Grad App Data

at year did you apply?

What department did you

complete your undergraduate

degree in?

2009

2012

2012

2009

Dec-09

2008

2008

2007

2011

2011

2010

2012

2010

2010

2012

2011

2011

2008

2010

2009

2011

2008

Dec-10

Nov-12

2012

2009

2010

2009

Aug-11

2008

2012

Dec-12

2010

2012

2012

2012

2012

2012

2012

2012

2012

2009

Dec-09

2012

Dec-12

Dec-12

2012-2013

2012

2012

2011

2011

2012

2011

2011

Dec-10

2012

2009

2012

2012

2009

2011

2008

2012

2011

2010

2011

2010

2012

2010

2009

2012

2012

2010

Dec-11

2011

2012

2011

Dec-12

Nov-09

2010

2010

2012

2012

2010

2012

2010

2012

2012

2011

2012

2012

2006

Dec-11

2013

2013

2011

Dec-12

2013

2013

2013

2012

2011

2011

2009

2012

2013

2009

2010

2010

2013

2011

2008

2011

2009

2012

2012

2011, 2012

Dec-07

2012

2012

Dec-11

2012

2009

2009

2010

2011

2008

2010

2009

2007

2009

2013

2009

2012

2011

What department did you

apply for your Master's

in?

What was

your GRE

verbal

score?

What was

your GRE

quantitativ

e score?

What was

your GRE

analytical

score?

What was

your GRE

total

score?

What was

your

TOEFL

score?

What was

your

undergrad

uate GPA

or

percentag

e when

you

applied for

the MS?

How many

years of

work

experienc

e did you

have when

you

applied for

the MS?

Electrical Engineering

Electrical

Engineerin

g 680 / 800 800 / 800 5 1480/1600 111/120 9.09/10.0

Computer Science

Business

Analytics 151 160 3.5 311 107 2.93

Civil Engg.

