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NOTE: Prospective grad student here, finishing undergrad now.
UIUC: Accepted into Ph.D. program, three-year fellowship covers tuition, stipend reduces from $17k to $8k after first year. Also optional 10 hour TA job on top of that. Research assistantship (RA) yet to materialize.
UCSD: Accepted into Ph.D. program, one-year fellowship covers tuition and $21k stipend. Two profs agreed to co-advise my research. (excited!)
Clemson: Accepted into Ph.D. program, fellowships and RA (from current advisor) cover tuition and maybe $30k more the first year, then $20k afterwards.
MIT: Reject.
Stanford: Reject.
Undergrad electrical engineering at Clemson, communications focus (applied to same area everywhere).
GPA: 4.0, but we don't give out A- grades, and classes are not that rigorous here...
GRE: 800 Math, 710 Verbal, 5.0 Writing, no subject GRE.
Research 2-3 years experience with 1 crappy conference paper published in slightly-related field. I probably will have another conference paper submission by the end of the semester.
Recommendations: I had worked on projects/research for all profs writing letters.
Coursework: slightly ahead of most students in some areas but with weakish math background.
Awards: Goldwater Scholarship (undergrad award), National Merit Scholarship (from HS)
Also + Show Spoiler +my research advisor now is a big name in the field, and he has very strong ties to both UIUC and UCSD. I'm sure his recommendation has a big part to play in my offers at those institutions, and that they don't really reflect on my ability or aptitude as much, lol.
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Honestly I have a feeling that the 2nd major in math played a bigger role for me than anything from CSE. One of the professors here upon finding out that I have a math major immediately offered me a research associateship should I go to OSU. Getting a full ride + 20k a year stipend for a teaching assistant associateship as a Masters only student is very rare too, I heard.
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On March 18 2010 00:12 Myrmidon wrote:
Undergrad electrical engineering
GPA: 4.0
there should be a jaw dropping emoticon
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is there a college connections thread out there for freshmen TL'ers to talk to upperclassmen already in college? probably won't apply to me since my school is almost a backwater compared to better-known schools like the ivies or UCLA or something, but i figure it's a good idea.
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On March 17 2010 23:35 Manifesto7 wrote:
Can I ask how much it costs to apply to schools in the states? In Canada it was minimal, but in Japan it can be 1-2-400 dollars per university. Some of you guys apply to a lot of places ><
For me it was like 40$ per school, and I got accepted into BGSU ^^, school I wanted so I'm happy.
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On March 17 2010 23:50 Disregard wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2010 20:01 Chen wrote:
ugh, most decisions are out april 1st, day of dread ><
Berkeley: early acceptance with Regents' and Chancellor's Scholarship
UCLA: accepted
UCI and UC davis: auto-accepted with ELC
waiting on the ivies
4.37 weighted GPA
2310 SAT
800 math II
800 Physics
790 Chemistry
760 US history
3 clubs with leadership positions,
2 jobs,
3 community service activities
3 internships
no sports, but 3 non-athletic varsity positions Jesus christ, your scores are almost near perfection. What is your secret?
4.37 is not that good for wgpa 
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UMich: Rejected (Library Info Science Masters)
UPitt: Accepted (Health Info Science Masters)
UMCP: Waiting but not really anymore (Library Info Science Masters)
UNC: Waiting to see if they'll accept/give me money (Health Info Science Masters)
Undergrad English Literature @ University of St. Andrews
GPA: NA (have no idea how Scottish grading scales)
GRE: like 750/600 yes I fail at my major
Research: Nothing but my dissertation!
Recommendations: One was my dissertation professor who gave me like near-perfect marks, the other was a prof I had in my last semester; no idea what he thought of me, but I tended to be stuck giving solo presentations (failgroups) so I thought I'd left at least some sort of good impression, third recommendation was a combined rec from both my bosses at my current place of employment; they want me to part-time over the school year no matter where I go, and they have a standing offer after I graduate, so that's probably a really good rec.
Coursework: Pretty average, except for my dissertation.
Awards: Nada
Work experience: Probably the big one; I'm already working in the field I'm wanting a Masters for; my goal for getting a Masters is really just for paperwork, particularly as many related vacancies legally require this Masters (~1.5 years' schoolwork needed).
+ Show Spoiler +UPitt has the #1 HIS in the US, so that was an unexpected acceptance. But a happy one, because it strengthens my qualifications for when applying to HIS jobs at biopharmaceutical companies etc. So this is like a /brag post that no one will get :p
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On March 18 2010 00:12 Myrmidon wrote:NOTE: Prospective grad student here, finishing undergrad now. UIUC: Accepted into Ph.D. program, three-year fellowship covers tuition, stipend reduces from $17k to $8k after first year. Also optional 10 hour TA job on top of that. Research assistantship (RA) yet to materialize. UCSD: Accepted into Ph.D. program, one-year fellowship covers tuition and $21k stipend. Two profs agreed to co-advise my research. (excited!) Clemson: Accepted into Ph.D. program, fellowships and RA (from current advisor) cover tuition and maybe $30k more the first year, then $20k afterwards. MIT: Reject. Stanford: Reject. Undergrad electrical engineering at Clemson, communications focus (applied to same area everywhere). GPA: 4.0, but we don't give out A- grades, and classes are not that rigorous here... GRE: 800 Math, 710 Verbal, 5.0 Writing, no subject GRE. Research 2-3 years experience with 1 crappy conference paper published in slightly-related field. I probably will have another conference paper submission by the end of the semester. Recommendations: I had worked on projects/research for all profs writing letters. Coursework: slightly ahead of most students in some areas but with weakish math background. Awards: Goldwater Scholarship (undergrad award), National Merit Scholarship (from HS) Also + Show Spoiler +my research advisor now is a big name in the field, and he has very strong ties to both UIUC and UCSD. I'm sure his recommendation has a big part to play in my offers at those institutions, and that they don't really reflect on my ability or aptitude as much, lol.
