Anyone Want To Make Bets On Where Other People Will Get In?

[DontHate]

I think this could be fun! Just put down your basic stats and where you applied, and we can all bet where each one of us will get in! It's a very crude way of getting out some of the anxiety about applications (at least I think it is).

I shall start:

GPA 3.6; GREs 169V, 157M, 5AW; Undergrad @ Ivy number 4 (roughly).

Applied to: 4 Ivies, 2 top-ranked state schools, 2 non-Ivy top 10's

My own bet on myself: I'll get into 2 programs: The one where I'm doing my Master's, and one other. I don't know which. Maybe one of the state schools.

[judowrestler1]

GPA 3.6

GRE 163Q/159V/4AW

Undergrad: Regional School

Program: Stats

 

Schools:

UT Austin

Northwestern

Wake Forest University

North Dakota State

Uni South Carolina

UC Santa Barbara

Local Herp Derp school

[DontHate]

GPA 3.6

GRE 163Q/159V/4AW

Undergrad: Regional School

Program: Stats

 

Schools:

UT Austin

Northwestern

Wake Forest University

North Dakota State

Uni South Carolina

UC Santa Barbara

Local Herp Derp school

I think you'll get accepted to 4 schools, waitlisted at 1, and rejected by 2.

[judowrestler1]

I think this could be fun! Just put down your basic stats and where you applied, and we can all bet where each one of us will get in! It's a very crude way of getting out some of the anxiety about applications (at least I think it is).

I shall start:

GPA 3.6; GREs 169V, 157M, 5AW; Undergrad @ Ivy number 4 (roughly).

Applied to: 4 Ivies, 2 top-ranked state schools, 2 non-Ivy top 10's

My own bet on myself: I'll get into 2 programs: The one where I'm doing my Master's, and one other. I don't know which. Maybe one of the state schools.

 

 

I think this could be fun! Just put down your basic stats and where you applied, and we can all bet where each one of us will get in! It's a very crude way of getting out some of the anxiety about applications (at least I think it is).

I shall start:

GPA 3.6; GREs 169V, 157M, 5AW; Undergrad @ Ivy number 4 (roughly).

Applied to: 4 Ivies, 2 top-ranked state schools, 2 non-Ivy top 10's

My own bet on myself: I'll get into 2 programs: The one where I'm doing my Master's, and one other. I don't know which. Maybe one of the state schools.

2 Ivys a state and 1 non-ivy

[khaled]

International Applicant 

• GPA: 3.75/4
• GRE: 145/162/3.5
• Fully funded by my employer (my undergrad school)
• 1 internship at GE and some extracurricular activities

 

Applied to:

MIT

Stanford

UC Berkeley

Caltech

University of Minnesota

U of I at Urbana-Champaign

UPenn

UW-Madison

UCLA 

Edited December 21, 2012 by khaled

[khaled]

GPA 3.6

GRE 163Q/159V/4AW

Undergrad: Regional School

Program: Stats

 

Schools:

UT Austin

Northwestern

Wake Forest University

North Dakota State

Uni South Carolina

UC Santa Barbara

Local Herp Derp school

I guess u'll get admitted into 4 schools ... 

[khaled]

I think this could be fun! Just put down your basic stats and where you applied, and we can all bet where each one of us will get in! It's a very crude way of getting out some of the anxiety about applications (at least I think it is).

I shall start:

GPA 3.6; GREs 169V, 157M, 5AW; Undergrad @ Ivy number 4 (roughly).

Applied to: 4 Ivies, 2 top-ranked state schools, 2 non-Ivy top 10's

My own bet on myself: I'll get into 2 programs: The one where I'm doing my Master's, and one other. I don't know which. Maybe one of the state schools.

