Fall 2016 Civil and Environmental Engineering

[Savingtehplanet]

Don't see much activity in these fields. 

I guess I'll start this? 

 

 

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Undergrad Institution: (School or type of school, such as big state, lib arts, ivy, technical, foreign (what country?)... Overall Reputation in Biology?)
Major(s):
Minor(s):
GPA in Major:
Overall GPA:
Position in Class: (No numbers needed, but are you top? near top? average? struggling?)
Type of Student: (Domestic/International, male/female, minority?)

GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q:
V:
W:


TOEFL Total: (if applicable, otherwise delete this)

Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications (Mth author out of N?) or conference talks etc...)

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?)

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, SPS officer etc...)

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:

Special Bonus Points: (Such as connections, grad classes, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc...)

Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:

Applying to Where:

School - Department - Research Interest
School - Department - Research Interest
School - Department - Research Interest

[EnviroEngg19]

Undergrad Institution: State University, India

Major(s): Civil Engineering
Overall GPA: 8.53/10
Type of Student: International, male
GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q: 165
V: 155
W: 4.0

TOEFL Total: 112

Research Experience: No research experience.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 4 months internship at a MNC on a remediation project. Currently working in an environmental engineering firm.

Applying for: MS in Environmental Engineering

Applied : 

Cornell University
University of Michigan, An Arbor
Penn State
UIUC
USC
VirginiaTech
GeorgiaTech
UCLA

 

[justin_atx]

Undergrad Institution: UT Austin

Major(s): Architectural Engineering
Overall GPA: 3.93/4

GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q: 170
V: 166
W: 5.0

Research Experience: 1 semester in geotech
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Several jobs and an internship
Applying for: MS in Civil/Structural Engineering

Applied: 

UT Austin

UCSD

Virginia Tech

UIUC

[justin_atx]

Does anyone know if/when UC San Diego will have a recruiting weekend?

[Savingtehplanet]

Not much clue. Did not apply there. Anyhow activity seems to be a bit low on this thread. 

[luismiguelzt]

Undergrad Institution: National University of Colombia, Colombia
Overall GPA: 4.0/5.0
Position in Class: 7 out of 49
Type of Student: International, male

GRE Scores revised:
Q:158
V:150
W:3.0
(I know!! pretty bad scores, hate this kind of test btw)

TOEFL Total: 88

Research Experience: (Civil and environmental engineering department, 2 years of exp in numerical modelling of wave-structure interaction and 1 year of exp in theoretical modelling of connections. 2 submitted papers to international journals, 2 presentations at 1 international conference and 1 national conference.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: RA 3 years, TA in the thin-waled structures course and finite element analysis course.
Applying for: MS in Civil/Structural Engineering
Applying to Where:

UIUC

Carnegie Mellon

PSU

Colorado School of Mines
 

@justin_atx I guess we both applied to UIUC, damn your scores are brilliant man hope mine were that good, I havent heard anything from any school yet, I wish you the best

[KayD]

Undergrad Institution: UC
Major(s): Biology & Environmental Science
GPA in Major: 3.4 Honors for research
GRE Scores -revised:
Q: 157
V: 167 (opposite everyone else's scores, I know)
W: 4
Research Experience: A few years of work experience in biotech research. 
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Distinction in the major for undergrad research. 
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: work as research assistant

Applying to Where: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Colorado School of Mines, Duke, North Carolina State University

Admitted: Colorado School of Mines

Rejected: UC Berkeley, UC Davis

Invitation to interview: Duke

 

Anyone know relative chance of admission to Duke if invited to an interview???
 

[Savingtehplanet]

Undergrad Institution: Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (slated to be converted to an IIT)
Major(s): Environmental Engineering
Minor(s): None
GPA in Major: 8.36/10 (roughly 3.4-3.5 on the US scale)
Overall GPA: 8.36/10
Position in Class: Top 10 out of 60
Type of Student: International male

GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q: 170
V:  162
W: 5.5


TOEFL Total: 118/120

Research Experience: Two months under a renowned professor in crop science at the University of Aberdeen and an undergraduate research project (unrelated to each other)

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: None

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: None
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Top quizzer? Debater? Blogger?

Special Bonus Points: None I can think of
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:

Applying to Where:
MIT

Princeton

Yale

 Berkeley

UW Madison

UIUC

UC Davis

Harvard

Cornell

UWashington Seattle

ETH Zurich

Got into UIUC and UWashington Seattle. Applied for Environmental Engineering at Harvard, Princeton and MIT. Not expecting anything from the aforementioned. 

[ayushxiolt]

Undergrad Institution: NIT Warangal, India
Major(s): Civil Engineering
Minor(s): 
GPA in Major: 9.86/10
Overall GPA: 9.57/10
Position in Class: Top
Type of Student: International male

GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q: 170
V: 152
W: 3.0


TOEFL Total: 111

Research Experience: 3 months RA at TU Munich, 2 research projects in college during junior and senior year (2 papers in international journal). Currently working on a research project for our client (R&D, TATA Steel) (1 patent)

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: 2 Gold medals during undergrads, 2 international scholarship, and some other small achievements.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Working as a structural engineer for more than 2 years on heavy industry projects.

