askker Posted December 9, 2019 Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) Hey guys, Haven't seen anyone post it yet, so I'll do it. I saw someone has already get offered from Umich! Congratulations! Share your background and discuss anything on applying to aerospace programs! Undergrad Institution: Concentration: Overall GPA: x.xx / 4.00 Where you applied:Demographics/Background: International Student with US degree GRE Scores: Research Experiences: LOR: Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Anything else: Research Interests: as for myself: Undergrad Institution: UIUC AerospaceConcentration: ML, Control, AutonomyOverall GPA: 4.00 / 4.00 Where you applied: Stanford(MS), MIT(MS), Caltech(PhD), Gatech(MS), Umich(MS), UIUC(MS), Purdue (MS)Demographics/Background: International Student with US degree GRE Scores: V158 Q170 W3.5 Research Experiences: 1x cfd, 1x aircraft icing, 1x reinforcement learning + autonomous vehicles LOR: 3 from three research advisors (1 is not on tenure track though) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Nothing special, dean's list etc. Anything else: Research Interests: Edited December 9, 2019 by askker
bigtrees Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Montana State University, BS in Mechanical Engineering TechnologyConcentration: Manufacturing Processes and TechnologiesOverall GPA: 3.5 / 4.00 Graduate Institution: University of Washington, MS in Mechanical EngineeringConcentration: Mechanics of MaterialsOverall GPA: 3.3 / 4.00 Where you applied: University of Southern California (two applications: Aerospace Engineering and Product Development Engineering)Demographics/Background: 15 years of industry experience GRE Scores: Q160 / V161 / AW 4.5 LOR: Not disclosing online Awards/Honors/Recognitions: N/A, Anything else: Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing Edited December 25, 2019 by bigtrees
vasan03 Posted December 31, 2019 Posted December 31, 2019 Did anyone hear from Caltech for Fall 2020?
askker Posted December 31, 2019 Author Posted December 31, 2019 12 hours ago, vasan03 said: Did anyone hear from Caltech for Fall 2020? I haven’t. What direction did you applied for?
vasan03 Posted January 1, 2020 Posted January 1, 2020 9 hours ago, askker said: I haven’t. What direction did you applied for? Aeronautics. What about you?
askker Posted January 2, 2020 Author Posted January 2, 2020 On 1/1/2020 at 1:01 AM, vasan03 said: Aeronautics. What about you? Oh I mean sub directions. I applied to controls in Aeronautics.
vasan03 Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, askker said: Oh I mean sub directions. I applied to controls in Aeronautics. Yes even I have applied to controls in Aeronautics. Edited January 3, 2020 by vasan03
vasan03 Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 On 1/2/2020 at 1:58 PM, askker said: Oh I mean sub directions. I applied to controls in Aeronautics. Are you interested in any particular Prof. at Caltech?
askker Posted January 3, 2020 Author Posted January 3, 2020 7 hours ago, vasan03 said: Are you interested in any particular Prof. at Caltech? Oh what coincidence! I am only interested in Prof. Soon-Jo Chung. How about you? Btw I just got my first ad this morning from Purdue! Yay!
vasan03 Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 10 hours ago, askker said: Oh what coincidence! I am only interested in Prof. Soon-Jo Chung. How about you? Btw I just got my first ad this morning from Purdue! Yay! Even I am only interested in Prof. Soon-Jo Chung at Caltech.
askker Posted January 4, 2020 Author Posted January 4, 2020 1 hour ago, vasan03 said: Even I am only interested in Prof. Soon-Jo Chung at Caltech. Yeah I guess that make sense as he is the only one doing control there. Do you mind sharing your back ground? Feel free to use the template!
askker Posted January 4, 2020 Author Posted January 4, 2020 1 hour ago, vasan03 said: Even I am only interested in Prof. Soon-Jo Chung at Caltech. Have you heard anything from him though?
vasan03 Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, askker said: Have you heard anything from him though? Not yet.
BuL Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 May I ask for your opinion about my real chances of getting accepted to the PhD?
vasan03 Posted January 20, 2020 Posted January 20, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 9:38 AM, askker said: Have you heard anything from him though? Did you get any admits so far?
asianbison Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 Undergrad Institution: Arizona State University, Aerospace Engineering and MathematicsConcentration: Fluid dynamics, Numerical Methods, Dynamical SystemsOverall GPA: 3.88 / 4.00 Where you applied: Stanford (MS), Columbia (MS/PhD), Princeton (PhD), UCSD (PhD), NYU (PhD) and ASU (PhD).Demographics/Background: African American man, TA for Numerical Methods class GRE Scores: Q161/V168/AW3.0 Research Experiences: 1 JFM paper (first author), 1 Internship abroad (DAAD-RISE) LOR: 3 Strong Letters from former and current research advisors Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Deans List, Student Leadership Anything else: Research Interests: Turbulence, Plasma Dynamics, CFD
askker Posted January 21, 2020 Author Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/20/2020 at 7:55 AM, vasan03 said: Did you get any admits so far? I got Stanford and Purdue. How about you?
Phoenix88 Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) I got an offer to attend the CU Boulder PhD grad weekend on February 20th-21st! How many others will be coming? I just want to get a sense of how many people were invited! They just sent the emails out a few hours ago. Edited January 22, 2020 by Phoenix88
Phoenix88 Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 Here's my credentials, by the way! Undergrad Institution: University of Cincinnati, Mechanical EngineeringMinors:Astrophysics, PhilosophyOverall GPA: 3.57/ 4.00 Where you applied: Stanford (MS),CU-Boulder (PhD), MIT (MS), Univ of Cincinnati (PhD), UT Austin (PhD), Univ of Arizona (PhD), Embry Riddle (PhD), International Space University (MS), Caltech (PhD).Demographics/Background: White woman, First internship was working as a TA at Chong Qing University for 4 engineering courses GRE Scores: Q162/V165/AW5.5 Research Experiences: At UC, I did several semesters of UAV path planning research using fuzzy logic, and two semesters of astrophysics star spectra analysis to determine dust accretion rates. Additionally, I worked for 6 months at IHI in Tokyo, doing research on acoustic liner design. LOR: 2 Strong Letters from former and current research advisors, as well as 1 from a longstanding volunteer coordinator Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Deans List, Engineer of the Month November 2019, Red Rose Award for Leadership, Exceptional IPAL award Anything else: Lots of leadership on campus (international groups, president of Astro Club for 2 years, several engineering organizations), went on an Engineers without Borders trip to Tanzania to implement clean water systems Research Interests: Space Design (Rovers, Satellites, Telescopes), Astrodynamics
vasan03 Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 14 hours ago, askker said: I got Stanford and Purdue. How about you? Not any so far.
vasan03 Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, vasan03 said: Not any so far. On what date did you get your Stanford decision?
askker Posted January 22, 2020 Author Posted January 22, 2020 6 hours ago, vasan03 said: On what date did you get your Stanford decision? I got them Jan 16th
asianbison Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 4 hours ago, askker said: I got them Jan 16th Same here, I got Stanford and UCSD so far! (wooo!)
askker Posted January 23, 2020 Author Posted January 23, 2020 3 hours ago, asianbison said: Same here, I got Stanford and UCSD so far! (wooo!) Congrats! Is Stanford your top choice?
asianbison Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 14 hours ago, askker said: Congrats! Is Stanford your top choice? Yeap! I just gotta figure out funding since its an MS, all other programs I applied to were funded PhD's. I am very excited xD
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