ankurshah Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 Well Cornell is one of those schools where Faculty get students by themselves -at least I am 100% positive about that in Electrical Engineering- If you have a green light from a professor then you're fine and if not your chances are very low. well, i have mainly worked in polymers and composites and for PhD i want to shift for energy harvesting devices. without any relevant exp i did think too much about contacting professors and applied directly. Well being from India from a regional uni i think my chances were slim to begin with. anyway hoping a strong recommendation turns decision in my favour
ankurshah Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 what about Rutgers. I did find the decent research going. DOes anyone have an idea about the internal working of the dept? They are crowded my internationals? does dept with more inetnational then american is a bad thing? since i am not in the US i have not contacted prof from any of the uni i have applied to. Does this hurt the application a lot?
matsci13 Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 what about Rutgers. I did find the decent research going. DOes anyone have an idea about the internal working of the dept? They are crowded my internationals? does dept with more inetnational then american is a bad thing? since i am not in the US i have not contacted prof from any of the uni i have applied to. Does this hurt the application a lot? I have not contacted any professors either, although most of my friends have, albeit for different departments/schools. Not contacting professors hasn't hurt my application yet, but I'm only speaking from a limited personal experience. I guess it depends on the school/department. I read on the FAQ page for a few programs that they did not recommend directly contacting professors during the application period, but my undergraduate research adviser said it couldn't hurt. Sorry I guess I didn't answer definitively in one direction, but at least you're not alone in not contacting profs!
ankurshah Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 that is true. ONe of my recommender insisted that i contact prof to be on the safer side but i decided against it. As i would not have anything concrete to say about the work or a specific project it better not worth contact them. Although i did receive positive reply from notre Dame. They said as i have submitted my app i can try reaching out to profs. either ways, at time PhD application is such a confusion. You can never be sure about how thing work out. i word term the process as evolutionary mutation
Radian Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 I'm interested in nanomaterials and electronics. I've emailed two professors about my interest in their work (about a month or two ago). Should I go ahead and email two others to see if I can get the ball moving more rapidly :S Of course. Go ahead and do it. Even if no one response and you get in, you can refer to the email saying you were intereseted in their work from the begining. foreverfree 1
foreverfree Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 I felt like I had made a mistake by not contacting professors, but I hinted strongly in my SOP who I was interested in working with (by talking about the fields, e.g. plasmonics or low-dimensional electronic systems or whatever). So far seems to be working in my favor, got an email yesterday from an Applied Phys. professor whose lab was my top choice at the school. still..I guess now I'll never know if I could have prevented any rejections I might get. I think some schools, especially ones with larger departments like UIUC, are less likely to look for fit as they are to care about credentials, but other schools require that you basically be chosen by a professor. foreverfree and Radian 2
ankurshah Posted January 23, 2013 Author Posted January 23, 2013 any of you know, when does the international student admit start coming out? does it come out after the recruitment weekend? i do know few uni like UIUC NW RPI etc etc have out started giving result but the cont is very small
chem2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 They have started the application review process, I am told by graduate chair last time I saw him. If you have a faculty memeber who can send a note to Dr. Alford saying he/she will support you for at least 2 years he will process your admission right away. Otherwise, it will take time. And the Materials Department doesn't have much money on TA unlike Physics department. In physics Peter Bennett is going to give you a hard time for admission PS. if you want to do research on anything else than electronics or Microscopy I don't suggest ASU. Interesting... I have applied to MSE program at ASU (PhD) and I had a phone call recently with POI. I don't really feel positive about my admission at this moment though My interests are quite broad but trying to study semiconductor and organic fuel/solar cells at ASU. Hope to hear good news soon, since I really like the location (phoenix) with bunch of companies around! How's school atmosphere, job market, and program? Let me know sun devils
