mojojojo
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Hi ,
I need an urgent help in my situation. My top choice school has not offered me anything in terms of financial support. While another offer (not from top choices) has offered my aid which I have already accepted.
My question is that can I accept the offer ( unfunded) from my school of top choice without requesting a "release" or declining from the funded offer from other school?
I want to do this because I am not sure whether I would be able to arrange funds for my top choice ..but in case I am able to I surely would like to go there...
The deadline for accepting this unfunded offer is 20th April.
Please help!
I'm guessing you're still holding out for Stanford. My advice would be to just reject them. If I'm not wrong, all funding decisions have been sent out. If you haven't heard from them regarding funding by 15 April, you aren't going to hear from them again. Since you accepted a financial aid offer from another school, you are contractually bound to attend school there. The only way you can accept another offer is for them to release you from your original acceptance.. I don't think you want to go through all that trouble, so just reject the unfunded offer.
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Do any of you guys know when the housing results will be out? Also, how do we go about setting up email accounts?
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I agree.. Everyone knows US news ranking are just a rough guide anyway..
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Yeah, it is really expensive. And so are most top private schools. Btw, I've rejected a EE fellowship offer. So, that's one freed up already. All the best for your grad career.
Same here. I rejected the SGF. So good luck to those waiting to decide!
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What other schools have you gotten into? How is your funding there? Any offers of TA or RA?
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I haven't committed yet, but all signs point to Berkeley.
That's too bad. I thought we could have been school mates! Haha I'm leaning heavily towards Princeton. Will probably go there.
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I have no clue which program is better, but I'll offer my two cents anyways. Hope it helps.
Of the two ECE professors that wrote me letters of recommendation, one said that Princeton and UIUC were about the same in the areas of solid state/nanotechnology/energy (areas I was interested in). The second professor, when UIUC wasn't on my list of schools I planned to apply to, said that I should add UIUC. He seemed to regard it very highly.
I don't know anyone from UIUC, but people that I know at and from Princeton have seemed to really like Princeton (but these people are not science/engineering majors).
When I worked at a utility once, they said they recruited power engineers all the way from UIUC. I think UIUC has a strong power engineering program.
Personally, I think Princeton is cooler than UIUC. I think this is because UIUC seems like it's a crummy location with crummy weather, has less overall prestige, and didn't have a visit day. But these are just my impressions and I really have no idea about whether these are true or whether they matter.
Thanks! So Slorg, where are you intending to go? I know that quadsbaby is going Stanford..
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cost of living in Champaign-Urbana is pretty low. Currently, rent is somewhere around 400/month for most of the people I know (that's if you have room-mates). It can get more expensive if you're looking at condo-style places or some such. 1000/month should cover all your living expenses (food, shelter, internet, etc) and it's feasible to do less.
you should survive on your stipend just fine if you choose to come here. The humanities grad students manage to survive and their stipends are like half of what engineers get.
Thanks alot people! =) Glad to know that the standard of living at Champaign-Urbana isn't that high. I was worried that it would be closer to what people pay in Chicago.. Any Princeton people out there? I would love to hear from you..
Also, do any of you know how industry/academia view the reputations of the departments at each school? I'm guessing UIUC is more highly sought after in industry, while Princeton is more highly sought after in academia? Or does UIUC triumph in both aspects?
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it can get cold at UIUC in the winter. If you're looking at the dollar amount in the offer, do consider the cost of living in both places. UIUC does have a lot of laboratory facilities and equipment for semiconductors, photonics and the like. Ultimately it depends on what you prefer.
I would say that UIUC's reputation is actually in semiconductors considering the school spawned the transistor, LED and plasma display.
yeah, i was under the impression that uiuc was as strong as princeton in the photonics area (if not stronger). both places seem to have equally good facilities, uiuc with its mntl and princeton with its prism. its just so hard to decide. is a smaller program always better?
zilch, i see that you are currently attending school at uiuc. how much would you say it costs to live there per month? would i be able to survive on my stipend (after taxes)?
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going for EE MS/PhD. Hi!
Have you rejected the rest of the schools that accepted you? I'm not sure how to politely reject them. Will they feel offended?
