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Looks like it's time for a 2010 profiles thread! Profiles only in this thread, please; discuss profiles in the

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Best of luck to all!

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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 Engineering?)

Major(s):

Minor(s):

GPA in Major:

Overall GPA:

Length of Degree: (Are you graduating after 3, 4, or 5 years?)

Position in Class: (No numbers needed, but are you top? near top? average? struggling?)

Type of Student: (Domestic/International, male/female, minority?)

GRE Scores:

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, organization officer etc...)

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:

Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at:

School - Department - decision/date/funding

School - Department - decision/date/funding

School - Department - decision/date/funding

School - Department - decision/date/funding

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I'll start it off. I also posted my profile in the 2009 thread, but I'm applying for 2010.

BTW, it's easiest if you quote the original post, then remove the quote tags -- that way you keep all the formatting (bolding etc.) and don't have to redo it by hand.

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Graduate Institution: Ivy

Graduate Major: Applied physics

Graduate GPA: 3.8

Graduate GPA in Major:3.9

Length of Degree: 1 year

Undergrad Institution: Mediocre state school

Undergrad Major(s): Applied math; physics

Minor(s): CS

GPA in Major: 3.7

Overall GPA: 3.7

Length of Degree: 3.5 years

Position in Class: Near top

Type of Student: Domestic white male

GRE Scores:

Q: 770 (91%)

V: 700 (97%)

W: 4.5 (??)

TOEFL Total: n/a

Research Experience: 1 year MS project, 1 year at national lab, various volunteer activities and projects.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Magna cum laude, National Merit

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Physics TA, math tutor, internship in industry

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Not really

Applying for [ PhD ] at:

Berkeley - Energy and Resources Group - waiting...

Stanford - Civil (Atmosphere/Energy) - waiting...

Cornell - Mechanical - phone interview, late January...

MIT - Engineering Systems - waiting...

MIT - Building Technologies - waiting...

Boulder - Civil - waiting...

CMU - Engineering and Public Policy - waiting...

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Undergrad Institution: Big University, no special reputation in engineering

Major(s): Electrical Engineering

GPA in Major: 3.8 (ballpark)

Overall GPA: 3.78

Length of Degree: 4 years

Position in Class: Top 5 (I'm guessing)

Type of Student: White Male

GRE Scores:

Q: 760

V: 600

W: 4.0 (proof that this test is meaningless in my opinion)

Research Experience: 2 years with same professor, honors senior thesis project

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: A few scholarships; nothing big though

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: President of Eta Kappa Nu, Vice President of IEEE, Writing Fellow, Course Grader

Applying for Biomedical engineering [ PhD ] at:

UPenn.... Interviewing in March

MIT...... Waiting

UMaryland ..... Phone interview last week

Drexel ..... Accepted

BU...... Waiting

UVirginia ...... Waiting

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Undergrad Institution: Top University in Canada, with incredibly tough engineering program

Major(s):Chemical Engineering

Minor(s):none

GPA in Major: 3.77

Overall GPA:3.69 (3.95 previous semester)

Length of Degree: 4 year

Position in Class: I'm estimate around top 5-10%, definitely near the top

Type of Student: International (Canadian), White, Male and Boring

GRE Scores: (what a joke, I'm practically illiterate, but have straight A's in tough quantitative courses, but look at my GRE scores)

Q:780

V:800

W:5.5

Research Experience: Undergraduate research grant in chemical engineering department, un-paid research in biomedical engineering department, summer internship at government laboratory

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: some decent scholarships/awards

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: school cycling team, lifeguarding

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Several grad level classes

Applying for PhD at:

MIT - Chemical Engineering - Pending

CMU - Chemical Engineering - Pending

UT-Austin - Chemical Engineering - Pending

Wisconsin - Chemical Engineering - Pending

JHU - Chemical Engineering - Pending

McGill - Chemical Engineering - Pending

Waterloo - Chemical Engineering - application in progress

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Undergrad Institution: State school with a decent (but not amazing) engineering reputation

Major(s): Bioengineering

Minor(s):

GPA in Major: 3.93

Overall GPA: 3.92

Length of Degree: 4 years

Position in Class: at top

Type of Student: Domestic white female

GRE Scores:

Q: 760

V: 640

W: 5.0

Research Experience: 3 years of research experience, including 2 summer research programs (one through my school and one through Amgen Scholars). Have worked in chemical engineering, bioengineering, and physiological science labs. No publications but will have an honors undergraduate thesis

