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I just got a rejection email. Oh well, I kind of expected it at this point. Good luck.

According to your post you applied to FIT for a PhD though, not an MS, so your decision would depend on your eventual career goals. Also something to think about: CUNY may have less expensive tuition but the cost of living in NYC is gonna be pretty darn high. Not enough to make up for the tuition difference, but a factor that should also weigh in to your decision if money is tight.

It's really not tough at all, a lot of people in Penn engineering end up going in to finance and consulting related jobs. UPenn SEAS is more heavily recruited for that sector than actual engineering, IMO.

Really? That's really odd. Are you going for MS or PhD?

Got a letter today: "You are officially on the wait list with 50 other students. Final decisions will be made in May. Traditionally only one or two students from the wait list are admitted. You should continue to develop alternative plans for continuing your graduate education." Slightly better than being outright rejected, at least...but effectively means the same thing.

3.9/4.0 BSEE and 4.0/4.0 MSEE

So I heard back from Berkeley with an admit! Stats are: US citizen graduating from BS/MS program, no published papers, 2 summers of research exp + MS thesis. GRE: 780 math, 620 verbal, 5 writing

Yes, I will post them on the other thread for EE admissions (since this one is MIT EECS)

No one from my area (3) has reported anything yet on gradcafe, so there still might be a chance...in any case, I am going to assume I didn't get in until I hear otherwise.

Almost all of the admits from MIT EECS seem to be CS though. I'd guess that they didn't send out EEs yet.

@drunk It was maybe 20-25 mins? I talked about projects I'd worked on, etc, then started to get into more technical stuff. It ended kinda early I thought, which is why I am skeptical. I wasn't given a specific date of when I'd hear back, just that it would be "soon".

Yes, I was the one who posted the interview. I've emailed back and forth with the prof. a bit, but he's been really slow to respond (~4-5 days). He did tell me that I'd be hearing back soon, whatever that means. Also, someone posted an MIT EECS admit on the results page claiming a "$50,000/year stipend and $25,000 Chris Tallman Fellowship"...based on past reports, this is early for MIT, not to mention the stipend is crazy.