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I sent out a mail and received a response stating that they have not yet finalized their decisions. I am still to hear back from 5 universities: JHU, UT Austin, Rice, GATech and PennState. Anyone with some news from any of these universities?

Hi skyentist, I wonder why you have placed JHU in the incomplete section. My status for JHU also says incomplete. I guessed this was because the application page expects three recommendation letters, while, the materials program requires only 2. Sent a query to the admissions unit and got a reply which did not answer my question. Do you have any idea what it's about?

It is annoying, and getting into my head - haven't been able to make progress this academic term. Waiting for decisions from UTA, GT, PennState, Caltech. Rejections from UCB and Cornell.

Has anybody heard anything from Caltech? I heard they conducted interviews sometime back. But any idea on when they are going to send out decisions for international applicants?

Anyone with info on Caltech decisions?

One guy I know contacted the program coordinator. She replied saying they would give out all the decisions last week. But apparently there has been a delay.

Anyone having received an acceptance from UT Austin, please do post. I have seen many rejections (I) on the results page, but no offers.

There is a post underneath Recommendation Providers area saying Decision Status Available beginning 2/19/2014. Don't worry if you don't have it...you may still be in the race!

It's good that you are content. I cannot imagine anyone plucking hairs and biting nails after receiving admits from Stanford and MIT!

UT Austin has sent out a few rejections. Anyone received any acceptances? Seems as if they are sending out rejections first.

Hilarious! Please do let us know how came the reply. Hope he/she has a sense of humor.

...when you send a mail to the graduate coordinator of UC Berkeley asking for information on living costs in Palo Alto!

I'm waiting too. I have seen a few admits coming out from UCB and Caltech. One international applicant seems to have got an admit from Caltech (according to the results page in gradcafe) and that too on 26 Dec. The deadline was 1st Jan as far as I remember. Wonder how the decision was made before application deadline.

I see a few rejects came out from Cornell. I haven't received any status update yet. Overall anyone knows what this means? Do they send out rejection slowly too? Or is it for good that I haven't been rejected yet?

To begin, I feel like a jack ass asking about my chances...but I guess there's no option but to do it. This query is partly because I am either not completely aware or confused about the selection procedure to top universities. So I need some assessment regarding my choice of universities - am I aiming two high or shall I try or shall I go one step down? Here is by bio: Looking at pd.d fall admissions to materials science Undergrad: materials science, 3.34/4 top 5% in class, summer intern in a steel company, project sponsored by naval research lab (a hot one in my country) Masters: materials science, 3.35/4 top 5% in class (best research institute in my country and highly reputed world wide), project: worked on 4, including my masters thesis. they include work for an electrical company, collaborative work with an institute in germany and with collaborative work with a prof at MIT. My project is under an MIT graduate and he will be giving me a very good reco. My other two reco are from UG, one of whom is only a lecturer...but will give a strong one. (I have converted my GPA from an 8 point scale to a 4) GRE: 325 (167Q, 158V, 4A) TOEFL 114/120 Publications: None. I have significant research experience though. Extra: I am musician with many stage performances, have involved in community work, social service etc. Now, if I tailor my SOP to fit well, would I have any chance at UCB, Caltech, Georgia Tech, UPenn, UIUC, UMich, Cornell and Johns Hopkins or any of these? Or could someone kindly suggest good MSE programs that fit my credentials? Suggestions, especially quick ones, will be appreciated. I also hope others applying to MSE will post here and share their application and stats. Will be useful to all