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Many departmental and university honors; Goldwater Honorable Mention

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 1 summer in industry at a health technologies company; member of AIChE (held several officer positions), Tau Beta Pi, SWE

Applying for PhD at:

UCLA – Biomedical Engineering IDP - Pending

UC Berkeley/SF - Bioengineering – Pending (but pretty sure I was rejected)

University of Washington - Bioengineering - Pending

University of Colorado-Boulder – Chemical and Biological Engineering – Pending

Georgia Tech – Biomedical Engineering – Pending

Duke – Biomedical Engineering – Pending

MIT – Biological Engineering – Pending

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Undergrad Institution: Top engineering school in the US

Major(s): Mechanical Engineering

GPA in Major: 4.6/5.0

Overall GPA: 4.6/5.0

Length of Degree: 4 years

Position in Class: Top 30% at least

Type of Student: White male

GRE Scores:

Q: 800

V: 610

W: 4.5

Research Experience: Currently doing Bachelor's thesis on microfab in the Precision Compliant Systems lab, working on NASA-funded airbag attenuation concept, designed and manufactured prototypical 360-degree optical tomography platform.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Candidate for Pi Tau Sigma honor society (top 35% of class), NEWMAC Academic All-Conference soccer team

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Several summer internships in the past.

Applying for PhD at:

MIT - pending

Stanford - pending

Berkeley - pending

Purdue - pending

Texas A&M - accepted

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Undergrad Institution: Caltech

Undergrad Major: EE

GPA in Major: 3.8

Overall GPA: 3.8

Length of Degree: 4 years

Position in Class: top 15%

Type of Student: Domestic white male

GRE Scores:

Q: 800 (94%)

V: 680 (96%)

W: 4.5 (63%)

Research Experience: 3 years research at Caltech, two REUs at Caltech, one REU at Stanford

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Caltech Upperclass Merit Award (2008,2009)

Tau Beta Pi

Hertz Finalist

Perpall Speaking Competition Finalist (2009)

Perpall Speaking Competition, 3rd place (2010)

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 3 years nanofabrication lab TA

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Nope

Applying for [ PhD ] at:

Berkeley - EE - Accepted (unofficially)

Stanford - EE - Accepted (unofficially)

Cornell - EE - Waiting

MIT - EE - Waiting

UIUC - EE - Waiting

Caltech - EE - Waiting

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Undergrad Institution: UC Irvine

Major(s):Biomedical Engineering

GPA in Major:3.6

Overall GPA:3.48

Length of Degree: 4 years

Position in Class: Near Top

Type of Student: Domestic-Male-Hispanic

GRE Scores:

Q:790

V:450

W:3.5

Research Experience: 1 year in Neuro Lab, 1 year in Tissue Engineering Lab, 2 Summer internships (Johns Hopkins Internship- Neuro/Computation Lab) (Study Abroad in Neuro Lab in Mexico under MHIRT Program)

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Nomination Sigma Xi, Honor Roll, Participations in various Research Conferences

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Active member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Member of Minority Science Program

Applying for PhD (Biomedical/Bioengineering) at:

Johns Hopkins-Waiting

UCSD-Waiting

GaTech-Waiting

MIT-Waiting

Washington University in St. Louis -Waiting

Boston U-Waiting

Case Western-Waiting

UCB/UCSF-Waiting

Columbia-Waiting

U of Minnesota-Waiting

Cornell-Accepted with full funding!!!!

USC-Waiting

UCI-Waiting

Rutgers-Accepted! (Nothing on funding yet)

UCLA-Waiting

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Graduate Institution: top 5 engineering

Graduate Major: Electrical Engineering

Graduate GPA: 4.0

Graduate GPA in Major: 4.0

Length of Degree: 1 year

Undergrad Institution: top 5 engineering

Undergrad Major(s): Electrical Engineering, Physics

Minor(s): None

GPA in Major: 3.3

Overall GPA: 3.1

Length of Degree: 4 years

Position in Class: no idea

Type of Student: domestic asian male

GRE Scores:

Q: 800 (94%)

V: 770 (99%)

W: 5.5 (92%)

TOEFL Total: n/a

Research Experience: 1 year ms project, 3 years undergrad project + thesis, 2 REUs, 1 summer internship at a national lab, 2 publications

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: lots of institutional awards for research, national merit

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: research engineer at two labs

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: lots of outreach stuff...

