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I have declined Purdue since last month, hopefully it helps you guys who are still on the waitlists

simply go to the website and click "Accept"... No congratulations reply... I should have done some thing mote fancily>"<

From what I know from my friend in EE PhD, you have 1 hour to see 10 professors individually. Each professor will give you a problem, and you have to solve/ suggest solutions in 5 mins, then move onto the next one. I heard the passing percentage is ~ %50-60. So it is pretty competitive.

If it is very hard to go from MS to PhD, IMO this is your problem, provided that you have all connections, networking, and opportunities to work with professors. Abt the info that all PhD Mechanical are funded, thats what I have asked the Dean and the Chair of ME department at Stanford. Maybe they are wrong, I guess...

Surely there is no free lunch: Stanford knows exactly what they have in order to offer to students. If unfunded MS is no good, it will eventually show up and affect the department's reputation. The department have thought of that, or have not realized that? I dont know. Maybe you know that.

yah, same day ... April Fool ...

I went to the Admit Day for MS program last week. IMO, Stanford is amazing, campus is gorgeous, professors are very knowledgeable, very friendly and approachable. As I did a little survey, most of the students who joined with me on the day are not funded. Some professors do hire TA/RA but it is competitive within a department as well. Still, PhD are all funded. You just need to find the professors who want you to work with and sign the paperwork for you. However, I've found out that those students who want to go there are very goal-driven. They know what they are doing, and exactly what they can get from obtaining Stanford degrees. I've heard a lot of stories about starting up companies from the current students (MS & PhD). You can also take classes from other departments (law, business, engineering management) as your electives, so I count it as an advantage. The cost living is actually very high, housing is over $800/ month. Gas is $4.15/ gal. But it is the view from the SF Bay, and the weather is just perfect (for those who are from the east side like me). Last but not least, the school name says it all. I just clicked accept on the Axess yesterday. Good luck on your decision

Finally I got rejected from UCB & I'm an international student with US degrees... kinda sad but I am curious to know the profiles of those people who got accepted...

To find stress and strain at a certain point, apply the Mohr's circle. Go around the circle with a right attitude and right angle

Think it this way: 300 millions people in US and even more can speak English, but only 3 millions can do engineering jobs. English is some thing you'll learn along the way. Engineering materials are much harder to grasp

I am waiting for this school too... I emailed them for status inquiry and they reply: _________________________________________________________ Dear #####: Applicants offered admission and who have also been awarded a fellowships will be sent a letter of admission and award by April 1. Applicants offered admission only, or admission with financial support administered by the department, will be notified as the department makes its recommendations, usually by the end of April for the fall semester. Applicants who are not offered admission will be notified by the departments as they make their decisions. Best. _____________________________________________

I would say Stanford is at a higher level than UTAustin, thats why it is a dream school for everyone... It is not accidental why Google, Facebook, Sun Microsystems, etc founder/ CEOs came from that school. You have to invest to get the money out of it

I am not sure about the UIUC aerospace program. but I've been to Purdue and conducted summer research program over there. IMO, Purdue is great for aerospace program. They have a very spacious lab nearby school just for space shuttle testing. I've been to their physics lab and visualized the particle accelerometer! It is huge, and could be useful for any aerospace research. Neil Armstrong came from that school along with over 30 astronauts from that school too. I've heard that 3/4 of NASA research lab came from Purdue. UIUC: I've never been there, cant say more...

Dont feel bad! When you are rejected by the schools, they automatically send you that template email without further soliciting, and I dont think they would cry and feel sorry as you are now haha