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Oh, also U Mich (assuming you meant U mich and not MSU) has a big ass program and is known to give out acceptances up until maybe mid march until they run out of spots. MSU also gives out alot of offers around then. Some of the other larger departments might be the same way. So if one of those was your dream school I wouldn't give up hope quite yet.

Hey DStory, That seems smart; of course chilling is easier said than done, but the admissions board will get to you when they get to you, and you already seem to have some great offers lined up. I was indeed a prospective for Vandy. Let's see... regarding ChemE I got rejected from Princeton and UPenn. Vanderbilt's my only acceptance so far, although I just got an interview at UMass's PSE program yesterday. Other schools I've applied to are... JHU, WashU, Yale and Columbia. And then the rest are Mat Sci programs I think. As Dugmel said, Yale generally contacts the students they're interested in by the end of January, so I think we're both out for that one. Speaking of which, anyone know anything about Columbia's ChemE time table?

Hey Dstory, Vanderbilt visiting weekends were this weekend for prospectives, so at the very least it doesn't look great. That said, they do have a somewhat fluid acceptance process; someone told me that last year they applied and interviewed in May to get in the September of the same year. Depends on if they have left over funding or not after seeing who wants to attend I imagine.

There's generally no funding for the M.Eng department, although you're free to search for fellowships. The M.Eng program requires 30 credits within the year, and you're generally required to work on some design project, which can often be substituted for full blown lab research if you're dedicated and ask for it. Some M.Eng students move on to Cornell's Ph.D program after reapplication the following year. Since you weren't a chemical engineer as an undergrad the credit total is probably going to be bumped up to something like 36-42. Still do-able in one year, but will probably take longer if you want good grades and to do good research. There's no set curricula and you get to take the classes of your choosing, except for whatever prerequisites they'll heap on you. Anyway, the program is what you make of it. It can give you a chance do research for a year in some amazing labs, or it can be extended undergrad. If you're extremely dead set on going into Ph.D at Cornell specifically, go for it. If you've been accepted with funding to another program that's probably the way to go.