Applying for [ PhD ] at:

Stanford - Electrical Engineering - Waiting

MIT - Mechanical Engineering - Waiting

MIT - Media Arts & Sciences - Waiting

Berkeley - Electrical Engineering - Waiting

UCLA - Electrical Engineering - Waiting

Cornell - Electrical Engineering - Waiting

Caltech - Electrical Engineering - Waiting

Duke - Electrical Engineering - Waiting

Harvard - Applied Physics - Waiting

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Undergrad Institution: Very Small State Univ

Undergrad Major(s): Biology

Minor(s): Math

GPA in Major: 4.0

Overall GPA: 3.9

Length of Degree: 5 years

Position in Class: top

Type of Student: chicano

GRE Scores:

Q: 780

V: 540

W: 4.0

TOEFL Total: n/a

Research Experience: 3 years at USDA lab, 2 summer REUs at UCSF and MIT, 2 publications published and 3rd in prep all in BioE

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: various scholars awards and scholarships

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: n/a

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: community service

Applying for [ PhD all in Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering ] at:

MIT - Interview March 19-20

Duke - Recruitment Weekend 2/25-27+ nominated for Dean's Fellowship

UCSD - Interview 2/19

UCB/UCSF - Rejected

UW-Seattle - Waiting

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Hello all, here is my list, and stats.

Undergrad: Applied Physics, Caltech 2009

GRE: 800 Quant/ 640 Verbal / 5 Writing

Experience: 3+ years lab research in a "big name" (lol) lab, plus taking this year off to work in greentech startup.

Applications/ results:

Harvard: Chemical Physics, waiting....

MIT: Materials, waiting....

Northwestern: Materials, accepted

UC Berkeley: Applied Science and Technology, waiting....

Stanford: Materials, rejected

UC Santa Barbara: Materials, accepted

UC San Diego: Materials, waiting....

By the way, if anyone living in Bay Area/ Norcal is also going to the Materials visit weekend at UCSB March 4-7, it seems quite unfortunate

that flights are far too expensive, and we only get $100 reimbursement. I have a car and will most likely drive, if anyone wants to carpool,

we could probably bring down gas money quite a bit. Send me a note!

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Hey if you guys could gimme a review of my profile for stanford it'd be very much appreciated!

Undergrad Institution: Top 25 University, Top 15 B-School

Major(s): Finance & Accounting

Minor(s): Mathematics

GPA in Major: 3.67

Overall GPA: 3.51 (3.87 Last 2 Years)

Length of Degree: 4

Position in Class: Top 40%

Type of Student: Domestic

Grad Institution: Top 50 Uni, Top 80 Math

Type of Degree: MS in Mathematics

GPA: 3.97

Length of Degree: 2

Courses: 7 PhD Courses (1 yr Analysis, 1 yr Topology, 1 yr Applied Math, 1 sem Differential Geometry), 1 Research (Minimal Surfaces)

GRE Scores:

Q: 770

V: 560

W: 5.0

Research Experience: 1 summer with Naval Research, working on MS project on minimal surface and complex analysis.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Just GPA stuff

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for Management Accounting, Constructed financial systems for credit card company

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: IDK<br style=""> <br style="">

Research Interests: Optimization, Financial Engineering, Mathematical Economics and Finance, Stochastic Processes, Differential Equations, Functional Analysis, Microeconomic Theory

Applying for PhD at:

Stanford – MS&E

Cornell – Center for Applied Mathematics

Princeton – Program in Applied & Computational Mathematics

Michigan – Applied & Interdisciplinary Mathematics

Minnesota – Mathematics

Texas – Mathematics

Chicago - Mathematics

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Undergrad Institution: Israel Institute of Technology

Major(s): EE, Physics

Overall GPA: 97/100

Length of Degree: 4 years

Position in Class: top ~1%

Type of Student: International, male

GRE Scores:

Q: 800

V: 630

W: 4.5

TOEFL Total: 116

Research Experience: "Research" projects at work (if they count at all), 2 conference publications as main author, 1 as co-author

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Various scholarships

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Hardware Engineer

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: not really

Applying for PhD at:

MIT - waiting...

Stanford - waiting...

