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Damn "name" you never told me your GPA was that high :-o

Just a note for those interested - I have decided to matriculate at Stanford this fall.

Undergrad Institution: Big state school with great engineering reputation Major(s): Bioengineering GPA in Major: 3.8 Overall GPA: 3.8 Length of Degree: 3 years, followed by 1-year thesis-based masters at same school Position in Class: Near top Type of Student: Domestic male GRE Scores: Q: 800 V: 660 W: 5.5 MCAT Score: 42S (15 Biological Sciences, 14 Physical Sciences, 13 Verbal Reasoning) Research Experience: 4 years research at my institution, 2 summers at MIT/HST. Amazing recommendations, one publication. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Lots of honor societies/awards, but nothing major. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Teaching AIME/USAMO competition math to high school students, also an MCAT instructor. Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Medical volunteer work in Costa Rica and Tanzania. Applying for Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering PhD at: Washington University in St. Louis - Accepted 1/16, Declined, 1 year fellowship ($27,000) Boston University - Accepted 1/23, Declined, 1 year Distinguished BME Fellowship ($27,300) USC - Accepted 2/23, Declined, 5 year Provost's fellowship ($30,000) Caltech - Interviewed 2/20, Accepted 3/2, Declined, 1 year DEAS fellowship with guaranteed funding for 4 years ($28,000) Stanford - Interviewed 2/27, Accepted 3/8, 2 year Bioengineering fellowship ($29,600) - MATRICULATING HERE THIS FALL! Berkeley/UCSF - Interviewed 2/23-24, Accepted 3/9, Declined, 1 year fellowship ($27,000) U Penn - Interviewed 3/6, Accepted 3/24, Declined, HHMI-NIBIB Interfaces Fellowship ($27,540) Johns Hopkins - Interviewed 3/13, Accepted 3/22, Declined, NIH fellowship ($26,855) Duke - Offered interview, withdrawn University of Washington - Offered interview, withdrawn Columbia University - Offered interview, withdrawn MIT/HST - Rejected 2/15 - Saddest day of my life.

UIUC has a FANTASTIC EE program, especially in the area of photonics and electromagnetics - we've got some major impact in the field with faculty such as Nick Holonyak. Also, it seems that reputation-wise, saying you came from UIUC EE has a little more leverage than saying you came from Georgia Tech, but it may just be the people I've interacted with. Disclaimer: I did my undergrad at UIUC.

Just got a rejection letter from HST - apparently they're sending out interview invites/rejections at the same time, and unfortunately I fell in the latter category. Kind of bummed right now... I know I should be happy with my interviews at other great schools, but HST was far and beyond my top choice.

Anyone else waiting to hear from MIT? I'm surprised they don't offer interviews - is an applicant limited to only what he/she can put on paper?

For those of you wondering about HST/MEMP: "Interview invitations began going out last week and will continue going out this week." I'M SO NERVOUS

From what I've heard about Duke, they have three official interview weekends - Jan 31, Feb 27, and another one in March. My friend and I were both contacted personally by a BME professor in mid-January (Jan 22 for me), and after phone interviews he and I were invited to the Jan 31 and Feb 27 weekends respectively. I haven't received an official interview letter; however, it may be due to the fact that I had a conflict and so I've been working my visit out privately with Kathy Barbour, the administrative assistant in the Duke BME office.

Undergrad @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Applied for the most part to Bioengineering PhD programs. Accepted: Boston University, WashU, U Penn Interviews: Stanford, Hopkins, Caltech, Berkeley, UW, Columbia, Duke Haven't heard from: MIT EECS, Harvard HST, Cornell It's going to be a really busy next couple of weeks - I'm pretty much gone for interviews from 2/19 to 3/15. I just hope HST will get back to me soon, I'm seeing my chances there start to ebb away...