x13LadeZx Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 anyone hear back from berkeley yet? Seems there were two international students that posted on results page that got funding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuschu Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Stanford has not announced PhD decisions, right? Does anyone know about when they may send official letters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechE2014 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Any updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelsch92 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 General Profile: -Hispanic Male US Citizen -UG: Univ of Florida -Major: Mechanical Engineering (BS) -GPA: 3.79/4.0 (4.0 major) -GRE: 164V / 164Q / 4.5WResearch Experience: 1 year at UF, Summer at the Univ of Michigan 1st publication Area(s) of Interests: -Robotics, Biomechanics, Dynamics Schools Applied: -Stanford (MS in ME) - Accepted for a MS, visiting Feb 12-14 -Berkeley (PhD in ME) -UMich (PhD in ME)  - Accepted for a funded MS with PhD option after first year, visiting March 21 -UCLA (Phd in ME) - UC Santa Barbara (PhD in ME) -UC San Diego (Phd in ME) - Rejected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvorimir Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 MIT sent another bunch of mails - got rejection. Dreams about top school are gradually breaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechE2014 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I did see on the results page a ton of MIT rejections. Best of luck elsewhere. I'm wondering when Texas A&M and Duke will send out decisions. MathMonster1108 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clandry Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I just don't understand why it is so low. Do you have reason to believe why it should be ranked higher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x13LadeZx Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Got my official Berkeley acceptance letter yesterday. Still waiting on funding though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerusalemG Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Hi all, so I know this is a PhD thread but you guys seem to really know your stuff so I was hoping to get a little input on an MS related question: Basically does anyone have any idea how Berkeley handles MS applicants assuming the applicant did not go to Berkeley UG (so they wouldn't be doing the Fifth Year Masters Option). I know Berkeley's graduate engineering school is smaller than other top schools (with the exception of Princeton and Cal Tech) and that they have an enrollment cap which means they are preferential to MS/PhD applicants rather than MS applicants. Has anyone ever heard of a student who did their undergrad elsewhere being accepted to the MS program at Berkeley? I'm graduating with a 3.87 GPA from a top 5 ME program with 1 year of research expirence (no pubs) and I'm trying to gauge if I have any shot at all of getting accepted to Berkeley. I haven't heard anything yet from Berkeley which I know doesn't bode well but I did get accepted to fully funded MS programs at Stanford and MIT, niether of which I was expecting, so I guess as of right now I'm still daring to be optimistic. Thanks a lot for any input you can provide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerusalemG Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Hey all, sorry I realize my post just above this one was obnoxiously long and I don't want to take over this thread, therefore if you want to reply I created a thread called "MSME at Berkeley" in The Bank where it might be better to respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechE2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Official acceptance from UMich Mech this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x13LadeZx Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Did anyone get their funding offer from Berkeley yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerusalemG Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 To those of you who were admitted to Berkeley, did they say anything that would indicate all of their offers have been sent out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvorimir Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) To those of you who were admitted to Berkeley, did they say anything that would indicate all of their offers have been sent out? Â I was not admitted into Berkeley, and even I didn't apply for ME in Berkeley, but I had a short email correspondence a few days ago with two faculty members of another department and they said me that usually all decisions are made in January and February Edited March 23, 2014 by tvorimir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bm001 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Does anyone have any information on when Stanford will release all of their Mechanical Engineering, PhD decisions? On the results page some people contacted the admissions office and were told all decisions will be sent out by March 21st, but it looks like there is still a large group of people who haven't heard back. Â Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechE2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 What's up guys?! So where's everyone headed this fall? I'm still trying to decide between two schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finallyagradstudent Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) What's up guys?! So where's everyone headed this fall? I'm still trying to decide between two schools.  UCSB! I was in your shoes last week. I had a really difficult decision between JHU and UCSB. Both schools are great so I was not sacrificing much, but ultimately I rationalized my decision by considering where I would be happiest. I believe that in order to be productive in research you have to be in a place you enjoy.   Best of luck in your decision. Edited March 30, 2014 by finallyagradstudent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char123 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I think you're going to enjoy UCSB a little too much though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvorimir Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Most likely UCSB too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvorimir Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 What's up guys?! So where's everyone headed this fall? I'm still trying to decide between two schools. Â What schools are you thinking about, if not a secret? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finallyagradstudent Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I think you're going to enjoy UCSB a little too much though.  Who are you interested in working with?  message me at mik3.garcia[at]gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x13LadeZx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I'm deciding between UC Berkeley, UCSD, and USC. UCSD seems to have the best research fit but I don't see myself living in San Diego for 5 years. USC is most well-rounded in terms of research fit, funding offer, and location. But I seriously loved Berkeley when I visited , buttttt the funding offer is pretty low and it's a high cost living area. I might just bite the bullet and go to Berkeley though. Thoughts anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuschu Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I'm deciding between UC Berkeley, UCSD, and USC. UCSD seems to have the best research fit but I don't see myself living in San Diego for 5 years. USC is most well-rounded in terms of research fit, funding offer, and location. But I seriously loved Berkeley when I visited , buttttt the funding offer is pretty low and it's a high cost living area. I might just bite the bullet and go to Berkeley though. Thoughts anyone?  I am planning to go to UCSD because of the best research fit for me. Why wouldn't you live in San Diego for 5 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerusalemG Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I'm deciding between UC Berkeley, UCSD, and USC. UCSD seems to have the best research fit but I don't see myself living in San Diego for 5 years. USC is most well-rounded in terms of research fit, funding offer, and location. But I seriously loved Berkeley when I visited , buttttt the funding offer is pretty low and it's a high cost living area. I might just bite the bullet and go to Berkeley though. Thoughts anyone? Just out of curiosity, would there be an opportunity to secure additional funding at Berkeley during the course of your PhD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x13LadeZx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I stayed in san Diego for 3 weeks two summers ago and it just wasn't for me. The weather was perfect and it was a nice place, but it was a little too slow for me. I grew up in ny, so I'm a city boy at heart, that's why LA and San Fran fit me better. As for the funding question, I probably will have opportunities, but I guess I just wanted some financial security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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