Civil & Environmental Engineering - Fall 2018 Applicants

[strawberrykat]

Hi guys. I haven't seen many Civil & Environmental Engineering applicants on the site so I figured I would start a thread for the few that exist. I would love to know what schools people have already heard back from. 

So far I have been accepted to PhD programs at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Virginia Tech, and Northwestern. 

[STEMinist]

14 hours ago, strawberrykat said:

Hi guys. I haven't seen many Civil & Environmental Engineering applicants on the site so I figured I would start a thread for the few that exist. I would love to know what schools people have already heard back from. 

So far I have been accepted to PhD programs at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Virginia Tech, and Northwestern. 

Would you mind posting your stats? From the GEM fellowship, I'm going to the CEE Open House at Northwestern next week, but I haven't gotten an acceptance, did they reach out to you about that too, or just accepted you?

[STEMinist]

That's awesome! What other schools did you apply to? I applied to UF, Georgia Tech, Vandy, and Northwestern, I'm really considering Northwestern, it seems great so far.

[strawberrykat]

I agree, it does seem like a cool school. I really like their emphasis on "whole brain engineers."

I also applied to Carnegie Mellon, and then 2 reach schools Stanford and MIT (don't really expect to hear back from those lol).

Are you pursuing a master's or PhD in civil/environmental?

[STEMinist]

I liked that part about the school too, I applied for PhD, you?

[strawberrykat]

PhD as well

[ibtes]

Master's applicant here.

Transportation applicant. Applied to MIT, Berkeley, UT, UW, Northwestern, Michigan; didn't hear back from any of them yet.

[strawberrykat]

Cool! I haven't seen many transportation students.

Also I didn't realize Northwestern was so popular

[STEMinist]

Me neither! I know it's a great school but never particularly heard of it being big with engineering. Did you get any additional information about details regarding the open house? 

[strawberrykat]

Not yet. Do you guys know of anyone else that applied to civil/environmental programs and if they have heard back from any schools?

[ibtes]

Nope... My professor was a little surprised when I said that I didn't hear back yet, but he was a PhD so he should have had a different timeline than mine.

[whitbee]

MS (with final intent of PhD) applicant here, in civil systems/water resources. I've been accepted at CU Boulder, waiting to hear from UT Austin, Berkeley, and Stanford. I've had some level of "things look good!" contact from UT and Berkeley, but does anyone have a better idea of when decisions generally go out? Seems like maybe mid February for most programs?

I have a job offer I'd be happy to take if I don't get any funded offers, but I told them I'd let them know by mid-march.

Northwestern is indeed awesome, congrats to both of you! I almost did my undergrad there. But, I'm over cold winters, 

 

[ibtes]

I looked at last year's stats. A lot of Berkeley admissions came out on Feb 27. UT results came out as early as Jan 25.

I want to get funding, but since I'm applying for MS with no intent of PhD, the hope is low...

I'm doing my undergrad in Cornell. Probably colder than Northwestern

[strawberrykat]

FYI I have a friend that applied to the masters program at Michigan and she just heard back yesterday. Do masters students usually hear back later than PhDs?  

[EllaHuang]

I applied to the phd in Civil Eng and Environmental and Health Engineering (two programs) in JHU. Only got some replies from a professor but nothing from the official departments...

[strawberrykat]

@EllaHuang that's still a good thing though!

 

I got an email from a professor at Carnegie Mellon today so I assume they're in the reviewing process, in case anyone else applied there.

[ibtes]

I was admitted by UT Austin. My status was updated in the portal but no one from the department has not contacted me yet. 

 

I saw in the results page that a PhD applicant was unofficially admitted by a professor at MIT. I haven’t heard anything from MIT though. 

[whitbee]

I got into UT Austin too! I got an automated email Thursday night, and an email from the graduate coordinator today.

[fallfish]

I have applied to a variety of PhD programs, most in Civil Engineering. I applied to Oregon State University (two programs: Civil Engineering and Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science), UCLA (Civil Engineering), Georgia Tech (Ocean Science Engineering/Civil Engineering), North Carolina State University (Civil Engineering) and Delaware (Civil Engineering). 

I don't have a background in engineering so I wasn't really sure how I'd fair plus my undergrad GPA wasn't the best. So far I have gotten into North Carolina State, Oregon State (Civil program) and Georgia Tech. Super excited!!

[fallfish]

 @strawberrykatI went to UMich for undergrad and for a masters degree (neither in engineering) but, if you have any questions about Ann Arbor, let me know! It's an amazing place. Great school!

[strawberrykat]

The first round of Stanford notices for civil/environmental seem to be going out according to the results page...cue anxiety 

[ibtes]

I did not apply to Stanford, but one guy applied to Stanford said that Berkeley decisions are being made this week. I'm very anxious about this...

[LEIRA_]

Hey I applied Masters of Environmental Engineering! So far I got accepted by Carnegie Mellon and Virginia Tech! Still waiting for Stanford and Berkeley... I am freaking out lol

[whitbee]

Yeah, I also applied to Stanford and Berkeley... very nervous. We'll see what happens! 

[STEMinist]

Just received an unofficial acceptance to Georgia Tech from a PI ! That was my top choice, just waiting to see what type of funding they offer.