<p>So I'm currently an Applied Phys major at Columbia, looking at Material Science and Eng. programs. CMU's program seems pretty appealing, but their website says you need to have a BS in MS&E or related field to be considered for admission. I was wondering if anyone had applied to their program from other fields (Phys, Applied Phys, Engineering Phys specially) and if Applied Phys would be considered a related field. I'm a junior, and only beginning to take MatSci classes. I've done MatSci research, though no publications or anything :/</p>
<p>Call the program’s director of graduate studies and ask.</p>
<p>I don’t think it should be a problem. I dunno about CMU, but Matsci departments in general like to talk about how they interdisciplinary they are; they like people who bring different perspectives. At Stanford’s Matsci PhD Admitted Student Weekend, only 20-30% were Matsci undergrads. About half of the remainder were chemistry/physics/applied physics majors, and the other half were ME/ChemE/BioE/EE.</p>
<p>Considering how Applied Physics is probably the degree most similar to Matsci, you should be all right. Applied Physics certainly counts as a related field. The important thing is to do more research, preferably related to materials.</p>