I guess u'll get admitted into 2 Ivies, the 2 state schools, 1 non-Ivy top 10 

[Abdul]

Hello,

I am a medical graduate from a developing country. I have applied in many places in US and Europe. My credentials are:

• MBBCh degree, with honors, and an expected cumulative score around 90% (Excellent grade)
• Rank in class: 1st out of 50
• GRE scores: Q170, V157, AW3.5
• 1 year research experience in Neuroscience
• 2 publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Presented my research in an international medical student conference, got the best poster presentation award + travel grant for the conference
• A research fellowship in Netherlands
• Few clinical electives in Europe, the last one was in University College London.
• Acceped for 2 more clinical electives in 2013: one in Alabama and the 2nd in Oxford University.

Applied to: Cornell, Einstein, Rutgers, VCU, Baylor College, Emory, Vanderbilt, WUSTL, Utah, Hawaii.

 

I am disappointed because it seems that my applications are not being reviewed favorably. I just saw the posts of other applicants to Emory, Washington University in St. Louis, and Vanderbilt saying that interview invitations have already been sent.

[CanadianGenie]

cGPA: 3.3

GRE: 80th percentile (i forget the scores off-hand)

Undergrad: McGill

Papers: 10 (all peer reviewed journals, impact factor > 2)

Patents: 2 (both utility)

Research Experience: 3 years in 3 different labs (all simultaneously)

Undergrad. Program: Chemical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering (5-years)

Applying for: MSc in BME

LORs: five professors, all pristine

 

Schools:

Duke

Hopkins

McGill
Toronto

BU

[GuitarSlayer]

On 12/21/2012 at 5:54 AM, Abdul said:

Hello,

I am a medical graduate from a developing country. I have applied in many places in US and Europe. My credentials are:

• MBBCh degree, with honors, and an expected cumulative score around 90% (Excellent grade)
• Rank in class: 1st out of 50
• GRE scores: Q170, V157, AW3.5
• 1 year research experience in Neuroscience
• 2 publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Presented my research in an international medical student conference, got the best poster presentation award + travel grant for the conference
• A research fellowship in Netherlands
• Few clinical electives in Europe, the last one was in University College London.
• Acceped for 2 more clinical electives in 2013: one in Alabama and the 2nd in Oxford University.

Applied to: Cornell, Einstein, Rutgers, VCU, Baylor College, Emory, Vanderbilt, WUSTL, Utah, Hawaii.

 

I am disappointed because it seems that my applications are not being reviewed favorably. I just saw the posts of other applicants to Emory, Washington University in St. Louis, and Vanderbilt saying that interview invitations have already been sent.

Excluding those you mentioned, I think you'll probably grab 3, possibly 4.  After you do the Oxford clinical, I think the world will open up a bit further.  Also, did those schools make it clear that interviews = acceptance?  Or are they for those they are undecided about?  You might be a sure shot -- I don't want to get your hopes up, but they may have made a snap decision on  you and are doing interviews for those they aren't quite set on. 

 

History:

MA, 3.93 avg. with minor in anthro (4.0 avg there)

GRE (old) 790, 740, 5 (170 and 169, I think, on the new scale)

State school for master's, no name for undergrad, but 2 years study abroad

Funded research trip this January

3 LOR, sterling

Novel topic, which I am aware could work for or against.

 

Schools applied: Northwestern, Fordham, Toronto, Ohio State, U of Michigan (History and Anthro program), York UK, Oxford UK, Yale

[OctaviaButlerfan]

G.P.A. 8.33

Undergraduate: 4.0

 

GRE Verbal: 167

Quantitative: 148

AW: 5.5

 

I applied two years ago, with lower GRE scores, and having taken only one class towards my M.A. I got rejected by both.

 

Now, I am applying to the same two programs.. I don't know much about their rankings, but one was in the top 50 and the other was in the top 100, on  the U.S. News Best Colleges list of 2012. I am also applying to one other, which got a national rank of 50 on the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2010.

[Althonse]

Applying to neuroscience programs

 

GPA: 3.72

 

GRE verbal: 159

GRE quantitative: 158

AW: 4

 

I have 2+ years of research experience in one lab, and a summer working in another lab at an ivy. Great letters from 3 neuro professors.