Berkeley - Accepted

Caltech - waiting...

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Undergrad Institution: IIT Bombay (top 3 engineering institution in my country)

Major(s): Electrical Engineering

Minor(s): NA

GPA in Major: 9.04/10

Overall GPA: 9.04/10

Length of Degree: 5 years (integrated dual degree programme i.e. I will graduate with a B.S. level as well as an M.S. level degree)

Position in Class: Near top, I guess

Type of Student: International

GRE Scores:

Q: 800 (94%)

V: 760 (99%)

W: 5.5 (90%)

TOEFL Total: 113/120

Research Experience: 1 summer at my school

1 summer at a well known research lab in US

18 months (at the time of application) of research for my thesis

1 journal publication (2nd author), 3 conference publications (1 as 1st author, rest as 2nd author)

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Conspicuous by their absence :-(

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 1 semester TA for a graduate level course (at the time of application)

6 months of tutoring high-school students

Academic mentorship of undergraduates

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: N/A

Applying for PhD at:

Harvard - Electrical Engg.

Cornell - Electrical Engg.

Princeton - Electrical Engg.

Caltech - Electrical Engg. -

Stanford - Electrical Engg.

Berkeley - Electrical Engg.

UCSB - Electrical Engg.

UCLA - Electrical Engg.

U. Michigan, Ann Arbor - Electrical Engg.

Purdue - Electrical Engg.

UT Austin - Electrical Engg.

UNM - Electrical Engg.

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Grad Institution: Top 10

Major(s): EE

Minor(s): None

GPA in Major: 3.7

Undergrad Institution: Mid-ranked school in the U.S

Major(s): EE

Minor(s): None

GPA in Major: 3.97

Overall GPA: 3.9

Length of Degree: 4

Position in Class: top 5

Type of Student: Domestic Asian-India female

GRE Scores:

Q: 760

V: 530

W: 4.0

TOEFL Total: N/A

Research Experience: 6 months of research at a National Laboratory, M.S thesis, Undergrad thesis for 1 year

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: fellowship during M.S, 2 awards during my undergrad years

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 2 summer internships at a financial giant

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: 2 publications (no first author), + M.S thesis. Recommendation from some well known professors.

Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at: PHD

Stanford - EE - pending

Berkeley - EE - pending

MIT - EE - pending

Caltech - EE - pending

UCSD - EE - pending

UCLA - EE - pending

Princeton - EE - pending

Michigan - EE - pending

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Undergrad Institution: Medium-size Canadian research university with good engineering program.

Major(s): Engineering Physics

Minor(s):

GPA in Major: 3.9

Overall GPA: 3.9

Length of Degree: 4 years

Position in Class: Top or near top

Type of Student: Canadian white male

GRE Scores:

Q: 770 (87%)

V: 660 (94%)

W: 5.5 (92%)

Research Experience: 2 summers of research and a senior research project (thesis).

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Both my summer positions were funded by NSERC awards. Also a few merit scholarships.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: I have been a TA for two years.

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Not really.

Applying for [ MS ] at:

University of Toronto - Electrical & Biomedical Collaborative Program - Interviewed 2/3/10

McGill University - Physics - Accepted Officially 2/8/10, $19500 of funding

University of British Columbia - Electrical Engineering - Pending

Applying for [ PhD ] at:

Stanford - Electrical Engineering - Pending

University of California, Berkeley - Electrical Engineering - Pending

Caltech - Electrical Engineering - Pending

MIT - Materials Engineering - Pending

Cornell - Electrical Engineering - Pending

Harvard - Applied Physics - Pending

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Good luck to all of you. We must always pursue our dreams!

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Graduate Institution: Best EE Program in Brazil, excelent reputation in engineering in Brazil, but somewhat unknown in U.S (I think).

Major(s): Electrical Engineering

GPA in Major: 2.88/3.00

Overall GPA: 2.88/3.00

Length of Degree: 3 years

Position in Class: Top (there is no oficial ranking)

Undergrad Institution: Top University in Brazil, excelent reputation in engineering in Brazil, but somewhat unknown in U.S (I think).

