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Undergrad Institution: Small private, good engineering reputation, top 5/top 10 in BME depending on the toss at USN&WR's annual dartboard Major(s): Biomedical Engineering Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.65 Overall GPA: 3.62 Length of Degree: 4.5 years (8 semesters, but I did a co-op) Position in Class: Cum laude (at least top 35%) Type of Student: White American male GRE Scores: Q: 780 V: 570 W: 4.5 Research Experience: 7 month co-op at a medical device company, 9 months in a mechanical engineering lab job, no publications though Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Scholarships within my school, dean's honors, Gamma Sigma Alpha (Greek life honor society), graduated cum laude Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Fraternity president Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: I had one awful semester, but I had a 3.75 for my last two years. GRE isn't eye-popping but it doesn't really detract. I think I'm mostly limited by my lack of publications. I kicked ass on my co-op and got a good rec from the principal engineer, plus two other solid letters from professors. Applying for PhD at: Cornell - Biomedical Engineering - Pending Purdue - Biomedical Engineering - Pending Virginia - Biomedical Engineering - Interview, notified on 2/16, travel expenses paid Colorado - Chemical and Biological Engineering - Accepted on 1/14, tuition + $24,500, although I don't know the funding source Maryland - Biomedical Engineering - Pending Berkeley - Biomedical Engineering - Rejected via email on 2/2 GA Tech - Biomedical Engineering - Pending Michigan - Biomedical Engineering - Pending (Grew up in Michigan and was accepted for undergrad, but I doubt that matters.) BU - Biomedical Engineering - Pending I'm worried that I have 6 schools that have yet to contact me at this point. It seems like I would have heard already if people want to set up visits. I'm happy with my current acceptances, but I was hoping to have at least 1 or 2 more acceptances.

Congrats waiting! When is their interview weekend?

There's another GA Tech/Emory post on the board, so I'll be checking my email every 9 seconds.

Hey Dove, I'm looking at targeted drug and gene delivery. I'm not sure which weekend I'm going yet. I'm still holding onto the hope that I'll hear back from some more programs by the end of the week so I have a better idea of what my schedule looks like.

I got an interview invitation with UVA today. Their weekends are March 13-14 and 20-21. Finally, some good news.

Hey Dove, any news from BU, UVA, or Cornell? I haven't heard a thing.

I'm hoping the same thing about GA Tech. Today I got an email from Colorado saying my application was incomplete even though I got an acceptance letter via email on the 14th of last month. Needless to say that's kind of unsettling, but I'm hoping it's a simple administrative error.

I think the next two weeks should have some fairly high activity. I know that Maryland only sends out decisions by snail mail, but I'm not sure of any others.

It probably depends a lot on where you apply, but I don't think you have too much to worry about. I've heard of people getting shut out on medical and law school applications, but not so much for engineering. I'm getting nervous too, but be patient, you'll have good news soon!

Is anyone still getting recruiting emails from programs they didn't apply to? Seeing an email from "graduate admissions" that turns out to be one of those "we got your email from the GRE service" messages does bad things for my blood pressure.

I got my Berkeley rejection today. Oh well, I have 7 other places yet to hear from, I'm not terribly broken up.

Hey all, I figured I'd join in on the fun. I put in applications to UCB, Michigan, Maryland, Purdue, Colorado, Cornell, BU, Virginia, and GA Tech. I had good news from Colorado on the 14th, but nothing else yet. I'm a bit worried that I haven't heard from Berkeley, Michigan, or BU yet since it seems like they've already started accepting, but until I hear a no I guess I'll keep my head up. Best of luck to everyone!