Industrial

Engg. 154/170 162/170 4 316/340 107/120 8.27/10

4

1300 /

1600 112 / 120

9.64 /

10.00Electronics

Electrical

Engineerin

g 500 / 800 800 / 800

Mechanical engineering

Operation

s

Research 680 / 800 800 / 800 5-Jun 1480/1600 113/120 9.81/10

Chemical Engg

Chemical

Engg 470/800 800/800 3.5/6 1270/1600 112/120 8.56/10.0


Electrical

Engineerin

g 640/800 800/800 3.0/5.0 1440/1600 116/120 9.4/10.0

Manufacturing Science

and Engineering

Mechanic

al

Engineerin

g 670/800 800/800 4 1470/1600 108/120 8.63/10

Electronics

Computer

Engineerin

g 152 165 3.5 317 107 8.5

Computer Science

Computer

Science 690 800 5 1490 120 9.02

Computer Engineering

Computer

Science 450/800 770/800 4.5 1230/1630 104/140 3.35

Aerospace

Managem

ent 161 163 3.5 324 111 7.7


Computer

Science 450/800 770/800 4.5 1230/1630 104/140 3.35

Electrical

Embedde

d Systems 570 800

Computer Science

Computer

Science 730/800 800/800


Computer

Science 630/800 800/800 3.5 1430/1600 111/120

4.5 1370 109 3.4

4.5 1530/1600 113/120 8.8 / 10.0

63.50%

Electrical

Electrical

and

Computer

Engineerin

g 650/800 800/800 4 1450/1600 112/120 0.78

Metallurgical Engineering

and Materials Science

Materials

Science 450 / 800 800 / 800 3.5

1250 /

1600 109 / 120 8.9 / 10.0

Computer Science

Computer

Science 640/800 800/800 4.5 1440/1600 113/120 8.66

Mechatronics

Mechanic

al

Engineerin

g 340/800 750/800 3.5 1090/1600 102/120 3.8/4

5.5 1470 118 3.75/4Information Technology

Managem

ent

Science

and

Engineerin

g 670 800

Electronics

Electrical

Engineerin

g 740 800 5 1540 117 8.63

Information Technology

Managem

ent

Science

and

Engineerin

g 650/800 800/800 4 1450 115/120 0.769


Computer

Science 680/800 800/800 3 1470/1600 111/120 0.8034

Biotechnology

Biotechnol

ogy 150 168 3.5 318/340 108 3.5/4.0

Computer Science

Computer

Science 760 800 4.5 1560 115 9.7/10

Computer Science

Computer

Science 520/800 790/800 4.5 1310/1600 102/120 0.62

biotechnology

Biotechnol

ogy 690/800 790/800

Computer Science

Computer

Science 560/800 780/800 4 1340/1600 98/120

3.5 1480/1600 118/120 9.1/10.0

8.71/10

Computer Science

Computer

Science 700/800 800/800 4.5 1500 113/120 9.54/10

Computer Science,

Engineering Management

Computer

Science 159/170 164/170 3.5 323/340 105/120 8.3/10

Production Engineering

Engineerin

g

Managem

ent 162/170 164/170 4.5 326 119/120 7.78

Electronics and Electrical

Bioengine

ering/Biom

edical

Engineerin

g 580/800 800/800 4 1380/1600 113/120 8.82/10.0

Mechanical

Mechanic

al 166/170 169/170 4 335/340 116/120 8.9/10.0

Civil Engineering

Civil

Engineerin

g

(transport

ation) 156/170 164/179 no idea 320/340 100/120 8.19

Information Technology

Computer

Science 160/170 168/170 5 328/340 113/120 9.25/10

Computer Science

Journalis

m 155/170 165/170 4.0/6.0 320/340 111/120 7.72/10.0

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanic

al

Engineerin

g 159/170 165/170 4.5 324/340 115/120 0.7656

Mechanical

Mechanic

al 166/170

CS CS 154 166 4 320

169/170 4 335/340 116/120 8.9/10.0

118 9.95

Electrical and

Communication

Electrical

and

Computer

Engineerin

g 153 168 4 324 115 9.18

Aerospace Aerospace 670 790 4.5 1360 119/120 7.13/10

Pharmacy

Biotechnol

ogy 540/800 750/ 800 4

1310/

1600 109/120 0.67

Electronics and

Communication

Engineering

Electronic

s and

Computer

Engineerin

g 154 168/170 4.5/6 322/340 104/120 9.70/10

Electronics

Electrical

and

Electronic

s

Engineerin

g 690/800 800/800 3.5 1490/1600 111 57.2

Chemistry

Software

Engineerin

