ankurshah Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 am looking to apply for PhD material science for fall 13. AM in the initial application process. am trying to figure out the uni i need to apply to in us... alll the fellow mat science potential grad students for fall 13 lets gather around here and have some discussion regaridng the whole admission process.. pls provide you details in the following UG(feild): Math?Phy?Chem?Chem.engg/Mech and the list goes on PG (if attending): mostly MS GPA's: GRE: Q/V/AWA # of LOR :3-4????? Paper/Patents/scholarship: Uni applying : here a lil abt me self UG: regular indian institute, % system 72% , >3.5 GPA by US standard PG : regulal Uni in NYC, GPA 3.52 GRE Yet to give.. hate it dont like it... #LOR : looking for atleast2 from MS uni, one from ma work place and 1 from indian uni Paper/patents/Scholarship: 1 patent one puny scholarship Uni App: not yet decided but Cornell i will be applying , also looking at EU ( read EPFL and ETH) now lets get the post rolling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byueng Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 UG - Top 100 university in USA Manufacturing Engineering Technology GPA - 3.48 GRE - Not taken LOR - Nothing cool just a generic one Paper - None Uni applying - University of Utah Working as Manufacturing Engineer currently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrora1986 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 UG(feild): Physics; French at top 3 liberal arts college. PG: PG research in Chemistry, though I was not officially enrolled as a student at that time GPA's: 3.0. Low, I know. GRE: 163/163/4.0. I was honestly shocked by my low AW score. Expected a 5.0, at least. # of LOR : 2/3, from UG Physics professors Paper/Patents/scholarship: None Uni applying : BU, JHU, WashU (reaches), applying to about 5 others (still to finalize list of such). With regards to my GPA, there are no schools I could really bank on as safeties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbenrod Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Some other good materials programs would be at University of Dayton, Ohio State, University of Washington, North Carolina State, Rice University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Drexel, Purdue and Washington University in St. Louis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghkchris Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Nice to see someone from Materials Science UG: Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Masters: Materials Science, Texas A&M University, College Station GPA's: 7.5 (UG), 3.87 (Masters) GRE: 167/159/ Yet to receive # of LOR :3 Scholarships: Academic Fellowship from the Department for 2011-2012 in TAMU. Universities applying : UIUC, GaTech, NCSU, Northwestern, UC Davis. I guess I'll be applying for 3 more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ankurshah Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 UG: regular Indian institute, % system 72% , >3.5 GPA by US standard PG : regular Uni in NYC, GPA 3.52 GRE Yet to give.. hate it dont like it... #LOR :3: looking for at least 2 from grad school and one from india Paper/patents/Scholarship: 1 patent one puny scholarship Uni App: going to apply USA - : CMU, Cornell, Penn State, Uni.Washington, Drexel, Utah, Rutgers (list will expand based on GRE EU- EPFL, ETH, Cambridge, Warwick, Imperial Asia: Nanyang Tech Australia :Uni. Queensland, Monash University, Uni.Melbourne Except USA, have get a project and supervisor then applt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radian Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) I dont really think that Unv.of Washington or Drexel are good school to spend application fees on. And of course they are really unreasonable in giving admission since they are having real economical problems as for now. They have both descended in ranking since 2012 in new USNEWS 2013. Edited October 23, 2012 by Radian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghkchris Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Are there any universities we should be avoiding this time around? Due to lack of Finances,erratic decisions, blah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ankurshah Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 everyone, lets start making the list of univ where you have applied. Never know, we might end up in a same dept and univ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemPhysMatSci Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I've lurked long enough; now I'll bite (list seems shorter than I've seen in years past, and I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing). UG - Liberal Arts College Fields - physics and chemistry GPA - 3.8+ GRE - 80%+ / 80%+ / 80%+ Recommendations - three Publications - yes Schools - 12 total including Texas A&M, UIUC, Georgia Tech, NCSU, and Penn. State. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chai_latte Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I dont really think that Unv.of Washington or Drexel are good school to spend application fees on. And of course they are really unreasonable in giving admission since they are having real economical problems as for now. They have both descended in ranking since 2012 in new USNEWS 2013. Really? I didn't know that (about the rank or the funding). What economic probs? Are they affecting funding for their PhD students? Do tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ankurshah Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 i agree, as a graduate forum i expected this to be more crowded discussion... but i guess there something amiss here... exp for a mat science dept which is so interdisciplinary... anyway am still working through the statement of purpose, hopefully i will be able to make it to cornell's deadline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ankurshah Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 and does anything have a safety school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmilsh Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 UG: Mechanical Engineering, Boston University Masters: Materials Science, Boston University GPA's: 3.94 (BS/MS) GRE: 163/162/5.0 # of LOR : 3 Scholarships: A bunch from within BU Universities applying : BU, CalTech, MIT, Northwestern, UCSB, Stanford, University of Cambridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverfree Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Already posted my stats over in the main thread...here's to hoping everyone gets in I'm checking feverishly even though the only one I might hear on before the beginning of the year is UIUC. Really excited to get out of undergread.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemPhysMatSci Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 It seems a wave of UIUC acceptances went out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverfree Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 yup, it's nice that they try to get them out early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radian Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 to UIUC folks: Looks like Dr. John Weaver has become fast this semester :-) Although I guess the current admission are based on Professor Advocacy rather than normal applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverfree Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 i dun' really know--they seem to try to get through them really fast. I've seen in past years that some people got responses before the deadline. i applied on dec. 19th I think if it helps anyone. I know they tend to send out another round of acceptances later in january and a few late ones as well. glad to see some other people are applying in mse as well...seems like there aren't too many of us on here foreverfree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsci13 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Looks like UCSB also started sending out emails. Wish I got one, really hoping to work with Prof. Palmstrom or Prof. Seshadri... Hey foreverfree, are you the other UIUC Hamer fellow that posted on the results page? Congrats, I got the email a couple days back too, just posted today. I submitted my app right at the deadline (Jan. 1) if that helps anyone foreverfree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverfree Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 yeah i was I wouldn't worry too much about UCSB--last year it looks like they sent out most of their acceptances at the end of january. If you got into UIUC you have a great shot at UCSB...I was going to apply there myself but I decided they didn't have enough faculty doing research in my field. At this point just glad to be in somewhere good foreverfree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemPhysMatSci Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I finished everything really early because of Georgia Tech's deadline. How many Hamer's does UIUC award? ChemPhysMatSci 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radian Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) I am having this weird feeling that I am loosing UCSB ... I was pretty sure I would get the offer and then decline it ... Anyway, that's a good practice: knowing beforehand I mean Edited January 11, 2013 by Radian foreverfree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverfree Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 @ChemPhys: I think they give out a fair amount...maybe 20? glad we're all hearing from some places. I'm just hoping for early admissions everywhere. (obviously would be just as happy to get in late but the waiting is killing me!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemPhysMatSci Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 How many schools are you planning on visiting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now