wink_e Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Lets get 2013 underway Usual format for posts: Undergrad Institution: (School or type of school, such as big state, lib arts, ivy, technical, foreign (what country?)... Overall Reputation in Engineering?) Major(s): Minor(s): GPA in Major: Overall GPA: Length of Degree: (Are you graduating after 3, 4, or 5 years?) Position in Class: (No numbers needed, but are you top? near top? average? struggling?) Type of Student: (Domestic/International, male/female, minority?) GRE Scores: Q: V: W: TOEFL Total: (if applicable, otherwise delete this) Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications (Mth author out of N?) or conference talks etc...) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?) Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, organization officer etc...) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at: School - Department - decision/date/funding School - Department - decision/date/funding School - Department - decision/date/funding School - Department - decision/date/funding tnsxkudgn, Plissken and wink_e 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wink_e Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 (edited) Undergrad Institution: University of Western Australia Major(s): Chemical Engineering and Chemistry GPA in Major: 71% Overall GPA: 71% Length of Degree: 6 year dual degree Position in Class: Above average Type of Student: Australian GRE Scores: Q: 168 V: 162 W: 4.0 Research Experience: 1 year honours thesis, 6 month chemistry research project Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Nada Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 12 weeks nitric acid plant internship, 12 week cement plant internship Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: 2 semester exchange at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Applying for PhD at: Chemical Engineering: Penn State, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, Auburn, LSU, Clemson, Utah, Kentucky, Kansas State Environmental Engineering: Iowa Edited December 7, 2012 by wink_e wink_e and tnsxkudgn 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaGirl Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I'll bite This is the second round for me. All rejections last year Undergrad Institution:Accredited international university. Top in my country. Grad Institution: Top 50 U.S. university (M.Sc.) Major(s): Mechanical Engineering GPA in Major: 3.85 Overall GPA: 3.64 (3.63 for M.Sc.) Length of Degree: 4 years Position in Class: No idea. Probably top 10%. Type of Student: International, F. GRE Scores: Q: 168 V: 163 W: 4.5 TOEFL Total: 118 Research Experience: 2 month research internship abroad, published research project in Senior year, Master's thesis research. Spent the last year doing research with a couple of profs. In total, about a dozen publications (conference + journal) first author in 4. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: undergrad Dean's honor list. Big name conference award in my senior year. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: In the past did TA, RA, currently an instructor. Applying for PhD at: Virginia Tech: University of Maryland-College Park: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Accepted - Nov. 6 - Full TA. University of Washington-Seattle: University of Colorado-Boulder: Arizona State University: North Carolina State University: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemPhysMatSci Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Undergrad Institution: Liberal Arts Major(s): Physics, Chemistry GPA in Major: 3.80 + Overall GPA: 3.80 + Length of Degree: 4 years Position in Class: Top 5%, though unreported Type of Student: Domestic GRE Scores: Q: 80% + V: 80% + W: 80% + Research Experience: 2+ years, including an REU. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List and some awared nominations Applying for PhD at: MSE Ph.D. North Carolina State University, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Arizona State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, The University of Florida, The Pennsylvania State University, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The University of Maryland, Vanderbilt University, The University of Michigan at Ann-Arbor, Purdue University Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zecone13 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Undergrad Institution: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Major(s): Materials Engineering Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.84 Overall GPA: 3.89 Length of Degree: 4 years Position in Class:1/60 in department, top 5/1000 in school of engineering for my year Type of Student:Domestic, white male GRE Scores: Q: 170 (99%) V: 154 (61%) W: 4.5 (73%) Research Experience: 1 quarter of traveling abroad to collect data/work on a robotics research project under an NSF grant (invited to continue my research/travel again next quarter) 3 quarters of computer vision research One 1st author conference paper (in review) for a computer graphics project One 3rd author journal paper (in review) for robotics 1 quarter satellite antenna design research with CubeSat senior design project building/programming a robot to map out a building with some well known algorithms Awards/Honors/Recognitions: a few scholarships Alpha Sigma Mu materials engineering honor society 11/11 dean's lists, 3/3 president's lists bla bla bla have they stopped reading yet? Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Internship at an ROV and manipulator arm manufacturer TA and lab assistant for chemistry for engineers II for 1 year Led study sessions for ~15-20 students in calc IV, mechanics of materials, statics, and chemistry classes for 2 years Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Should have some solid recommendations. All 3 will discuss different research projects I have been a part of during my undergraduate. All 3 went to top schools, and I am on good terms with them all!! I don't know if this will be seen as positive or negative, but, in sophomore year I was not allowed to change majors to computer science since my school was facing budget cuts. Instead, I taught myself Java and C++ over summer and joined a robotics research team to tailor myself without actually switching majors. I went out of my way to take lots of other classes not required for my major (summing up to roughly the same amount of units as a minor) which I got A's in without taking the prerequisites, and am still on track to graduate in time as a materials engineering student. However, this may be construed as a weak point since I don't have the same background in dynamics/controls as some ME and EE students. Blah. We will see! Applying to: Stanford - Aeronautics and Astronautics MS MIT - Aeronautics and Astronautics Ph.D CMU - Robotics Ph.D GA Tech - Mechanical Engineering Ph.D Caltech - Control and Dynamical Systems Ph.D Berkeley - EECS Ph.D Cal Poly - CS MS (backup) Fingers are crossed so hard that I have lost circulation... and the applications just went in!! Good luck to all! I hope everybody here is pleasantly surprised with the results of their admissions!!! Edited December 10, 2012 by zecone13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redandshiny Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Undergrad Institution: Princeton Major(s): Earth Sciences Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.75 Overall GPA: 3.7 Length of Degree: 4 years Position in Class: High? don't know exactly Type of Student:female GRE Scores: Q: 790 V: 730 W: 5.5 Research Experience: lots of undergrad physical science lab and modeling research, 2 summers of unrelated earth science fieldwork and modeling research, 1 published abstract from a AGU conference Awards/Honors/Recognitions: a few scholarships, department honors and awards for independent work, school specific grants for research Pertinent Activities or Jobs: worked for the past year in energy/finance industry Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: none? pretty good academically/research wise, but am applying to a field different from the one i majored in undergrad and have connections/experience in Applying to: Stanford - MS&E Berkeley - Energy Resources Group MIT - TMP MS/PHD UW - Policy and Tech PHD 2 down..2 to go as of now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowadowik Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Undergrad Institution: Top-50 Ranked Engineering University Major(s): Mechanical Engineering GPA in Major: 4.00 Overall GPA: 4.00 Length of Degree: 4 Years Position in Class: 1 of approx. 130? Type of Student: American Male GRE Scores: Q: 169 V: 162 W: 4.5 Research Experience: I'm now in my second year of research work with a prominent medical device design / bioengineering lab at my university. My first year consisted mostly of smaller projects and helping out graduate students with their thesis work, though I had some experience designing test chambers for various equipment (I got lots of testing, machining, and fabrication experience that year). This year I've taken over a major design project from one of the grad students who has moved on to modeling and analysis, so I've really had a chance to get my hands dirty over the past few months with design, prototyping, and testing. Unfortunately I don't have any publications yet.... but I'm hoping to have two completed this spring, hopefully this doesn't count as a strike against me. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: - Major scholarship from a prominent professional engineering society - Undergraduate research grant through my university - Scholar in a program sponsored by a Fortune-10 company - Dean's List all semesters Pertinent Activities or Jobs: - Research Assistant (Fall 2011 to Present) - Two internships with Fortune-10 company mentioned above (for the longest time I expected to go right into industry.....) Looking back I wish I could have used these summers for research, but, eh..... - Physics TA for a semester Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: - President for a highly active engineering society (~250 members, ~25 events per year) - I've gotten to know many of the department professors EXTREMELY well, so I have 4 very, very strong rec letters (especially from my research advisor, who I've known since my first day freshman year) - I don't ever sleep Applying to all MechE departments, with a PhD being the end-goal for all schools: MIT, Stanford, CalTech, Georgia Tech, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Cornell, U-Michigan at Ann-Arbor, U-Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, CU Boulder, RPI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca16733 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Just trying to add to the pool of information. I hope someone can find this useful. I'll try to remember to update with admits/rejections Undergrad Institution: Small,regionally well respected engineering school Major(s): Electrical