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The three programs are from three different departments altogether. Choose the program that suits you best in terms of their research, courses offered, and faculty.

Okay, but as international students aren't all of us treated the same? At least that's what I thought. Doesn't the underrepresented category belong to racial minorities within the US? @zblaesi Sorry this got off-track.

Contact the school ASAP. Calm down and don't panic, it's not the end of the world.

1. https://www.utexas.edu/hr/student/compensation.html 2. Adcoms do not care about your race. 3. TOEFL 79, GRE scores vary from one department to another.

Difference between B1/B2 and B2. http://www.immihelp.com/forum/showthread.php/97292-difference-between-B2-and-B1-B2

I wish I had seen this post earlier. I officially (in my transcripts and other official documents) have three names, a first, a middle, and a last, but something went wrong and I'm stuck with one name on my passport. I didn't know it would be an issue until my uni emailed me about the inconsistency while processing my I-20. So then I explained to them, and then they set my 'legal name' as a dot for my first name, and then my first name as my surname (my passport puts my name in the surname field, too). Since UMich also has this 'preferred name of record' thing, I entered my actual full name there.

Can one of the programs you turned down give you the position again given the circumstances you're in? You know, call or email them with a plea and see if they can accommodate.

HI! Not an expert, but here's what I think. I'm sure you'll find course descriptions on your department's website somewhere. Go through the descriptions and see what fascinates you. For solar pv, go through the descriptions of optoelectronics courses; and for storage technologies and green energy go for power electronics, yes, but also look at energy conversion and energy harvesting/scavenging courses (esp. for the green technologies). For semiconductor research, you'll have to take solid state devices courses + courses based on which part of semiconductor research you're interested in e.g. fabrication technologies, material properties, novel devices, potential optoelectronic properties, organic semiconductors research (OLED, PV), nanowires, 1-D and 2-D devices, spintronics, etc. The field is huge! And also what I'm interested in as well! :D Also remember, what you'll end up doing will depend on what your department likes focusing on in terms of research. Like mine is into high frequency electronics, displays, and optoelectronic (light emitting as well as absorbing) possibilities of novel semiconductor devices , so I guess that's how my own research is going to end up being. That being said, what kind of research is your advisor into? For my first semester, I'm probably going to take a solid state devices lab course (hands-on fabrication), and a solid state physics course (4+4 = 8 credits total, the minimum requirement for full-time enrollment). Our course enrollments begin on June 1.

Okay, I'm not too sure if it's B1 or B2...sorry.

After I submitted all of the necessary documents (passport scan and evidence of financial support), they had the I-20 ready in less than a week and requested me to receive it via e-ship global (offered no other options). It took ~4.5 days to arrive (chose FedEx, $54.36).

Shouldn't it be a B1 (business and/or tourist) visa? B2 is a medical check-up visa IIRC. You should show stuff like bank statements, income/salary statements and proof of a stable job and/or other source of income, and some property if possible.

I wasn't quite sure of that, that's why I didn't. It's like, I'm on F1, so any "travel companion" would likely be taken as F2 (dependents), which my parents are not. I'm really not sure you see, so to avoid risking anything going wrong, I told my dad to do a separate DS-160 for himself and mum.

The political situation in my "home country" (Bangladesh) is terrible. It's where I completed my undergrad, spent 4.5 years there. My reason for studying abroad are plenty, including getting away from a place that I neither got used to nor liked, and that there's nothing available in my area of interest--neither jobs nor research. Saudi Arabia has, sort of. Applied and got rejected though. I'm not sure if I'll want to stay in the US for too long, might go settle elsewhere, Idk yet. But yeah, I'm not going there to settle, but actually to study and work in my area of interest. Malaysia has growing research in the field, so I might consider going there afterwards.

My parents are coming with me with B1 tourist visas. We have separate DS-160 forms i.e. I didn't add them as travel companions on mine.

Accept the one that fits you better academically and in terms of research interests.

