dchung Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 Did any one hear back from Stanford MSE PhD (2011)? They posted on the web and emailed saying that the decision will be made from Mid to Late Jan, but I have not hear anything from them. Just wondering whether I am the only one. My guess is that I am on the wait-list, but the visiting weekend is coming up in a week. Applied to MIT, Berkeley, UCSB, Stanford, Caltech, GaTech, Michigan's MSE program. Based on the results page, many of these school have sent out acceptance letter, but I didn't hear from any of them.
emandar Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 I also applied to Stanford and Berkeley MSE departments, but I haven't heard anything from either of them. On the results section, only a few acceptances from each school has been shown, so I'm not too worried yet.
nicklo Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 I have also applied to MSE at Stanford, and haven't heard anything from them yet..... Visit weekend is in a week??
dchung Posted February 8, 2011 Author Posted February 8, 2011 I have also applied to MSE at Stanford, and haven't heard anything from them yet..... Visit weekend is in a week?? Stanford's visiting weekend is Feb 17-18 i think. They said they are running late on the evaluation, and should get back to you by the end of this week. Not sure about MIT and UCB though.
nicklo Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Oh....did you contact the department? I saw about 4-5 admits each for MIT and Stanford, 3 for caltech and UCB in the results forum.....no rejections from any of these institutes yet.....wonder if these were the one and only round of acceptances......
dchung Posted February 8, 2011 Author Posted February 8, 2011 Oh....did you contact the department? I saw about 4-5 admits each for MIT and Stanford, 3 for caltech and UCB in the results forum.....no rejections from any of these institutes yet.....wonder if these were the one and only round of acceptances...... Yes, I contacted Stanford after waiting for 2 weeks. They are expecting to complete the phD evaluation by this week. I am not so sure about UCB and Caltech though. UCB specified in the email that they planned to finish the evaluation by Mid Feb. So I guess there is still some chance there. Caltech I believe they just started the evaluation. anyway, if you are not placed on the wait-list, I believe the result should come this week or early next week for most of the school you applied to. Gluck (to myself as well....)
emandar Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 So there was a wave of rejections to stanford MSE department today as indicated in the results section. However, I was not among them (yet), so there's still hope!
nicklo Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 I wonder why Stanford and others do this every year......First, a few admits, and then silence, and then after a few weeks a big wave of rejections...... Did anyone get admitted today?
emandar Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 I was just admitted via email to the PhD program at stanford in materials science! I really hope you guys still waiting hear back soon, I was going nuts not knowing.
nicklo Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 Congratulations emander on your admit! Would you mind sharing some of your background information such as education, research experience, domestic or international so we know what the competition was like this year?
emandar Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 Yeah, sure. It's on the results page for stanford materials; the only one who said credentials for 2/12/11 (it says added 2/12/11 when I actually added it yesterday... these servers must be somewhere where ~9pm EST 2/11/11 is already 2/12/11) admits. One thing I am concerned about is that I'm on their waitlist to receive financial aid. Does anyone know how bleak (hopeful) my prospects are for actually receiving financial aid? Do they really not fund all of their PhD graduates? Just tuition/fees would be fine for me to accept the offer.
sikyon Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 Yeah, sure. It's on the results page for stanford materials; the only one who said credentials for 2/12/11 (it says added 2/12/11 when I actually added it yesterday... these servers must be somewhere where ~9pm EST 2/11/11 is already 2/12/11) admits. One thing I am concerned about is that I'm on their waitlist to receive financial aid. Does anyone know how bleak (hopeful) my prospects are for actually receiving financial aid? Do they really not fund all of their PhD graduates? Just tuition/fees would be fine for me to accept the offer. I was admitted yesterday too! But I'm also on the waiting list for financial aid... which really scares me. Do you know if there is a visiting weekend in MSE and if they will pay for part of it? Would you mind sharing some of your background information such as education, research experience, domestic or international so we know what the competition was like this year? I'm an international student from Waterloo (Canada). Nanotechnology Engineering program. I'm probably only in the top quarter of my class for marks (we use a 100 point scale, my gpa is like 81 which I guess is < 3.7). However, I have a TON of research experience... I've worked for like 4 companies doing R&D and I've published 1 journal paper as first author, 1 as second author and I have 2 reviewed conference papers as second author. I think that international funding is limited at stanford which basically means I'll probably use this admit as a bargaining chip in my other applications. Stanford would be great but my research skills are rock solid so funding matters a LOT to me.
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