[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

1 hour ago, Ardent_PhD said:

That's great

I would like to know what the next process is? Do you log in to your SOLAR System already?

Do your apply for the housing already? I applied the graduate hall 2.

 

Hi bro,

I don't know anything about SOLAR System. Could you please tell me  more about it and how to apply for housing?

1 hour ago, Ardent_PhD said:

Do you know whether the medical report form only take place at SG or it can take place at where we came from as we are international students?

I read it in the NTU website that we have to get the health Checkup done only at Singapore.

BTW Bro, Have you decided which university to attend? You are from PRC/India ?

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

2 hours ago, Ardent_PhD said:

Hi bro,

Have you already asked whether the scholarship covers tuition fees or not?

Yes. Apparently the Research scholarship comes with a Monthly stipend, Tuition fee and Computer fees.

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

4 hours ago, Ardent_PhD said:

Congrats to you

I think it is included the tuition fee as it mentioned on the website.

You should email them for sure.

I have been received the offer today but there was no scholarship for me.

Congrats bro. I think you should contact the professors for Doctoral positions in their lab. I heard only professors could offers scholarships . 

 

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

On 6/5/2016 at 8:04 AM, Ardent_PhD said:

Hi roboticx

I think the email that you received is the tentative offer from NTU. After this stage the school will send your application to the main graduate studies office (ntu itself not the division or school) , so you have to wait for the official confirmation and the scholarship info from the main office. 

Which scholarship do you apply to?

 

Today received admission offer from NTU. I've been awarded NTU research scholarship with a monthly stipend of 2000 Singapore $! Not sure whether the award covers the tuition fee though as the language in Scholarship offer is ambiguous. Could you tell me whether it includes tuition fee ?

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

19 minutes ago, PhD_R said:

@roboticx  Have you heard back?

 

I applied to IGS and haven't heard anything from them till now. Should I assume it is a reject since its mid-May already?

Not from MAE but I'd received rejection letter from IGS - NITHM PhD program in March. I had applied based on the encouragement from Mr.Liedberg and I was selected by a professor for funding,after an Interview, but it didn't turn out well. I heard IGS is really selective among all departments in NTU and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis till June. Good luck!

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

On 6/5/2016 at 8:04 AM, Ardent_PhD said:

Hi roboticx

I think the email that you received is the tentative offer from NTU. After this stage the school will send your application to the main graduate studies office (ntu itself not the division or school) , so you have to wait for the official confirmation and the scholarship info from the main office. 

Which scholarship do you apply to?

 

Hi Ardent_PhD,

I've applied for both NTU Research Scholarship and SINGA.

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

On 29/4/2016 at 5:29 AM, Ardent_PhD said:

hi roboticx,

I havn't got anything yet. 

Best wishes for us.

Hi bro,

Today I received this mail from my PI  but I am not so sure that I received an admit from NTU.

"I'm happy to let you know that you have been selected for the PhD position in my group. The School will now review your application and communicate with you directly regarding the administrative procedures."

Does it means that there is also a possibility that my application will get turned down at this stage by the School despite the offer from the professor?  Could you please give any information on this?

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

On 28/4/2016 at 10:43 AM, Ardent_PhD said:

how was your interview?

Hi Ardent_PhD,

Thanks so much for your considerations. I am not sure if I could call it as an Interview.. It went more like an Informal chat. The professor asked just generic questions like What are my previous research experiences, skillsets etc. Today he mailed me with a Journal Article and stated that I should give him a write-up of what that paper was about in 3 days. I am not sure what that means and clearly not optimistic about NTU at this timeframe ...

Anyways I am hoping to get into NUS as I'd applied based on a Professor suggestion that he is very much willing to take me provided I clear the 'pre-screening' of the department in his own words. I am really hopeful for it as the research fit  is great between us.

How about you? Did you hear back from the department? Hopefully we both get admitted according to our wishes!

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

10 minutes ago, Ardent_PhD said:

Congratulations that you found your proposed supervisor. I think that it can be called a shortlisted interview.

Don't need to be worry. They will ask you about your academic interest or maybe the topic of your research proposal.

Good luck and finger crossed !

Thanks

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

On 25/4/2016 at 10:25 AM, Ardent_PhD said:

I think you are on the waitlist.

I guess. Just wait for the faculty level to email back.

 

 

Hi ,

Today I received a reply from a professor after I expressed my wish to pursue PhD under him. He called me up for a skype discussion with him tomorrow. I'm actually nervous and not sure what to expect. Could you please tell how the usual skype discussion would be and how should  I prepare for it? Should I consider it as official interview  from NTU?

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

On 23/4/2016 at 7:59 AM, Ardent_PhD said:

Received any result yet?

I enquired the MAE Administration about my application status. Today I received that " Thank you for your email.  We regret to inform that your application is currently not shortlisted by any professor.  Meanwhile, your application will be kept in our common pool for faculty review.  If the faculty is interested in your application, they will contact you.Regards,MAE Graduate Studies Unit". Does it means I am rejected ? or waitlisted?

