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  1. whitemud

    MIT EECS

    It's not definite as to when the last possible date is. All I'm saying is that decisions are made and acceptances are going out. I would expect it to take them only about 1-2 days to inform everyone.
  2. whitemud

    MIT EECS

    MIT Electrical Engineering acceptances went out yesterday and/or today (some might trickle out tomorrow, but they tend to be quick about it). (I'm a grad students in the department, and just got a few Acceptancees to email with Congratulations.)
  3. I just got an acceptance e-mail! Apparently I'm not special enough for a phone call. :-( Special thanks to whoever turned it down. Haha. ETA: (That's for the DOE SCGF)
  4. Just got an e-mail about being an "Alternate." (i.e. waitlist) Now I get to wait until May 5th.
  5. That's close enough, I still have hope. :-D (Figures: 80 people, 5-10 minutes per call, probably only 1 person calling. Should take 2 days. Ok, back to doing real work, for me.)
  6. Congratulations (And Happy Birthday)! I, for one, hope you have a name near the beginning of the alphabet.
  7. Hi Neil, I'd love to give you advice, but, being from the US, I'm at a loss as to what you're numbers actually mean. For instance, what is a backlog? Whether or not this sort of thing will be on your transcript, I do not know. However, your university will know. Ask the registrar's office, or get a copy of your transcript for yourself and look at it. If you feel like you need to justify your poor performance in undergraduate, do so in your personal statement. This won't take away all of the problems, but if you provide a decent argument for yourself, then you can have a fighting chance. I wish I could give you more advice, but I am at a loss as to converting your profile into units that I can understand.
  8. Yeah, I'm waiting for the SCGF. I was still holding out hope because the application status still tells me "March 20th" (which is clearly not the case).
  9. Same here, and I'm not even looking for the same one that everyone's talking about now. Ha. Time to work on the Master's thesis, I guess.
  10. I am also waiting to hear from this fellowship. If I sign in, I get: "Notification will be made to those selected for the Office of Science Graduate Fellowship by March 20, 2010." So, hopefully notifications will be out soon. (Good luck!) No insider info, sadly.
  11. I am in Electrical Engineering, so this may not apply to you. On days when I'm not in the lab, my morning goes: Turn on computer, open firefox, open matlab. I could not survive without matlab, it is how I (quickly) process all of my data and start all of my theory-based research. I view it as a big-giant calculator that does all of the hard work for me.
  12. As I've heard, UK focuses more on personally leading research and one-on-one sessions with professors when you need to know more about a topic. Whereas, the US has a more finite structure to a Ph.D. program, with academic advisors that guide you in your research and strict credit requirements. Both structures have their obvious pros and cons. However, I've no personal experience, so take this assessment with a grain of salt.
  13. I wouldn't call any sort of PhD a useless degree. Sure, top universities tend to have more opportunities and better connections - but that's not the be-all, end-all of graduate work and careers-after. In the end, you'll be judged on your own work and research. You can focus more on finding a professor and/or lab that you'd like to work with, than a top-ranked university that you'd like to attend. Glad to see that you got a reference letter from your MS program. It would look suspicious if you didn't have that. Also, noojens made a good point about your GPA, personal experiences aside. I agree with her, but the personal statement was made to get around those sorts of anomalies - you can try to use it to account for your low gpa and to emphasize your bigger assets.
  14. You've worked at three different labs for prolonged periods of time, and your worried about your research experience? Were these just grunt-work jobs, because at first skimming I assumed they were research-oriented? To be fair, I know nothing about BME or the programs that you are applying to, but as a general rule - any research experience is good research experience (so long as you spin it right). Having three lab-related jobs to talk about is brilliant; even if they're only tangentially related to what you want to do. If you get to submit a resume, use it to emphasize these jobs in the context of what you'd like to do as a master's student (and after getting your master's) and to emphasize how they've given you some sort of research experience. You can list the job, then 1-3 bullet points underneath with related responsibilities. I think it's a quick way to show that you've got some experience under your belt.
  15. Yes, apply. At worse, you'll be out the application fee. To me, It sounds to me like your advisor is discouraging you so that he can keep you all to himself. A 3.48 gpa just means that you need to focus on showing your research experience (which is quite impressive), and have an extra special personal statement. It's not a bad idea to contact professors you'd like to work with, too; they can certainly help with the application/funding process.
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