Engineering (focus in low power integrated circuit design) Minor(s): Mathematics GPA in Major: 3.99 Overall GPA: 3.85 Length of Degree: 4 years (took one quarter off for internship) Position in Class: No ranking done at school, but probably at least top 5% Type of Student: Domestic, white male GRE Scores: Q: 164 V: 156 W: 4.0 Research Experience: 3 month REU in applicable area of research, co-author on conference paper; Undergraduate research project currently in progress, will write publication and present at undergraduate research conference in Spring Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List...not much else Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 6 month internship at Intel; Lab assistant/helper for lower level EE courses; Summer internship at electric company; IT department student worker during school year; Officer for Tau Beta Pi Other Stuff: -I know my professors very well, so all 3 letters of rec should be fairly strong; one from REU advisor -My school doesn't really do any large amount of research at all (and none at all in my area), so just being able to get a couple opportunities was nice. I tried to emphasize this on my applications. I'm not sure if they really care though :/ Applying for PhD in EECS/ECE Department at: UIUC U Minnesota U Mich Berkeley Stanford U Texas Purdue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schai Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Duke University (top 3 BME program, top 30 ECE program) Major(s): Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering (applying for electrical engineering, concentration in signal processing or bio-electrical engineering) Minor(s): Chemistry GPA in Major: 3.90 Overall GPA: 3.88 Length of Degree: 4 years Position in Class: Top 10%? Type of Student: Asian male GRE Scores: Q: 170 (99%) V: 164 (94%) W: 4.5 (73%) Research Experience: 1 summer of unrelated research in a biotech lab 1 semester senior design project designing and implementing a Sleep Apnea monitoring and therapeutic device Will be doing an independent study in Embedded Medical Devices and Systems next semester Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society Dean's List with Distinction likely Magna Cum Laude Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Teaching Assistant in the ECE department (computer architecture, signal processing) - 4 semesters Internship at OmniVision Technologies working with optical sensor verification, in the field of signal and image processing - 1 summer Internship at a optical fiber communications lab at a university in Beijing - 1 summer Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Engineers without Borders - worked on a team designing and building a water storage and distribution system for a rural village in Uganda Fairly extensive volunteering experience Letter of recommendations are solid Applying for [ MS ] at: Stanford Berkeley UCLA UCSD UCSB CMU UIUC U Mich USC MIT [PhD] Edited December 19, 2012 by schai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverfree Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Undergrad Institution: Medium Private SchoolMajor(s): Physics, MathematicsMinor(s): GermanGPA in Major: 3.98Overall GPA: 3.96Length of Degree: 4 yearsPosition in Class: well...good.Type of Student: Non-diverse GRE Scores:Q: 800V: 710W: 5Research Experience: 4 different since HS, 3 in lab environment, 1 summer at nat'l lab and 3 at college doing experimental physics, co-authored recently submitted paper. (well, accepted now, but they had to wait until just after my apps were in) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Goldwater HM, SPIE Scholar, Full Tuition + 3 Research Grants at home university, other misc.Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA'd a math class, private and volunteer tutorAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: I have spent the past 21 years of my life resume building as hard as possible.Applying for PhD at: (in no particular order) UIUC - Materials Science & Engineering Stanford - Materials Science & Engineering Johns Hopkins - Materials Science & Engineering MIT - Materials Science & Engineering Northwestern - Materials Science & Engineering Yale SEAS - Applied Physics Harvard SEAS - Applied Physics Caltech - Applied Physics Berkeley AS&T - Applied Physics Wish me luck! Hope everyone else gets in to their dream schools foreverfree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHayBanda Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Thanks to all who have posted their information on the forum. I hope this is helpful for future applicants. Undergrad Institution: Public university, well-regarded engineering programMajor(s): Mechanical EngineeringMinor(s): EnglishGPA in Major: 3.99Overall GPA: 3.99Length of Degree: 4 yearsPosition in Class: Top 2%Type of Student: Male white domesticGRE Scores:Q: 167 (96%)V: 170 (99%)W: 4.5 (76%)Research Experience: 2 years in area of graduate focus (thermal-fluid systems). Second author of conference paper.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Various school scholarships. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: One industry internship, TBP.Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Extensive leadership positions in community service organizations. Involvement in engineering outreach programs.Applying to earn a terminal Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at: Michigan - Pending MIT - Pending Stanford - Pending UC Berkeley - Accepted Dec 17 / Funding pending UC San Diego - Pending UC Santa Barbara - Pending UT Austin - Pending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codejunkie Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Thanks to all who have posted their information on the forum. I hope this is helpful for future applicants. Undergrad Institution: Public university, well-regarded engineering programMajor(s): Mechanical EngineeringMinor(s): EnglishGPA in Major: 3.99Overall GPA: 3.99Length of Degree: 4 yearsPosition in Class: Top 2%Type of Student: Male white domesticGRE Scores:Q: 167 (96%)V: 170 (99%)W: 4.5 (76%)Research Experience: 2 years in area of graduate focus (thermal-fluid systems). Second author of conference paper.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Various school scholarships. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: One industry internship, TBP.Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Extensive leadership positions in community service organizations. Involvement in engineering outreach programs.Applying to earn a terminal Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at: Michigan - Pending MIT - Pending Stanford - Pending UC Berkeley - Accepted Dec 17 / Funding pending UC San Diego - Pending UC Santa Barbara - Pending UT Austin - Pending Congrats on the UCB acceptance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassypants Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Undergrad Institution: Medium private university, top 10 in BioEMajor(s): BioengineeringMinor(s): Global HealthGPA in Major: 3.9/4.0Overall GPA: 3.9/4.0Length of Degree: 4Position in Class: N/AType of Student: white domestic femaleGRE Scores:Q: 168 (99%)V: 169 (97%)W: 5.0 (92%)Research Experience: 1.5 years at my school, listed as 2-3 author on a few presentations and publications to be submitted, but nothing published yet REU at very prestigious school, good LOR but no pubs from this Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List for a few years, semifinalist in outside competition (not well known)Pertinent Activities or Jobs: grader for a few classesAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: strong LORs, one from a very well known PIApplying for PhD with tissue engineering/regenerative medicine focus at: Stanford - Bioengineering UC Berkeley - Bioengineering U. of Michigan - Biomedical Engineering (got an e-mail out of the blue in Oct offering to waive my app fee) U. of Wisconsin - Biomedical Engineering Duke - Biomedical Engineering - e-mail from POI on 12/19 about setting up call, seemed informal Columbia - Biomedical Engineering Harvard - SEAS Bioengineering Pretty much driving myself crazy waiting for decisions at this point, which I'm sure y'all can relate to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isos Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Undergrad Institution: State school, around 50 overall ranking in my fieldMinor(s): mathematicsGPA in Major: 4.0Overall GPA: 4.0Length of Degree: 4Position in Class: Top junior award; no official numbers.Type of Student: Boring - domestic, white male.GRE Scores:Q: 170V: 166W: 4.5Research Experience: Advanced manufacturing group for the last year - very informal though. Also, summer research (again not very formal) at an international university. No publications, but a conference presentation in the spring.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: A number of awards in my department. A handful of scholarships--some music, some engineering.Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 20hrs/week engineering tutoring for the last 2 years for the university. Also, online physics tutor (tutor.com). Summer internships in controls at a DOE facility and also at a commercial vehicle companyAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Projects in industry related to proposed research. Leading university undergraduate team in various fabrication projects.Applying for Mech Eng. PhD (when possible) at: MIT - Waiting UC Berkeley - Waiting Cornell - Waiting Carnegie Mellon - Waiting UT Austin - Waiting Georgia Tech - Waiting Duke - Interviews coming up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcperez Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Undergrad Institution: Top private school in my country (but not known outside my country)Major(s): Telecommunications engineeringGPA in Major: 96%Overall GPA: 96%Length of Degree: 4 yearsPosition in Class: 1/18 in my major & undergraduate valedictorian (for the entire university)Type of Student: International, male, Latin AmericanGRE Scores:Q: 166V: 167W: 4.5TOEFL Total: 119/120Research Experience: Final year project on antennas (not related to my intended specialization). Presented at a regional IEEE student conference and publishing an article in my school's technical journal. Unfortunately, my school has no summer breaks, which I could have used to do research. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Graduated with honors (Summa cum laude), and 2nd place at my school's undergraduate research competition.Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutored in math (algebra to diff. equations), general physics, electromagnetics, and circuits (2 years). TAed in labs for general physics, electromagnetics, electronics, and communication systems (2 years). School hired me after graduation as Lab Instructor for several courses in circuits, electronics, and communications.Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Volunteered doing research on university student attitudes toward science, teaching applied math to youth at risk, and at an IEEE outreach program.Applying for [ PhD ] at: UT Austin - Electrical & Computer Engineering - waiting Purdue - Electrical & Computer Engineering - waiting UPenn - Electrical & Systems Engineering - waiting Northwestern - Electrical Engineering - waiting U. Rochester - Optics - waiting U. Central Florida - Optics - waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casarezc Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Undergrad Institution: University of Maryland, College ParkMajor(s): Mechanical EngineeringMinor(s): PhysicsGPA in Major: 4.0Overall GPA: 3.96Length of Degree: 4 yearsPosition in Class: TopType of Student: White/Hispanic domestic maleGRE Scores:Q: 166V: 165W: 4.0Research Experience: -REU at UC Berkeley working on a test platform for a bio-inspired climbing robot (Summer 2011) -REU at University of Michigan on analyzing walking performance of micro-robots using a dynamics simulation (Summer 2012). Conference paper in progress (1st or 2nd author probably). -3 semesters at undergrad institution on experiments/dynamics simulation to improve efficiency of jumping milli-robots. Gave poster presentation at an undergraduate research conference. -2 semesters and continuing at undergrad institution on analyzing and testing the effectiveness of using a dynamic tail to steer a walking robot. Paper accepted for publication in an international robotics conference (1st author). Will complete and defend a thesis on this research for my university's engineering honors program. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Full merit scholarship awarded by my university, Goldwater National Scholarship, Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor SocietyPertinent Activities or Jobs: Semester of tutoring experience freshman year, TA for introduction to engineering design course fall of senior year.Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Strong performance on two projects designing/testing robots, strong letters of rec from faculty research advisors, including one well known in the field of robotics.Applying to PhD program (when possible), interested in robotics research: University of Maryland, College Park - Mech. Eng. - Waiting University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Mech, Eng. - Interview (Notified 1/14/2013) UC Berkeley - Mech. Eng. - Interview (Notified 12/19/2012) Harvard - SEAS Mech. Eng. - Waiting University of Pennsylvania - Mech. Eng. - Waiting Stanford - Mech. Eng. - Waiting Northwestern - Mech. Eng. - Waiting Carnegie Mellon - Robotics - Waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ankurshah Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Undergrad Institution:regular Indian institute according to Delaware my GPA from here is 3.79 Major(s): Chemical EngineeringMinor(s):GPA in Major: 3.79Overall GPA:3.79Length of Degree:4 Position in Class: dont think it matter after 6 years Type of Student: international, masters - City College-CUNY, Chemical Engineering, Thesis based, GPA 3.52GRE Scores:Q:161V:152W:3.5 I guess should be OK for an international student ? Research Experience: nearly 5 years, academic as well as industrial, hands-on experimentalist, a patent in my name , no papers, works on polymer powder processing (patented technology), Anti-fouling coating and currently composite structure Awards/Honors/Recognitions: nothing majorPertinent Activities or Jobs:Research associate Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at: PhD Chemical - Utah, Washington-Seattle,Ga.tech,Florida,Notre Dame PhD Materials - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msr420 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Do you anyone please know when the decisions are normally come out from MIT EECS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverfree Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 @msr420, looks like around Feb 10. You should check the admissions page: http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=mit+eecs Jema and foreverfree 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryx Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Undergrad Institution: One of the best universities in Asia/Pacific (rank: top 15 by Times in civil engineering)Major(s):Civil EngineeringMinor(s):FinanceGPA in Major: 4.0Overall GPA: 3.91Length of Degree: 3 yearsPosition in Class: 3/215Type of Student: international maleGRE Scores:Q: 170V: 154W: 4.0Research Experience: UC Pavement Research Center (lab of UC Berkeley) for 3 months; UC Davis (research assistant) for 3 months; Imperial College London (research assistant) for two months; HKU (research student) for one yearAwards/Honors/Recognitions: A variety of scholarships; Undergraduate Research Fellowship; University Research Awards; Dean Honours Lists every yearPertinent Activities or Jobs: China Three Gorges Corporation; China Development Bank; KPCBAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: one recommendation from Professor at UC Berkeley and one recommendation from Department Head and Chair Professor at HKU. Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at: PhD: Princeton, UC Berkeley, Stanford; MS: MIT (civil & TPP), Columbia (Financial Engineering) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryx Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Anyone applying to PhD/MS in Structural Engineering? Have any schools released their admission decisions yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaam Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) Undergrad Institution: The College of New Jersey (small state school, good reputation in and around NJ, fairly unknown outside of the Northeast)Major(s): Biomedical EngineeringMinor(s): Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.134Length of Degree: 4 yearsType of Student: Domestic, female GRE Scores:Q: 690V: 520W: 5Research Experience: At TCNJ. My experience was primarily in Bioinstrumentation, in the development of "smart" garments for the unobtrusive measurement of various biosignals. Three conference presentations with IEEE style abstracts published in the conference proceedings. First author on one, second on two.Pertinent Activities or Jobs: I developed a tutoring center at the School of Engineering and was very active in SWE (president of section for two years and I'm on a national committee)Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at: It varies by schoolUniversity of California, Irvine- MS in Biomedical Enigneering University of Minnesota- MS in Biomedical Engineering University of Iowa- MS in Biomedical Engineering Oregon Health and Science University- PhD in Biomedical Engineering University of Strathclyde- MSc in Biomedical Engineering- Bioengineering Department- Accepted 1/17/2013 University of Edinburgh- MSc by Research in Cardiovascular Biology- School of Medicine University of Nottingham- MSc in Stem Cell Technology- School of Clinical Science University of Manchester- MSc in Biomaterials- School of Materials University College London- MSc in Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering- Mechanical Eng Department Keele University- MSc in Cell and Tissue Engineering- School of Medicine Cardiff University-MSc in Tissue Engineering- School of Dentistry and Biosciences Edited January 24, 2013 by melissaam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runons10 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Undergrad Institution: State School, decent reputationMajor(s): Chemical Engineering, ChemistryMinor(s): noneGPA in Major: 3.6Overall GPA: 3.6Length of Degree: 4.5 yearsPosition in Class: idkType of Student: Domestic femaleGRE Scores:Q: 800V: 530W: 5.0Research Experience: 2 REUs, 1 semester flow research under Environmental Engineering Dept. 2 technical papers, both of which were presented at conferences. 1 paper under consideration (4th author) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: University scholarship, Tau Beta Pi, Deans list, etc.Pertinent Activities or Jobs: SWE, various volunteering activities, nothing specialAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: I think my double major might give me a boost. Applying to PhD program: North Carolina State, ChE...waiting Vanderbilt, ChE...waiting Auburn, ChE...waiting Ohio State, MSE...waiting Carnegie Mellon, MSE...waiting Georgia Tech, Chemistry...waiting I know OSU has gotten back to some people but has anyone heard from the rest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidAndro1d3 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Undergrad Institution: Small, Unknown Liberal Arts SchoolMajor(s): Electrical EngineeringMinor(s): Mathematics, Physics, (Computer Engineering - may or may not qualify for this, have to talk to program head to verify a course substitution)GPA in Major: 4.0Overall GPA: 4.0Length of Degree: 4 yearsPosition in Class: TopType of Student: Male DomesticGRE Scores:Q: 163 (89%)V: 161 (86%)W: 5.0 (92%)Research Experience: 2 REUs in Nanotechnology (Northeastern University), 1 Year-long project in embedded system development Awards/Honors/Recognitions: University scholarship, Dean's List, School's IEEE Leadership AwardPertinent Activities or Jobs: University's IEEE Club President, various other clubs, nothing outstanding, Math/Physics Tutor for past 4 semesters, RA/TA for a Bioinstrument Design course (developed three laboratory exercises for students)Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Strong relationships with recommending professors (one from REU). Conference paper pending.Applying to PhD program: University of Pennsylvania - Electrical and Systems Engineering PhD Drexel University - Electrical Engineering PhD Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute- Robotics PhD Yale University- Engineering and Applied Sciences PhD University of Michigan - Electrical Engineering: Systems PhD Worcester Polytechnic Institute- Robotics Engineering PhD Northwestern University - Electrical Engineering PhD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhmtmtl Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Undergrad Institution: Bilkent University, Turkey Grad Institution: Bilkent UniversityMajor(s): Electrical & Electronics EngineeringOverall GPA: B.S. 3.87, M.S. 4Length of Degree: B.S. 4 years, M.S. 3 yearsPosition in Class: 12th out of 150 students in B.S.Type of Student: InternationalGRE Scores:Q: 149V: 165W: 4.0TOEFL Total: 114Research Experience: 9 publications (6 first authorship), including first authorship in Phsyical Review Letters, Optics Letters, Optics Express, Applied Physics LettersPertinent Activities or Jobs: Both TA & RAship Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Reviewer at Optics Letters, Applied Physics Letters, Light: Science & Applications, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Photonics and Nanostructures; A lot of conference publications and presentations.Applying for PhD at: Stanford EE Berkeley EE CalTech EE Cornell EE Purdue EE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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