Mechanical Engineering Graduate School Admission Results

Applied way before the deadline, heard back within two weeks.

Coming straight from undergrad. Accepted with department fellowship.

Controls concentration, 12 month fellowship guaranteed, possibility for multi-year fellowship. Currently MS student elsewhere.

TTPB: I'm the person who posted the CMU Mechanical Ph.D. Admit today. I reached out to the POI in early December before applying, had a zoom meeting with him a week later. My area of interest in air quality engineering and CFD

Received an email notifying me that there has been an update in my application status. Awarded departmental fellowship 31k USD/year. Full funding guarantee for 5 years.

Email from POI requesting interview

TTPB: Congratulations! :D May I know the area of interest you have stated on your SOP?

Details regarding my application and admission that I have posted about earlier. International applicant with 2 undergrad degrees outside US. Currently a M.Sc. student outside US with a GPA of 4.00. Journal publication. Research experience. Work experience. I have external fellowship. Submitted my application on 01.12.2020. Interviewed by the PI at 05.01.2021. Interview was like a chat, there were no technical discussions. He told me about the funding package and his studies. He said that he was going to get in touch with the admissions committee. I received the official admissions letter on 28.01.2021 with full funding.

Invited to 2021 Virtual Mechanical Engineering Grad Expo. But it seems like it's a public event everyone can RSVP, so nothing guaranteed yet.

No contact with profs. No pubs. No GRE. GPA: 3.93/4 Top Undergrad University.

TTPB: I am the one who just reported the acceptance: I was contacted by POI after the submission + field is in between MechE and BioMedical. I was actually notified by my POI last week, and today I received an official email including my advisor and funding details

MS from one of the top 10 engineering universities in USA, 2 first-author publication in tier-1 journal, 1 second-author paper, 2 major conference presentations. Not surprising but happy to have acceptance!

Informal acceptance from supervisor over email

Interviewed by the PI at the beginning of January. She informed me that I will receieve the official offer at the end of January. They will be admitting 2 more times, at the end of February and at the end of March. Get in touch with professors of interest as they make recommendations about candidates to the admissons committee. Might be helpful for those who are waiting.

Had an interview last week and got an official admission letter today

Had few email exchanges with my advisor. He said the department will be rolling out admits (first set of admits) in the first week of Feb.