dugmel27 Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 Well, there doesn't seem to be any threads for ChE applicants this year so I thought I would start one. I've seen a few acceptances on the results search so maybe people have news to share. I applied for PhD programs at: MIT, Princeton, JHU, CMU, GA Tech, U Delaware, UPenn, Yale, Rutgers, and Columbia. I submitted my apps in early December and so far I haven't heard anything back except an email from MIT stating that they processed my application and it was complete. Most of the deadlines for my programs are in January so I'm not expecting to hear anything until the end of this month or early next month, but who knows! Anyone else?
giles Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 Greetings, I applied for the following: GA Tech, Florida, NC State, U. Michigan, Wisconsin - Madison, UC Berkeley, MIT, U. Delaware, UT Austin, and Minnesota - Twin Cities. With the exception of the Minnesota app, I also sent all mine in around early December. I got accepted to Michigan and NC State --- I reckon we MAY hear from Delaware soon. Even though their deadline was Jan. 4 I believe, their website says they have "rolling admission" and they seem to review the apps as they come in. Keep your eyes peeled. NC State didn't send me an e-mail notifying me of an admission decision --- I logged back onto the "ApplyYourself" database today, and voila, there was my acceptance letter. Best of luck to you. Stephen G.
CheeAZ Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 I applied to many of the same schools in addition to several others. Have not heard back and am not expecting to hear back till late January - at the earliest. UT Austin is número uno on my list. I applied to Minnesota and Wisconsin but have little to no desire to attend. Graduated 2 years ago and started work immediately as a process engineer. 3.8 gpa, 1 published paper as an undergrad, good extracurriculars, good quant score low verbal, good letters of Rec (stayed in touch with college professors as I knew I wanted to go back to school), 2 years work experience, graduated from your run of the mill state school - nothing special. I'll visit frequently to see if you guys/gals?! Get accepted anywhere. Good luck.
chemeng24 Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 Good Luck! Your stats look good so keep us updated. -UT grad student
dugmel27 Posted January 16, 2013 Author Posted January 16, 2013 I was accepted by JHU last week. They're offering me a scholarship in addition to the standard stipend so I'm feeling positive about my chances although I haven't heard anything else yet.
rahulc13 Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Hi All I am new to gradcafe and hence would request you all to forgive me if I'm going about it the wrong way, but I found this discussion to be the most apt for what I want to ask. I have applied for a masters leading to a doctoral degree [in essence I have mostly applied for direct PhD-s in absence of that term] at NUS Singapore, Rensselaer PI, University of Florida Gainesville, Yale, UMass Amherst, U Rochester, Penn State, UPenn and Columbia. Right now I have a bachelors in chemical engineering. My degree is called Bachelor of Technology and I received it from a prestigious T-school in India - the National Institute of Technology at Nagpur, India. My CGPA is 7.26 on a scale of 10 and I have some research work on a)Nanomaterials- their synthesis, characterization and use| and b)Heat exchangers- design, fabrication and optimization. My extracurriculars are quite nice and I have more than 18 months of work-ex as a systems engineer. My GRE score is 322/340 [164 Q, 158 V, 5.0 AWA] and TOEFL score is 113/120. Today I received a rejection from UPenn. While I wait for the others, I need to ask someone whether I have made a mistake in applying for PhD-s rather than Masters first? I have made it amply clear in my SOP that I would continue to a PhD as it is, and hence, I seek an admission to that, without having to go about it in steps. Does that make sense or am I going to get rejected by all the universities? Could someone please clarify?