 

Schools: Harvard, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, NYU, Hopkins, UPenn, Stanford, UCSD

[jean21]

Applying to biomedical science programs (genetics).

 

GPA: 3.44

GRE: 157V, 159Q, 4.0AW

2 years undergrad research w/ senior thesis

1 summer internship

currently working at Ivy as sequencing technician

 

Applied to :

 

WUSTL

UPenn

Weill Cornell 

Dartmouth

Vanderbilt

Temple

Thomas Jefferson

[Nausicaa]

I'm an honors BA in psych from a local mid-ranked school, applying to social psychology PhD programs.

 

 

GPA: 3.86

 

Verbal: 165

Quant: 155

AW: 5

 

3 semesters, 2 summers of independent research experience

3 posters at SPSP

 

Applying to:

 

CU Boulder

U Oregon

VCU

UVA (lol)

 

And as for yous guys:

 

 

cGPA: 3.3

GRE: 80th percentile (i forget the scores off-hand)

Undergrad: McGill

Papers: 10 (all peer reviewed journals, impact factor > 2)

Patents: 2 (both utility)

Research Experience: 3 years in 3 different labs (all simultaneously)

Undergrad. Program: Chemical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering (5-years)

Applying for: MSc in BME

LORs: five professors, all pristine

 

Schools:

Duke

Hopkins

McGill
Toronto

BU

 

I think you'll get in to at least 3. 10 papers? Holy crap... good work.

 

Applying to neuroscience programs

 

GPA: 3.72

 

GRE verbal: 159

GRE quantitative: 158

AW: 4

 

I have 2+ years of research experience in one lab, and a summer working in another lab at an ivy. Great letters from 3 neuro professors.

 

Schools: Harvard, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, NYU, Hopkins, UPenn, Stanford, UCSD

 

I think you'll get into 1-2, and wait listed at 4. Having great LoRs is really important, I hear, so I think you'll definitely be picked up somewhere. How competitive are neuroscience programs? I know in my field there are usually 150+ applicants whereas it looked like neuro had lower n's.

 

Good luck everyone!! May the odds be ever in your favor!

[Nausicaa]

I think this could be fun! Just put down your basic stats and where you applied, and we can all bet where each one of us will get in! It's a very crude way of getting out some of the anxiety about applications (at least I think it is).

I shall start:

GPA 3.6; GREs 169V, 157M, 5AW; Undergrad @ Ivy number 4 (roughly).

Applied to: 4 Ivies, 2 top-ranked state schools, 2 non-Ivy top 10's

My own bet on myself: I'll get into 2 programs: The one where I'm doing my Master's, and one other. I don't know which. Maybe one of the state schools.

 

I think you'll get into 2-3; I assume a Master's program is mainly research so there's no need to put how much experience you have? I'm still an undergrad so I'm not sure how that system works.

[viggosloof28]

I'll give it a whirl!

 

Undergrad: Pitt

GPA: 3.7

 

MA: U of Houston

GPA: 4.0

 

GREs: 640 V, 760 Q, 5.0 AW

 

Languages: German, Norwegian, Spanish

 

LORs: all enthusiastic, from well-established profs

 

Applying: two privates, 8 states

 

Self-prediction: accepted to 3, waitlisted at 1, rejected from 6 ...What do you fine folks think? Best of luck to us all!

Edited January 6, 2013 by viggosloof28

[SpeechyK]

I like this game!

 

3.6 Overall GPA

3.8 Major GPA

V-165, Q-150, W- 4.5

Non-traditional student, 10 years of non-related work experience

3 semesters of related volunteering and research

 

Highly competitive field- Speech Language Pathology

 

Applying to UT Austin and Tx State (Can't move) 

[zecone13]

I'll give it a whirl! Undergrad: Pitt GPA: 3.7 MA: U of Houston GPA: 4.0 GREs: 640 V, 760 Q, 5.0 AW Languages: German, Norwegian, Spanish LORs: all enthusiastic, from well-established profs Applying: two privates, 8 states Self-prediction: accepted to 3, waitlisted at 1, rejected from 6 ...What do you fine folks think? Best of luck to us all!