g 157/170 163/170 4 320/340 110 6.75/10.0

Aerospace Aerospace 161 169 4 330 112 8.05

Metallurgical & Materials

Engineering Finance 150/170 170/170 4 320/340 114/120 8.1/10

Computer Science

Computer

Science 165 / 170 169 / 170 5-Jun 334 / 340 117 / 120 9.2 / 10.0

Biotechnology

Biotechnol

ogy 640 800 4 1440/1600 105/120 0.6593

Production Engineering

Operation

s

Research

&

Industrial

Engineerin

g 650/800 800/8-- 4.5 1450/1600 108/120 8.57/10


Aerospace

Engineerin

g 148/170 169/170 3.5 317/340 109/120 8.22/10

Computer Science

Computer

Science 166/170 166/170 5-Jun 332/340 117/120 9.2/10

Instrumentation

Engineering

Music

Technolog

y 600/800 790/800 4-Jun 1390/1600 101/120 8.8

Computer Science

Computer

Science 680 / 800 800 / 800 4.5

1480 /

1600 107 / 120 0.63

Electronics and

Communication

Engineering

Electrical

and

Computer

Engineerin

g 155/170 166/170 3-Jun 321/340 115/120 9.32/10

Computer Science

Computer

Science 670/800 800/800 4-May 1470/1600 105/120 8.9/10.0

Materials Science

Materials

Science 610 800 4.5 1410 110 8.14

Mathematics

Mathemati

cs 153/170 166/170 4

Electronics and

Telecommunications

Managem

ent

Science

and

Engineerin

g,

Electrical

Engineerin 680/800 800/800 4.5/6 1480/1600 117/120

319/340 115/120 0.8

8.7

4.5 1500/1600 116/120 8.78/10.00Civil Engineering

Civil

Engineerin

g 700/800 800/800

Chemical Engineering

Chemical

Engineerin

g 630 / 800 780 / 800 6

1410 /

1600 117 / 120 8.6/10


Petroleum

Engineerin

g 150 164 4 314/340 109/120

4.5 1500/1600 116/120 8.78/10.00Civil Engineering

Civil

Engineerin

g 700/800 800/800

8.72/10

Electonics and

communication

Electrical

Eng 560/800 730/800 4 1290 105/120 0.69


Computer

Science 610/800 800/800 4.5/6.0 1410/1600 114/120 7.34/10.0

Computer Science

Managem

ent

Science,

Managem

ent

Informatio

n Systems 710/800 800/800 4 1510/1600 113/120 0.8

Materials Science

Computati

onal and

Mathemati

cal

Engineerin

g 166 170 5.5 336/340 N/A 0.8

Civil Engineering

Civil

Engineerin

g 490/800 800/800 4.5/6.0 1290/1600 111/120 8.4/10.0

Mechanical

Mechanic

al 630/800 800/800 4.5 1430/1600 116/120 9.54/10.0

Computer Science

Computer

Science 164 166 4.5 330 111 8.73/10

Electronics

Computer

Engineerin

g 420 800 3 1220 100 70

Pharmacy

Pharmacy

Administra

tion 710/800 710/800 3.5/5 1420/1600 111/120 0.72

Biotechnology

Biotechnol

ogy 680

Electronics Electrical 680 / 800 800 / 800 4

1480 /

1600 109

790 5 1470 119 3.87

4.0 / 4.0


Computer

Science 157 168 4 325 108 8.72

Electronics Electrical 680 / 800 800 / 800 4

1480 /

1600 109

Computer Science

Computer

Science 720 / 800 790 / 800

4.0 / 4.0

Computer Science

Computer

Science 720 / 800 790 / 800 5

1510 /

1600

5

1510 /

1600 116/120 0.8

116/120 0.8

4.5 / 6

1420 /

1600 116 / 120 9.7 / 10.0Electrical Engineering

Electrical

Engineerin

g 620 / 800 800 / 800

3.5 1190/1600 106/120 0.76Electronics

Computer

Engineerin

g 410/800 780/800


Electrical

and

Computer

Engineerin

g 660/800 800/800 4.5 1460/600 111/120 8.92

Electrical Electrical 167 168 5 335 116

3.5 1190/1600 106/120 0.76Electronics

Computer

Engineerin

g 410/800 780/800

9.8

Electrical Electrical 159/170 170/170 3.5/6 329/340 117/120 9.12

Production and Industrial

Engineering

Managem

ent

Science

and

Engineerin

g 710/800 800/800 4.5/6 1510/1600 104/120 9.1/10

Civil Civil 153 168 4 321/240 108 8.02/10

Electronics &

Communications ECE 153/170 168/170 3 321/340 106/120 8.4/10

Computer Science

Computer

Science 750 760 4.5 1510/1600 118/120 N.A.

