Graduate School Admission Results

Received an email to check portal

Program: Master of Development Engineering (MDevEng)University: UC Berkeley Status: Accepted Notes: Received admission offer for the Master of Development Engineering program at UC Berkeley. I'm extremely excited about the opportunity, as UC Berkeley is my top choice due to its exceptional faculty, community, and research initiatives. Currently seeking financial assistance options due to personal financial constraints—coming from Kazakhstan, a single-parent family with annual income below $25,000. Previously secured a full-ride financial aid package from Georgetown University for undergraduate studies, significantly easing family financial pressures. Other competing offers included generous financial assistance from Columbia University, London School of Economics (LSE), Georgetown, and Copenhagen Business School. Despite these, I strongly prefer UC Berkeley and am willing to make significant commitments and sacrifices to attend. Actively pursuing internal opportunities for Teaching or Research Assistantships at UC Berkeley, specifically interested in engaging with professors such as Dr. David Zilberman, Dr. Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Dr. Shankar Sastry, as well as research initiatives associated with Blum Center for Developing Economies, Big Ideas Contest, Engineers Without Borders, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Also exploring external funding (Fulbright), and considering educational loans (MPOWER) with a responsible repayment plan in place. Intending to pursue the PhD track in Development Engineering at UC Berkeley following the master's degree completion.

IELTS 7.5, No GRE 2 research internships, 1 submitted paper (no published papers yet) My undergraduate university is the top in my country and roughly 2-3 in the region.

why waiting 4 months tho?

Transportation Engineering, applied for Ph.D., accepted to MS

Ph.D. in other field, few years of AI research experience in industry, many publications, fellow of academic society, university adjoint researcher, startups founder. Congrats to other admission holders. Looks like I need to explore on my own now.

MSc/Phd candidate. Email to check the portal for update.

Email to check portal

No interview. Multiple PIs replied that they didn’t receive my application, so I’m assuming I didn’t pass the initial screening.