Major(s): Electronics and Computer Engineering

GPA in Major: 9.0/10.0

Overall GPA: 9.0/10.0

Length of Degree: 5 years

Position in Class: First

Type of Student: International male

Research Experience: 5 years of research in Signal Processing Labs; Research Projects to the Brazilian Government, Hewlett-Packard, Fine Image Technology, and others. Publications: Undergraduate Thesis, Master Thesis, 1 Published Journal Paper (1st author), 1 Submitted Journal Paper (2nd author) and 2 other Journal Papers under way (both as 1st author); In addition to some technical events.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Best Student Award, highest distinction, undergraduate research assistance journey honors, among other things.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutor and TA in Mathematics for 4 years in a Top school in Brazil; IT manager and Quality Director of a Junior Enterprise; Software Engineer in the Research Center of a world top 10 Petroleum Company

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: A bold and interesting research proposal.

Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at:

MIT - EECS Department - Waiting...

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Undergrad Institution: Mumbai Unversity, India

Major(s): Civil Eng

Grad: IIT Bombay

Major(s): Env Sc and Engg

GPA in Major:10.00 on 10.00

Overall GPA: 10.00

Length of Degree: 2 years

Position: Rank 1 so far..

Type of Student: Female.

GRE Scores:

Q: 720 (poor...very poor)

V: 590

W: 4.5

TOEFL Total: 118

Research Experience: Graduate thesis...if that counts.. paper accepted in AWMA conference, China...

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Gold medal/ university rank/ General Secretary student body

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA (4 sems)/ tutor for school kids..dunno why I mentioned that though..

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: No work ex..is that going to be a detterant??

Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at: PhD

Stanford- Civil and Env Engg - pending

Berkeley - Civil and Env Engg - pending

UIUC -Civil and Env Engg - pending

Texas, Austin -Civil and Env Engg - pending

CMU - Civil and Env Engg - pending

Princeton - Civil and Env Engg - pending

Caltech - Atmospheric sciences - pending

USC - Civil and Env Engg - pending

GAtech -Civil and Env Engg - pending

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my 1st post in this forum =), I think my profile is not that good...

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Undergrad Institution: an engineering university in south east asia .. (around 30s for engineering field/QS rank)

Major(s): Materials engineering

Minor(s): -

GPA in Major: 4.4/5.0

Overall GPA: 4.5/5.0

Length of Degree: 4 years

Position in Class: average

Type of Student: International,female, chinese

GRE Scores:

Q: 780

V: 420 (so low...)

W: 3.5

TOEFL Total: haven't taken yet (the program I applied allows us to take the test after the admission is confirmed)

Research Experience: 2 yrs undergrad research at school (mainly on nanofabrication), 0.5 year attachment at a government funded research institute (biofuel), 3 months summer internship at school's lab (polymer based gene delivery), 1 yr final year project at another research institute (inorganic synthesis)... just 1 conference paper (co-author)

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: undergrad & school's scholarship

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: some tutoring for undergrads (but not important), part-time student assistant for half semester

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: join some curricular activities... (not sure whether it'd be helpful)

Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at:

Stanford - environmental sci.[MS] - waiting

An erasmus mundus course [MS]- accepted to the program, reserve list for fellowship

Current school - materials [PhD] - waiting

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Undergrad Institution: UCSD

Major(s): Engineering Physics, Mathematics-Economics

Overall GPA: 3.84

Length of Degree: 4 years

Position in Class: Somewhere around top?

Type of Student: Domestic white male

GRE Scores:

Q: 800

V: 670

W: 4

Research Experience: Worked on photovoltaics in an academic lab for about a year. No real results, no publications.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Jacobs Scholar, Gordon Scholar, Calit2 Summer Scholar, ACBL Scholar, Woodrow Wilson 21st Century Scholar, a bunch of honors

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Grunt summer engineering intern, smart grid summer intern

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Nothing special

Applying for PhD at:

MIT - EECS - Waiting...

UT Austin - EE - Accepted 2/12/10

Berkeley - AST - Waiting...

Princeton - EE/MSE - Waiting...

Cornell - EE - Waiting...

Michigan - EE - Waiting...

Stanford - EE - Waiting...

Caltech - EE - Waiting...

UIUC - EE - Waiting...

