I am an internacional applicant (from Peru), and at this time I've been admitted to UT Austin (no single word for financial aid yet) and Carnegie Mellon (12.5k tuition aid). I am pursuing a MS in Construction Engineering and Project Management. Still waiting for UC Berkeley and U Illinois at UC. In addition to the grad schools mentioned, I've applied to: Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Purdue, Michigan, Northwestern, Northeastern and University of Southern California. No word from them yet.
My profile:
GRE: 770Q, 430V, 3.5 AWA
TOEFL: 91 iBT
GPA: 14.8 (0-20), 8th out of 45 students.
1.5 years of work experience in the field.
1 Thesis research about Risk Management of Contruction Projects
Strong recommendations (1 from academic provost and 1 from university president, both were my teachers at undergraduate and are civil engineers)
My undergrad university is the best in the country.
I want to know more people applying to this program and their admission results!