Graduate School Admission Results

Thank you for applying to Stanford University's Department of Electrical Engineering Graduate Program. With regret we must inform you that the Graduate Admissions Committee, after careful review of your application, was unable to admit you for graduate study. Each year the number of applicants seeking admission to our Department exceeds by many times the number of available openings. The competition for admission is extremely intense as there are many exceptional students among the applicants. We wish you every success in satisfying your educational and career goals. Not worried. Stanford does not fund MS students. I have been accepted for the MS program with funding at other schools, such as Virginia Tech.

Applied directly for the MS program. Expected, since they sent all the admissions a couple of weeks ago.

LeBron James makes big plays in Basketball look easy, Stanford makes rejections look easy!!!

Tuition up to 10 units; 1/2 TA or RA stipend. STOKED!! Still waiting on UT Austin.

Applied to the masters program.

looks like rejection emails were sent out on the same day that acceptance phone calls were made.

Just goes to show that good numbers don't mean much at the higher levels! I can't say I'm not disappointed, but I had been expecting it for a while since I wasn't invited to interview.

Maybe it is about time for these top universities to do fundamental-level research in admissions process and improve it. It is not about 6/7 out of 10 times when they get it right in general, but about rare & potential original motivations going ignored because of what they call 'holistic evaluation'. Being leaders in their field, these universities bear the responsibility to identify & flourish such ideas, and bring widely-visible results.

Heart broken, though as expected.

Had good profile overall. But, come on, this is Stanford. Was expecting this only. I have a call from Michigan, Ann Arbor , so no worries.

Super bummed, but knew it would be a long shot.

A very nicely-worded email from Professor Bobonich. 1a-5r-1w/19