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March 2022
Electrical And Computer Engineering, University Of California, Berkeley UC Berkeley EECS Ph.D. program. Two previous NSF REUs. Two+ years of research experience during undergrad in physics/ECE. Two primary-author publications. No interview. All good, I got into another program that I am happy about! Good luck to everyone!
Added on March 16, 2022
Electrical And Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University ECE Ph.D. program. Two previous NSF REUs. Two+ years of research experience during undergrad in physics/ECE. Two primary-author publications. Good luck to everyone!
Added on March 16, 2022
Applied Physics, Harvard University Harvard AP Ph.D. program. Two previous NSF REUs. Two+ years of research experience during undergrad in physics/ECE. Two primary-author publications. Had an interview on Jan. 5 with non-POI. All good, I got into another program that I am happy about! Good luck to everyone!
Added on March 16, 2022
Applied Physics, Cornell University Cornell AP Ph.D. program. Two previous NSF REUs. Two+ years of research experience during undergrad in physics/ECE. Two primary-author publications. General acceptance into the program with T.A. position first year. Good luck to everyone!
Added on March 16, 2022
Electrical And Computer Engineering, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Technically EECS application. Two previous NSF REUs. Two+ years of research experience during undergrad in physics/ECE. Two primary-author publications. All good, I got into another program that I am happy about! Good luck to everyone!
Added on March 16, 2022
Physics, University Of Illinois UIUC Physics Ph.D. program. Two previous NSF REUs. Two+ years of research experience during undergrad. Two primary-author publications. Had an REU here in Physics so found this surprising. Oh well, wasn’t meant to be but thankful for the REU experience!
Added on March 16, 2022
February 2022
Electrical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook Previous bachelors in communication brought my CGPA to 3.01 but gpa at current school is 3.74. Contributing author on 1 publication, first author on accepted conference paper. Lots of research (2 NSF REUs and other research positions throughout school year). Strong SOP. Received email to check portal
Added on February 16, 2022
Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Generic rejection. 2 first author pubs, 1 at a top IEEE journal. Presentation at IROS. 3 more paper under review/preparation. MS from good (R1) university in the US. 3 LoRs, 1 from a prominent faculty with extensive history of cooperation with MIT/Draper. 4.0 grad GPA, 3.8+ undergrad. Note to future international applicants of MIT or Stanford ME: minimize your expectations. You have to compete with Americans with NSF fellowships & many research or internship opportunities during their undergrad (including at MIT/Stanford itself), and with international applicants from the "right" universities or labs. And then IMO you need LORs from people strongly affiliated with MIT/Stanford. And even then you have to get very lucky still. If you look at member s of any lab, it's obvious that it's extremely rare for someone to get accepted without ticking all those boxes which are not really in our control in the end. And don't take their empty talk of "diversity of backgrounds" seriously.
Added on February 15, 2022
Mathematics, University Of Colorado, Boulder 83rd percentile subject test. 3 years research with a non-NSF REU. 3 publications and a variety of presentations. Did not submit general GRE. Was notified of status update by email, visited website to find acceptance letter!
Added on February 04, 2022
January 2022
Linguistics, University Of Oregon Doubt GPA had anything to do with it; Oregon doc/desc faculty seem to really want people interested in their areas (geographically speaking) of preference, and my most tangible lead was something just outside of it...so it probably didn't read as being compatible. I guess another part was that I care about socio and doc together, and since Tyler Kendall is at the NSF, the socio part isn't as strong these days.
Added on January 19, 2022
Biology, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) Good GPA, MSRP-Bio internship in summer 2020, NSF funded student exchange research program in summer 2022, 3 years of undergrad research experience, excellent LORs. No publications.
Added on January 14, 2022
Ecology And Evolutionary Biology, University Of California, Irvine Invited to departmental recruitment/interview week. I emailed potential PI's during the fall but never got a reply so I didn't expect to even be considered. Did an NSF-REU in the summer of 2021 and have been working on research at my current institution since January 2021. Have done a few presentations at regional conferences. McNair scholar, underrepresented minority and a parent.
Added on January 06, 2022
December 2021
Eco-informatics, Northern Arizona University US PR in the final year of undergrad studies in Australia. Informal acceptance with fellowship to NSF-funded graduate program. Very early, given that PI nominated me for a university-wide fellowship (only for admitted applicants). Very excited, but also looking forward to responses from other programs. Best of luck to all applicants this year!
Added on December 10, 2021
April 2021
Mechanical Engineering, University Of Pennsylvania I had three "interviews" to find a fit for me. Three different labs, one technical internship(related to current research), and e-board of SWE, Engineering Education, and other engineering societies/clubs. Received 2021 NSF GRFP. No papers/abstracts. Did not submit GRE scores, but scored around the 65th percentile. A BS in ME from a state/public school. Reasons why I may have been accepted: Super solid recommendation letters(current PI, internship Supervisor, my PI/prof from my first lab in freshman year), talked about trying different research fields/labs which may have demonstrated serious interest in current research, and very involved with my department I turned down the offer because it didn't fit my research/career goals.
Added on April 12, 2021
March 2021
Computer Science, Columbia University Received an unofficial acceptance from POI after interviewing with them and receiving the NSF GRF this past week! Excited to be offered the opportunity to work in this novel and increasingly impactful research area. I have a tough decision ahead of me to make. Good luck to everyone else waiting!!
Added on March 27, 2021
