shur42 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) Hi all! Are there any Fall 17 MSE applicants lurking around here? Let's share our profiles and admission results! Here's a profile template from the biology thread: Undergrad Institution: (School or type of school, such as big state, lib arts, ivy, technical, foreign (what country?))Major(s):Minor(s):GPA in Major:Overall GPA:Position in Class: (No numbers needed, but are you top? near top? average? struggling?)Type of Student: (Domestic/International, male/female, minority?)GRE Scores (revised/old version):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, etc...)Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:Special Bonus Points: (Such as connections, grad classes, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc...)Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:Applying to Where:School - Department - Research InterestSchool - Department - Research InterestSchool - Department - Research Interest Edited December 13, 2016 by shur42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shur42 Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Here's mine: Undergrad Institution: A big, well-known Russian UniversityMajor(s): Manufacturing EngineeringOverall GPA: 3.2Position in Class: Kinda near the topType of Student: F, InternationalGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 162V: 162W: 4.5TOEFL Total: 119Research Experience: 1st author publication in a decent journal, several materials-related research projects at universities and companiesAwards/Honors/Recognitions: Got nominated for the best poster award at a big conferencePertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for two courses, 1 year in the industrySpecial Bonus Points: M.Sc. in MaterialsApplying to Where:A bunch of UCs: UCLA, USC, UCSB, UCSD (Nanoengineering), UCI, UCRCaltech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylzee Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Undergrad Institution: Midwest schoolMajor(s): Materials Science and EngineeringOverall GPA: 3.95Position in Class: GoodType of Student: FGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 164V: 167W: 3.5 (lol)TOEFL Total: N/AResearch Experience: 2+ years of research & 1 internship, 1 3rd author publicationAwards/Honors/Recognitions: Best poster award at a small poster conferencePertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutor for two years, outreach/club experienceSpecial Bonus Points: Physics MinorApplying to Where: UCSB, UC Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, Michigan, UPenn, Cornell (applied phys) shur42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shur42 Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 On 12/15/2016 at 4:24 PM, jaylzee said: Undergrad Institution: Midwest schoolMajor(s): Materials Science and EngineeringOverall GPA: 3.95Position in Class: GoodType of Student: FGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 164V: 167W: 3.5 (lol)TOEFL Total: N/AResearch Experience: 2+ years of research & 1 internship, 1 3rd author publicationAwards/Honors/Recognitions: Best poster award at a small poster conferencePertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutor for two years, outreach/club experienceSpecial Bonus Points: Physics MinorApplying to Where: UCSB, UC Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, Michigan, UPenn, Cornell (applied phys) Nice to see another MSE applicant here! Have you heard from any of the schools yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ercofell Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Undergrad Institution: Scripps College (small liberal arts school in California)Major(s): PhysicsMinor(s): FrenchGPA in Major: 3.5Overall GPA: 3.54Position in Class: Wasn't really a thing at my school since the majors were so smallType of Student: F, domestic GRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 163V: 170W: 4.5 TOEFL Total: N/AResearch Experience: 2 summer research internships in materials (1 international), and year-long thesis research in PV materialsAwards/Honors/Recognitions: Third author on paper that won conference award and is up for publication Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Physics grader/mentor, tutoring, community science outreach Special Bonus Points: This is my second round applying to schools, got into UC Davis last year but decided that I wanted to retake the GRE and apply to places that more closely matched my research interests Applying to Where: University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, Northwestern, Columbia, University of Washington, some international schools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyTry Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Second year applying, first time was meche programs Undergrad Institution: public university with strong engineering program in west coast Major(s): MechEGPA in Major: 3.70/4.00Overall GPA: 3.56/4.00Demographics/Background: GRE Scores:Q: 162 V: 154 W: 4.0 LOR: 3 "Popeye the sailor man" strong Research Experience: 1 summer and 2 academic years in ECE lab 1 summer in materials science lab 2 quarters MechE lab post graduation: 6 months full time and ongoing in molecular, cell and developmental bio lab diversify!!!!! Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: 1 2nd author. 1 4th author in review. Over ten oral/poster presentations. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Recognized most likely to dropout of highschool Fellowships/Funding: still broke and nothing's changing Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Advanced bird cage watching Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: Beat a scarecrow in a staring contest Research Interests: Energy materials, nano/micro science, fabrication Institutions/Programs: All PhD programs Harvard (meche & matrls program) ut Austin uc davis stanford Comments: Low gpa and gre but I don't care anymore, it is their loss if that's what they value more 0 Quote Options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shur42 Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 Hey guys, any news? jaylzee, I think UCSB has started looking at the applications, I got a reminder from them to submit one form that I missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaslugs Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I heard back from UCSB last year late january. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishys Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Small private universityMajor(s): Engineering ScienceOverall GPA: 3.90/4.00Position in Class: Top 3 in engineering classType of Student: DomesticGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 170V: 159W: 4.0Research Experience: 1 semester in analytical chemistry lab, 1.5 semesters in biomaterials, 2 REUs focused on materials science with both of my projects involving energy storage.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: University Scholar (Top 15 or so GPA in entire class, including all majors), various engineering department awards Publications: Second author on a publication, conference paper, another paper in-prep. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutor for some physics classes and a circuits course, grader for three different engineering courses.Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Volunteered at a local middle school robotics club once a week for a year.Applying to Where: Stanford, Georgia Tech, UT Austin, UCSD (Nanoengineering), Vanderbilt Comments: I'm interested in materials for energy storage, and the schools that I applied to all have faculty that I would be excited to work with. I considered applying to a few more schools, but none of their faculty generated the same level of interest that I have in these five schools. Edited January 8, 2017 by Fishys shur42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RanaYekani Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Undergrad Institution: Iran University of Science and Technology Grad Institution: TU Darmstadt, GermanyMajor(s): Materials Science and Engineering Undergrad GPA: 2.67 (3.05 last two years)Grad GPA: 3.2Position in Class: near the top Type of Student: F, InternationalGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 164V: 153W: 4.0TOEFL Total: 117Research Experience: Diverse research experience(Graphene, nanomaterials, glasses and energy materials) at Max Planck, KIT and some other institutions Publication: One 1st author in Nanoscale, two conference papers (One in Iran and one in Germany)Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Won the best poster award at TU DarmstadtPertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for one course for two semestersApplying to Where:McGill, Boston University, Northwestern, USC Low undergrad GPA and GRE but counting on my research profile to make my application look good! A professor at McGill has agreed to take me on(after a long time of exchanging emails) and but he asked me a few days ago to send him a memo addressed to him in which I explain the reason behind my low undergrad GPA. He sounded very supportive. Should I contact him to ask how the process is going? or should I just sit back and wait? shur42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhu_It Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Indian Institute of TechnologyGrad Institution: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY Major(s): Materials EngineeringUndergrad GPA: 8.33/10 (~ 3.9/4)Grad GPA: 3.4Position in Class: top 10% for undergrad, average for MSType of Student: International, MGRE Scores (revised version):Q: 166V: 157W: 3.5Research Experience: Two years of research on biological polymers during Master's, Currently a research technician in biomaterials somewhere in the northeast, all undergrad research is mostly unrelated to my current interests, two research posters in undergrad in mechanical behavior/composite materials.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Best poster award at a materials symposiumPertinent Activities or Jobs: would have 8 months of experience as Research technician at the time of joiningAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Naah Special Bonus Points: Lol Applying to Where: Materials - Vanderbilt, Drexel, Delaware, Rochester, Arizona StateMacromolecular/Polymer science - Case Western, Virginia Tech, Connecticut, North Carolina StateBioengineering - Utah, Syracuse Edited January 11, 2017 by Bhu_It shur42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhu_It Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 On 12/22/2016 at 0:45 AM, WhyTry said: Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: Beat a scarecrow in a staring contest - good one, might come in handy when you stare at the microscope images for hours. Comments: Low gpa and gre but I don't care anymore, it is their loss if that's what they value more - Way to go! Precisely my mindset right now. WhyTry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
