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Wow, CEE at MIT! Congratulations! Your letters and SoP must've been kickass. Any news on funding for the MS, if you don't mind my asking?

The US News Report data is based on trends in the past several years. This year won't fall within those trends, since so many more engineers are applying for grad school with the rough economic state. Even considering the economy, though, 4% seems really low.

I'm actually an M.Eng student this year; I'll be taking a gap year to do some research (hopefully at a national lab) and apply to MS/PhD programs for the fall of 2010. I'm interested in science/technology policy, and I'm still researching programs in the area. MIT's TPP is obviously a top candidate... although I've no idea if I can get in. My end goal is PhD though, so I don't intend to apply for any terminal masters programs.

Hey folks, I'm also interested in the TPP program - would you applicants mind posting your profiles in this thread? It'd be nice to have an idea of what my chances are. Thanks!

Thanks to all who've posted so far! Lots of good information here. Boneh3ad, for the programs you've been admitted to without funding, were you accepted to the MS or PhD program?

I don't know about Davis' ECE department, but it's a good place to be if you're interested in PHEV's or all-electric vehicles. The Institute of Transportation Studies is huge, active, and renowned.

Congratulations jamsmad! If it's not too much trouble, could you both post your stats in this thread? Thanks!

I'd imagine that admissions in general for MS programs are less competitive than for PhD programs, since as you mentioned the school doesn't have to pay its MS students. It's a good question, though. It'd be interesting to have some data to analyze. *hum*

I'm not sure, but if more people would post their profile stats in the stickied thread (including notification dates and PhD vs. MS status), we could find out. Best of luck.

You're in. The graduate school process is just a rubber stamp. Congratulations! And post your friggin' stats at the top of the forum! :roll:

Thanks Nrets Your application looks really strong to me - great GPA and solid GRE scores. Although I was talking to the graduate secretary at my school, and she said that this year the median GRE quantitative score was 800. It seems like the GRE is kind of meaningless now, because engineering grad schools don't care about verbal/writing, and apparently 50%+ of applicants get perfect scores on the quantitative part. It's enough to make me think about retaking it, even though I got a 770 quant last time. Heh. Anyway, congrats on Cornell and good luck on MIT. You never know! P.S. Everyone else should post their profiles in the stickied thread at the top of this forum! Do it! :mrgreen:

I'm sure this year's rougher than most considering the state of the economy - fewer companies hiring means more applicants to grad programs, I'd wager. Congrats on getting in to Cornell, though - great school. Could you post your GPA/GRE scores and research experience? In fact, it'd be really helpful if you could post your stats on the stickied thread at the top of the forum. Thanks

Nice, congratulations! Could you post your GRE/GPA scores etc?

That's a good point - and it'll be pretty boring if the only conclusion this thread leads to is "people with good stats get into good schools." But it's not like those of us who've posted don't have our weaknesses. I mean, it took me seven years to finish undergrad - seven years! And anyway, it's anonymous. So please, post your stats! And thanks to canty2 and dove for posting yours.

You BME folks should post your profile information and decision status in this stickied thread so we can start correlating applicant stats and program decisions. Check the links in that thread to see what they've done at the physics PhD forums -- it's extremely handy. Thanks

You folks should post your stats in this thread so we can start correlating school decisions with applicant stats. Check out the links in that thread to see how they've done it at the physics PhD forums - it's extremely handy. Thanks!

I mentioned this in the Civil '09 thread as well, but it would be really helpful if some of you EE folks who have already heard from schools could post your stats (GRE, GPA, research, and acceptances/rejections..) in the 2009 profiles thread stickied at the top of the forum. It would be nice to get a coherent picture of what it takes to get into different grad schools.

It would be really helpful if you folks who've gotten admissions decisions could post your stats (GPA, GRE, research, etc) on the stickied thread at the top of the forum. Judging from all the "rate my chances" threads, I think a lot of people would like to know what it takes to get into the schools discussed in this thread.

EXAMPLE: I will apply for PhD programs in 2010, but here are my current stats. I'll add more schools as I decide on departments to apply to. ================================================================ Masters Institution: Private, good reputation Undergrad Institution: Mediocre public Major(s): Engineering Physics Undergrad Majors(s): Applied Math, Physics GPA in Major: 3.75 Overall GPA: 3.741 Length of Degree: 7 (Took time off in the middle - 4 years of actual undergraduate classes) Position in Class: Top quarter, ish Type of Student: Domestic white male GRE Scores: Q: 770 V: 700 W: 4.5 Research Experience: One year of modeling and optimizing energy flow in buildings. One year studying solar thermal energy applications in Central America. No publications yet. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Magna Cum Laude. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Physics TA, math tutor. Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Volunteer work in Central America on renewable energy systems and sustainable water supply. Applying for PhD at: Cornell - Mechanical - decision pending... Boulder - Civil (Engineering for Developing Communities) - decision pending... UW-Madison - Mechanical - decision pending... Stanford - Civil (Atmosphere/Energy) - decision pending... Berkeley - Energy and Resources Group - decision pending... Delaware - Energy and Environmental Policy - decision pending... Carnegie Mellon - Engineering and Public Policy - decision pending... UC-Davis - Energy Graduate Group - decision pending... MIT - Technology and Policy Program - decision pending... ==========================================================

Hi all, I thought that we engineering students, being of an analytical bent, would appreciate a thread like this one at PhysicsGRE.com. (There is also a thread from 2008; they've both proven extremely useful). The more people who post, the better our data will be about just what's required to get into various engineering programs. So share your stats! Here's the template (copy and paste it for easy, consistent formatting): ================================================================ Undergrad Institution: (School or type of school, such as big state, lib arts, ivy, technical, foreign (what country?)... Overall Reputation in Engineering?) Major(s): Minor(s): GPA in Major: Overall GPA: Length of Degree: (Are you graduating after 3, 4, or 5 years?) Position in Class: (No numbers needed, but are you top? near top? average? struggling?) Type of Student: (Domestic/International, male/female, minority?) GRE Scores: Q: V: W: TOEFL Total: (if applicable, otherwise delete this) Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications (Mth author out of N?) or conference talks etc...) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?) Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, organization officer etc...) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at: School - Department - decision/date/funding School - Department - decision/date/funding School - Department - decision/date/funding School - Department - decision/date/funding ================================================================