durlov

i just got an acceptance from harvard "seas" on 4/5/07. i'd applied to the ee phd program. didn't qualify, according to the prof. got accepted into s.m. in cs. still good since i want to study vlsi and comp arch for which it doesn't seem to matter whether i'm ee or cs. just that now i have to reapply for phd when i'm done with the s.m. not perfect, but still very good for me! ...i think! :?

i just finally got an acceptance (4/5/07). applied to ee phd but didn't qualify for it, according to the prof. instead i got accepted for s.m. in cs. it's still good for me since i want to study vlsi and comp arch and for that it seems it doesn't matter whether i get into cs or ee.

ditto.

purplebird, i talked to harvard yesterday. here's the deal: they have only 20 faculty members for EECS. so, very few students' goals actually match up with the faculty's research - that is, for those applications that qualify the initial reviews by the admission comm in the first place (and fair to say that if each faculty member is allowed to pick 2 new students, that's only 40 spots in all).. that being said, they already sent out acceptances to students that they absolutely want. sounded like those were the phd admits. the rest of our applications are still being reviewed. but if you'd applied for phd and you wouldn't be happy with an acceptance to just the ms program, then you might want to call them and chat. it sounded to me that at this point they may only be deciding on ms admits - at least it seemed to be the case for my application.

congratulations arlutin!

no notice from mit for me either. as for cornell, i got that response only after i wrote to them.

i just got an email from cornell that (1) i'm not rejected, and, (2) i'm not accepted either - at least not yet. and then, something about receiving decision anytime between now and apr 15.

did they tell you why they rejected? do they give reasons about what gets an application rejected?

arlutin, when you called the office, were they able to tell you anything concrete about your case?

lifegoeson, i bet that acceptance from CMU is looking like gold right about now! :roll:

no acceptances from anywhere at all for me. and no rejections. is it naive to still think "no rejections" is a good thing..

congratulations, lifegoeson!

nope not a word from any of the schools yet. cube?

arlutin, yea i did apply for phd. in fact, when i talked to one of the professors, he said that i should apply for phd even though i still need masters. they would just make me get my masters first and then depending on the quals, i'll either be allowed to continue towards phd or not.. did you also apply straight for phd? did you hear from any other schools? i missed all the fellowship deadlines, so no such luck for me there this year. what about you?

sheesh! anxiety's taking a toll on typing... i meant bachelor's degree.