otherwise its Wisconsin for me. I too interviewed with Berkeley and I visited there last year under the Edge program, but they do not have enough opportunities in plasma physics for me.  BTW,  I am a mathematics major w/ 3.85/4.0 GPA. V/Q/W = 158/164/5.5 . I worked in a plasma physics lab last summer, but did not publish anything. Have several research presentations in computational mathematics and plasma physics. I am wanting to do plasma physics in graduate school as well, hopefully either fusion or electric propulsion related work. PRefer experimental work but theory is fine as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukee Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Wow, good to see you posting here!  I do not know much about plasma physics since my undergraduate study was focued on fission reactors. Anyhow, congractulations for being accepted from Wisconsin and good luck with Michgan!  According to what I've heard from Michigan is that the number of applications is 155 and they are still reviewing them. Some applicants may have offered an interview. I hope this give yous some info.  BTW, may I ask if you are going to choose Michigan even they give you a Master of Science admission? I believe you have applied to the Ph.D program. As I heard, MS admission does not offer any fundings and you need to reapply for the Ph.D program if you want to continue your study. (Not 100% sure though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuclearFlea Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Wow, good to see you posting here!  I do not know much about plasma physics since my undergraduate study was focued on fission reactors. Anyhow, congractulations for being accepted from Wisconsin and good luck with Michgan!  According to what I've heard from Michigan is that the number of applications is 155 and they are still reviewing them. Some applicants may have offered an interview. I hope this give yous some info.  BTW, may I ask if you are going to choose Michigan even they give you a Master of Science admission? I believe you have applied to the Ph.D program. As I heard, MS admission does not offer any fundings and you need to reapply for the Ph.D program if you want to continue your study. (Not 100% sure though) Wow, where did you hear the number of applications?  And no, I won't go to Michigan without funding. It is out-of-state tuition, so a master's degree would probably cost $80,000. not acceptable, haha. I would go to wisconsin if that happened. I have also applied for a fulbright fellowship, so I will choose that over anything else if they accept me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukee Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Well, I asked the department about when the results will come out and they said they are reviewing now and told me there are 155 applications... Anyway, good luck for the remaining ones and lets keep posting here if the results come out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1535nuke Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Here's mine: A&M: waiting UTK: accepted Penn state: waiting Florida: waiting MIT: waiting I think I won't get into A&M- similar to the situation above, professor I'm interested in has a long list of students already working for him and waiting on funding Good to see some other nuclear students posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukee Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Cool! Good to see you 1535nuke. Â All three of us got at least one admission until now. This is good! Maybe we will be able to meet in a conference in the near future lol. Â Best wishes for the remaining ones. Also best wishes for myself~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1535nuke Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Same to you, what area of research are you interested in? I know NuclearFlea said experimental plasma physics, I'm doing experimental materials work, or are you decided? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukee Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I am interested in computational reactor physics. To be specific, Gen4 reactor calculations for optimal designs or feasibility analysis of new-concept reactors. Or, improving the existing methods of Monte Carlo simulation codes for better accuracy and faster calculations. This will be determined by which university I go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1234 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 My application status  MIT - waiting Michigan - waiting UC Berkeley - waiting Wisconsin - waiting Tennessee - waiting PennState - waiting  Btw, I am an international student with 8.7/10 GPA, my TOEFL score is 91, a BS degree on nuclear engineering and I will get MS on eletrical engineering in July. My GRE scores are V/Q/W - 144/161/3.0. I have more than 3 years of research experience with 8 conference papers, 4 journals (one accepted in Nuclear Technology) and a fellowship.. Three very good recommendation letters.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukee Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Ahh.... tired of waiting.... Anymore news?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1535nuke Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 I've been thinking exactly the same thing. No news for me. The days are getting very long.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1535nuke Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 I know that Texas a&m is in their third round of applications today bc the graduate coordinator told me- also in the past MIT has made decisions around feb 20th... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuclearFlea Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Got gatech acceptance today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukee Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Wow. Congractations! No news for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1535nuke Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Congratulations- that's great you should post it on the results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukee Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Wow, someone got an acceptance from U of M and someone from Mit. Check the result search. Are those guys among you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuclearFlea Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Really? I haven't received anything from Michigan. I would think that they send admission results out en masse because they so not do rolling admissions and are required to offer funding to all admitted students. I did not apply to mit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1535nuke Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Unfortunately not, still hopeful for mit though, I have a friend who applied a few years ago and he got an acceptance from mit in April Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukee Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Wow. April............ I cannot (will not) wait until April... Thats beyond my patience. Mid March will be my limit. Also some institutions ask to decide whether to enroll or not around late March, aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1535nuke Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 My understanding is that at some point in the past most schools all agreed to have a uniform date of April 15th but I'm sure that some want an answer sooner. I don't remember where I heard this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukee Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Another MIT admission. Search the result. His (or her) GPA and GRE scores are perfect... However, one thing to remind is the two results came out in mid Feb... Would this be because they were PhD applicants? Will they also send an email notifying rejections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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