Civil Engineering

Computer

Science 326


Comuter

Science 620/800 800/800 4 1420/1600

169/170 159/170 328/340 107/120 9.09/10

111/120 7.409/10

Computer Science

Computer

Science 500/800 790/800 4.5 1290/1600 113 6.9/10.0


Electrical

and

Computer

Engineerin

g,

Computer

Science 156 / 170 163 / 170 3 319 / 340 103 8.48/10


Electrical

Engineerin

g 164 170 4 334 116 9.48


Electrical

Engineerin

g 164 170 4 334 116 9.48


Electrical

Engineerin

g 164 170


Chemical

Engineerin

g, Material

Science 650 800 3.5 1450 110

4 334 116 9.48

6.0/10.0

Instrumentation

Communic

ation 169 169 5.5 338 115 9.45


Mechanic

al

Engineerin

g 166/170 170/170 4 336/340 116 8.96/10.00


Mechanic

al

Engineerin

g 166/170 170/170 4 336/340 116 8.96/10.00

ECE

Electrical

Engineerin

g 170/170 170/170 3.5 340 NA 9-Oct

Chemical

Civil and

environme

ntal 158/170 166/170 4.5 324/340 114/120 0.71


Chemical

Engineerin

g, Material

Science 650 800 3.5 1450 110 6.0/10.0

Mechanical

Industrial

and

Systems

Engineerin

g 600/800 770/800 3 1370/1600 108/120 0.55


Electrical

Engineerin

g 750/800 800/800 5.0/6.0 1550/1600 117/120 8.7/10.0


Electrical

Engineerin

g 162/170 167/170 4 329/340 119/120 9.5/10

Electronics

Electrical

Engineerin

g 155/170 166/170 4 321/340 109/120 9.25


Chemical

Engineerin

g 640/800 800/800 4.5 1440/1600 112/120 0.68

Biotechnology

Bioinforma

tics 420 710 3.5 1130 106 3.8

Computer Science

Computer

Science 600/800 800/800 3.5 1400/1600 109 8.0/10

Electronics

Electrical

Engineerin

g 155/170 166/170

computer science

computer

science 340 / 800 790 / 800

Computer Science

Computer

Science 420 / 800 800 / 800 3

1220 /

1600 108/120

4 321/340 109/120 9.25

3.5 1130/1600 100/120 3.4/4.0

7.1/10

NA 323 110 8.8/10Electrical

Electrical

Engineerin

g 153 170


Managem

ent

Science,

Operation

s

Research,

Mathemati

cal

Finance 630 800 4.5 1430 112 0.7

Computer Science

Computer

Science 147 167 3.5 312 / 340 88 7.04/10

Computer Science

Computer

Science 590/800 800/800 4.5 1390/1600 117/120 7.84/10

Physics

Physics

(PhD) 160/170 170/170 4.5 330/340 120/120 8.3/10.0

Civil Civil 150 169 3.5 319 104 8.41/10.00


Computer

Engineerin

g 1360 800 560 1360 260 3.7

Physics

Physics

(PhD) 160/170 170/170 4.5 330/340 120/120 8.3/10.0

Civil Engineering

Civil

Engineerin

g 530/800 790/800


Mechanic

al

Engineerin

g 590/800 800/800 4.5 1490/1600 116/120

4 1320/1600 101/120 6.3/10

9.02/10

Computer Science

Computer

Science 159/170 166/170 4-Jun 325/340 115/120 9.35

Metallurgy and Materials

Engg

Materials

Science 690/800 800/800 4.0/6.0 1490/1600 116/120 8.60/10.0

Computer Science

Music -

Master of

Arts in

Music,

Science

and

Technolog

y 480/800 780/800 4.5/6 1260/1600 112/120 0.71


Electrical

Engineerin

g 660 / 800 800 / 800 4.5

1460 /

1600 114/120 9.38


Mechanic

al

Engineerin

g 550 800 5.5 1350 115 9.23

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pharmace

utical

Sciences,

Pharmacol

ogy 610/800 800/800 3.5 1310/1600 104/120 0.71


Managem

ent

Science &

Engineerin

g 630 800 4.5 1430 111 9.5/10.0

Biotechnology

Biotechnol

ogy 660/800 800/800 4.0/5.0 1460/1600 116/120 3.82

Chemical Engineering iCME 590 800 4.5 1390 108 0.84

Electronics &

Communications

Managem

ent

Science

and

Engineerin

g 700 / 800 790 / 800 4.5

1490 /

1600 116 / 120 0.856

Nutrition and Dietetics

Exercise

Physiology 157 159 4 316 116 8.5/10

Electrical and Electronics

Electrical

and

Computer 560/800 800/800 3.5 1360/1600 112/120 9.3/10

110/120 9.1/10

Computer Science and

Engineering

Computer

Science 710/800 800/800 3.5 1510/1600

4 1440/1600 112/120 7.8/10Civil Civil 670/800 770/800

4 1440/1600 112/120 7.8/10Civil Civil 670/800 770/800

Admits Rejects

Comment

s

0

Stanford University,

University of Texas at

Austin, Ecole Polytechnic

Federale De Lausanne

UCSD,

Berkeley,

MIT, UIUC

Stanford University [PhD]

Carnegie Mellon University

Purdue University

University of Michigan Ann

Arbor


Austin

University of Wisconsin

Madison

2

University of Maryland

CollegePark, Arizona State

University, University of

Cincinnati, Bentley

University

North

Carolina

State

University,

University

of Texas

Austin,

North

Western

University

3

Georgia Tech, University of

Columbia, University of

Illinois : Urbana

Champaign, University of

Wisconsin, Madison

Univ of

California,

Berkeley,

Carnegie

Mellon

univ,

Northwest

ern Univ,

Purdue

Univ.

no

relevant

experienc

e in the

field

beforehan

d

0

University

of Illinois

Urbana

Champaig

n

I had 1

research

paper,

only

submitted

though at

that time.

Most likely

I got the

admit from

Purdue

because

of a

professor'

s contacts.

Also, I

applied for

PhD

everywher

e (not

MS).

