Fall 07: Acceptances/Rejections

Graduate School
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<p>I applied to EE for the following institutes:</p>

<p>Stanford -EE - PhD - waiting (probably rejected)
Berkeley - EE - MS - rejected
UCLA - EE - MS - rejected
UCSB - EE - PhD - waiting (invited for recruit weekend)
UCSD - EE - PhD - waiting
UCD - EE - MS - accepted
Minnesota - EE - PhD - accepted</p>

<p>Profile:
Overall: 3.53
Major: 3.6
Last 2 year: 3.67
GRE: 800 460 4.5
Letters: 2 from very distinguished IEEE fellows, 1 from sr. director from work with phd in ME
Experience: 1 summer working for dept at school, 1 summer intern in industry, currently working with prof in lab</p>

<p>I really was hoping to be accepted by LA or SD, but now I'm starting to get extremely worried. Is my my profile just that bad comparing to other applicants? :(</p>

442

<p>Sig, youre applying for PhD's which means that you can realistically have a 3.95, awesome LOR's and great research and still get rejected. Be stoked you got accepted anywhere for a PhD!</p>

443

<p>Sig,
I cant understand being rejected for PhD's, but the rejection from UCLA MS was kind of surprising to me. Is it that hard to get into the MS program at LA?</p>

444

<p>It is a top 15 program in its field...</p>

445

<p>Yea I was hit pretty hard by it too. I mean I know my profile isnt exactly stellar, but I thought it was decent enough to get me into the MS program. I talked to man graduate students as well as my professor who has been on the graduate admission committee (I think my school is within top 20), and my replies were all very positive about getting into UCLA. I was very discouraged by the reply...I was hoping to get some opinions from this forum, do you guys recommend me emailing a few professors at UCLA in my concentration to ask about what happened? Thanks guys, I was really appreciate it</p>

446

<p>I dont think you would gain anything by mailing professors, but I do find it really odd. I think it is just bad luck. UCLA generally shouldn't be rejecting 3.53s from top 20s for MS.</p>

447

<p>The average successful engineering MS student at UCLA has a 3.7. That may have been a factor...who knows.</p>

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UCLA generally shouldn't be rejecting 3.53s from top 20s for MS.

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<p>Except, of course, if the average MS admit was higher than that...</p>

449

<p>UCLA application actually only asked for last 2 year GPA, and the site says average admittance is 3.6 to 4.0. Whatever the case is, it seems like I just have no luck with UCLA =&lt;/p>

450

<p>Sorry about that, sigil. You still look set to get into some kickass programs though!</p>

451

<p>The average GPA is always skewed a bit higher than it really is if you're coming from a top school.</p>

452

<p>I've applied to Stanford for EE, Master's, and I've yet to hear from them. Anyone know when they plan on making the decisions by?</p>

453

<p>whacks, you should have an answer by this Friday.</p>

454

<p>UWashington-Seattle - CS PhD - Rejected
UC Riverside - CS PhD - Rejected
Columbia - CS PhD - Rejected
GaTech - CS PhD - Accepted (received an invite for grad visit on 12th, visit is from 14th!!!)
UNC-Chapel Hill - CS PhD - Accepted
U of Toronto - CS PhD - Accepted
USC - CS PhD - waiting
UCLA - CS PhD - waiting
UCSD - CS PhD - LATEST REJECT
UMD-College Park - CS PhD - waiting (probably reject)
UCSB - CS PhD - rejected</p>

<p>Success rate: 29% for US schools</p>

<p>Anyone got accepted to UMD, UCLA, USC, or UCSD??</p>

455

<p>i got into ucla, but only for the CS master's program. having got rejected from columbia's and duke's phd programs, i'm thinking i did the right thing by only applying to ucla's master's program.</p>

456

<p>Wsup guys, here are my results so far...</p>

<p>UCLA - EE PhD - Accepted
Columbia - EE MS - Accepted
UCSB - EE MS/PhD - Accepted
UMich A.A. - EE MS - Accepted
CMU - ECE PhD - waiting
CMU - INI MS - waiting (they just started reviewing apps)
UIUC - EE PhD - waiting
Cornell - EE PhD - waiting
Stanford - EE MS/PhD - waiting</p>

<p>Anyone heard from CMU, UIUC, or Cornell?
Anyone get Stanford MSEE yet?</p>

457

<p>MICA - MFA Graphic Design: waiting
UW - MFA Visual Communications Design: interview
**CCA - MFA Design: accepted, but no funding as of yet
Pratt - MS Communications Design: waiting
SCAD - MFA Graphic Design: accepted + 10k fellowship
RIT - MFA Graphic Design: waiting</p>

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

<p>it CAN be done!</p>

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<p>Hey evild33ds, I heard from Cornell about 2 weeks ago. Their confirmation deadline for the visit days was last Friday.</p>

460

<p>Does anyone know when UT-Austin/GA Tech make their decisions for ECE PHD???</p>