jrm2831
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Just received my acceptance letter with quarter tuition scholarship! good luck to all current and future applicants!
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Your application should be done soon enough, I just received my acceptance letter!
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Boston may be pretty expensive, but there are definitely ways to make it work, and the potential contacts to gain from around the city can make it worth the money.
If you are not used to the cold, it can be a lot at first. I did my undergrad in Rochester, NY(similar geography to Michigan State) and it snowed like 3/4 of the year. I wouldn't want to live there permanently, but going to school there was pretty manageable. To be fair, anywhere in the northern US is going to be a lot of cold.
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On 2/10/2020 at 10:13 AM, lilmermaid23 said:
Hi jrm! I also submitted my application on 1/15 and I’m going crazy!! Hopefully we’ll hear back by mid March if admissions follow recent trends. I applied to BME. Graduated from UCLA with a degree in Microbiology, Immunology, Molecular Genetics (3.5). 159 Q and 162 V 4.5 AW. Fingers crossed!
Good luck! BME is such an awesome discipline! I was hoping that I wouldn't have to wait that long for a decision, but I guess it's out of our hands now.
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I have not heard back, still going crazy haha.
I kind of have no choice but to stay in the Boston area, my wife has several small, family businesses in the area where we live, so moving is out of the question. The good news is Boston is a major hub in innovation and there is so much potential here!
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Undergrad Institution (approx. rank/reputation in STEM): Rochester Institute of Technology (pretty well regarded school, chruns out quite a lot of engineers/computer scientists
Major(s): Biotechnology
Minor(s): Chemistry, Business admin, marketing
GPA in Major: 3.65/4.00
Overall GPA: 3.24/4.00
Demographics/Background: US born male, 28 years old
GRE Scores:
Q: 154(56%)
V: 161 (89%)
W: 5.0 (91%)
LOR: 2 from professors from college, 1 from my boss
Research Experience:research assistant for 2 different labs in college
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:
Whole genome sequencing and annotation
of Bacillus safensis and Pseudomonas oryzihabitans from birds eye chili(not 1st author)Awards/Honors/Recognitions:
N/A
Fellowships/Funding:
N/A
Pertinent Activities or Jobs:
1 year-gas chromatography technologist for valeant pharmaceuticals
3.5 years-QC technician at QIAGEN
Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments:
Six sigma yellow belt
Research Interests:
Energy storage/green materials/renewable energy
Institutions/Programs:
Boston University, Umass Boston
Comments:
Is everyone in here applying for phD programs or masters? If you all are applying for masters ive got no chance haha.
I spent a lot of time bouncing around majors in college, i didnt have the luck of finding what i wanted to do early enough to really gain traction in my field(I switched into biotechnology halfway into my 3rd year of school) It was only until i was pretty much done at RIT did I figure out that the engineering field was for me. Since then ive moved to Boston and have been planning on entering the LEAP program at BU so i can get into a field that im pasaionate about.
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Reviving this thread (once again) since it's the largest source of LEAP testimony outside of the odd reddit thread or BU's website. Submitted my application last week(the 15th) for the Materials Science and Engineering LEAP program. I have pretty ok GRE scores(IMO a little mediocre for an engineering application) 155 Q 161 V 5.0 AW, a BS in Biotechnology with a 3.26 GPA and minors in chemistry, marketing and BA and also about 5 years work experience in a major biotech company. In addition, I retook Calc II at a community college in 2018 to refresh my calc abilities in preparation for this.
-Does anyone know the current competitiveness of the program?(some of the people in this thread have talked about that, but I don't think data from 2012 is entirely reliable in 2020)
-Does anyone know how long it takes for BU to make an admissions decision? its only been a week and im going crazy here.
Materials Science and Engineering Applicants of Fall 2020
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I sure will be! Been working on getting into this program since 2015.