<p>I just found this website regarding “recommended for admission.” It seems that the department you applied to recommends you to the graduate school, and then the graduate school makes the final decision, taking funding, citizenship, etc. into account.</p>
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<p>But then I don’t get why they sent me a link with ACCEPT and REJECT for the offer. If I were to click accept now, how would I truly be accepting if it’s contingent upon the graduate school. This is confusing, I will call Monday lol.</p>
<p>Hey regavo, sorry to burst your bubble a bit with my post there! Hopefully “recommended for admission” means we’re 99% accepted already! I had the exact same reaction when I read the email. I was so thrilled and excited when I saw “congratulations!” and then my eyes jumped to “admission.” Then I took a moment to collect myself and I read the entire email. As I kept reading, I started to think more and more “well this doesn’t seem as official and as straightforward of an ‘accepted’ as I would have expected…” which is why I posted to ask what people thought. I was also worried when I saw that you posted “accepted” when all the while I was thinking “oh no, I’m on the waiting list.” Anyway, glad to see we’re all on the same page and at least it means we’re a bit closer!</p>
<p>I’m interested to know what you find out when you call on Monday!</p>
<p>MIT(waiting)
Stanford(waiting)
U of Texas-Austin(accepted 2/11)
cal tech(waiting)
Michigan(waiting)
Georgia Tech(accepted with full funding(RA or TA) 1/31)
UCLA(accepted 2/11)
UC Berk(waiting)
Cornell(waiting)</p>
<p>“Recommended for Admission” is just a technicality. The university, rather than the department, is technically supposed to admit students; however, schools always defer to the faculty in individual departments. The umbrella graduate admissions only handle the paperwork. Since department cannot admitted you, but they want you to know as soon as possible, they say “recommended for admission.” Unless there are very odd circumstances, you can be pretty confident you’ll be admitted once the department recommends you.</p>
<p>I received 3 emails from the school I was accepted to. They were sent about 4 days apart.</p>
<ol>
<li>email said I was recommended for admission</li>
<li>email said “congrats” then provided some more details on visiting</li>
<li>email said “congrats” again and provided financial detail</li>
</ol>
<p>Cool, thanks None and Eisenmann. That’s very informative and comforting. Will be checking email incessantly now for confirmation. haha</p>
<p>I keep checking this page…having got a rejection from princeton and knowing who friend who got rejected from MIT and thinking that many universities are going to get back to us about now…but guess I was wrong…
Please feel free to keep updating…</p>
<p>has anyone got invited to Purdue’s recruiting weekend for civil (structural) engineering yet? I heard it was next Friday and I had not heard anything yet. The strange thing is I called my advisor once I got accepted and he told me about the recruiting weekend and the date it was on and said I could go ahead and mark it down on my calendar that I would be invited… and yet I have not heard anything yet!</p>
<p>Anyone going to UNC March 2-4?</p>
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<p>Now you can obsess 24/7.</p>
<p>**Undergrad Institution: Duke University **
**Major(s): **Mechanical Engineering
**Minor(s): **Spanish
**GPA in Major: **3.54
**Overall GPA: **3.44
**Length of Degree: **4 years
**Position in Class: **~50%
**Type of Student: **Domestic/Male/NJ</p>
<p>GRE Scores:
Q: 770
V: 590
W: 6.0</p>
<p>Research Experience: 3 years with professor; large variety of projects but nothing too in depth, no publications</p>
<p>Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean’s List Twice</p>
<p>Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Work study for research</p>
<p>**Applying</p>
<p>Duke - M. Eng - Mechanical - Accepted
Maryland - M.S. - Aerospace - Accepted
Princeton - M.S. - Aerospace - Rejected
Michigan - Ph.D. - Aerospace -
Cornell - Ph.D. - Aerospace -
Illinois - M.S. - Aerospace -
Stanford - M.S. - Management Science - **</p>
<p>Am I the only person who has not heard from almost all of my schools (8/9)? I am starting to get extremely worried and all my safety schools no longer seem safe…</p>
<p>I’ve heard from most of mine, but Material Science Departments seem to make their decisions early. Also, update:</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon - Mat Sci. PhD - Accepted
Cornell - Mat. Sci. PhD - Accepted
MIT - Mat. Sci. PhD - Accepted
MIT - MechE PhD - Accepted
Northwestern - Mat. Sci. PhD - Accepted
Stanford - Mat. Sci. PhD - Accepted</p>
<p>Caltech - (no decision yet) - withdrawal
GaTech - (no decision yet) - withdrawal</p>
<p>BTW, I also go to Duke.</p>
<p>I haven’t heard from any of my schools (for Mechanical) except one (Gatech). I think it mainly depends on the department you’re applying to. </p>
<p>Should we be worried? I thought schools were supposed to give results starting mid-february until end of march.</p>
<p>I haven’t heard from any of my schools (for Mechanical) except one (Gatech). I think it mainly depends on the department you’re applying to. </p>
<p>Should we be worried? I thought schools were supposed to give results starting mid-february until end of march.</p>
<p>All schools reply quickly when you have crazy stats. congrats! I’ve applied to Northwestern Material Science PhD and have not heard anything.</p>
<p>Don’t worry Eisenmann! I haven’t heard back from 7/9 of my schools either. Still staying optimistic though =)</p>
<p>It might help to call the schools and ask them where your application is. I did that and it was just a relief to hear that my application (mine specifically, not just in general) was “still being reviewed” and not rejected yet. That’s also how I found out that one of the schools thought my application was incomplete when it actually wasn’t.</p>
<p>I applied two years ago and it was the end of march before I heard anything from Northwestern MSE PhD. It turned out that my application was “ranked” highly enough for them to offer me a masters but not a PhD. At least I didn’t get rejected. So I think you never know. It’s feasible to keep your hopes up if you haven’t heard back yet.</p>
<p>Undergrad Institution: DePaul University, Chicago, absolutely no engineering
Major(s): BS in Physics and BS in Music
Minor(s): Math
GPA in Major: 3.65 (physics)
Overall GPA: 3.53
Length of Degree: 5 years (double major)
Position in Class: No idea
Type of Student: Domestic/female/Indiana</p>
<p>GRE Scores:
Q: 730
V: 560
W: 3.5 (As a native speaker, I’m convinced this in no way dictates your proficiency in English. I received a 2.5 the first time. Some people just have a way with words, and I don’t.)</p>
<p>TOEFL Total: </p>
<p>Research Experience: 1 summer at UIUC in Physics, 1 summer at DePaul, 1 winter at Argonne National Lab, APS (published in Biophysics Journal)</p>
<p>Awards/Honors/Recognitions: academic scholarship, saxophone performance scholarship (should count for something right?) </p>
<p>Pertinent Activities or Jobs: President of Society for Physics Students at DePaul</p>
<p>Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:</p>
<p>Applying for PhD at: </p>
<p>Notre Dame - EE - accepted, with funding (2/15)
UIUC - ECE - still waiting
Purdue - ECE - still waiting
Illinois Tech - ECE - still waiting, but not too concerned</p>
<p>So let me get this straight. People who have already been accepted to, let’s say, UIUC have been accepted because they are really strong candidates and super awesome at what they do. If they are going to reject me, do I have to wait until the very end of their acceptance process? Let’s be honest, I’d rather know right away if I’m not getting in.</p>