0

Stanford University, Cornell

University, Georgia Institute

of Technology

Massachu

setts

Institute of

Technolog

y,

University

of

California-

Berkeley

No

research

papers

UCLA [PhD]

UIUC [PhD]

UT Austin [PhD]

Stanford

0

Purdue, University of Texas

at Austin, Georgia Tech

Princeton

University,

UIUC

Had a

research

internship

at UCSD

and a

good letter

of

recommen

dation

from my

advisor 0

UCSD[Ph

D]

0

University of Illinois at

Urbana Champaign

Purdue

University,

MIT

Applied for

MS to

UIUC,

Purdue

and MIT in

Dec 2007

for Fall

2008.

Received

admit from

UIUC with

TA and

tuition

waiver, did

not join in

Fall 2008.

Joined job

and

worked for

one year,

then

decided to

go back

and do

MS. So

contacted

UIUC

again,

they asked

me just to

provide an

updated

resume

2

Texas A&M University ( MS

) , University of Minnesota (

MS)

UCLA,

UTA,

Purdue,

Michigan,

Wisconsin

0

University of Pennsylvania,

University of Southern

California, North Carolina

State University

Cornell

University,

Carnegie

Mellon

University,

University

of Illinois

Urbana-

Champaig

n

Stony

Brook

University

0 University of Texas, Dallas

University

of Florida

1 Duke University

Standford

University,

Columbia

University,

Dartmouth

University

NCSU

USC

UCLA

UT austin

Texas

A&M

SOP

needs to

show

passion

for CS.

Recomme

ndations.

Carnegie Mellon U (MS)

UCBerkel

ey (PhD)

Penn State (PhD)

Stanford

(MS)

UIUC (MS) MIT (PhD)

UCSD

(PhD)

UCI (PhD)

0 University of Texas, Dallas

Ivy league

admission

s are

always

selective,

no matter

how many

old data u

collect1 University of Pennsylvania

0

0 New York University

UCSD,

UCI, UT

Austin,

University

of Utah,

GTech,

NCSU,

Columbia

0

Carnegie Mellon University,

Georgia Tech, University of

Michigan Ann Harbor,


California, University of

Pennsylvania

Stanford

University,

Purdue

University,

University

of Illinois

Urbana

Champaig

n,

University

of

Wisconsin

,

University

of

Maryland

0

Arizona State University

[PhD], Stanford University

[MS]

Stanford

University

[PhD],

Carnegie

Mellon

University

[PhD],

University

of

Wisconsin

Madison

[PhD],

California

Institute of

Technolog

y [PhD],

Purdue

University

[PhD]

Internship

in Purdue

University

but

applied

there after

deadline.

B.Tech.

from IIT

Bombay.

3

Purdue University,

University of Florida, North

Carolina State University

University

of Illinois

Urbana

Champaig

n,

Univerisity

of Texas

Austin,

Univeristy

of

Wisconsin

Madison,

University

of

Maryland

College

Park,

University

of

California

San

Diego,

Ohio State

University,

Georgia

Institute of

Technolog

y

Didn't

research

much

about

universitie

s. Also

applying to

8

universitie

s is

enough.

1


California, NYU

Polytechnic, NJIT, CSU

long Beach None

MBA,

Wharton

MBA,

Ross

UMich

Essays

were

strong.

Experienc

e helped,

was a

Senior

Associate

at

Microsoft.

Youngest

consultant

they had

ever hired.3 MS, MS+E, Stanford

3 Stanford University

University

of

California

Berkeley

[MS+PhD]

,

University

of

California

San

Diego,

University

of Illinois

Urbana-

Champaig

n,

University

of Texas

Austin,

Texas

A&M

University

2


University of California

Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon

University, Cornell

University, Dartmouth

College, Duke University -

Had 6

publication

s.

University

of

California -

Berkeley,

University

of

Michigan -

Ann Arbor,

Georgia

Tech,

University

of Illinois -

Urbana

Champaig

n, Texas A

& M

university,

Carengie

Mellon0


North Carolina State


Southern California

John

Hopkins

Stanford

1


University of Delaware,

Penn State University,

UMass Lowell. (All for MS

Biotech)

George

Washingto

n

University,

Brandeis

University,

San Jose

State

University,

Keck

Graduate

Institute,

NEU (All

for MS

Biotech)

My

Research

experienc

e, strong

Recomme

ndation

letters and

well

structured

SOP were

probably

the

reasons I

am now

pursuing

my

Masters at

UPenn.