Hah, these are tough to do but knowing nothing else about your application, I'll bet that you'll get into 3-4 states and 1 private.

I applied to robotics Ph.D. programs.

Undergrad: mid-teir undergrad only. well respected engineering program

Major: Materials Engineering

GPA: 3.9

GRE: 170Q/154V/4.5AW

Research: Lots and lots and lots of projects. 2 publications in review

LORs: 2 of 3 said they'd be the best LORs they had ever written. Last one (I think) was strong, and talked about research. All 3 come from top 5 schools.

Applied to:

Carnegie Mellon

GaTech (got in for ME Ph.D!)

Stanford

Caltech

MIT

Berkeley

Good luck everybody! I don't even know you but I feel like we're a family due to this whole ordeal.

[Robin_Sparkles]

I suppose I'll toss my hat into the ring.  

 

Undergrad: Drury University, Double Major in Theatre and Communication with Minors in Asian Studies, Philosophy, and Religion.

GPA: 3.7

GRE: Not needed for my area of focus

Other considerations: Five strong letters of recommendation from various professors; I'm on a talent based scholarship. I am the first (and so far only) student to ever direct a full main stage production at Drury.  I've also directed a show I wrote myself, three shows at summer programs I was paid for, as well as five other productions.  I've acted in forty productions, I've costume designed for two, and I've written two shows that have been produced.

 

NYU

Florida State

Brown

Columbia

DePaul

UCLA

[viggosloof28]

I like this game!

 

3.6 Overall GPA

3.8 Major GPA

V-165, Q-150, W- 4.5

Non-traditional student, 10 years of non-related work experience

3 semesters of related volunteering and research

 

Highly competitive field- Speech Language Pathology

 

Applying to UT Austin and Tx State (Can't move) 

Tough to say...I know UT is super competitive.  But I believe in the power of positive thinking!  I bet you get into both, or at least accepted at TX State and waitlisted at UT.

 

I applied to robotics Ph.D. programs.

Undergrad: mid-teir undergrad only. well respected engineering program

Major: Materials Engineering

GPA: 3.9

GRE: 170Q/154V/4.5AW

Research: Lots and lots and lots of projects. 2 publications in review

LORs: 2 of 3 said they'd be the best LORs they had ever written. Last one (I think) was strong, and talked about research. All 3 come from top 5 schools.

Applied to:

Carnegie Mellon

GaTech (got in for ME Ph.D!)

Stanford

Caltech

MIT

Berkeley

Good luck everybody! I don't even know you but I feel like we're a family due to this whole ordeal.

We're definitely family - bonded by ties of anxiety and confusion!  Your application sounds great.  I bet you get into at least half of your programs and waitlisted at MIT (knowing nothing about your field - heh!).

 

I suppose I'll toss my hat into the ring.  

 

Undergrad: Drury University, Double Major in Theatre and Communication with Minors in Asian Studies, Philosophy, and Religion.

GPA: 3.7

GRE: Not needed for my area of focus

Other considerations: Five strong letters of recommendation from various professors; I'm on a talent based scholarship. I am the first (and so far only) student to ever direct a full main stage production at Drury.  I've also directed a show I wrote myself, three shows at summer programs I was paid for, as well as five other productions.  I've acted in forty productions, I've costume designed for two, and I've written two shows that have been produced.

 

NYU

Florida State

Brown

Columbia

DePaul

UCLA

Impressive credentials!  I bet you get into four and waitlisted at one.

 

Best of luck to everyone!

[Allouette]

This feels curiously like asking a magic 8 ball (not that I've asked my magic 8 ball whether I'll get into my top choice... much...)

