Chemical Engineering Ph.D. admission for Fall'19

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I am an International student from India and have applied for the Ph.D. program in Chemical Engineering with a focus in drug delivery, nanomedicine and tissue engineering at MIT, University of Michigan, UPenn, UIUC, Cornell, JHU, UCLA. I have also applied for the Ph.D. program in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison. However, I have not heard back from any of the schools although many students have already received their admits. I am surprised that I have not received admit from any of the schools. Can anyone please help me with the same?

I have the below-mentioned profile:

B.E. (Chemical Engg): 8.72/10 (top tier university)

M. Tech (Chemical Engg): 9.88/ 10 (IIT Bombay, topper)

GRE: 323 (V: 153, Q: 170, AWA, 3.5) TOEFL (110)

Presently working in Tata Steel R&D

Research projects: 5 (1 junior year research project (published), Summer internship at IIT Kanpur (not published), B. Tech thesis (published), M. Tech thesis (published and patented), Tata Steel R&D project (Patented))

Journal publications: 1 first authored paper, 1 second authored paper, 1 first authored review paper, 1 first authored research paper under revision

Conferences attended: 4

Patents: 2

Awards: Silver Medalist (M. Tech), Best M. Tech thesis award, Ambuja Young Researcher's Award in India

Fellowships: SURGE Fellowship for Summer Internship at IIT Kanpur, GATE Fellowship for Master's Students

LOR: Strong

 

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any updates ? on your application?