ICE 9JA

where do u think u are going to end up?

BTW FYI I arranged the schools in order of preference to go to if given the same offer to all so if Stanford or CMU doesn't give me an great offer, I am going to Texas. A really good school and I am happy with that admit. Thank God for it

First of all, your profile is fine...dont worry...if you are aiming high, what should i be thinking...you can't succeed without aiming high. On that note, try and email one professor at each school to get your name out there now that they are beginning to look at applications. I even emailed some professors I did not mention in my SOP just to have more options. hope that helps and goodluck...I am sure you will be fine

BTW ur GRE Q score is just right

Dude good luck bro ur stats are on FIREEEE

BTW good luck on yours and we may even end up in the same department or school

I would like to start by saying these type of chats are really interesting especially the physics and math ones. Hopefully, the engineering one becomes booming like that soon. Also, I would like to write small details about mine if it is interesting Undergrad Institution: Small Midwest Liberal Arts School, known regionally and pretty good in engineering to my surprise Major(s): Mechanical Engineering Minor(s): Engineering Management, Mathematics (Just added the math one my final semester because I had time) GPA in Major: 3.944 (got my first B+ in an engineering subject in my senior design class because of a bad team) Overall GPA: 3.817 (had C average in the two freshman year seminar classes...its a bunch of BS anyway) Length of Degree: 4 years Position in Class: either 1st or 2nd (the girl doesnt speak of her gpa...haha) Type of Student: International male GRE Scores (old version): BTW the GRE is just an annoying exam I had to prepare for while working full time at an engineering firm Q: 800 (94%) expected it going in but didnt after taking the test but thank God it happened V: 370 (26%) I memorized a lot of frequent words from Barrons, only 3 came out...hahaha my luck right W: 3.5 (27%) expected a 4 cuz I did not prepare for this section and I thought I nailed one of the essays down TOEFL Total: graduating from the US so it would be waived...hopefully...haha Research Experience: not really. My senior project is on study of vortex shedding frequency of a wind turbine blade. I am in charge of the experimental part using a suction type wind tunnel to test it. Wrote all the LabVIEW programs, designed the experiment. Also perfoming modal analysis on the blade model to compare my results to the natural blade frequency Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list every semester...kinda cool I thought....in various honor societies...nothing overly special Pertinent Activities or Jobs: well I am working part time at Dana Holding Corporation after my full time job during the summer...not research related obviously Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Not sure Special Bonus Points: One of my recommender graduated from MIT and Michigan and gave me a stellar LOR (He is quite famous and studied witha professor at Clemson) Also, another one is the Dean of the engineering department and knows me quite well (school is quite small so no biggie....besides I am the only black guy in the graduating mechanical engineering department....hahaha). All the rest were great LOR apart from my academic advisor who wrote one for Michigan (that may just kill my application there...ow well). Had a decent SOP that reflects my interest a little. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I m 20. I am from Nigeria ...just wanted to say that somewhere...hahaha. Taking a percussion class because I want to learn to play the drums...dont judge me...hahaha. Also not a lot of tough classes this final semester. I have already taking Combustion which is done only in graduate school..I think...haha. Applying to Where: All PhD positions in mechanical engineering except for MIT and Stanford because they do not accept direct entry into the PhD programs. Research interest are in Thermodynamics (Energy Conversion..more or less), Combustion, Fluid mechanics and heat transfer MIT Stanford Caltech CMU UTexas Michigan Rice Cornell Princeton Georgia Tech Clemson(my only safety)- Accepted (no funding yet) (Jan 2nd on the site) Hope this is good for everyone and yeah...GOODLUCK to everyone and I hope you get to the grad school of your choice _________________________________