[South Bend, IN]

Would anyone be able to tell me more about graduate student like at Notre Dame/South Bend, Indiana? I'm afraid that it is mostly centered around undergraduates, with a small graduate student population and not a whole lot to do in the immediate area. Is there more to do than I think? Is graduate student social life around there plenty to give a good stress relief from graduate studies?

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@dvdngu

(Sorry about MIT), I see that you've been accepted to UCLA where I have been accepted as well, have you heard anything on funding? Or do you know anything about how or when those decisions are to be made?

[Choices: Is it Right?]

Mechanical engineering student here, so I can't weigh in much on the specific programs in each of those, but I can tell you (from attending engineering school there/friends in chemical engineering there) that the University of MIssouri has some excellent chemical engineering professors and you would surely love living in Columbia, Missouri.

[Mechanical/ Aerospace Engineering Admits/Applicants]

@Arash00

I also applied to Yale (Mech E), but haven't heard back from them at all to this point.

[Mechanical/ Aerospace Engineering Admits/Applicants]

Does anyone know when the bulk of schools send out decisions for mechanical (maybe February/early March)? I have only heard back from 1 of the 8 that I applied to, it seems like many other engineering disciplines have started getting a good number of decisions already though.

[Mechanical/ Aerospace Engineering Admits/Applicants]

Sorry to double post, but I'm going to use this following format which may be helpful for everyone else:

Undergrad University - Small, private university
Undergrad Major - Mechanical engineering
Undergrad GPA - 4.0/4.0
Years of Research Experience - 1 summer REU
GRE scores - 164 Q, 154 V, 4.0 AW
Prospective Graduate Progam - Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Prospective Graduate Schools - Duke (Contacted by and will interview/visit), Michigan, Illinois, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Florida, UCLA, Northwestern, Yale

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Here is my list (all mechanical, PhD):

Duke - contacted by and will visit/interview later this month

Also applied to and waiting to hear from Michigan, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Florida, UCLA, Northwestern, Yale.

Does anyone have any information regarding the interview process for most mechanical PhD programs? Any knowledge of the rate of acceptance for the students that are offered an interview?