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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 Aerospace
Concentration: ML, Control, Autonomy
Overall 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: 

 

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Undergrad Institution: Montana State University, BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology
Concentration: Manufacturing Processes and Technologies
Overall GPA: 3.5 / 4.00

Graduate Institution: University of Washington, MS in Mechanical Engineering
Concentration: Mechanics of Materials
Overall 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

 

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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!

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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!

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Undergrad Institution: Arizona State University, Aerospace Engineering and Mathematics
Concentration: Fluid dynamics, Numerical Methods, Dynamical Systems
Overall 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

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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. 

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Here's my credentials, by the way!

Undergrad Institution: University of Cincinnati, Mechanical Engineering
Minors:Astrophysics, Philosophy
Overall 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

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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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