ankurshah Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 International Student with American Master's applied to washington-Seattle, Utah, Notre Dame, Florida and NCSU I already have a master's and am working in research from 4+ years. I have patent but no publications. PhD application have a confusing ride. Done with apps jus on or a day before the deadline.. missed priority deadline for seattle by 2 weeks so am not hopeful about it. Am hoping to receive a admit at least from one place
_anongrad Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Hey all, New to gradcafe. I am an international student and will be graduating with a masters from a pretty well ranked state university this May. I have applied for a PhD program in 5 universities - georgia tech, JHU, UMD-CP, Colorado school of mines and Lehigh. I haven't heard back from any of these schools but every prof I mailed in all 5 schools replied to me in October 2012. Mailed them again in December saying application has been submitted and I have strongly suggested that I would love to work with them in it and a couple of them replied. And oh, I have a bad grade in Transport which I am afraid, will ruin my chances. Moreover, I haven't submitted any paper as yet, though I am writing one. Good GRE scores and decent undergrad GPA. I am getting pretty nervous, pessimistic and tensed right now. Is there anything at all any of you would suggest I do at this point?
labrett Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Hi everyone, Just sharing my experience with applications so far: Applied to: Minnesota [Waiting] Wisconsin [Waiting] U Michigan [Accepted 1/30 w/ aid] UCLA [Accepted 1/30 w/aid] UC Davis [Waiting] Northwestern [Waiting] University of Colorado [Waiting] About me: Colorado State University, 3.8 GPA, 3 summer internships at LANL, 1 year chemical lab research experience (no papers), vice president Tau Beta Pi on campus, GRE: 164Q, 156V, 4.0W I'll update in the future. Giles, it's interesting to hear that NC State did not email you. Keep the info coming!
giles Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 Today I received a rejection from UPenn. While I wait for the others, I need to ask someone whether I have made a mistake in applying for PhD-s rather than Masters first? I have made it amply clear in my SOP that I would continue to a PhD as it is, and hence, I seek an admission to that, without having to go about it in steps. Does that make sense or am I going to get rejected by all the universities? Could someone please clarify? Hi, if I'm understanding you correctly, what you've done should be fine. It is neither required nor typical to obtain a Master's degree before obtaining a Ph.D. I hope you have heard some good news back from these schools.
giles Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 Greetings, I applied for the following: GA Tech, Florida, NC State, U. Michigan, Wisconsin - Madison, UC Berkeley, MIT, U. Delaware, UT Austin, and Minnesota - Twin Cities. With the exception of the Minnesota app, I also sent all mine in around early December. I got accepted to Michigan and NC State --- I reckon we MAY hear from Delaware soon. Even though their deadline was Jan. 4 I believe, their website says they have "rolling admission" and they seem to review the apps as they come in. Keep your eyes peeled. NC State didn't send me an e-mail notifying me of an admission decision --- I logged back onto the "ApplyYourself" database today, and voila, there was my acceptance letter. Best of luck to you. Stephen G. Update: I've have also been accepted into Delaware (1/25) , Georgia Tech (1/31), and Florida (2/1). I find it funny (in a desparate sort of way) that all five schools I've yet to hear from are also the five highest ranked schools I applied to (MIT, Berkeley, U. Minnesota - Twin Cities, UT Austin, U. Wisconsin - Madison). A friend of mine (who is actually in the running for the Gates Cambridge Scholarship) got accepted to MIT a couple of days back. By the way, NC State did eventually send me an e-mail notification, just a week after it had already been posted to the online application. Good luck everyone. giles 1
CheeAZ Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 Giles - I received a rejection from UT Austin last week. So it might be good news for you. Keep us posted
chemeng24 Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 I'm pretty sure all UT acceptances went out already.
ScienceGiraffe Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 I am waiting for University of Delaware. i know there were acceptances went out already. and i just saw a wave of rejection. i wasn't in either. do you guys think there is another wave of acceptance?