Why not, though - 

Undergrad - Top rated Canadian uni

GPA - 3.95

GRE - 170V/158Q/6AW

Research - 2 publications in tiny journals and one forthcoming in a major journal (all first author), a handful of posters, and one seminar presentation

Applying to Anthropology at Michigan, Harvard, Yale, UCDavis, UChicago, Wisconsin, and CUNY

[arkansawesome]

Undergraduate: University of Arkansas

Major: Dual degree in Mechanical Eng. & Physics

Minor: Mathematics

Undergrad GPA: 3.62 (4.0 for past 50 hours)

GRE: 165Q 153V 4.5AW

Research:

1 summer Iowa - Combustion Lab

1 summer Purdue - Computational Aerodynamics

1 year at Arkansas - Experimental Aerodynamics

Conference at Iowa, Ohio State, Purdue, Arkansas

No publications yet

Projects:

1) Heat Exchanger for ducted fan rotary engine plane

2) Design of complete ramjet engine for propulsion class

Personal:

1) First generation student (first to attend college on either side of the family for several generations)

2) Multi-racial

Achievements:

1) Earned 10 scholarships in past 3 years

2) Dean's and Chancellor's List for 2 years

3) Earned 22k in scholarships for final year

Leadership:

1) Pi Tau Sigma chapter president and VP last year

2) AIAA chapter president and treasurer last year

3) Alpha Phi Omega past chapter treasurer

- 150 community service hours

- Raised $1500

4) ASME and SPS student member

Applying to aerospace programs

Stanford University - MS

University of Michigan - PhD

Georgia Tech. - PhD

Purdue - PhD

Applying to mechanical programs

Illinois - MS

Colorado - PhD

[viggosloof28]

This feels curiously like asking a magic 8 ball (not that I've asked my magic 8 ball whether I'll get into my top choice... much...)

Why not, though - 

Undergrad - Top rated Canadian uni

GPA - 3.95

GRE - 170V/158Q/6AW

Research - 2 publications in tiny journals and one forthcoming in a major journal (all first author), a handful of posters, and one seminar presentation

Applying to Anthropology at Michigan, Harvard, Yale, UCDavis, UChicago, Wisconsin, and CUNY

Good idea on the magic 8 ball - may have to give that a try, myself!  Er...

 

Your stats are really great!  I bet you'll get into all the public schools and either Harvard or Yale.

[Gustav_1989]

Undergrad - International University (Unknown)

Overall GPA = 3.8/4.0

GPA in Chemistry 3.7/4.0

GPA in Math & Sci = 3.7/4.0

 

GRE - 149V/150Q/4.0AW

 

Research Exp: (1) Scaled Down Master's Thesis; 2 Yrs Research Exp in 2nd Gen Biofuels, & Computational Chemistry

Teaching Exp: 2 Years (Lab Demonstrator, Assistant Lecturer)

Applying: U of Calgary, U of Alberta, U of British Columbia, York U in Canada, Caltech

[annieca]

Public History and Library Science

University: Small, private liberal arts (1 year abroad at semi-well known British university)

GPA: 3.795

GRE: 157V/150Q/4.0

Two internships at archives (one at American History museum), at least 1 excellent LOR

Honors student

Assisted professor on 3 books and several articles

Applying: Indiana (History), IUPUI (History and Library Science), Brown (Public Humanities), South Carolina (Public History and Library Science), Maryland (Public History and Library Science), Aberystwyth University (Library Science), St Andrews (Peace and Conflit Studies)

And for you guys...

Undergrad - International University (Unknown)

Overall GPA = 3.8/4.0

GPA in Chemistry 3.7/4.0

GPA in Math & Sci = 3.7/4.0

 

GRE - 149V/150Q/4.0AW

 

Research Exp: (1) Scaled Down Master's Thesis; 2 Yrs Research Exp in 2nd Gen Biofuels, & Computational Chemistry

Teaching Exp: 2 Years (Lab Demonstrator, Assistant Lecturer)

Applying: U of Calgary, U of Alberta, U of British Columbia, York U in Canada, Caltech

Get into two, one funded, one not, reject two and waitlist 1.

Just a guess.