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  1. hey,

    i think they have made all the decision over the email informally.

    the secretary said everyone should be notified abt decision today, april 27th. so check ur email later today

    btw did u go to open house?

    i am not expecting anything good from there though its my first choice.....i f-ed the interviews

  2. I recently got email stating I have been recommended for admission (BME Ph.D). No words on the MABE assistantship application. Graduate school wants me to submit financial statements to complete the admission process.

    There is no way I can join UTK w/o funding. What kind of funding can I expect from them? Searched all web and cant get information on this issue. Why would they accept a student when they cant fund? My application was complete like 1 week ago. 2 recommendation letters were lost over the mail and when i called to ask them about decision, they were like we are still missing ur 2 recos. Looks like they recommended me for admission as soon as my file was complete. In this situation what can be expected?

    Please share ur experiences in UTK, Knoxville, and especially the funding in MABE dept.

    thanks guys

  3. Why are you "waiting" to hear from two schools when you've already accepted an offer from another? That seems highly unethical. I thought the standard paradigm was to accept an offer then withdraw your applications from any other schools to which you applied and were either waiting for a decision or were already on a waitlist.

    I am waiting on Case also, my top choice, the rude and poor secretary has stopped answering the calls this week. Last week she said, "We have not made our final decisions yet. Emails will be send out by the weekend about the decision."

    Well, I am ready to wait couple of more weeks as long as I get accepted :)

  4. Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I am an international student; will have a US B.S. degree next month.

    I thought I could get about 450-500 in GRE verbal but it went terrible. Honestly, I am not offended by the question asking if I am an international student.

    New situation from my side is as follows:

    I have an option to continue in my current school where I will be funded $18,000/year if I join Ph.D program. But the reputation of the school is not that good. If rejected by remaining schools (TAMU, CWRU, UTK), I am thinking abt joining my current school (Ph.D. program) and may be I can produce couple of papers in first 2 years and apply to better programs. I will have to leave my current school with M.S. and I will officially be Ph.D. drop out. Will there be any problems in joining other programs when one is Ph.D. drop out? I cant just join M.S. program because I wont be funded for that and I cant continue w/o funding. Please share your opinions or experience or whatever story regarding it.

    In the mean time I plant to retake GRE and build a better application. Might be a silly question but how the heck do I improve in verbal section in GRE? I memorized about 1500 words (seem to forget most already). Its just that the time limit of 30 mins in verbal section seems to be really short for me. How did u all prepare for GRE? Especially other international students' experience might become really helpful to me.

    I sincerely look forward to hearing from you all and I appreciate all the help.

  5. Guys, I am in need of a serious suggestion. Please help.

    I am graduating this May. Have applied for grad school, 10 of 'em. I already got rejected by 6. I got accepted at Drexel University but w/o funding. I have emailed several professors asking for RA availability in their lab for accepted student but have not had any luck getting response. I am still waiting on 2 good program and I mediocre program. With all the rejection I got, I am not very optimistic anymore; aint really excited abt undergrad graduation next month either.

    My GRE was Q800, V370, W3.5; Institutional cGPA 3.95; Overal undergraduate cGPA 3.57

    I had 2 good recommendation letter and the third one was average i guess.

    So, my question to you all is - Is it good idea to join Drexel w/o funding for now and hunt for RA when I get there in first quarter? I talked to one of the current Ph.D student and he said thats one of the options but the grad secretary said very rare cases are there when a student joins Ph.D. program w/o funding expecting to get funded in the first quarter.

    Drexel is in Philadelphia, PA. Its an expensive city and their tuition is abt $1000/credit hr. So, it will be sort of gambling for me. But, if funded it is one the universities that i would love to go to.

    Please provide your views regarding it. all your suggestions are highly welcome and appreciated.

    - Case

  6. I was waitlisted on mid-march. BME dept told, they would decide by 4/10th. Havent heard nth since then. Today, my online status changed to "Graduate School Final Review".....Do u all think i am heading towards rejection?.... I am worried since the status changed without getting an email from BME department itself.....anyone noticed this change before official email from Grad school....if so, what was the outcome???-- thanks alot for input!

  7. Anyone joining BME in UMN this fall.......have u accepted the offer yet? when is the deadline to accept the offer......i am a waitlistee and have been checking emails a million times a day.....please reject the offer if u have made up you mind about joining some other school......thank u !!!

  8. oneone heard from CASE WESTERN BME.... I went to their open house....have not heard nth yet....

    Drexel Univ - accepted but no funding yet....anyone in this situation?

    Rejected - WashU, Vanderbilt

    waiting list - Univ MN.....anyone in this situation?

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