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Nice! Bit dissapointed they only reimburse $300 for airfare though. Also, to all the MIT BCS people what track are you? I listed computation (then systems and cognitive).

You seem like a competitive applicant. In regards to the difficulty of changing majors, I feel like it would depend on your coursework (i.e. are you prepared for graduate level coursework in EE) and your research goals (i.e. do they align with the research done in these EE departments). That being said, I think you'll be fine. I'm applying to EE, BME, and Neuro programs with mainly Neuro research and all LORs from Neuro professors, so we'll see how that goes.

Posted in the EE thread, but I'll post here as well. EE major interested in (comp.) neuro stuff like BCIs, neuromorphic chips, cognitive computing, etc. Undergrad Institution: Ivy Major(s): EE Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.8+ Overall GPA: 3.8+ Position in Class: top? Type of Student: Asian Male GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 170 (98%) V: 162 (90%) W: 4.5 (80%) Research Experience: Multiple semester long experiences in not super related areas during freshman and sophomore year. Sophomore summer did research program at Big 10 school in Neuro. Started in lab beginning Junior year in another Neuro lab at my current school (in this lab now). Amgen scholar doing Neuro research summer after junior year. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list, GPA stuff Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA one semester. Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Special Bonus Points: Letters from PIs that did PhD at MIT Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Recs from the two summer programs and the lab I'm in now at my school. At least 2 are relatively famous in their fields (which is not exactly what I want to do in grad school though) Applying to Where: All PhD MIT- EECS Stanford-EE CMU-ML Princeton-EE Columbia-EE JHU-BME UCSF/Berkeley-BioE

I've done a similar thing before with summer program applications. I'd just ask them again to give them a heads up, but I don't see any reason why they would refuse to do it.

Official MIT BCS interview invite!

Got official email for MIT BCS interview at 9:43 am today. Dates are 3/10-3/11 as stated earlier by some other people. So excited!

This thread is for bio programs, btw. You'll probably have better luck in one of the other subforums

Nope...

I think you'd go twice. Probably don't have time to interview at two programs in the same weekend and they probably have different dates.

I wouldn't lose all hope. As I posted before, my friend told me his former UCSF PI said BMS invites would come out Dec 18th. The PI is in immuno so maybe, immuno invites are coming out a bit later?

Thanks for the info. Any reason why you think they'd hold on to decisions until Jan?

I feel that would just make decisions come out later, although all at the same time. Idk if that's preferable

Cornell NBB?

If you're that close with him, you could always just talk to him about it?

EE major interested in (comp.) neuro stuff like BCIs, neuromorphic chips, cognitive computing, etc. Undergrad Institution: Ivy Major(s): EE Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.8+ Overall GPA: 3.8+ Position in Class: top? Type of Student: Asian Male GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 170 (98%) V: 162 (90%) W: 4.5 (80%) Research Experience: Multiple semester long experiences in not super related areas during freshman and sophomore year. Sophomore summer did research program at Big 10 school in Neuro. Started in lab beginning Junior year in another Neuro lab at my current school (in this lab now). Amgen scholar doing Neuro research summer after junior year. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list, GPA stuff Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA one semester. Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Special Bonus Points: Letters from PIs that did PhD at MIT Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Recs from the two summer programs and the lab I'm in now at my school. At least 2 are relatively famous in their fields (which is not exactly what I want to do in grad school though) Applying to Where: All PhD MIT- EECS Stanford-EE CMU-ML Princeton-EE Columbia-EE

I don't think there's a profile thread for EE applicants, so I guess I'll make one. Hopefully, there are some of you out there. Undergrad Institution: (School or type of school, such as big state, lib arts, ivy, technical, foreign (what country?)) Major(s): Minor(s): GPA in Major: Overall GPA: Position in Class: (No numbers needed, but are you top? near top? average? struggling?) Type of Student: (Domestic/International, male/female, minority?) GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: V: W: TOEFL Total: (if applicable, otherwise delete this) Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications (Mth author out of N?) or conference talks etc...) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?) Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, etc...) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Special Bonus Points: (Such as connections, grad classes, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc...) Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Applying to Where: School - Department - Research Interest School - Department - Research Interest School - Department - Research Interest

I think the last sentence is the key here.

It sounds like he has enough research experience, if he's been working in labs for 5 years. A MS will generally make someone more competitive assuming what they're doing for the MS is related to the PhD. I know some MS programs are funded through TAships but those seem to be competitive and don't offer full funding (e.g. may only cover tuition or part of tuition). A good MS GPA generally helps offset a low undergrad GPA, especially since he has a 3.5 so there's not that much he needs to compensate for. The experience from an MS will probably weigh more than the increased GPA. I can't judge his chances at those schools since I don't really know much about them. Sorry.

True, if you're really worried you can always ask, but I don't think it'll really affect the decision.

I think they're fine, but I'm only applying this year.

With his GPA/GRE he should be fairly competitve for MS programs. However, you haven't really provided much info regarding his research so it's almost impossible to judge his chances for PhD programs. Without solid research experience, coupled with his below average GPA, it might be difficult to get into the more competitve programs on the list.

Depends on how many you're missing. I'd assume most programs will make you take any missing prerequisite courses the summer before or shortly after entering. If it's just the one class I think they'll most likely just offer an acceptance conditioned on you completing the course over the summer or during the first semester. However, obviously it most likely varies by school too.

I don't know how common it is for UChicago, but I got several fee waivers from various places this semester. I ended up not using any of them, but if you're somewhat interested in the program and have professors you want to work with I don't see why you wouldn't apply.

I'd wait until they actually offer you the interview. Might seem a bit hasty to just assume you're getting an interview? Unless they implied that you are.

I feel like it depends on the school, I'm sure there are at least some that do and it might depend on how many applications they get. However, I feel like if they did have hard cutoffs they would not be that high, maybe like a 2.5.