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Ahh. Bummer. Does anyone know if my letter writers will somehow be notified that my application was prematurely rejected?

Yes -- I also accidentally submitted an essay over its page limit. Woops! I suppose this is why it isn't good to do things at the last minute.

Due to uploading issues, I submitted my application ~5 minutes late. Am i automatically screwed? Should I email NSF regarding this?

I'm curious about this too. I'm in the first year of an EE PhD program in the Controls department, and I'll be getting my M.S. along the way. I'm also curious how people go about doing external consulting during their graduate studies

I forgot that they are including M.S. Thanks, man! I'm just nitpicking little things here. Well, I think I'm about to go accept my UMich PhD offer right now.

Thanks for the response. I did just find this data on the U-Mich website, however stating that their overall graduate acceptance rate is 25%. Since most of their engineering programs are ranked highly, doesn't that seem odd that ECE would have an acceptance of only 10%? http://www.engin.umich.edu/about/facts.html (At the very bottom of the page)

I also would like to know this answer.

Can anyone provide me with the acceptance rates for the following electrical engineering programs: U-Mich PhD Stanford MS UIUC MS Thanks in advance. So far I've been able to find that U-Mich may be 25%

I hope you are right! I think industry is the goal for me. I'm hoping I can still land a job at similar companies like you say. You're right about the name swaying my opinion I don't know though...who knows if I might change my mind and want to get into academia permanently. There's a good chance I could go to Stanford for an M.S. externally funded. However, I think I would only want to do this if I could attempt to get into the Stanford PhD program after M.S. Unfortunately, this external fellowship requires me to work for the government after grad school and I may be forced to go to a government lab immediately following earning my M.S., i.e. I might not even have a chance to try to get in to the PhD program.

I haven't heard from UW-M for EE PhD period. Fortunately I couldn't really care less

Is anyone else here in the same boat? This was one of my top choices. I wish they would let me know either way before April 15th!

If I do the same, I will most certainly be screenshotting haha

I wish I had the PhD offer I'm going to graduate school for control theory. I think it's interesting and I want to do mathematically intensive research. Right now I think robotics and/or aerospace applications sound the coolest. Fair enough. Stanford's "name brand" appeal was the main attraction for me

Thanks for the responses. A PhD is my ultimate goal. However, my long term goal is to obtain a hopefully lucrative industry job in an R&D department. If going to Stanford would present me with significantly better opportunities with networking, etc. then I would be willing to get an M.S. now and wait on the PhD perhaps. But if you think I could still have an almost or equal chance at my long term goal after earning a PhD at Michigan, then I would probably go to Michigan. It's not that I'm not interested in any of UIUC's research -- just the research of the professor who contacted me. Again, I appreciate the advice. The fact that Stanford is good for academic placement and industry is what was swaying me towards going there -- doing well in industry is a long-term goal of mine -- but I didn't know if a Stanford MS would help me with industry placement if the MS doesn't mean much. Thanks for the advice

Hey everyone, I finally decided to make an account here with my grad school decision date coming fast. I'm hoping to get some advice specific to me after reading through many of the other threads. Here are my Electrical Engineering grad school options: A) Stanford MS EE -- unfunded, but I am a finalist for the DoD SMART scholarship program which I would consider taking to go here if I decide it's worth it. However, the "cash cow" reputation of Stanford's MS programs worries me. B ) U-Michigan PhD -- fellowship, guaranteed funding for five years. I am interested in the research of the professor who contacted me C) UIUC MS -- Funding offered through a combination of TA and RA. I like the professor who contacted me a lot, but I am less interested in his research than in the research at Michigan D) Ohio State PhD -- fellowship offered, very interested in one of the professor's research activities and have been in contact with him. However, the fact that this school does not rank in the top 10, let alone top 20 EE schools is concerning to me. E) I have still not heard from Carnegie Mellon, so this is most likely a long shot. However, if I do get accepted with some sort of funding I would strongly consider going here. Is there any chance of still getting accepted to their PhD program? At first, I thought Stanford was the clear best choice -- I thought that it would be worth it to go there if I can have my MS funded through the SMART scholarship program. However, is it actually worth it? The forums would have me believe that since Stanford's MS is a "cash cow" that perhaps, say, Michigan's PhD program might even be considered more prestigious? Taking the SMART scholarship (if I win it) and going to Stanford also has additional strings attached, such as required summer internships at DoD labs and DoD employment for 2 years (most likely) after I graduate. Can anyone give me some advice?

I'm facing a nearly identical problem. Stanford MS EE vs. either U of Michigan PhD or UIUC PhD.