d3amon Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 Is there any offers already? I think it would be cool if we would inform each others about decisions as they arrive. I've applied for MS/PhD at Berkeley, MIT, Cornell and just MS at UMN. Anybody applying to the same schools?
Joesh Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 Is there any offers already? I think it would be cool if we would inform each others about decisions as they arrive. I've applied for MS/PhD at Berkeley, MIT, Cornell and just MS at UMN. Anybody applying to the same schools? I applied to Purdue, UIUC, Pittsburgh, and MIT. Nothing yet. :\
d3amon Posted January 13, 2011 Author Posted January 13, 2011 Did you hear anything at all from MIT? They were supposed to acknowledge the reciept of supporting documents, but I haven't heard from them yet and the deadline was like 10 days ago..:S
Joesh Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 Did you hear anything at all from MIT? They were supposed to acknowledge the reciept of supporting documents, but I haven't heard from them yet and the deadline was like 10 days ago..:S I got an email from helpdesk and they gave me a link to verify that my recommendations were received but that is it
JamesSawyerFord Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Hey guys I got into Structural at Texas A&M and TU Delft Netherlands....both are safety schools
Joesh Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 I applied to Purdue, UIUC, Pittsburgh, and MIT. Nothing yet. :\ Just got accepted to the PhD program at Purdue!
d3amon Posted January 19, 2011 Author Posted January 19, 2011 Just got accepted to the PhD program at Purdue! congrats!!! that's a great program!
whit Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 columbia. nothing yet, other than notification that the application is in adcomm hands.
Joesh Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 On 1/13/2011 at 10:02 AM, d3amon said: Did you hear anything at all from MIT? They were supposed to acknowledge the reciept of supporting documents, but I haven't heard from them yet and the deadline was like 10 days ago..:S I just got confirmation of this from MIT via email today.
d3amon Posted January 31, 2011 Author Posted January 31, 2011 I just got confirmation of this from MIT via email today. Thanks for the info! I didn't hear anything yet...
Joesh Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) So Purdue and UIUC's recruiting weekends are both Friday February 25th and Saturday February 26th... ugh, no idea what to do. The academic advisor I was assigned at Purdue said they were very flexible, and I have not talked to UIUC about the matter yet so instead of asking them about their flexibility as well I think I may go to UIUC's on the scheduled date then try and see if I can swing by Purdue on Sunday or Monday. Thoughts? Edited February 1, 2011 by Joesh
Skyflash Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Hi I applied to structural engineering department of 1. Georgia Tech for MS/PhD 2. Purdue for MS 3. Princeton for MS/PhD 4. Cornell for MS/PhD and in transportation department of 1. MIT for MS/PhD 2. UC Berkeley for MS/PhD 3. UIUC for MS/PhD Anyone having idea if they have got any confirmation ?
Joesh Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Hi I applied to structural engineering department of 1. Georgia Tech for MS/PhD 2. Purdue for MS 3. Princeton for MS/PhD 4. Cornell for MS/PhD and in transportation department of 1. MIT for MS/PhD 2. UC Berkeley for MS/PhD 3. UIUC for MS/PhD Anyone having idea if they have got any confirmation ? I know a few who have heard back from Purdue MS is structures within the past week or two, but nothing on the other schools or departments.
Skyflash Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Hey Thanks, Well did they get any funding ? I know a few who have heard back from Purdue MS is structures within the past week or two, but nothing on the other schools or departments.
Joesh Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Hey Thanks, Well did they get any funding ? Nope, no word of funding yet - I should mention they were only applying to M-Eng (non thesis) as well.
d3amon Posted February 1, 2011 Author Posted February 1, 2011 Cornell will send out decisions sometime between the end of February and the beginning of March.
phunky Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 I just received an e-mail from GA Tech! I am recommended for admission and will be notified about funding in the near future. Anyone else get an e-mail this morning?
phunky Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Thanks! I couldn't believe it when I first saw the e-mail. Hopefully more acceptances are coming soon. Good luck everyone!
Skyflash Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 Hi, Can we just share our GRE, TOEFL, GPA and other stuffs so that we can have a idea of possible chances in a particular university.. Well my details are as follows: My CGPA : 8.2/10, major GPA 8.7/10 from the top college in India. Currently my departmental rank (DR) is 4/70 My GRE score is Quant : 800 Verbal : 610 TOEFL: 101 (R-29, W-24, L-24, S-24) I have done 3 projects under different professors. Got LORs from all of them. SOP I think was decent enough.
phunky Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) undergrad GPA: 3.74 (civil engineering and math major) graduate GPA : 4.0 (I'll be getting my MS in civil in May) GRE: quantitative: 720/ verbal: 520/ writing: 5 (I'm a terrible test taker) I have a first authored publication on the way and possibly a second or third author paper. 2+ years of research in a structural dynamics related field. My personal statement was pretty strong and descriptive about what type of research I currently do and want to do in the future. 5 great LORs--many from profs that attended/teach at the universities I'm applying to. I don't really like sharing my personal information like this but I know it helps out others applying this year and possibly those applying in the next few years. Edited February 2, 2011 by phunky
Joesh Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) GPA: 3.75 Major GPA: 3.91 Major/Minor: Civil Engineering / Mathematics GRE: 800/520/4.5 1 Conference Proceeding in review from a summer of research 3 LORs, 2 from structures prof here at my undergrad, 1 from structures prof at the university I did research at I feel my SOP was very good, spent over a month on it. Edited February 2, 2011 by Joesh
d3amon Posted February 2, 2011 Author Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) Even though I think the information we provide here might be completely misleading, here we go: Undergrad GPA: 9.70/10.00 (regionally reputable European Univ) GPA at the US uni: 3.90/4.00 Top student of my class GRE Q: 790 TOEFL: 108 Honors, Awards, Fellowships: Many honors based on GPA, 1 year full exchange scholarship at the US state uni, grant for a research project at famous European uni Research exp: 7 months of research experience in the US; will have some more this semester at the aforementioned European uni Publications: Coauthored a conference proceeding (ACI Conference) Internship: 3 summers of professional internship (nothing fancy though) LoRs: a really good one from my research supervisor in the US, another one from a US professor (a pretty good one I believe), a perfect one from a European prof SoP: I love to think it looks great; but I am not sure any more Edited February 2, 2011 by d3amon
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