[2009 Applicant Profiles]

Undergrad Institution: (HUST, China. Fine Reputation in Engineering)

Major(s): Civil Engineering

Minor(s): Construction

GPA in Major: 3.80

Overall GPA: 3.71

Length of Degree: ( 4 years of Bachelor's)

Position in Class: (1st)

Type of Student: (International, male)

GRE Scores:

Q: 550

V: 800

W: 3.5

TOEFL Total: 106

Research Experience: with advisor. Two research projects. No paper.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Several scholarships.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Not decided

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:

Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at: Most PhD with only 2 MS where direct application to PhD is not allowed

Purdue - Department - Admission/date/None

TAMU - Department - Admission/date/Fellowship

Columbia - Department - Rejected/date/None

stanford - Department - Pending/date/None

USC - Department - Admission/date/None

All are in Civil Engineering Department

[Civil Engineering 2009]

Well from what I gathered, the material covered at either will be quite similar. I think the main difference between the two is if you were looking to get a PhD. definitely go to Berkeley hands down. For simply the MS, I think Stanford is generally smaller class sizes and a little more one-on-one attention in terms of teaching. That is the impression I got. Since I was in the CEM visitation program (DCI is in the civil department - it basically allows ppl to take some of the structural classes and construction classes from either program), I did not see what was going on for the actual structural program. How did it look?

I heard about financial aid at Stanford about two days before the visitation day.

I am also thinking about University of Washington. They seem to have a decent program. It all seemed like a good program but not many people could tell me much about it in relation to Berkeley, etc. Anyone have advice about Udub?

Hello. So you applied to CEM program? Admitted or not? How is it?

Thx!