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

Thanks Ardent_PhD . Does IGS dept is more selective than the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NTU? I was interviewed for IGS PhD program in March but was rejected soon even though I found a great fit with a Professor's research. I was told that the IGS school is prestigious and very selective among NTU departments. How true is that ?

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

23 minutes ago, Ardent_PhD said:

Hi roboticx,

I am also waiting for the result now. 
When did you receive the call for interview?

I didn't receive any interview calls from NTU thus far. I contacted the department today and got reply that they are still reviewing the applications. They didn't say when they will communicate the decisions. You received any call for Interview?

[PhD program at NTU Singapore]

Anybody here applied for NTU PhD in Mechanical  Engineering and waiting for the results? When the results may be out?

[Disappointing dissertation grades: Are PHD admission chances doomed?]

13 hours ago, fuzzylogician said:

Have at least one faculty member read your SOP and pay special attention to this part of it. As you wrote it here, it doesn't sound like something I would recommend adding to the SOP. It doesn't paint you in a good light and I would not consider it an acceptable extenuating circumstance. 

Thanks for your suggestion fuzzylogician. Initially my department (STEM) had set a deadline and gave us  some five months to publish a paper as publication carried some marks in  evaluating our thesis. The problem is that my paper was still under review during the dissertation defense and i have not heard any word from my reviewer.As such i had to lose marks concerning the publication part. As it turned out, i got my acceptance letter just a week after my thesis defense and my paper recently got published. While i have got assurances from my adviser and one of faculties from supervisory committee to corroborate my claim, i don't know if it reflects positively on me.  My thesis very pertinent to my PhD proposal and i believe there will me many questions regarding my relatively inferior grade in dissertation when compared to my coursework. I have also mentioned how my dissertation grade stack up against my peers.I scored 7/10 while mean score was 6/10 and topper's was 8/10.  My final GPA was 8.1/10 while top of the class had 8.7/10. I am not entirely sure how to address this concern.Could you please tell me how to go about this problem? Thanks again.

[Disappointing dissertation grades: Are PHD admission chances doomed?]

Hi ,

I am also in the same boat as you do and would love to hear what others have to say.I believe you should mention in your SOP the actual reason  for your low grade in thesis  and  what you learned from it. In my case i have mentioned an extenuating circumstance where my department had an internal deadline of publishing paper out of your thesis and how my paper got published one week later. While i believe admission committee will frown upon the excuses for your own mistakes, being  honest is quite appreciated in academia.  Ofcourse i am just a Grad student, so take my suggestion with pinch of salt .

[Profile Evaluation for PhD in Mechanical]

Hi all,

I am looking to do PhD in Robotics.I would really appreciate any feedback regarding my profile and how i can improve my choices

 

Master Major:  Manufacturing Technology

Master's GPA: 8.1/10 (Roughly equivalent to 4 ,using WES) topper's GPA- 8.7

UG Major :  Mechanical engineering GPA

UG GPA: 7.9/10 (Roughly equivalent to 3.7/4,using WES ) topper's GPA- 7.9

GRE: 323
Q:  161
V:  162
W: 4

TOEFL : Yet to take

LOR: Strong LORs
Research Experience: A fulltime Internship in IIT-Madras for 6 months on a project that is on verge of publication.

Project: 1 Relevant project .

Publications: 1 Publication as First author in a decent journal. 1 publication on the verge of publication as a second author.

I have shortlisted colleges catogorizing it as Safe ,Moderate and Ambitious based on US news reports.I might be totally delusional or understate myself here as i dont have a good idea about my profile.I would really appreciate critique regarding my choices and correct me if i am unrealistic.

 

Safe:

1.Colorado School of Mines

2.Oregon State University

3.University of Texas Dallas

Moderate: (Ideally i would be ecstatic if i get admits from these universities )

1.Ohio State University

2. RPI

3.WPI

4.University of Florida

Ambitious:

1.North Western University

2.University of Texas Austin

3.Carnegie Mellon University

4.University of Southern California

5.University of Pennsylvannia

6.University of Maryland

7.Texas A and M

8.Virginia Tech

I am thinking of applying to ten of the aforementioned universities based on potential PIs.

Please suggest me whether my choices are realistic and whether my application will be atleast competitve in  these universities. Thanks in advance.

[As a International applicant what are my chances of getting into a good engineering school for PhD in Robotics?]

Hi ,

As an asian,this is how my profile looks like right now.

UG- 7.9/10 (99th percentile in a class of 60)

PG-8.1/10 (85th percentile in a class of 30)

GRE- 323 Q-161 V 162.

I have published a paper (although at a low impact journal Q4) and have previous research experience in the Robotics. Strong LORs. I have shortlisted some colleges based on information available with US News  and would love to hear any suggestions to improve it.

Safe  to moderate choices:

Colorado School of Mines

Oregon State University

Worchester Polytechnic University

University of Utah

U Of Texas Dallas

Moderate to Ambitious choices:

Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL)

Vanderbilt University

Ohio State University

Northwestern University

University of Pennsylvannia

Very ambitious :

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) (My dream choice!)

University of Texas- Austin

University of Southern California

Texas A&M

 

Could anybody tell me how realistic my shortlist is and what are the other colleges I could consider based on my profile. Thanks