Civil Engineering Direct PhD: Applied to 6 Universities

[CivilPhd2021]

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Undergrad GPA: 8.5/10.0 ( WES: 4/4) from (NIT Jaipur)

TOEFL: 103

GRE: waived 

Research Experience:

1. Summer fellowship research program(IIT-Delhi), 2020 (Digital Image Processing)

2. HydroSense Lab, IIT Delhi (Machine Learning Application in Civil)

3. Winter Internship IIT (BHU), Computational Structural Engineering 

Conference:

Presented my paper at ASCE International Conference as first Author.

LORs:

4 : 2 - research Supervisor, 2 -  College Professors  (All: Moderate to Strong)

SOP: No Quotes, No Story, research dense (All questions answered through previous experience) 

Universities:

1. UIUC

2. University of Florida

3. Northeastern University

4. CMU

5. Purdue University

6. Johns Hopkins University

7. University of Houston - Pending

Got Kinda +ve replies before applying from UIUC, Purdue, University of Florida and Houston.

They said: We liked your profile, recommend/encourage you to reply, etc. 

What do you think about the list, is it too ambitious ?

 

[ZXXsis]

Hi! How's your application going? I am also applying for direct PhD programs in civil engineering (geotechnical mainly). So far I have only received rejections

[CivilPhd2021]

I've got one from Purdue, MSCE, Funding decision is pending. Rest are under consideration

[ivani_g]

Hi! Congrats on your Purdue acceptance!

I also applied to a few of these universities for a direct PhD. So far, it seems as if it is quite difficult to get the direct PhD offer. I have mainly received MS offers, although I was aiming for direct PhD :(