Undergrad Institution: Top-50 Ranked Engineering University
Major(s): Mechanical Engineering
GPA in Major: 4.00
Overall GPA: 4.00
Length of Degree: 4 Years
Position in Class: 1 of approx. 130?
Type of Student: American Male
GRE Scores:
Q: 169
V: 162
W: 4.5
Research Experience:
I'm now in my second year of research work with a prominent medical device design / bioengineering lab at my university. My first year consisted mostly of smaller projects and helping out graduate students with their thesis work, though I had some experience designing test chambers for various equipment (I got lots of testing, machining, and fabrication experience that year). This year I've taken over a major design project from one of the grad students who has moved on to modeling and analysis, so I've really had a chance to get my hands dirty over the past few months with design, prototyping, and testing. Unfortunately I don't have any publications yet.... but I'm hoping to have two completed this spring, hopefully this doesn't count as a strike against me.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions:
- Major scholarship from a prominent professional engineering society
- Undergraduate research grant through my university
- Scholar in a program sponsored by a Fortune-10 company
- Dean's List all semesters
Pertinent Activities or Jobs:
- Research Assistant (Fall 2011 to Present)
- Two internships with Fortune-10 company mentioned above (for the longest time I expected to go right into industry.....) Looking back I wish I could have used these summers for research, but, eh.....
- Physics TA for a semester
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:
- President for a highly active engineering society (~250 members, ~25 events per year)
- I've gotten to know many of the department professors EXTREMELY well, so I have 4 very, very strong rec letters (especially from my research advisor, who I've known since my first day freshman year)
- I don't ever sleep
Applying to all MechE departments, with a PhD being the end-goal for all schools:
MIT, Stanford, CalTech, Georgia Tech, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Cornell, U-Michigan at Ann-Arbor, U-Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, CU Boulder, RPI