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Guys, I need a little advice here. Basically, I narrowed down my decision to either Princeton or UIUC.
I'm choosing based on the faculty's research and I've gotten a professor at each university who is willing to take me on. Both are world class professors, and are very well established, so I need not worry about having my work funded. On a related point, Princeton's fellowship offer is slightly more attractive than UIUC's, as I've been offered a little more than 30k compared to UIUC's 25k. However, it seems that Princeton's reputation is not as good as UIUC's.
Finally, I'm in the photonics and optoelectronics field. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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I've got a similar problem. I had a professor at MIT who really wanted me in her group. She even flew me over to visit her group. But in the end, I too was not admitted. I graduated with 4 refereed papers (all first author), and 3 conference papers, plus a GPA of 3.97/4.0 from a top 5 undergrad EE university. GRE was 790 for verbal, 800 for quant and 6.0 for AW. I'm pretty sure my LORs are rather strong as well. I guess they are not just looking at statistics, but maybe other factors? I did get into my other schools, so I don't feel that bad. But still, I do feel a tinge of regret..
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How about Princeton?
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Most schools usually give funding for a year (except maybe Stanford, which gives out the SGF for 3 years). They expect you to make use of that one year to find an advisor, and he or she would then support you with an RA for the rest of your PhD. So you should start looking for advisors now.. Personally, I would take up the RA offer, as that's what you'll be doing anyway.
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Yes, I think they have exhausted their supply of fellowships and are just waiting for people to reject them. I'm in kind of a similar situation too (I've been told I was nominated for the SGF, but no news on that yet), so I'm going to wait till 10 April or so before I decide where to go. Even though Stanford gave me a deadline of 20 April to decide, most of my other schools are setting a deadline of 15 April.. So I don't think I'm going to risk waiting till 20 April.
On a related note, does anyone know how much does the SGF and the EE departmental fellowship at Stanford (supposedly support for 3 quarters only) pay in terms of stipend? Also, are our stipends taxable? I'm thinking that even though my other schools offered me a slightly lower stipend (as compared to the SGF, which I believe is 32k per year), I might end up having more to spend since the tax rate at California is alot higher..
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Crazy Horse
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If there was a real person on the other end of the email, I definitely thanked them for admitting me.
What if the email was sent by a secretary, on behalf of a professor (who is the chairman of the admissions committee, and whose email is not listed on the email). Do you thank the secretary or the professor??
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I was just wondering if any of you actually replied to emails that notified you of your admission. Most of these emails are sent by admissions@Some_University.edu, so I was just curious whether there was a need to reply. Or should we just wait till 15 April to make our decisions?
For those emails that had information on Visit Day, I did send out rsvps to the corresponding person in charge, but I didn't actually acknowledge receipt of the actual notification email.. What are your thoughts on this??
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wow Congrats ! you must be an exception as I can already see from your admits
Thanks! =) MIT did reject me though, so I don't think I'm that good..
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Yes, Princeton should have been out by now. From unofficial sources
I guess we can say the Adcomm meeting was today. Going by PGRE.org the decsions were out 2 days after the Physics Adcomm met . So we can expect something next week. I gave up on all top schools this year and not expecting anything positive though.. Good luck on your efforts!
About Caltech: I have no idea..
I got accepted by Princeton yesterday.
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I also applied for Materials, devices, photonics. No news till now...
It's 830pm, Thursday, in Cambridge, MA.. Still no email. Guess I'll have to check again tomorrow.. Any one else who applied to materials, devices, photonics? Any news?? Judging from previous years' postings, they should be done notifying admits by the end of this week...
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I applied for Area 4 (specifically materials, devices, photonics). I haven't heard from them as well, although two professors from Area 4 did get in touch with me waaaaaaay back in Nov 09 when I first submitted my application to discuss the possibility of me joining their group. I haven't heard from them since. Wonder what's going on...
I haven't received any email from the department to invite me to any open house as well.
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At MIT to "Area 3" (Electronics, Computers, and Systems), but more specifically I'm interested in analog circuits and mixed signal.
Can I ask how did you find out about the decision? Was it through the website, or did somebody email you?
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Congrats! Austin is a great school.. I'm sure you'll do fine there.