thedaydreamer

Yes, Georgia Tech interviews are the last weekend of March

@Polar: On the note of Chem.E, I have a friend who got in at UIUC and visited last week for PhD Chem.E

@Polar: Sorry ! I was referring to BME...

@Polar: I got admitted to Purdue around first week of February, was invited to the open-house but never attended.

waiting_it_out: Congratulations !!!! Yes, I am 99.9% sure about going to Gatech I got into the PKU-BME program and am going to stick with it, would be cool if I could do a year in China but lets see otherwise will switch to BME. The two people I am interested in, work at Emory so I am thinking the BME program will be more beneficial for me. What about you?

@Halycon - I think that it includes fees other than those billed for credit hours. Student fees, activity fees, recreation fees, engineering college fee etc. Getting a full tuition waiver takes care of the xyz$/credit hour fee and not the others. That is what was told by a grad student during the interview weekend.

Yes!!! Got in at Georgia Tech/Emory for BME PhD. Had the interview from Sunday-Tuesday and got the email today

Well I have stayed in Fayetteville for the last 4 years and honestly I do not find a ton to do. The best things are hiking, back packing, fishing, hunting, canoeing and out-door stuff. Limited bars/club. Nightlife sucks if you are planning to be here long term. The closest fun city is Dallas which is still 6 hours away. Most of the fun stuff is hanging out watching movies, pot-luck parties, wii game nights, pool and bowling. Flying from XNA sucks since you always have to get a connecting flight hence costs are more. Cost of living is low. Having a car is a must here if you want to get around. It is a good place to start off, I have made the best of friends here and loved undergrad. But I would recommend another city if you are looking for a life outside school.

@Piyush: Congratulations on the interview! As far as I know interviews are pretty important but they only select applicants who are given serious consideration for interviews. I guess just be prepared to tell your research interest, background, why you want to go to WashU and which professors you are interested in. Good luck!

jayhawk3: I don't know about the Boston area but I recently visited UPitt and the average GPA was a 3.8. They said that this year was the most competitive pool. From what I know the Boston schools in general have more applicants so the GPA requirement might be a 3.8. But your research matters a lot, if you have a paper published or something, that is an admit Good luck!

Keeping my fingers crossed for Georgia tech!

I am thinking about going to Boston University. Which place is best to live there? Plus I am going to buy a car the next week, is it preferable to not have a car in Boston? What if the car is from a different state? How about parking at BU and off-campus?

Any thoughts on Boston and Atlanta? I also have an offer at Pittsburgh and I was there over summer and loved the place. Haven't been to Boston or Atlanta yet. Atlanta depends on the admit so right now between BU and Pitt.

I applied to BU for PhD in Biomedical Engineering. I received an admission letter around January end and open house invitation via email in the first week of Jan.

Thanks rbme. That helps. I just wish the profs have openings and are willing to take students!

Waiting_it_out - From what I have heard about Gatech it depends on the students they plan on taking. Last year it was 28, but the year before that it was only 8 students. I am keeping my fingers crossed that a lot of people graduate this year and we all stand a chance! I don't have any ideas about CMU but if I get any info will let you know.

@OchemE - I am a BioE student. Congrats on the awesome admits!

@faccha - I am an international student but doing my undergrad in the US i.e I am on a student visa. I know at least one american student who got rejected my MIT. I am not sure how the process works either. Good luck!

@Faccha - MIT emailed quite a bit of rejects last friday. If you haven't got one yet, you are still in the running ! Good luck!

Congratulations waiting ! I guess I will be seeing you at Gatech then. Good luck

Rejected by MIT :|

So has anyone heard from MIT yet? I had received an email two weeks ago stating my application is complete and under review, decisions to be made mid-late February. Just wondering if they have started sending out any invites/rejects yet. I wish I could just fast forward time till April so that I don't have to wait anymore. Can't even decide plans for spring break till MIT gets back

Freshprince: Yes, that is what it seems like. From what the person at the Grad office said was they have called all the 'potential' students for interviews. So even if they reject some interviewees they will still have students to fill up the seats for 2009. I am not keeping any hopes on UCSD, waiting on MIT now ! Good luck with your interview !

Well a note to all the people still waiting on UCSD. I called them today (again) and the person told me that the committee is again meeting today. But the committee has already sent out invites for interviews for the students they want to have at UCSD. For the others, the committee has made decisions and is going to be sending out official rejections soon and a couple students may be put on the waitlist but the ones on the waitlist won't know till late March/early April about admissions as it depends only if the the admitted students decline UCSD. So there is another reject pretty much...

Another question to the Gatech people. I have been invited for an interview there March 8-10. Any idea how many cut offs are made at the interview and what it is like?