_anongrad Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 I am waiting for University of Delaware. i know there were acceptances went out already. and i just saw a wave of rejection. i wasn't in either. do you guys think there is another wave of acceptance? I applied to Delaware for a PhD in Chemical Engineering for fall 2011 and I did not get a decision too for long. Pasting the reply I got from the department below, hope you find it useful. Thank you for writing regarding your application. The department's admission committee has reviewed 400 + applications and is now awaiting responses from those to whom an offer of admission was extended. If the department needs additional students after all responses are in, a few more offers may be extended. If you have not received an offer of admission or a rejection, it means you are on a wait list. No additional waitlist information is available. We will notify you as soon as a decision is made. Sincerely, (This was on 11th April 2011, they sent me a reject on 21st April 2011)
labrett Posted February 11, 2013 Posted February 11, 2013 UPDATE: Rejection from Wisconsin Applied to: Minnesota [Waiting] Wisconsin [Rejected 2/11] U Michigan [Accepted 1/30 w/ aid] UCLA [Accepted 1/30 w/aid] UC Davis [Waiting] Northwestern [Waiting] University of Colorado [Waiting] About me: Colorado State University, 3.8 GPA, 3 summer internships at LANL, 1 year chemical lab research experience (no papers), vice president Tau Beta Pi on campus, GRE: 164Q, 156V, 4.0W I'll update in the future. Giles, it's interesting to hear that NC State did not email you. Keep the info coming!
3ChemEng Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 Did anyone apply to Ohio State ChE PhD? If so, have you heard anything from them?
DStory247 Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 New here! I applied to UT Austin - Rejected Washington University in St. Louis - Accepted University of California, Riverside - Accepted LSU - Provisional (want me to pay for some undergrad courses first) NC State - Waiting Yale - Waiting U Mich - Waiting Vanderbilt - Waiting UConn - Waiting Oklahoma - Waiting Houston - Waiting Actually a BS Chemist, but graduated in 2011 and work now for a chemical company, Eastman. Learned quickly that a BS Chemistry degree gets me nowhere, and Chem Engr fascinates me. So 2 years of experience, no papers. GPA3.44 GRE 164 Quant 162 Verbal 4.0 Writing Glad to have found this resource and looking forward to learning from everyone. Good luck to all!
DStory247 Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 Since Giles heard from NC State and Labrett heard from Michigan, I'm going to assume that, at best, I'm on a waiting list, and possibly rejected. Anyone heard yay or nay from Yale, UConn, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, or Houston??
Judson Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 waiting my caltech rej... seems it spreads out a lot today..
CheeAZ Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) Update - here is what I have heard so far: UT Austin ChEE - Rejected UT Austin Pet Eng - Accepted Texas A&M - Accepted University of Houston - Accepted Stanford - Rejected Wisconsin - Rejected University of Pittsburgh - Accepted Minnesota - Waiting University of Washington - Waiting UCSB - Waiting Edited February 13, 2013 by CheeAZ
DStory247 Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Update - here is what I have heard so far: UT Austin ChEE - Rejected UT Austin Pet Eng - Accepted Texas A&M - Accepted University of Houston - Accepted Stanford - Rejected Wisconsin - Rejected University of Pittsburgh - Accepted Minnesota - Waiting University of Washington - Waiting UCSB - Waiting Hey CheeAZ, Congrats on UT and TAMU! When did you hear from Houston, and what was their method of notification? Can I ask what state your from/where you did your undergrad? I, too, applied to UT ChEE (rejected) and Houston (waiting), but I am a Texas native and a friend of mine who is already in grad school told me that those who are not from the state of Texas have a better chance of being accepted to Texas schools because they try to maintain diversity. Anybody care to weigh in on the validity of that statement? Or was he just trying to make me feel better for not getting into UT? And CheeAZ, you have a line-up of your preferences yet? Thanks!
CheeAZ Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Dstory. If you can, send me a message. Ill answer your questions that way.
dugmel27 Posted February 17, 2013 Author Posted February 17, 2013 So here's where I am now, but I don't think any other acceptances are coming at this point. Carnegie Mellon - Accepted Johns Hopkins - Accepted Georgia Tech - Accepted Rutgers - Accepted-ish MIT - Rejected Princeton - Rejected Yale - Rejected UPenn - Waiting U Delaware - Waiting Columbia - Waiting Looking forward to my visits in March
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