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: None

Special Bonus Points: None

Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: None

Applying to Where:
(Structural engineering MS)

Stanford

UC Berkeley

UIUC

UT Austin

Purdue

Georgia Tech

Virginia Tech

Lehigh Univ

Penn State

NCSU

Univ of Toronto

TU Delft

Admits: TU Delft

[DietCola]

On 1/27/2016 at 2:37 PM, justin_atx said:

Does anyone know if/when UC San Diego will have a recruiting weekend?

Feb 26.

[DietCola]

Undergrad Institution: University of Alberta/ Masters: Oxford
Overall GPA: 3.8
Position in Class: 8/156
Type of Student: International (Canadian Citizen)

GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q: 159
V: 151
W: 4.0

Research Experience: 2 papers, 6 conference submissions
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 4 years as practicing structural engineer designing major cable bridges.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:  Applying after been out working with a masters degree. 

Applying to Where:

UCSD : Accepted + Fellowship

Austin: Accepted (No word on funding)

Berkeley: Pending

UBC: Pending

Western: Pending

[apaphoria]

Undergrad Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill | Masters: Oregon State
Major(s): Economics | Masters: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Minor(s): Computer Science
GPA in Major: 3.51
Overall Undergrad GPA: 2.78 | Grad GPA: 3.89

Position in Class: average
Type of Student: domestic, male

GRE Scores (revised):
Q: 164
V: 167
W: 5.5


Research Experience: 3 years RA, 2 papers (1 first author, 1 second author--of three), 4 conference presentations

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: a couple small fellowships

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 1.5 year as TA

Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: worked 2 years for the United Nations doing supply chain/logistics and data analysis
Applying for: PhD Civil Engineering - Transportation
Applying to Where:

Oregon State - Accepted + Fellowship
Portland State - Pending
Iowa State - Accepted + GRA
SUNY Buffalo - Pending
Purdue - Accepted, waiting on funding decisions

 

[ayushxiolt]

Guys, any admits yet?

[justin_atx]

12 hours ago, ayushxiolt said:

Guys, any admits yet?

Admitted: UT Austin, Virginia Tech

Pending: UIUC, UCSD

[EnviroEngg19]

Admitted to Virginia Tech.

[Savingtehplanet]

UIUC for PhD in Natural Resource and Environmental Science and UW for MS in Environmental and Forest Science. Have applied to environmental engineering departments as well.

[Geimerg]

Undergrad Institution: Private university
Major(s): Civil engineering
Minor(s): Engineering mathematics
Overall GPA: 3.67
Type of Student: Domestic, male

GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q: 161
V: 164
W: 4


Research Experience: None

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Just Dean's List

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Several offices with ASCE student chapter, summer internship with local county DOT, internship with regional sewer department for the last 9 months

Special Bonus Points: Taken a couple grad/undergrad courses

Applying to Where: MS in Water Resources/Hydraulics
 
Iowa - Accepted and research assistantship

CSU - Accepted, waiting on funding 

UIUC - Waiting

Utah State - Waiting

 

[ayushxiolt]

MS in Structural Engineering

Admits: Stanford (funding decision awaited), Purdue (funding decision awaited), Georgia Tech (No funding), Virginia Tech (funding decision awaited)

Reject: UC Berkeley

Awaited: UIUC, UT Austin, Lehigh Univ, Penn State, NCSU.

Anyone heard back from UIUC/UT Austin, international applicants in structural engineering?

[Geimerg]

19 hours ago, ayushxiolt said:

MS in Structural Engineering

Admits: Stanford (funding decision awaited), Purdue (funding decision awaited), Georgia Tech (No funding), Virginia Tech (funding decision awaited)

Reject: UC Berkeley

Awaited: UIUC, UT Austin, Lehigh Univ, Penn State, NCSU.

Anyone heard back from UIUC/UT Austin, international applicants in structural engineering?

I just heard back from UIUC yesterday regarding my MS, granted that was for hydraulics.

[luismiguelzt]

MS in Structural Engineering

Admits: CMU (with scholarship but not enough ), PennState (no funding), Swansea University (No funding)

Rejected: Colorado school of mines

Waiting: UIUC, Stevens institute of technology, RWTH Aachen, Joseph Furier University.

 

I havent heard of UIUC and that's driving me crazy since that's my top choice, Has anybody recieved news from UIUC? Any potential date to hear back of them?

[EnviroEngg19]

I've been accepted into the Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech and UCLA (1 year MS) programs for MS in Environmental Engineering. I have no funding at any of the universities. Really confused over which university to choose. Could please someone help me out? 

 

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[ayushxiolt]

I have the following options with me for MS Structural Engineering:

Stanford University (No funding) - expense estimate is $75,000 for complete course (5 quarters)

Purdue University (No funding) - expense estimate is $55,000 for complete course (3 semesters)

VirginiaTech (No funding) - expense estimate is $52,000 for complete course (3 semesters)

UB SUNY (Funding offered - 50% TA) - expense estimate is $45,000 for complete course (3 semesters)

I am very much excited about joining Stanford, and in fact all other universities have at least one professor whose work is of my interest. However, I am not sure if its worth spending $75,000 which will leave me with a debt of around $50,000. Compared to Purdue or Virginia, Stanford will cost me only 20 grands extra and hence I could convenience myself to opt between Stanford without funding and UB with funding.

I have no plans of PhD as of now. Any suggestions are most welcome, I am finding it really difficult to select one out of the two.

[Savingtehplanet]

Stanford would be better, career wise and location as well. Plus if you are comparing cost wise, then Stanford is 30k extra which is not a huge increment on the 20k you were planning to forego.