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Has anyone received any updates regarding Stanford's Energy Resources Engineering program?

So, now what? When should we expect the next wave of rejections?

Yeah, me too. Are we on some sort of a wait-list? I have been rejected from Caltech, Harvard, Cornell, and Princeton. I cannot believe that MIT and Stanford (Energy Resources Engineering) have not rejected me just yet. Though, it's just a matter of time.

I have received the following email from GaTech, I think it is a polite rejection. We are in receipt of your application to the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. You have a very strong file and credentials. Thank you for your interest in Georgia Tech!You have not been offered admission, but at the present time your file has been made available for viewing by the faculty of the Woodruff School viaan internal web site. If a faculty member views your file and expresses an interest in working with you, we will notify you and continue toprocess your application. This evaluation will continue until May 1, 2016 and we will advise you of our decision at the latest by that date. Disappointing. What do you guys think?

ME applicant applying for Energy PhD programs for Fall 2016. Undergrad Institution: Young and relatively unknown University in the middle eastMajor(s): Mechanical Engineering GPA in Majors: 3.73Undergrad GPA: 3.71Graduate GPA : 4.0Type of Student: International.GRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 166 (92%)V: 148 (37%)W: 3.0 (15%)Research Experience: 2 year graduate research assistant. 7 main-authored Journal papers in top Elsevier Journals with high IF (5.6,4.85,4.4, 3.4,2.7,0,0)7 Under review journal papers in top Elsevier Journals with high IF (4 main-authored, 3 second author)3 Conference publication (2 main- authored, 1 second author)1 patent applicationAwards/Honors/Recognitions: Nothing in particular, Only had one published paper featured by the Advances in Engineering website as a Key Scientific Article. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant. Applying to Where: 1. MIT 2. Cornell 3. Princeton 4. Georgia Tech 5. Caltech 6. Berkeley 7. Stanford 8. Columbia 9. Harvard 10. Virginia Tech 11. UIUC Last year results were very disappointing. Hoping for a more positive outcome (I know that I do not have an appealing application to get accepted, just want to try out my luck)

I do not mind switching from a topic to another. I was afraid that professors would not choose me for another topic as I only have experience in solar energy. But I see your point. I have been too specific. What you said is absolutely true: "fit is an important aspect of an application" Thanks

Well, except for my first publication which was published in an open access journal (based in Poland without impact factor) and second which was published in a journal from Taylor and Francis publication (based in England without impact factor), the other three are published in Elsevier journals (Applied Energy with IF of 5.6, Energy with IF 4.9, and Applied thermal Engineering with IF of 2.7). And, I was the main author of all these papers. Regarding my submitted papers, All of them are submitted to Journals from Elsevier and Wiley publications and none of them have IF less than 2.5. I am the main author for only five out of eight submitted papers. The thing is that I have basically stopped living for almost two years to publish as much as possible. It is very discouraging when you dedicate your life to something and fail. Thanks for your advice, In the next two months, I will definitely try to improve my GRE score as well.

Thanks for the responses. Well, I have actually listed solar energy as my only area of interest when I applied for those schools. I think I should widen my field of study and try to show more flexibility in my SOP. Here are my GRE and TOEFL scores: GRE (Quantitative: 166/92%, Verbal Reasoning: 148/36%, Analytical Writing: 3/15%) TOEFL (Total Score: 106, Reading: 26, Listening: 30, Writing: 24, Speaking: 26) I know that my GRE's Verbal Reasoning and analytical writing scores are low. Nonetheless, as an international student, it is very difficult for me to get a significantly better score. Should I retake any of these exams?

I am grateful for your detailed response. Perhaps, the statement of interest or recommendation letters were not well written. However, some believes that I should have contacted the potential advisors which I am planning to do in October.

Thanks for the response. Last year was very disappointing for me. I really cannot go for one more year without admission. I am trying to improve my application to avoid another disappointment this year.

I am a mechanical engineer. I mainly study power generation, concentrated solar power, power plant hybridization, solar power generation and solar air conditioning. Last year, I applied for 17 different programs in US and Canada from the very best programs to mediocre ones. I was hoping to get admitted to couple of them; but, I did not get into even one university. For last year, I had 2 journal papers (no impact factor) and 3 submitted journal papers (High impact factor from 3 to 5). My master GPA was 4/4 and my bachelor GPA was 3.7/4. One problem with my application is my university. It is a 15 year old university in middle east and I guess most professors do not know anything about it. I also did not contact any potential advisor. This year, I have 5 journal papers (3 high impact factor: 2.7, 4.9, 5.6), 2 conference papers, 8 submitted journal papers ( all high impact factor journals) and 1 patent application. I wonder how many publication is enough for getting accepted into top schools (MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Georgia tech,...).

As an international student with a master degree applying for US top PhD engineering programs, How many publications are considered to be impressive?

Hello everyone, Last year, I applied for 17 different programs in US and Canada from the very best programs to mediocre ones. I was hoping to get admitted to couple of them; but, I did not get into even one university. For last year, I had 2 journal papers (no impact factor) and 3 submitted journal papers (High impact factor from 3 to 5). My master GPA was 4/4 and my bachelor GPA was 3.7/4. One problem with my application is my university. It is a 15 year old university in middle east and I guess most professors do not know anything about it. I also did not contact any potential advisor. This year, I have 5 journal papers (3 high impact factor: 2.7, 4.9, 5.6), 2 conference papers, 8 submitted journal papers ( all high impact factor journal) and 1 patent application. I hope that two or three submitted journal papers get accepted by 1st of December. Should I even bother applying for top 10 universities or not? I'll be grateful if anyone can give me some advice regarding my application to improve my chance of admission.