jmoon43 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Lets get 2013 underwayUsual 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/fundingSchool - Department - decision/date/fundingSchool - Department - decision/date/fundingSchool - Department - decision/date/funding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmoon43 Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 I found applicant profiles in previous years very useful, and I hope others find this year's helpful. Undergrad Institution: Top 3 in mechanical engineering, top 5 in engineering in USMajor(s): Mechanical EngineeringMinor(s):GPA in Major: 3.89Overall GPA: 3.77Length of Degree: 4.5Position in Class: Not availableType of Student: InternationalGRE Scores:Q: 167V: 159 W: 4.0TOEFL Total: 112 (if applicable, otherwise delete this)Research Experience: 1.5 years in proton exchange membrane fuel cells 1.5 years in micro/nano heat transfer 0.5 years in microfluidics Awards/Honors/Recognitions: President's research award for 3 consecutive years Dean's list for all semesters and Faculty honors for 3 semesters Samsung Scholarship (fellowship) - $50,000 for 5 years for my future Master's and Ph.D programs. 3rd place for outstanding paper award at a renown conference my volunteer work was featured in a column of a local French paper Pertinent Activities or Jobs: co-founded a private learning center for academically challenged students (annual profit, 6 figures) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: 6 research publications [1 1st author journal paper (cited by 5 so far), 1 co-author journal paper, 4 conference papers) recommendation letters from the university president and 2 renown professorsApplying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at: MIT - ME Stanford - ME UC Berkeley - ME Georgia Tech - ME accepted with fellowship or RA position available University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne - ME, accepted with a fellowship University of Michigan - ME Caltech - ME School - Department - decision/date/fundingSchool - Department - decision/date/fundingSchool - Department - decision/date/fundingSchool - Department - decision/date/funding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablofc Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) Undergrad Institution #1: Average Spanish Institution Major(s): Industrial EngineeringMinor(s):Overall GPA: 8.65Length of Degree: 5 yearsPosition in Class: Top (out of 200 students approx.)Type of Student: International Undergrad Institution #2: Average Spanish Institution Major(s): Mechanical EngineeringMinor(s):Overall GPA: 8.69Length of Degree: 4 yearsPosition in Class: Unkwown (top?)Type of Student: International GRE Scores:Q: 165V: 152W: 3.0TOEFL Total: 113Research Experience: 1. Research Asisstant, Heat Engines Laboratory at my local university, 1 year. 2. Research Engineer Intern, CFD Group at Cidaut R&D Center, 3 months. 3. Research Assistant, Combustion and Solar Energy Laboratory at San Diego State University, 1 year. 4. Research Assistant, Department of Applied Mathematics at my local university, Since Nov 2013. 5. Research Engineer, Cidaut R&D Center, Since Aug 2013. Publications: 3 1st-author journal papers, 1 coauthor journal paper, 3 1st-author conference papers, 1 thesis. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: • Renault Award for the best undergraduate thesis on sustainability in Spain • Best Academic Record Award in Industrial Engineering • “la Caixa” Fellow (merit-based scholarship worth $150,000 for graduate studies in the U.S. from 2014 to 2016) • College of Engineering Dean’s Award, SDSU Student Research Symposium • Finalist in the Spanish Engineering Competition 2012 • Grant for Research Projects (Principal Investigator) • First prize in the Valladolid Engineering Competition 2011 • Scholarship throughout undergraduate studies for outstanding academic achievement Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: • Reviewer in an international conference • Principal Investigator of a novel CSP technology under the support of one of the three big companies of the solar sector.Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at:MIT - Aeronautics and AstronauticsMIT - Computation for Design and Optimization Stanford - Aeronautics and Astronautics Caltech - Space Engineering Princeton - Aerospace Engineering University of Michigan - Aerospace Engineering Georgia Tech - Aerospace Engineering UCLA - Aerospace Engineering UCSD - Aerospace Engineering Edited December 28, 2013 by pablofc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero9 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Research Experience: 1. Research Asisstant, Heat Engines Laboratory at my local university, 1 year. 2. Research Engineer Intern, CFD Group at Cidaut R&D Center, 3 months. 3. Research Assistant, Combustion and Solar Energy Laboratory at San Diego State University, 1 year. 4. Research Assistant, Department of Applied Mathematics at my local university, Since Nov 2013. 