0

Stanford, Cornell, Georgia

Tech, Rochester Institute of

technology, Uni of Texas -

Austin

Uni of

Wisconsin

- Madison,

Uni of

Mass -

Amherst,

Uni of

Toronto

Texas A&M University UT Austin

Rutgers University

University

of

Michigan ,

Ann Arbor

SUNY Stony Brook

Penn

State

NCSU UC Irvine

UTD Purdue

UFL , Gainsville

0

Indiana University,


Dallas

Sunny

Buffalo

0


Texas A&M, Illinois inst of

tech, penn state

3

0

Purdue University,

University of California at

Santa Barbara, Arizona

State University, North

Carolina State University,

Georgia Tech, Stony Brook

University

University

of

Wisonsin

at

Madison,

University

of

Maryland

at College

Park

Duke Stanford

Dartmouth Cornell

Columbia

4

Duke, CMU, John Hopkins

[MEM]

Columbia,

USC,

Virginia,

Northwest

ern U,New

York

University

[Computer

Science]

0

I feel that

the fact

that I had

no

research

papers is

partly to

blame for

my

rejections,

since all of

these

rejections

came from

research

based MS

programs.

1 year

UPenn, UFlorida, UCLA,

UMich, UMinn, Boston

Univ, Duke Univ, UW

Madison, Purdue, UCSD,

Univ of Washington and

ETH Zurich (all MS)

UCLA,

UMich,

UMinn,

Boston

Univ,

Duke

Univ, UW

Madison,

Purdue,

UCSD,

Univ of

Washingto

n and ETH

Zurich (all

MS)

My

education

and work

experienc

e was in

Electrical

and VLSI

respectivel

y. I didn't

have any

particular

projects in

Biomed as

well. This

showed as

a

mismatch

between

my profile

and

intended

major, and

was

probable

cause for

10 out of

12 rejects.

Pennsylva

nia State

University[

MS],

Stanford

University[

MS],

Virginia

Tech[MS],

Georgia

Tech[MS],

University

of

Michigan

Ann

Harbour[M

S],

University

of Illinois[

MS],


Austin[MS], University of

Minnesota,Twin Cities[MS]

Nothing

spcl. Just

did SAE

BAJA

which may

have tilted

scales in

my favour0

Purdue

University[

MS]

0


Austin, University of Illinois

at Urbana-Champaign

University

of

Maryland,

University

of Toronto

0

The University of Texas at

Austin

CMU,

Stanford

UTA CMU

UIUC Purdue

WiscMad

Columbia

3


Austin, Syracuse

University, Indiana

University at Bloomington,

Arizona State University,

University of Maryland at

College Park, New York

University,University of

Missouri at Columbia,

Northeastern University,

Boston University None

Work

experienc

e; SOP

was

written on

my own

with no

external

help,

truthful,

honest,

and

written in a

creative

way;focus

ed

presentati

on of

career

goals; a lot

of hard

work(editi

ng and

reworking)

3


Austin

Virginia

Tech,

Princeton

[PhD],

Purdue,

UIUC,

University

of

Michigan

6 patent

application

s


Austin[MS], University of

Minnesota,Twin Cities[MS]

Nothing

spcl. Just

did SAE

BAJA

which may

have tilted

scales in

my favour0

2.5

0


Austin[PhD], University of

California San Diego[PhD],


Urbana Chapaign[PhD],


Arbor[PhD], Stanford

University

MIT[PhD],

UC

Berkeley[P

hD],

Carnegie

Mellon

University[

PhD],

Princeton

University[

PhD],

Caltech[P

hD], EPFL

Switzerlan

d[PhD]

Well, I felt

my

recommen

dation

letters

were a bit

'weak'. I

could have

secured

'better'

admits if I

had

recommen

dation

letters

from from

well

known

researcher

s in my

field (for

instance

profs from

IISc or

IITs)

0 Purdue, Penn State

Georgia

Tech,

Texas

A&M, U

Mich-Ann

Arbor,

Univ. of

Maryland

Having

papers

would

have

helped.

0


Northeastern University

Johns

Hopkins

University,

University

of

California,

Irvine,

Texas

Tech

University

Passion

for

software

engineerin

g was

substantia

ted by

volunteer

work so it

didn't

matter I

had my

bachelors

(and

masters)

in

chemistry.