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Undergrad Institution: Top 10 Engineering school ( IIIT H, India)

Major(s): Electronics and Communication

Overall GPA: 8.6/10

Length of Degree: 4 yrs

Position in Class: 4th

Type of Student: International male

GRE Scores:

Q: 800(94%)

V: 750(99%)

W: 4.0(41%)

TOEFL Total: 117/120 (iBT)

Research Experience: Attended conferences, lots of projects

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's Merit List, NTSE Scholar (Govt. Of India scholarship)

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for various courses for 4 semesters now

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Internship in my field of interest, Undergrad thesis was in collaboration with Xilinx (market leader in my field)

Applying for [ PhD ] at:

EPFL - EDIC - Reject

UCLA - EE - Pending

Applying for [ MS ] at:

UT Austin - ECE - Pending

Purdue - ECE - Pending

Virginia Tech - ECE - Pending

Texas A&M Univ - ECE - Pending

Univ. of Toronto - ECE - Pending

Univ. of Waterloo - ECE - Pending

Oregon State University - EECS - Pending

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Undergrad Institution: Top Engineering School in US

Major(s): Electrical & Computer Engineering

Minor(s): Computer Science, Management

GPA in Major: 4.0

Overall GPA: 3.97

Length of Degree: 4

Position in Class: top 5%

Type of Student: international, male, asian

GRE Scores:

Q: 790

V: 690

W: 4.0

Research Experience: 1 publication

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list, Institute Scholarship

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 2 Internships in Electrical Engineering

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Letter of Recommendation by Dean of the school, and supervisor which is head director of Fortune 500 company

Applying for [ MS ] at:

Columbia - OR - waiting/endless/no funding

Stanford - MS&E - waiting/endless/no funding

Princeton - ORFE - waiting/endless/no funding

MIT - SM ORC - waiting/endless/no funding

Cornell - ORIE - waiting/endless/no funding

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Undergrad Institution: Cal Poly, great Engineering reputation

Major(s): Civil Engineering

Minor(s):

GPA in Major:

Overall GPA: 3.2

Length of Degree: 5 years

Position in Class: top 25%

Type of Student: Female

GRE Scores:

Q: 790

V: 510

W: 4.5

TOEFL Total:

Research Experience: internship at a construction materials testing lab = great laboratory experience

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: deans list

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: climbing instructor (good for construction field),

summer internship at #1 US ranked civil engineering company

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: EIT certification

Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at:

Boulder - Civil and Env Eng - ACCEPTED / 1-19-10 / funding is not yet decided

Carnegie Mellon - Civil and Env Eng - ACCEPTED / 2-19-10 / no funding

Rensselaer - Civil and Env Eng - waiting / ??? / ???

Stanford - Civil and Env Eng - waiting / ??? / ???

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Undergrad Institution: University of Bristol in the UK, top 10 in the country.

Major: Physics

GPA in Major: A-

Overall GPA: A-

Length of Degree: 3

Position in Class: No idea

Type of Student: Domestic, Minority, Native English Speaker

Postgrad Institution: Cranfield University, small prolific postgrad only university excellent reputation amongst those who know it

Major: Advanced Materials Science MSc

GPA in Major: A

Overall GPA: A

Length of Degree: 1

Position in Class: No idea

Type of Student: Domestic, Minority

GRE Scores:

Q: 770

V: 640

W: 5.5

Research Experience: two papers one first author, research for Shell, research at undergrad, two MSc research projects

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Award for excellent research at undergrad, two bursaries at current uni

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Extremely varied employment history, worked as a bouncer, a bike mechanic, a researcher etc also only 21

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Two foreign languages, youth work, at least one glowing LOR, possibly two, the rest good

Applying for PhD at:

UCLA Materials Science: Pending

UCSD Materials Science: Pending

UCSB Materials Science: Pending

UCI Materials Science: Accepted with fellowshio-Not Enrolled yet

USC Materials Science: Pending

CalTech Materials Science: Pending.

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Undergrad Institution: Not a top 10

Major(s): Mechanical Engineering

Minor(s):

GPA in Major:

Overall GPA: 3.68

Length of Degree: 5 years

Position in Class:

Type of Student: Rad

GRE Scores:

Q: 760

V: 370

W: 3.5

TOEFL Total:

Research Experience: 2 years research assistant in faculty research lab

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Deans list / Tau Beta Pi

Applying for PhD:

Texas A&M - ME - accepted / funding

University of Texas - ME - pending

Ohio State University - ME - accepted / no funding

UIUC - ME - accepted / no funding

University of Washington - ME - accepted / pending

University of Michigan - ME - pending

Michigan State University - ME - pending

UC Berkeley - ME - pending

UC Davis - ME - pending

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