Radian Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Interesting... I have applied to MSE program at ASU (PhD) and I had a phone call recently with POI. I don't really feel positive about my admission at this moment though My interests are quite broad but trying to study semiconductor and organic fuel/solar cells at ASU. Hope to hear good news soon, since I really like the location (phoenix) with bunch of companies around! How's school atmosphere, job market, and program? Let me know sun devils They are investing lots of resources in Solar Cell and have really cool facilities (mainly the EE department) called the QESST project ~ 35 Million $ city is pretty awesome and hot ! both in weather and other stuff Job Market ... Hmmm ... I haven't heard anything bad. two labmates both are in intel now. Program, in terms of courses and stuff : HUGH ! ... but you can take many courses from outside MSE, like the EE program which is literally FANTASTICCCCC ! I haven't really seen any other school with such wonderful courses in semiconductors and devices as the EE department here. chem2013 1
chem2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 They are investing lots of resources in Solar Cell and have really cool facilities (mainly the EE department) called the QESST project ~ 35 Million $ city is pretty awesome and hot ! both in weather and other stuff Job Market ... Hmmm ... I haven't heard anything bad. two labmates both are in intel now. Program, in terms of courses and stuff : HUGH ! ... but you can take many courses from outside MSE, like the EE program which is literally FANTASTICCCCC ! I haven't really seen any other school with such wonderful courses in semiconductors and devices as the EE department here. Thanks for the useful info! helps so much All I need to do now is just waiting I guess, arghh Anyways, good luck to you! Radian 1
Radian Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 It seems like Stanford has started sending out the admissions for MSE. There are two posts as for now in the result page, one domestic and one international.
rbbennet Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 ASU is also sending out admissions. I received my email from them today. Radian 1
ChemPhysMatSci Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Check your emails folks: as confirmed above, a veritable bounty of admission letters went out it seems. Also, listen to this song -- I received an acceptance about 2 minutes into it Radian 1
matsci13 Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 It seems like Stanford has started sending out the admissions for MSE. There are two posts as for now in the result page, one domestic and one international. Yea Stanford's MSE admits is up to 6 it seems. Anybody visiting 2/14? And anyone get funding info from them? Radian 1
Radian Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Check your emails folks: as confirmed above, a veritable bounty of admission letters went out it seems. Also, listen to this song -- I received an acceptance about 2 minutes into it Congratz buddy
ghkchris Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Has anyone heard back from anyone else? I have received word of some sort from UIUC, NCSU, Penn State, and UT Austin. Hey ChemPhysMatSci, What exactly did you hear from these universities? I've applied to 3 out of those 4 univs, and I'm really nervous about it.
ChemPhysMatSci Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) Hey ChemPhysMatSci, What exactly did you hear from these universities? I've applied to 3 out of those 4 univs, and I'm really nervous about it. Two have accepted me and two have invited me to visit. I've seen very little NCSU, UT or Penn State activity on the site, so don't be alarmed. If my memory serves me well, the admission database on this website indicates that the season is still somewhat early. And thank you much, Radian. Edited January 25, 2013 by ChemPhysMatSci
ghkchris Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Well congrats to everyone who made it! Anyone who hasn't heard back from a single university like me? It would be nice to have some company
chem2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Sigh... Not hearing anything yet getting nervous and checking my mails like once in every five minutes! Congrats to all who got admitted!
rbbennet Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 No info. All I received was a generic email form noreply@asu.edu linking to my.asu.com where it shows congratulations on my page there. Im an undergrad at ASU currently, so that might have something to do with it. That being said, it was very underwhelming.
airdonut41 Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Yea Stanford's MSE admits is up to 6 it seems. Anybody visiting 2/14? And anyone get funding info from them? I'll be visiting Stanford on 2/14 as well. Kind of a pain to fly from the east coast for a day and a half session, but hopefully worth it. It's really irritating that they withhold information about funding, but hopefully we'll hear about that soon. Also, I go to Penn State and have spoken with the department head (I have class with her right now). Penn State sent out emails to domestic applicants inviting "prospective students" to an open house here in the middle of February. This isn't an acceptance, but rather a chance for professors and students to pair together before acceptance offers are made. She did say last week that acceptances would be going out soon, and she thought it would be this week. But who knows?
lionhunter Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Cornell has started sending out MSE admits. Radian 1
rbbennet Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 Has anyone heard from UCSB regarding funding?
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