Work

profile

needs to

reflect

your

learning,

and

excellent

Reco's

don't hurt

either.

0

University of Toronto,

University of California San

Diago, University of

Wisonsin Madison, EPFL,

Virginia Tech

University

of

California

Berkeley,

University

of Illinois

at Urbana

Champag

ne

1

Syracuse University, San

Jose State University

University

of

Massachu

setts

Amherst,

Portland

State

University,

University

of

Cincinnati,

Ohio State

University

First Draft

of SOP

was

crappy

None2 Carnegie Mellon University

1.

Addressed

Cornell

SoP to

wrong

university.

2. Fairly

strong

recommen

dations

from 2

university

professors

, one

internship

manager.

3. A

project-

heavy

resume

(almost

10).

4. 2

(unpublish

ed)

research

papers.

0

Purdue University, Kansas

University

Stanford,

University

of

Michigan,

Georgia

Tech, MIT

Had 3

publication

s. Very

strong

LORs.

University of Pennsylvania

State University of New

York, Buffalo

Northeastern University

0


Austin- McCombs School

of Business

Princeton,

London

School of

Economic

s, MIT,

Vanderbilt

University

0


Georgia Institute of

Technology, Cornell


Wisconsin Madison,


Urbana Champaign

Princeton

University,

Massachu

setts

Institute of

Technolog

y [PhD],

California

Institute of

Technolog

y [PhD],

University

of

California

Berkeley,

Carnegie

Mellon

University

Strong

GRE

scores go

a long

way.0

Penn

State

University

0



Texas at Austin, North

Carolina University

Georgia

Institute of

Technolog

y, Texas

A&M

University

Focussed

on

projects

and

subjects in

undergrad

that

involved

Operation

s

Research,

the prime

focus of

my

program in

Industrial

Engineerin

g

2


Technology, University of

Maryland- College Park,

Purdue University,


Urbana Champaign,


Austin

Texas

A&M

College

station,

University

of

Minnesota-

Twin

Cities,

Virginia

Tech,

California

Institute of

Technolog

y,

Princeton

2

Published

Research

Papers, 2

Under

Review

Research

Papers.

These

helped me

immensely

in

securing

my admit

and

funding for

my

Masters

studies at

UT Austin.

0

UCSD, UT Austin,

CMU(Computational

Biology)

Stanford,

UIUC,

Purdue

2

Steinhardt New York

University, Georgia Institute

of Technology

University

of

Michigan

Ann Arbor,

University

of

Southern

California

I applied

for a PhD

but was

required to

do a

Master's

first due to

considera

ble

change in

major.

0



State University, Ohio State

University, SUNY Buffalo,

UC Irvine,

University

of Florida -

Gainsville,

SUNY

Stony

Brook,

GATECH,

University

of Utah

SoP was

pretty

good

2


Austin, Texas A&M


California Santa Barbara,


University

Stanford

University,

University

of

California

San

Diego,

University

of

California

Los

Angeles

Had a

paper

published

in Video

Processin

g, and

work

experienc

e in Digital

Design.

0


Technology

University

of

Washingto

n,

University

of Texas

Austin,

University

of

Maryland,

Purdue

University,

University

of

Wisconsin

Madison

SoP was

not really

well

prepared

per

university.

2

EPFL [PhD], Northwestern

University [PhD], University

of Louisiana Lafayette

[PhD]

Stanford

University

[PhD],

University

of

Pennsylva

nia [PhD],

Johns

Hopkins

[PhD],

Cornell

Univeristy

[PhD],

Rensselae

r

Polytechni

c [PhD]

I projected

my SOP

with an

interest in

biomateria

ls. Having

worked in

medical

devices/

biomateria

ls industry

for two

years, I

thought I

would

make a

strong

case for

myself.

However, I

realised

quite late

that

without

doing a

concrete

research

project, I

shouldnt

gone all

guns for

this field.

