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congrats . @ gmedlo it will be reasonable to consider that 2-3 people could be admitted from a wait list. How deep in the ranking ? no one can know that.

u had a feeling no ? congrats

Yay weekend , break from refreshing emails, results and Applications

NICE ! one in the pocket , less things on your mind when go to bed Good Stuff ! and good luck

Wow great News ! talk about up and downs.

In the Industry it was always a good thing for me at least. I apply to a job --> hiring manager view my profile --> job offer. I hope it is the same in Academia.

WOooooooooooooO a spam of Berkley and MIT rejections ! I am sorry for the people who got rejected. over 600 application at USB . Damn this is very tough. I bet the 600th is good enough for phd there .I hope you get into other places.

Damn I hate the anonymous people !

I don't know about the others, I believe you have a very strong profile , but the problem is a lot of other people have such a profile and applying to the same program you are applying too. Since you are an international you are probably in a race to only half of the positions or even less . you applied to very competitve programs in Cities where a lot and a lot of international and local applicants apply. did you consider also strong programs but in less popular cities like Pittsburgh , Cleveland , Michigan, Chicago ? If you don't get in it s not because of your profile it s because places are limited. When did u you apply to the programs ? I would have applied the same day they open the applications.

Good profile, good luck

yes finger crossed , I have a UK degree by Permanent resident card. I don't know where that put me . guess we will have to wait and see.

Some UPITT bioengineering are out nothing here yet.

idd bro this is what needs to be done to remain positive till April.

Anyone attempted to contact PIs in PITT or CMU ?

congrats on UMinn , Minn is a good biomedical engineering City . you can establish industry contacts early on if this is your plan.

Oh ok Thank you for the clarification , I thought there was some kind of trend.

Guys Am I the only one intrested in computational biology/image analysis ? Why most of you are picking tissue engineering/biomaterials is the pay in the industry that good ?

use this as guideline http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/advice/prospective.html. a word of caution don't contact a PI unless you are really interested in his work .

No news from PITT , I asked them when to expect the results two weeks ago still no answer.

Consider May as the latest Deadline. Your profile is not bad as you are showing it as long you have good SOP and LOR ,also try to contact PIs

yes I second that, I've seen applicants with Excellent GPA and GRE that were refused cause of low TOEFL scores.

if his research is interesting for you , you should contact him ,he is an assistant professor and new IMO these are the best type of professors to work with .

Thats Great News. congrats.

Not my original intention but I have to agree the process need to be a bit more transparant

That is why there is something called Wait list, just wait list people if you think the top candidates might refuse. Just don't keep rejected candidate hanging without decision until next March/April , as if they don't exist.