you're better off not going to MIT anyways =p
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Grad school for me too. Going for my Ph.D in Physics.
Columbia: Still waiting
UCLA: Accepted
UCI: Accepted
Berkeley: Still waiting (they said by March 15th...)
UCSB: Still waiting
Rice: Accepted
University of Washington: Accepted
Purdue: Accepted
Undergrad Physics BS with Math minor from UCLA
GPA: 3.65
GRE: 800 Math/550 Verbal/4.5 Writing
Physics GRE: 750
Coursework: Standard physics coursework and way too much pure math.
Letters: Two from professors in my group that I've been working with for 2+ years, one from a professor I was an undergrad TA for.
Research Experience: A year and a half as an undergrad working on some simulations. During my year "off" I traveled to Italy to do research twice including taking a month and a half shift. No publications of any kind.
I'm positive the whole going to Italy thing was a huge boost. Last year I applied to basically the same schools (only Socal schools though) and I didn't get into ANY. This year all of the schools that rejected me last year are accepting me (despite tuition hikes in the UC system also).
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Beliot College: accepted
The Evergreen State College: probably accepted, don't know yet
New College of Florida: accepted
Hampsire College: waiting
ACT: 31
GPA: N/A (homeschooled)
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Hooray!
Civil or Environmental Engineering depending on the school
States
Stanford- Nothing Yet (almost no chance)
Notre Dame- Nothing Yet (almost no chance)
Cornell- Nothing Yet (almost no chance)
Canada
Waterloo- Nothing Yet (pretty good chance)
UofT- Nothing Yet (pretty good chance)
McGill- Nothing Yet (decent chance)
UBC- Nothing Yet (about 90% certain)
UK
Queen's University of Belfast- Nothing Yet (no idea)
Vital Statistics
89.0% Avg. Alberta Diploma
SAT 2060
710 Math, 700 Reading, 650 Writing
730 Chem, 550 Math IIC (XD Alberta Diplomas != American SATs, I got 91% and 97%, respectively on my diplomas)
Quite a bit of volunteer experience, lots of work experience
I'm just so god damn excited to get out of this shitty province and town.
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On March 18 2010 01:06 duckett wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2010 23:50 Disregard wrote:On March 17 2010 20:01 Chen wrote:
ugh, most decisions are out april 1st, day of dread ><
Berkeley: early acceptance with Regents' and Chancellor's Scholarship
UCLA: accepted
UCI and UC davis: auto-accepted with ELC
waiting on the ivies
4.37 weighted GPA
2310 SAT
800 math II
800 Physics
790 Chemistry
760 US history
3 clubs with leadership positions,
2 jobs,
3 community service activities
3 internships
no sports, but 3 non-athletic varsity positions Jesus christ, your scores are almost near perfection. What is your secret? 4.37 is not that good for wgpa
That's arguable. Depends on what school he's from and consequently how many weighted classes that school offers. Nonetheless, it's above average.
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On March 18 2010 01:32 ArC_man wrote:
Grad school for me too. Going for my Ph.D in Physics.
Columbia: Still waiting
UCLA: Accepted
UCI: Accepted
Berkeley: Still waiting (they said by March 15th...)
UCSB: Still waiting
Rice: Accepted
University of Washington: Accepted
Purdue: Accepted
Nice! Congrats on all the acceptances.
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Canada: For honours science
Trent - Accepted!
UofT - Accepted!
Carleton - Accepted!
Laurier - Accepted!
Waterloo - No answer
McMaster - No answer
Queens - No answer
3 Clubs, some work experience, some volunterr experience.
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Grad School - PhD in Chemistry/Chemical Biology
University of Toronto: Accepted
Scripps Research Institute: Accepted
MIT: Accepted
Caltech: Accepted
Harvard: Accepted
Stanford: Rejected
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I see lots of people applying to UCs. As a former Gaucho, I fully endorse UCSB as a university and think that you'd be crazy not to pick it!
It's in one of the most beautiful places in all of California and is legitimately 100x as fun as any of the other UCs.
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Canada: For honours science
Trent - Accepted!
UofT - Accepted!
Carleton - Accepted!
Laurier - Accepted!
Waterloo - No answer
McMaster - No answer
Queens - No answer
3 Clubs, some work experience, some volunterr experience.
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