Hey Everyone! It's good to see a specific ChemE forum. I'm a domestic, white female from the Southern part of the States. I go to a school with an excellent engineering reputation, particularly in ChemE. Stats: 3.88 GPA, 780Q, 590V, 6.0AW. I also worked in an electrochemistry/polymers lab for 1.5 yrs, conducted research abroad at Imperial College London for a semester, and had a manufacturing internship with a company that is the butt of many 30 Rock corporate jokes. I currently work for a nanotech/biotech startup and love it. One of my reference providers is heavily recruited by MIT to join their faculty, so I'm hoping his approval counts for something.
I have been accepted at Berkeley, Stanford, UT-Austin, and Georgia Tech, but MIT is really making me sweat! Haven't heard from Caltech or Imperial yet either. I am watching my phone and email like it's a ticking time bomb, and keep checking to see when others hear from schools on the results page. My app was completed a little bit later than others since one of my recommenders completely dropped the ball. Caldwell, it's good to hear that you were in the same reference situation as me. Their staff is so helpful with issues like that! Katie did everything but hold my hand when I needed to get another reference fast. The 30% stat makes me feel a little better.
When/Where is everyone visiting?