[Materials Science and Engineering Applicant Profiles for 2019 Admission]

8 hours ago, Moods said:

Your application looks great! Congrats on being accepted to Minnesota and your interview with Oxford. I sadly have no idea about UIUC and Wisconsin. Good luck, though!

Thank you very much! Good luck to you.

[Materials Science and Engineering Applicant Profiles for 2019 Admission]

Undergrad Institution (approx. rank/reputation in STEM): Top 5 in China, very good reputation in engineering

Major(s): Chemistry
Overall GPA: 3.84/4.30 

Demographics/Background: International

GRE Scores:
Q: 168 (94%) 
V: 153 (61%)
W: 3.5 (41%)

LOR: 2 letters from home institute, 1 letter from my summer research tutor in Sydney U, 1 strong letter from well-knowned professor in my field of interest (write to only 2 universities)

Research Experience:  2-3 years research experience.

almost 1.5 years at inorgainic synthesis laboratory - synthesize and characterize porous materials 

3 months at top electron microscopy group- solve structure using HRTEM, electron diffraction (tomography)

3 months at another microscopy group - sample preparation and elemental anlysis

 

Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

no publication

 

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: 

several top scholarships from home institute 

 

Fellowships/Funding:

 

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 

 

Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments:

 

Anything else in your application that might matter (faculty connections, etc.):  contacted 3 profs and received positive feedbacks

 

Research Interests:

Microscopy

 

Institutions/Programs:  all MSE PhD's 

APPLIED (6)  - Northwestern, UIUC, Wisconsin-Madison, Minnesota(Accepted), UC Irvine, Oxford(Interview) 

seems that international students are not in the first round of acceptance/rejection for UIUC and Wisc ?