School: top 5 US engineering 
Major: mechanical eng 
Minor: biology 
Overall GPA: 3.9 
Type: domestic male 
 
GRE: 800Q, 620V, 4.5AW 
 
Research Experience: 
1.5 years at school 
2 summers at national lab 
starting another project this semester at school 
 
Honors/Awards: 
quite a few, but mostly school level 
 
Pubs: 
1st author in respected peer-reviewed journal, upcoming conference, provisional patent 
 
Undergrad TA: 
2 mechanical eng classes for 3 semesters 
 
Applied to: 
Berkeley 
Caltech (bioE) 
Carnegie Mellon 
Georgia Tech (bioE) 
MIT 
Michigan (bmed) 
Stanford 
 
Not invited to Caltech interview, so rejection? 
No word yet from any other schools, so getting a bit anxious... 
 
Best of luck to all!