03 Apr 2020

University Of Michigan

Mechanical Engineering, PhD (F20)

Rejected via E-mail on 04 Apr 2020

Note

Shocked!!! Was a GPA 4.0 master student in Mechanical Engineering at Umich (Also undergrad from top USA engineering program, full-time work experience in top-notch company, several pubs and patents). Key takeaways from this application (advice for future Umich admits): 1. Do not trust the downgraded master offer (admit into master instead of phd) from the umich! The master admission offer may mention you can "transfer" (change of program) into the phd program during your master, but trust me, the "transfer" process would be identical in terms of difficulty as directly application. The selectivity for the master is around 20% so the school just wanna attract the CASH from the master admits's tuitions (tuition is extremely high considering Umich is a public school). The financial assistantship are very limited for master students. 2. You must contact and secure some POI (rich POI with funding) or high chance you will be rejected (the POI makes most decisions while admission committee makes very few). I will take phd offers from other top (higher ranking) engineering school. VERY disappointment in Michigan ! ! !

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