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Undergrad Institution (approx. rank/reputation in STEM): Science and Tech Institute in Asia. 200-250 in the world. Major(s): BSc in Chem. eng and MSc in BME Minor(s): BSc in BME GPA in Major: 3.70/4.30 (undergraduate) Overall GPA: 3.72/4.30 (undergraduate) and 4.21/4.3 (graduate) Demographics/Background: International asian male GRE Scores: Q: 158 V: 168 W: 4.0 LOR: One from PI that I've been working for during the last 4 years as undergrad and MSc research assistant, and one from assistant professor at another university who I'm working for as a contract-based researcher. The third one is from famous Professor in the field, I've completed a 2-month internship in his lab in the US during undergraduate years. Research Experience: About 4 years of experience (2 as an undergrad + 2 as MSc student) Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: One poster presentation at well-known international conference and One podium presentation at Local conference. One first-author publication that was already published, another first author article under review at a Journal (IF ~10), one co-author article under review at another journal (~9), 1 small first-author article that I'm planning to submit soon (IF ~ -5-6), and another co-author article that I expect to be submitted by the application deadline. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Full tuition scholarship for international student. Monthly stipend for living expenses. Best Podium Presentation Award at a conference Summer UROP Travel scholarship. Magna Cum Laude (not sure if it even counts as an award) Scholarship to attend Summer Data analysis & Machine learning camp. Fellowships/Funding: None yet Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for General Biology class, TA for Bioinstrumental Analysis class, TA for English Writing tutorial service, Science Mentor at 2 International Biology Olympiad Training camps. Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: Anything else in your application that might matter (faculty connections, etc.): Research Interests: bioMEMS, biosensors, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip Institutions/Programs: All bioengineering, biological engineering, biomedical engineering programs University of California, Los Angeles Columbia University University of California, Berkeley California Institute of Technology University of California, San Diego Johns Hopkins University Stanford University University of Washington Cornell University Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Yale University Carnegie Mellon University The University of Chicago Georgia Tech University of Pennsylvania UC Irvine Boston University I haven't contacted anyone yet. Comments: Thank you johnvln! It happens that we share the same research areas, so I hope that you don't mind me using your post as a template for mine.

I know people who got their rejections from Cornell already I wonder why they won't just notify everyone rejected at the same time, isnt their system automated anyway.

Got my rejection from Harvard. Does anyone know if there's any hope in waiting for Cornell and GT?

Does anyone have info on Harvard BE? Did they finish sending out acceptances? Do they accept only after interviews?

Hi. I contacted Cornell on 11th, and was told that decisions are still being made and that they expect to be done by the end of this month. On the same day, Harvard told me that they are also still making decisions and that they expect to complete sending out decisions by 15th of March. GAtech I think already sent out all interview invites, so if one didn’t get any notifications, I think it’s rejection

I still don't completely understand why schools won't just send their rejections already. It's such a torture...

Hi! Congrats! No, unfortunately he hasn't mentioned anything like that, I assume because he's not a member of admissions committee this year.

Does anyone know if Georgia Tech BME accepts any students without interviews? I reached out to POI, and was told that GT already sent out interview invites to applicants in US, and that official acceptance letters will go out in mid March. and regarding international applicants he said this: "If applying from overseas, likely few if any have received letters yet." So I was wondering if there are any international applicants here who had skype interview for GT BME?

Thank you for the suggestion! Tried emailing her today, and finally received a reply! It didn't give me any closure though. the tale as old as time, that they are still working on decisions, and that i should be waiting until the end of this month. I highly doubt any programs would be sending out their decisions this late, so I am just giving up at this point.

I haven't gotten any response to several of my emails, while interestingly some people do. My head just overthinks everything at this point, so I was here wondering if that's cause I am likely to be accepted/rejected.

Are there any international applicants who are still waiting for updates from Cornell, GT, UIUC? Do we have any hope or is it time to finally give up ?

Hi! Did anyone here appy to UIUC BE? Any updates on your status?

Does anyone know if Harvard BE admits only by interview? If i haven't received any invitation for interview in january, I am most probably rejected?

Hi. International here as well. Haven't heard back from 6/7 schools I applied to. This waiting game is hard..

So I guess UPenn can be crossed out if I haven't received an invitation for interview by now?

Those who applied to Cornell BME and did not receive any updates, what does your status on applyweb says? Mine has been at "In Progress" state ever since I submitted my application. I've also contacted the grad admissions office (Miss Floyd) by email a few times, but did not get any response so far.

For those who have not received any decisions from Umich, this is the response I received from the admission committee regarding the status of my application: "Thank you for your email. The admissions committee has reviewed your application and no decision has been made. However, it is not likely that you will be admitted since we received a high number of outstanding applications and have limited openings. Final decisions will be made in late March. Let me know if you have any questions."

Thanks for the insight! I truly hope they'll send out more interviews in the coming days. BTW, I noticed you also applied to Cornell? Did you hear anything from there? p/s my specialty is microfluidics/lab-on-a-chip

So if I didn't get invitation for UPenn interview by now, it must be a rejection, huh?

Any international who received Cornell's decision today? There are no internationals (with degree outside of US) so far in the results panel who received Cornell admission.

Received my decision for Ph.D. today. Rejected

Are there any other international applicants who did not receive any updates? I applied to UCLA, UIUC, UMich, UPenn, Georgia Tech, Cornell, Harvard.

If the recruitment date for UCLA is 2/6-2/7, shouldn't they send out their decisions/interviews this/next week?

Just noticed that some students were getting invitations on Saturday. I'm an international and haven't heard anything.

This may sound dumb, but what exactly is the "recruitment" date for UCLA? Is it a period during which they'll be sending out their invitations for interview? Thanks!