Fall 07: Acceptances/Rejections

Graduate School
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<p>hi ct999,
Sorry about Berkeley. Berkeley wasn't my top choice so I didn't really feel too bad. Though my top choice (CMU) should be rejecting me any day now. </p>

<p>I got a message from a prof at Brown early on (Feb 6) saying they recommended my admission. But I only just got the official admission yesterday. </p>

<p>Regarding the cost of applications, I think my estimate includes all the tests and score reports. Because of the timing, I had to request GRE general and GRE subject test scores separately for each school. I also had to take and send my TOEFL scores. That really added to the cost.</p>

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<p>Stanford - cs - phd - rejected
CMU - cs - phd - waiting
USC - cs - phd - waiting
UIUC - cs - phd - waiting
Duke - cs - phd - waiting
Columbia - cs - phd - waiting
UPenn - cs - phd - waiting
Penn State - cs - phd - waiting
U. Florida - cs - phd - waiting
UCSD- cs - phd - waiting</p>

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<p>Update:</p>

<p>U of Minnesota - EE - MS - accepted
*U of Washington - EE - MS - rejected
U of Michigan - EE - MS - waiting...
Cornell - EE - MS/Ph.D - waiting...
Carnegie Mellon - EE - MS - waiting...
Northwestern - EE - MS - waiting...
Stanford - EE - MS - waiting...</p>

<p>Yes!</p>

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<p>Berkeley - Materials Sci. & Eng. - PhD - Accepted
**Caltech - Materials Science - PhD - Accepted
Columbia - Applied Physics/Math - PhD - Accepted
Harvard - Applied Physics - PhD - n/a
Michigan - Materials Sci. & Eng. - PhD - Accepted
MIT - Materials Sci. & Eng. - PhD - n/a
Northwestern - Materials Sci. & Eng. - PhD - Wait-listed
Princeton - Mech/Aero Eng. - PhD - Accepted
Stanford - Materials Sci. & Eng. - PhD - Accepted</p>

<p>Come on, Cambridge...what's the holdup?</p>

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<p>UCLA - political science - accepted, full funding
UCSD - political science - ?
Ohio State - political science - accepted, full funding
Michigan - political science - ?
**Yale - political science - accepted, full funding
Stanford - political science - ?
Rochester - political science - accepted, full funding
UCSB - political science - accepted, no funding info
Rice - political science - ?</p>

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<p>Addwit,</p>

<p>I'm leaving in an hour for Caltech ME. How did your weekend go? Were you offered admission while you were there?</p>

<p>Supposedly some of our interviews will be with multiple students and one prof. What the hell is that???</p>

<p>Out of curiousity, who would you work with there? If I remember right, we have similar research interests, but I wasn't able to find anyone in mat sci who did that kind of work.</p>

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<p>Out of curiosity, did you guys contact profs at the universities that you applied to? How did you make your applications "stand out"? I mean, you would now be working with a supervisor, right? How do you find a supervisor? This is going to be crazy next year :S</p>

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<p>nyr2021,
I haven't heard from them at all really, and they seem a little disorganized. I haven't booked a flight because I'm really hoping for UCSD, which is a few days earlier, and I could only fly to Cali once.
I'll let you know if I hear anything. You can PM if you are interested in the details of my funding.</p>

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<p>Dirt,</p>

<p>The weekend went pretty well. We had some lab tours and met with faculty...standard stuff. </p>

<p>Nope, we weren't offered admission while we were there. They basically told us that we were all students they'd like to admit, but they wanted to make sure we were a good fit for the program. I got an e-mail notifying me of my acceptance late last night. </p>

<p>All my faculty meetings were one on one, but they weren't really "interviews". The professors just discussed their research, and I asked them questions. Having to do that with multiple students at a time certainly isn't as nice, but it shouldn't be too awkward. </p>

<p>I am most interested in Dr. Johnson and Dr. Greer. Have you looked into their research? </p>

<p>I hope you have a good time in Pasadena. Let me know how it goes.</p>

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<p>I've seen Greer's work and heard of Johnson. </p>

<p>I don't have the best impression of Greer, but she couldn't have been that bad since Nix supports her strongly.</p>

<p>I'll let you know how the visit goes.</p>

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<p>What about Greer makes you say that?</p>

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<p>I have to go, but I'll PM you this weekend with my reasons.</p>

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<p>Updated List: I applied for MS/PhD programs in EE. My chosen area is MEMS(VLSI in some schools).</p>

<p>Brown-waiting
Caltech-waiting
Cornell-waiting
MIT-waiting
Princeton-waiting
Stanford-waiting
Yale-waiting for formal acceptance</p>

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<p>UCLA - political science - accepted, full funding
**UCSD - political science - accepted, funding info on 3/1
Ohio State - political science - accepted, full funding
Michigan - political science - ?
Yale - political science - accepted, full funding
Stanford - political science - ?
Rochester - political science - accepted, full funding
UCSB - political science - accepted, no funding info
Rice - political science - ?</p>

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<p>Updated:
Harvard- Chemistry- Accepted
Caltech- Chemistry- Accepted
UC Berkeley- Chemistry- Accepted
U. Chicago- Chemistry- Accepted
Penn State- Chemistry- Accepted
UC Riverside- Chemistry- Accepted
Princeton - Chemistry- Waitlisted
MIT- Chemistry- Denied
Northwestern- Materials- Still Waiting</p>

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<p>Updated:</p>

<p>Illinois-Chicago-MA in Linguistics/TESOL-Accepted conditionally based on spring term grades</p>

<p>So now waiting for Penn State and Teacher's College</p>

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<p>So, Harvard is finally heard. Congrats. That is quite a nice acceptance list you have there. Interesting: UC Riverside? My sister went there, but I don't remember them having a reputation for PhD's, but this was 20+ years ago.</p>

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<p>It's been a good day for me...</p>

<p>UCLA - political science - accepted, full funding
UCSD - political science - accepted, funding info on 3/1
Ohio State - political science - accepted, full funding
Michigan - political science - ?
Yale - political science - accepted, full funding
**Stanford - political science - accepted, full funding
Rochester - political science - accepted, full funding
UCSB - political science - accepted, no funding info
Rice - political science - ?</p>

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<p>amalee,</p>

<p>Rock on! You got into programs I couldn't dream of!</p>

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<p>amalee gets accepted to everywhere and I'm still 0/2 on responses :D</p>

<p>Nonetheless, congrats.</p>