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  1. I didn't hear about any admits in Structures..

    I think every branch handles their own admission process, so I guess there must be someone in charge. I know that Dr Stojadinovic had something to do with it last year or a couple of years ago...

    Btw, I was told that Structures group usually receives about 350 applications, and they admit only around 50 students each year...

  2. Well, it might be that Cornell desires students in Applied Sciences because their Structural program is focused mainly on Computational Mechanics, etc.

    When I informed my US adviser (who graduated at Cornell) about this rejection, he wasn't surprised at all. His comment was smth like "Yeah, I am concerned about Cornell. They had a major faculty turnover recently.."

    Even though I would prefer an acceptance from Cornell, I can't say I'm stressed about getting a rejection.

  3. No, I contacted Graduate secretary.

    They are probably waiting for professors to receive funding so they can offer assistantship to the certain number of admitted students.

    I guess they sent out admission offers only to domestic PhD candidates they wanted the most (and who were granted a fellowship). That is my reasoning...

    Btw, does anyone know which professor is in charge for admission at Berkeley? Dr Stojadinovic maybe?

  4. Hey everyone,

    I just got a call from Lehigh University with an unofficial acceptance and a notification that I've been nominated for a fellowship--we should know within a few weeks whether I get it or not. Sweet. This week has been awesome so far with two acceptances. I have absolutely no motivation to get my current work done. I really need to finish my MS thesis before I move onto my PhD stuff haha. I should focus on graduating and spend less time obsessing over next fall and constantly refreshing this post and the results search.

    I hope today and next week everyone in this thread hears back positive decisions from their schools!

    Beyond elated,

    -phunky

    Congratulations phunky! Things are looking good for you!

    I really do hope to hear something in the next couple of weeks. Waiting is killing me...

  5. Even though I think the information we provide here might be completely misleading, here we go:

    Undergrad GPA: 9.70/10.00 (regionally reputable European Univ)

    GPA at the US uni: 3.90/4.00

    Top student of my class

    GRE Q: 790

    TOEFL: 108

    Honors, Awards, Fellowships: Many honors based on GPA, 1 year full exchange scholarship at the US state uni, grant for a research project at famous European uni

    Research exp: 7 months of research experience in the US; will have some more this semester at the aforementioned European uni

    Publications: Coauthored a conference proceeding (ACI Conference)

    Internship: 3 summers of professional internship (nothing fancy though)

    LoRs: a really good one from my research supervisor in the US, another one from a US professor (a pretty good one I believe), a perfect one from a European prof

    SoP: I love to think it looks great; but I am not sure any more :)

  6. Nope, I'll have only a 3-year Bologna degree which is similar to the US Bachelor degree. That's why I thought it may be an advantage for me.

    Anyway, does anybody know how much V and AW scores matter? Is MIT using the GRE as a way to reduce the number of applications at the very beginning, or do they actually care a lot about it? Of course, I am concerned only about the Civil Engineering Dept philosophy on this matter. Btw, they mention on their website that successful applicants score above 750 in Q, but they don't mention V and AW...

  7. Thanks for advice Moghi.

    I have one more question. Do you think that the coursework completed could make an impression on admission committee? For example, I have taken PS concrete, Intro to EQ engineering, EQ steel design, Advanced Structures, Advanced Mechanics of Materials and Intro to Bridge Design as undergrad. I think that most of the undergrad students haven't taken those classes, so would that give me any advantage over the other applicants?

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