5. Research Engineer, Cidaut R&D Center, Since Aug 2013. Publications: 3 1st-author journal papers, 1 coauthor journal paper, 3 1st-author conference papers, 1 thesis. Wow! Just out of curiosity, what is your top choice and what are your research interests? Seems like propulsion would be your main area of expertise based on your research experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablofc Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Research Experience: 1. Research Asisstant, Heat Engines Laboratory at my local university, 1 year. 2. Research Engineer Intern, CFD Group at Cidaut R&D Center, 3 months. 3. Research Assistant, Combustion and Solar Energy Laboratory at San Diego State University, 1 year. 4. Research Assistant, Department of Applied Mathematics at my local university, Since Nov 2013. 5. Research Engineer, Cidaut R&D Center, Since Aug 2013. Publications: 3 1st-author journal papers, 1 coauthor journal paper, 3 1st-author conference papers, 1 thesis. Wow! Just out of curiosity, what is your top choice and what are your research interests? Seems like propulsion would be your main area of expertise based on your research experiences. My research interests lie in the intersection of computational engineering, applied mathematics, and aerospace engineering (numerical methods for simulation, optimization, uncertainty quantification, and HPC). I am especially interested in fluids (CFD), but I am open to apply computational engineering to other "physics", or to general topics in design optimization and UQ. As for my top choice, it would be either MIT AeroAstro or MIT CDO (there are pretty much no differences in terms of courses and research). My professors of interest would be Prof. Peraire, Prof. Marzouk, Prof. Wang and Prof. Willcox, in that order. I assume you are attending Caltech, is that right? What is your research field? I am pretty interested in the research by Prof. Pullin, Prof. Meiron and Prof. Colonius (computational physics of fluids) at Caltech, but I don't really think I have a shot there (mainly due to my terrible GRE scores...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero9 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Sorry for the late reply. Yes, your assumption is correct and I'm interested in experimental fluids but I am a little familiar with the work of Professors Pullin, Meiron, and Colonius (all top-notch researchers of course). I wouldn't count yourself out as GRE scores are not particularly important. Judging by your posts, furthermore, your writing seems pretty good so if you have a well-written Statement of Purpose they might overlook your GRE scores. Good luck nonetheless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starofdawn Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Undergrad Institution: Top 20 school in engineering in USMajor(s): Environmental ChemistryMinor(s):GPA in Major: 3.2Overall GPA: 3.3Length of Degree: 4 yearsPosition in Class: Unknown, but I assume averageType of Student: FemaleGRE Scores:Q: 160 (78%)V: 157 (73%)W: 4.5 (78%)Research Experience: 3 years working in the alternative energy industry, although not in an engineering position (engineering admin support). No publications or relevant research.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Provost's Honors (3.5+ GPA) for 3 quartersPertinent Activities or Jobs: Volunteer for Young Professionals in Energy, founded first student-funded sustainability grant program in CaliforniaAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: manage @NewGreenTech, a twitter account dedicated to reporting new green technologies around the world.Applying for [ MS ] at:UC Davis - MSE UC Irvine - MSE UCLA - MSE Stanford - MSE USC - MSE UCSD - MSE No clue when they'll send out their decisions! Probably around March? I will apply to San Jose State and Cal State Northridge if I do not get accepted to any of the above schools - I have a weak profile. SJSU and CSUN's applications aren't due until July 1st, so I'll wait to hear from the other schools first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im_doing_science Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Undergrad Institution: Syracuse University, top 35 for Aerospace Engineering Major(s): Aerospace Engineering (BS), Physics (BA)Minor(s): N/AGPA in Major: AE 3.190, PHY 3.275Overall GPA: 3.189Length of Degree: 4 yearsPosition in Class: Above Average (not sure by how much)Type of Student: Domestic, MaleGRE Scores:Q: 163 (87%)V: 164 (93%)W: 4.0 (54%)Research Experience: -2 years working with jet noise reduction and flow control under well known PI: four conference presentations, 1 conference paper. -2 years working with dark matter detection group (CDMS@SU): 1 International conference presentation, 1 publication. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: -Was in the honors program at SU, but had to drop in spring 2013 because of time conflicts with classes for Physics major. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: -Intern to the City Engineer -Private physics tutor -Physics coach (undergraduate TA) -APS Student Member -AIAA Student Member -Brother of Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: -President and Scribe of Tau Chapter of Theta Tau Applying for PhD at: MIT - Mechanical Princeton - Mechanical Cornell - Mechanical UIUC - Aerospace Caltech - Mechanical Penn State - Mechanical Johns Hopkins - Mechanical Brown - Mechanical Brown -Applied Math Notre Dame - Mechanical Ohio State - Mechanical - Rejected Boston University - Mechanical Northeastern University - Mechanical The crappy GPA is due to learning disabilities that went undiagnosed and untreated until near the end of my second year. Hopefully my good recommendations from research advisers who know me on a personal level and my SOP will help clarify that a bit. I'm not feeling very confident right now, but stranger things have happened I guess! Good luck to everyone else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clandry Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) Missed this thread somehow. Lots of interesting profiles in here, some with very similar interests to mine.Undergrad Institution: PrincetonMajor(s): Mechanical&Aerospace EngineeringMinor(s): Math&PhysicsGPA in Major: 4.0Overall GPA: 3.93Length of Degree:4 (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:White MaleGRE Scores:Q: 168V: 168W: 5.5TOEFL 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...) 2 years in a few labs at home university in experimental fluids with several NAE profs. 1st author in a Physics of Fluids paper. Second author in a JFM paper. 2 REUs and a Caltech SURF - all in computational methods Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?) Goldwater, nothing else that's notable.Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, organization officer etc...)Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Developed a numerical library that solves various physics phenomena. Most of which are not new. Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at: Stanford - M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Parviz Moin) - Accepted. Will not go unless they fully fund me. Caltech - PhD in Aero (Dale Pulllin) - Informal Acceptance (Prof in the department also wrote me a letter) MIT - PhD in Aero - No idea, don't really want to go. Cambridge - PhD in Aero - Confusing application process. Don't even know if I fully completed my app. I really want to study under Moin in computational turbulence, but Stanford's MS programs are a bit disappointing. Not very selective and is mainly a program meant to bring in money rather than producing exceptional graduate students. Also applied for the GRFP, NDSEG, and Hertz. If I win any I will probably not take it to Stanford for the reason above unless they offer me internal funding first (I want to know whether they're just accepting me so I can bring in tuition money or if they actually want me). A bit late, but might be helpful to know. For anyone applying to Princeton in the field of experimental fluids, i think Stone is looking to take a few graduate students this year, so chances are a lot better. This guy has been absolutely amazing in the past decade in his research output. Publishing in Nature, PNAS, JFM left and right, literally. http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=6iwsuOEAAAAJ&pagesize=100&sortby=pubdate&view_op=list_works Edited January 30, 2014 by clandry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuclearFlea Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Unknown state liberal arts universityMajor(s): MathematicsMinor(s): Applied MathematicsGPA in Major: idkOverall GPA: 3.85Length of Degree: graduated in 5 years due to switching from economics.Position in Class: Probably top 10% in my major.Type of Student: White/Native American maleGRE Scores:Q: 164 (89%)V: 158 (79%)W: 5.5 (97% - wtf?)Research Experience: I spent last summer at the university of michigan nuclear engineering department doing plasma physics. It wasn't publishable, but I learned a lot of practical stuff I don't get in my math major. Decided I definitely want to do plasma physics research in grad school. I also am currently doing a Computational Queueing Theory project at my home institution which I have presented at two conferences and may result in a paper.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: "Recommended Candidate" for fulbright grant. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA in PhysicsAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: I am a Senator for the College of Sci and Math at my school's Student Government.Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at: University of Michigan, Nuclear Eng - Applied University of Michigan - Aerospace Eng. - Applied University of California, Berkeley - Nuclear Eng. - interviewed, still waiting. They also flew me out there last year under the Berkeley Edge program. University of Tennessee Knoxville - Nuclear Eng. - Applied University of Washington - Aerospace Eng. - Applied Georgia Tech - Nuclear Eng. - Applied Texas A and M - Nuclear - Applied (but my app may be screwed up because of their stupid system that I am not sure whether they sent my recommenders emails or not, so sick of dealing with it it is what it is) Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute - Nuclear Eng. - Accepted! Financial details will be sent at a later date. United States Fulbright US Student Research Grant to the University of York in York, England for MSc. in Fusion Energy/Plasma Physics - "Recommended Candidate." Now I have to interview :/. Edited February 1, 2014 by NuclearFlea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcleung Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Undergrad Institution: Top 3 Engineering school in CanadaMajor(s): Engineering, ElectricalMinor(s): EconomicsGPA in Major: 88% I believe 3.8 or 3.9Overall GPA: 88%Length of Degree: 4 years of school, but completed in 5 due to coop/internshipsPosition in Class: Top quartile (25%)Type of Student: Canadian (domestic)GRE Scores:Q: 170 (98%)V: 159 (81%)W: 4.0 (54%)Research Experience: total 2 years working FT in different 3 different research labs (internships). 