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Hey! Yeah, I've been invited to the BU and NCSU open houses I can't make it to BU's Feb. 22nd visit weekend because of some other travel ? But I will likely be visiting them on March 1st. Are you going to the Feb 22nd one?

Thank you @Moods! Your application profile looks great too, good luck!

Will do, thanks @benmaterials! Good luck!

Undergrad/Grad Institution (combined 5 year B.S/M.S program) : University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Major(s): Materials Science and Engineering Minor(s): German Undergrad GPA in Major: 3.46/4.00 Overall Undergrad GPA: 3.46/4.00 Grad GPA: 3.80/4.0 Demographics/Background: US born South Asian woman GRE Scores: Q: 163 V: 165 W: 4.0  LOR: 1 from University Prof with whom did research during my Masters year, 1 from Fulrbright research supervisor (10 month research), and 1 from current boss at National Lab (1 yr of research)  Research Experience: Research throughout undergrad and Masters year with 2 diff groups (no thesis), NSF REU at Northwestern, 10 months research at Solid State materials Institute in Germany through Fulbright Scholarship, Currently doing research at Los Alamos National Lab (1yr) Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: 2 publications - 1 experimental from undergrad (3rd author), 1 theory from work at LANL (2nd author) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: University scholarships, Fulbright Research Grant Fellowships/Funding: None (did not apply due to lower GPA and GRE scores) Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Current Job at LANL. Research Interests: Optoelectronics and Photonics, 2D nanomaterials (all my research experiences have been in these areas) Institutions/Programs: MSE PhD programs at: UPenn, Penn State, Cornell, NCSU, UW Madison, Minnosota, UC San Diego, Columbia, Brown, Boston University, RPI, Ohio State (will apply), UPitt (will apply), Northwestern (stretch), UIUC (stretch), UCSB (stretch) Comments: Nervous about my lower GPA and GRE scores. Given my stats and the fact that I've applied to most programs pretty close to the deadline, I'm not sure if I will hear back anytime soon. Wondering if I should have applied to more safeties? Really hope something will work out! Good Luck to Everyone!