wishiwasapianist

So far I've filled out applications for: Stanford (mechanical) Berkeley (mechanical) UCLA (biomedical) UCSD (biomedical) Columbia (biomedical) NYU-poly (biomedical) No response yet. Stanford already told me that if I wasn't accepted to the PhD program I would automatically get bumped to the MS for consideration. However, I finished my NYU app last week and I called them that day and they told me I should fill out an additional application for the MS if I want my best chances. Any experience with these schools? I'm interested in MS as well as PhD. Thanks, Henry