predoc Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Bhu_It said: Undergrad GPA: 8.33/10 (~ 3.9/4) Woah ! Is that conversion true ? Seems highly unlikely that 8.33/10 will be so high on a 4 point scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shur42 Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 4 hours ago, RanaYekani said: A professor at McGill has agreed to take me on(after a long time of exchanging emails) and but he asked me a few days ago to send him a memo addressed to him in which I explain the reason behind my low undergrad GPA. He sounded very supportive. Should I contact him to ask how the process is going? or should I just sit back and wait? I think whatever you decide to do is ok in this case! Maybe you can wait until McGill starts sending out the interviews/acceptances, and, if you're not contacted, reach out to this prof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhu_It Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 4 hours ago, predoc said: Woah ! Is that conversion true ? Seems highly unlikely that 8.33/10 will be so high on a 4 point scale. It actually is true according to one of the common grade conversion agencies that the universities use. The grading system is very different over there. In fact the highest GPA anyone got in my college was around 8.5-8.7 lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhu_It Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 9 hours ago, RanaYekani said: McGill, Boston University, Northwestern, USC Low undergrad GPA and GRE but counting on my research profile to make my application look good! A professor at McGill has agreed to take me on(after a long time of exchanging emails) and but he asked me a few days ago to send him a memo addressed to him in which I explain the reason behind my low undergrad GPA. He sounded very supportive. Should I contact him to ask how the process is going? or should I just sit back and wait? The application deadline is yet to come for McGill. Most likely the application reviews will start after the deadline. So contacting him before the deadline isn't going to be helpful. So I'd say it's best to wait for at least a month or so past the deadline before you ask him/admission staff about this. shur42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishys Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I was admitted to Georgia Tech's Materials Science program today! Excited for my first acceptance. ercofell and shur42 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggied Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Undergrad Institution: Big State UniversityMajors: Materials Science & Engineering, ZoologyGPA in Major: 3.47/4.0Overall GPA: 3.42/4.00Type of Student: Domestic/FemaleGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 170V: 161W: 4.5Research Experience: 1 year of research experienceAwards/Honors/Recognitions: member of Honor's collegePertinent Activities or Jobs: worked for two years at technology patent officeAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: president of the largest club in the materials department, volunteered extensively throughout collegeSpecial Bonus Points: double majorApplying to Where: UF - Biomedical Engineering UF- Materials Science Vanderbilt - Materials Science Carnegie Mellon - Materials Science Penn State - Materials Science UT Austin - Biomedical Engineering CU Boulder - Materials Science Colorado State - Mechanical Engineering University of Utah - Bioengineering shur42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shur42 Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 12 hours ago, Fishys said: I was admitted to Georgia Tech's Materials Science program today! Excited for my first acceptance. Congratulations @Fishys! Any news from UCSD Nanoengineering? I interviewed with UCI (in person) and with UCR (by phone). Some people got admits from UCSB yesterday - did you guys interview at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadass Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Hi all, I recently received admission offers from Berkely, UCSB and Cornell (still having a hard time to believe this is true!) I'll stay in California between UCB's and UCSB's visit weekend and was wondering if anyone would like to join me and travel across the west coast. I interviewed for UCSB, but that was way back (October) so that could explain getting admitted early. shur42 and ercofell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shur42 Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 Congrats @Hadass! It seems that you've got a tough (but oh so pleasant) decision ahead of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadass Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Thanks @shur42! Crossing my fingers for the rest of you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishys Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Looks like Stanford has started to send out acceptances, I'm getting pretty anxious about it. shur42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perovskite Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 @Hadass Can you share some of your stats? Do you know if these schools will be sending out more acceptances? Congrats and thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shur42 Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 On 1/20/2017 at 7:49 PM, Fishys said: Looks like Stanford has started to send out acceptances, I'm getting pretty anxious about it. I know how you feel, it seems that if I don't get any communications from UCSB next week, this train has left the station without me :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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