3 papers (2 second author) 3 conference proceedings. International exchange academic term at top European technical schoolAwards/Honors/Recognitions: Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Director of student club Extra courses to complete Econ minor - Also completed AI-class (Stanford) back in 2011/2012 Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at: Stanford - Caltech - MIT - UC Berkeley - U of Toronto - What are my chances of making it into the top US Engineering schools? I'm looking for Electrical engineering with applications in biomedical field (imaging, instruments, detection) I've applied to direct entry PhD. Will I make it, or will I only be offered MS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablofc Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Undergrad Institution #1: Average Spanish Institution Major(s): Industrial EngineeringMinor(s):Overall GPA: 8.65Length of Degree: 5 yearsPosition in Class: Top (out of 200 students approx.)Type of Student: International Undergrad Institution #2: Average Spanish Institution Major(s): Mechanical EngineeringMinor(s):Overall GPA: 8.69Length of Degree: 4 yearsPosition in Class: Unkwown (top?)Type of Student: International GRE Scores:Q: 165V: 152W: 3.0TOEFL Total: 113Research Experience: 1. Research Asisstant, Heat Engines Laboratory at my local university, 1 year. 2. Research Engineer Intern, CFD Group at Cidaut R&D Center, 3 months. 3. Research Assistant, Combustion and Solar Energy Laboratory at San Diego State University, 1 year. 4. Research Assistant, Department of Applied Mathematics at my local university, Since Nov 2013. 5. Research Engineer, Cidaut R&D Center, Since Aug 2013. Publications: 3 1st-author journal papers, 1 coauthor journal paper, 3 1st-author conference papers, 1 thesis. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: • Renault Award for the best undergraduate thesis on sustainability in Spain • Best Academic Record Award in Industrial Engineering • “la Caixa” Fellow (merit-based scholarship worth $150,000 for graduate studies in the U.S. from 2014 to 2016) • College of Engineering Dean’s Award, SDSU Student Research Symposium • Finalist in the Spanish Engineering Competition 2012 • Grant for Research Projects (Principal Investigator) • First prize in the Valladolid Engineering Competition 2011 • Scholarship throughout undergraduate studies for outstanding academic achievement Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: • Reviewer in an international conference • Principal Investigator of a novel CSP technology under the support of one of the three big companies of the solar sector.Applying for [ MS ] or [ PhD ] at:MIT - Aeronautics and Astronautics: Accepted 02/24/2014 MIT - Computation for Design and Optimization: Accepted 02/06/2014 Stanford - Aeronautics and Astronautics: Accepted 01/18/2014 Caltech - Space Engineering: Rejected 03/14/2014 Princeton - Aerospace Engineering: Rejected 02/19/2014 University of Michigan - Aerospace Engineering: Accepted 03/17/2014 Georgia Tech - Aerospace Engineering: Accepted 03/21/2014 UCLA - Aerospace Engineering: Accepted 03/20/2014 UCSD - Aerospace Engineering: Rejected 03/20/2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndie_sosu Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Undergrad Institution: Big State School with top 20~ Math, CS Theory and IEMajor(s): MathMinor(s): CS and ORGPA in Major: 3.97Overall GPA: 3.902Length of Degree: 4Position in Class: Top 5 in major via department honorsType of Student: White American MaleGRE Scores:Q: 166V: 167W: 4.0Research Experience: One REU at a good state school in machine learning. Got one conference paper and a poster presentation out of itAwards/Honors/Recognitions: Math Honors Track, Scholarships and honors and things by academic merit, one an outstanding poster award at the JMM Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Taught and graded for both the Math and CS departments for a couple of years. Lot of tutoringAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Took 4-6 grad classes depending on whether you count cross-listed courses.Applied for PhD at:UMich - IOE, OR- Accepted with FundingRutgers- CS Theory- Accepted with FundingDuke- CS Theory - Interview, decision still pending but probably in.Columbia- IEOR- Waitlisted >< Top Choice Brown - CS Theory - Rejected Upenn - CS Theory - Rejected NYU - CS Theory - Rejected Gl guys ktanmay and kasra_x6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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