amine Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Cantab, although I have no idea about your field but you have a very good profile and I am sure that you can crack one of these big schools
cantab Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Thanks Amine for your optimistic words. Fingers crossed..... Did you guys email any professor at Berkeley, Caltech, Stanford or MIT before you applied? What was the response like?
LifeGoesOn Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 I sent two emails, to a prof. at Caltech and one at MIT that have the closest research interests to me. Both emails are now in Tumbolia, the land of dead hiccups and extinguished lightbulbs, where rejected online applications rest in peace.
purplebird Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Long time lurker - first time poster here. I am also awaiting to hear from MIT. What would you guys say my chances are. I have masters from wayne state university, detroit, MI in EE. Good GPA of 3.9 one first author paper in applied physics letters two international conference oral presentations and one international conference poster presentation GRE V-700 Q-780 AWA - 4.5 3 good recommendations I am applying to Universities in boston only because my family is here. Applying to MIT, Harvard, Boston University, Northeastern and tufts Thank you.
arlutin Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Is anybody here NOT already done/doing MS? Is anybody applying with only a bachelors degress so far? Hey durlov, I'm also undergrad so you are not alone! Did you apply for Masters or PhD ? The prof who directed my undergrad research received his PhD from MIT and mentioned they do take undergrads applying straight into the PhD program preferable to those w/ masters objective. There is hope, though I must say I believe chances are slim if we didn't hear anything by now unless you are waiting on an external fellowship (NSF, etc.).
durlov Posted February 19, 2007 Author Posted February 19, 2007 arlutin, yea i did apply for phd. in fact, when i talked to one of the professors, he said that i should apply for phd even though i still need masters. they would just make me get my masters first and then depending on the quals, i'll either be allowed to continue towards phd or not.. did you also apply straight for phd? did you hear from any other schools? i missed all the fellowship deadlines, so no such luck for me there this year. what about you?
arlutin Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Yes I also applied straight for PhD, not only at MIT but at most schools I applied to except for my safety schools. I also missed the deadlines for fellowships, a bit bummed about that right now...I think I may have had a better chance had I not missed them. I haven't heard from any other schools so far, how about you? Starting to get extremely anxious as most people about now...I'm really hoping I hear some good news from somewhere next week just to relieve some of the worrying and fear of spending a year in a cube and having to go through the process again next year haha :wink:
durlov Posted February 19, 2007 Author Posted February 19, 2007 nope not a word from any of the schools yet. cube?
LifeGoesOn Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Dear all, I was accepted at Carnegie Mellon - Robotics Institute PhD. (5 years full tuition + $2100) They sent a letter through UPS on February 16th and arrived today, at 9:00 monday. The package is very very thin, and so it has been a little scary
josefine Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 congrats, lifegoeson! I am applying straight from undergrad, so seeing that you all published something was a little scary. We'll see how much Ohio is giving me. Another problem is that I can't attend the open house, since I'm abroad right now. What should I tell them?
madmax Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Dear all, I was accepted at Carnegie Mellon - Robotics Institute PhD. (5 years full tuition + $2100) They sent a letter through UPS on February 16th and arrived today, at 9:00 monday. The package is very very thin, and so it has been a little scary Congratulations, lifegoeson!
LifeGoesOn Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Thank you. The letter says that they had 24 places for 258 applicants (9.3%). My hopes are over for MIT, and Caltech only admits very few people, so I think this will be the place. Pittsburgh seems so depressing compared to {big european capital} where I live.
amine Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Congratulations LifeGoesOn, this is a very good admit!!! I wish you all the best for the rest of your applications
madmax Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Thank you. The letter says that they had 24 places for 258 applicants (9.3%). My hopes are over for MIT, and Caltech only admits very few people, so I think this will be the place. Pittsburgh seems so depressing compared to {big european capital} where I live. No wait another day for MIT. Today is a holiday there.
cantab Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 LifeGoesOn, Congrats! As far as I know, CMU is the best place for Robotics.
LifeGoesOn Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 It's 8:18 AM in Boston. :shock: It's 10:53 AM in Boston. :?
Abted Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 Britney Spears Spreading Outdoors! http://Britney-Spears-Spreading-Outdoor ... vie=292701
arlutin Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 Haha, I hope so! Anyone apply to gatech? (12:18 PM in Boston )
purplebird Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 Congrats Lifegoes on!!! Its 12:34 now in boston. The anxiety is killing :twisted:
amine Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 I believe that we should forget about MIT, I mean for sure they are not making the decisions right now and that the decisions have been made weeks ago (as Madmax said the committee had a meeting on the 9th).
LifeGoesOn Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 Amine, somebody phoned MIT on friday and was told that there were notifications still to be sent.
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