[Materials science 2011]

I just got my acceptance from Caltech MatSci, about an hour after my rejection from MIT. Still waiting on Harvard Applied Physics, however I figure they're done and I'm just waiting for a postal rejection notification. Now deciding between Princeton, Caltech and Northwestern. The UIUC visit was only so-so.

congrats, you've done exceptionally well to gain admission to most of the schools you applied to! i've only been admitted to one.. bummer!

i also applied to northwestern but have not heard anything from them, guess it's another rejection in the mail..

which school are you leaning towards out of all the acceptances you've got so far?

[Materials science 2011]

MIT materials science decisions are out! received my rejection email last weekend.. congrats to those who were admitted!

anyone heard from Harvard for applied physics?

[Materials science 2011]

Has anyone heard anything from Berkeley MSE?

There aren't many (I think 1) results about it this year on the results page, so maybe they haven't told people about acceptances yet.

It's getting late in the game and I'd like to have my options on the table before I start more seriously considering where I want to go.

I received an acceptance email from the UCB MSE department head in late Jan but other schools have been eerily quiet since then..

what other schools did you apply to emandar?

[2011 Applicant Profiles and Results]

Undergrad Institution: Melbourne Uni + ANU (Australian Unis)

Major(s): Chemistry

Minor(s): -

GPA in Major: 3.9

Overall GPA: 3.7

Length of Degree: 4 years undergrad + 2 year research Master

Position in Class: near top?

Type of Student: International asian male

GRE Scores:

Q: 790

V: 590

W: 3.5

Research Experience: 2 undergrad research projects totalling around 1.5 years (1 first authored pub) + 1 year Honours (1 first authored pub) + 2 year Master (1 second authored pub)

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Various scholarships

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for 1 sem during Honours

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:

Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at:

All applications were for PhD

UIUC - Material Science - rejected (20 Jan 2011)

UC Berkeley - Material Science - Accepted (22 Jan 2011)

UC Santa Barbara - Material Science - pending

Harvard - SEAS (Applied Physics) - pending

MIT - Material Science - pending

Northwestern - Material Science - pending

Minnesota - Material Science - pending

UM Amherst - polymer eng. - pending

[How many runs they have....]

Thanks a lot for your reply!!! - it seems we are in the same area - soft matter/colloids science - my undergraduate school is not world-renowned university - so that may also let down my apps - anyway - the schools I shot are all great programs - feel very intense these days actually...any good profs in Berkeley are big shots in Soft condensed matter? -

Good luck on our apps......

Berkeley takes a very chemical approach to soft matter -- they have world-class facilities (molecular foundry, LBNL and ALS) and a great chemistry department.. the guy i want to work for at Berkeley is Alivisatos, he does alot of work on quantum dots and nanocrystals..

you have an advantage in that you're already conducting research at Harvard and churning out papers...

i think publications are way more important than scores. having a publication (not to mention you have a handful) tells an adcomm that you have real research experience and able to work in a team to produce an academic article whereas good score just means you're good at sitting exams..

personally, i feel that we stand a good chance.. ~Fighting!~

[How many runs they have....]

i also applied to MIT DMSE and freaked out when i saw they have started to inform applicants of the outcomes..

i've heard from 2 schools in the past week, rejected by UIUC but got a positive response from Berkeley..

my stats are very similar to yours..

BS: GPA 3.7/4.0, 2 first authors papers is australian journal of chemistry and soft matter.

MS: research-based, 1 co-authored paper in Langmuir and submitted 2 more to langmuir and soft matter, respectively.

GRE: V590, Q790, AW3.5

from your stats, you seemed to have good reason for applying to those schools.. is UPenn your backup?

i'm sure you'll at least get into northwestern.. i contacted 2 Northwestern professors and they really liked that i have some publications too.. perhaps you've been let down a little by your AW.

Have not got any response from any schools yet - waiting is so painful.....saw MIT DMSE had sent out their admissions??

BS: GPA 3.5/4, two first author papers in POLYMER, 1 co-author paper in JAPS

MS: GPA 4/4, one first author paper, one co-author paper in Biomacromolecues -

current research assistant at Harvard/MIT - one co-author paper submitted to Nature Methods - two pending work (one just sent our to PNAS)

GRE: V600+Q790+AW3 ((((

two strong letter from Harvard prof and my MS advisor -

App to: MIT, Northwestern, Upenn, harvard, Berkeley, Caltech - i knew it was riskyyyyy...sigh