1. R&D scientist for the electronics/chip manufacturing industry - not fully qualified yet 2. Linguist - ??? not at all qualified! I love languages. 3. Philanthropist - Not qualified (yet!). 4. Educating local communities of valid concerns - I dunno.

MS in EE here. Excited about the research opportunities and the new overall experience.

Survey's closed. :/ Should've thought of forwarding it to my friends earlier. Personally, I'm not really into music anymore...

I'm not sure if you guys are all US students applying for Fulbright, but it seems they aren't giving fellowships to us international engineering peeps this time around: http://photos.state.gov/libraries/bangladesh/5/ece/Fulbright_Foreign_Student_Program_2016.pdf

Woke up from a nap and the first thing I did was check the mail (it was a routine back then ). So, this email with the admission decision popped up--top unread email. My heart raced as I clicked it. "Congratulations!" I...honestly didn't know what to feel. Completely unexpected. The two rejects I had before UMich's acceptance (one of them being my top choice, Purdue University) left me emotionally downtrodden. I breathed a sigh of relief, got up, and then informed my dad of the good news. All praise and thanks belong to God. Couldn't stop trembling for quite a while afterwards.

Judging from other applicants' scores, I'm going to say your GRE was okay for UMich at least. Since you have time, sit for the GRE a second time focusing on your verbal and writing skills, especially since you've applied to Ivies. TOEFL above a certain threshold is hardly a distinguishing factor, a threshold that varies widely from one school to another. This infographic should help: http://magoosh.com/toefl/files/2014/07/toefl_scores_700x4200_1.1.pngLooks like you fell low on the TOEFL for Princeton. Have you tried asking why you got rejected? It would help better knowing the main reason for your rejection. I've noticed that for Master's, no one accepted for MS in EE at UMich had their GPA below 3.60, so better keep that in mind when applying next time. Have you considered evaluating how strong or weak your SOP is? Try asking people you know to review it. Also try evaluating how your CV/resume looks. Your work experience is a plus in your field. You can include your undergrad projects and research/thesis work as well. You may not need to ask for LORs when you apply for the second time since schools tend to keep them for a while however, check with the grad offices about this. If you haven't already, ask your recommenders to send you a copy of their letters to you just to see if they're just general recommendation letters or actually good, thought-out ones written for you. A lot professors give out recommendation letters that are easy to figure out they were just general ones.

I'm a Bangladeshi by ethnicity and nationality who has lived almost her entire life in Saudi Arabia. Born in Makkah, lived in Jeddah till the age of 12, then moved to Riyadh 'cause my dad was transferred. Graduated high school in Riyadh and then moved to Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2010 for my undergrad. Back in Saudi Arabia now after graduation where my dad still works, although now transferred to Makkah. I've visited some of the cities here in Saudi Arabia: Madinah, Hail, Al-Baha, and Abha (the last two are very beautiful and green with temperate climates--unexpected). Visited a few places in Bangladesh, too. Apart from these two countries, I've visited Malaysia once; only KL, though.

Welp. :'D A lot of people got accepted, so... He must very hot then. I'm sorry, but congrats on the correct prediction. The top dude quoted this, too. Priceless one. Indeed it does. Not uncommon for them to not reply.

22 when I start, turning 23 this December. Finished undergrad in September last year.

Quant is the most important. Aim to get at least 160 (a little practice should do). If you want a better quant score (like 165 or more for top/higher ranked schools), you'll need more practice. Depending on your program, you might need either a 3.5 or a 4.0 on AWA. A 150 verbal should do fine for most engineering programs; but the more the merrier. The higher ranked the school is, the higher verbal and AWA scores required (e.g. you might need a 155V/4.5AWA for some programs). Also remember that the the requirements of MS admission are slightly lower than PhD admission (or that you need better credentials to get accepted for a PhD, whichever way you see it). All of these sections are important in their own regards. Which one you give more importance to depends on where you stand in terms of preparation. Adding to what Mechanician2015 said, I had 5 calculus courses in my undergrad (compulsory, actually :/), and GRE's quant style still felt like something new, especially the QC sections. Doing calculus and doing GRE math just aren't the same.