My

Stanford MS&E

Maryland

College

Park EE

Minnesota EE UCLA EE

Rutgers EE

Columbia University

Georgia State University

Florida State University

University of Connecticut

University of Illinois -

Urbana Champaign

London School of

Economics

Had no

research

papers

2 Nil

0

University

of

California

Berkeley,

University

of

Wisconsin

Madison,

Georgia

Tech,

Virginia

Tech0

Purdue University, Texas

A&M University

Had not

so great

LoRs

Had a

mediocre

SoP

Colorado

School of

Mines, MS

Good

recommen

dations

from

esteemed

people

University

of Tulsa,

MS

Had 2

Publicatio

ns

Had 2

good

Internship

projects

and

Bachelor

Thesis

project

which was

someway

related to

Petroleum

Engineerin

g

San Jose State Univ, IITC,

New York Univ of Poly-

technique,

NEU

Boston,

GMU,

U Of

Colorado

@Boulder

Univ of Houston Syrcuse

USC

0

University of California -

Berkeley [MS], Georgia

Institute of Technology

[PhD], University of

Pennsylvania [MS],

University of Michigan [MS],

Northwestern University

[MS], Stanford University

[MS]

University

of

California -

Davis

[MS], MIT

[MS]

Had 3

internation

ally

published

research

papers

University

of

California

Berkeley,

University

of

Wisconsin

Madison,

Georgia

Tech,

Virginia

Tech0

Purdue University, Texas

A&M University

1 UT Austin , MS

1 year

2

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill,

Stanford,

University

of

California

San

Diego,

Georgia

Institute of

Technolog

y,

University

of

Southern

California,

University

of Texas

Austin,

University

of Utah,

University

of Virginia

My past

research

(Final

BTech

Project)

applied

directly to

the

research

being

done at

UNC, and

I made

sure my

SoP

conveyed

that. Other

SoPs were

a bit

generic,

plus they

addressed

an area I

didn't have

much

experienc

e in

(Computer

Graphics).

2

Berkeley, Stanford, CMU,

USC, TAMU, NYU,

Syracuse

Columbia,

Indiana

Purdue University


Urbana-Champaign


Technology [PhD]

Virginia Institute of

Technology

Texas A&M University

0 Stanford N/A

University

of

California

at

Berkeley0

1.Universit

y of Texas-

Austin

only takes

people

with a

strong

backgroun

d in either

economics

or

pharmacy

administra

tion

2.SoP

wasn't

good

enough

3.Perhaps

my low

analytical

writing

score may

have

played a

part

0

UC Berkeley, Stanford,

Cornell, UIUC

MIT,

Caltech -

2 Stanford, UCLA, UT-Austin

UC-

Berkeley,

CMU,

Harvard

University of Pennysylvania

Penn

State

Northwestern Cornell

Northeastern Purdue

SUNY Buffalo

2

IowaSU, UtahSU,

UTDallas, UIChicago

ArizonaSU

,

Oklahoma

SU,

UofUtah

Stanford University, Purdue,

Excellent

academics

and

participatio

n in extra

curricular

activities

0



Sciences Philadelphia,

Duquesne University

University

of

Mississipp

i,

University

of Illinois

Chicago,

University

of

Wisconsin-

Madison,

University

of Texas-

Austin

SOP was

not what I

expected

it should

be. It is a

crucial 0

2

NCSU, UT Austin,

No

research

paper.

USC, Michigan

Stoney Brook

University of California, Los

Angeles MIT

SUNY Stonybrook Stanford

UC

Berkeley

UC San

Diego

U

Maryland

College

Park

U Texas

Austin

Georgia

Institute of

Technolog

y

Stanford University (PhD) MIT

U Illinois Urbana-

Champaign (PhD)

UC

Berkeley


(PhD)

U

Michigan

Ann Arbor

U Texas Austin (PhD)

0

Columbia, Stanford,

Virginia Tech, UT Austin,

Georgia Tech CMU

Stanford University [MS +

PhD]

Massachu

setts

Institute of

Technolog

y [PhD]


Urbana-Champagne [PhD]

University

of

California

at

Berkeley

[PhD]

Low GRE

score for

rejects

2

2

1

0

1 research

paper

under

submissio

n at time

of

application

NCSU,

Uni of

Arizona,

Colorado

Boulder1.5

Masters Admits - Iowa

State, UNCC, Colorado

State, Missouri Rolla,

I did have

a super

strong

SOP/LOR

which I

guess

secured

the admits

at Iowa

State.

Write to

professors

here

University of Ilinois, Urbana-

champaign

Stanford

3

University of California

Santa Barbara [Ph.D],


Diego, Purdue University

California

Institute of

Technolog

y,

University

of Illinois,

Urbana

Champaig

n

I was in

touch with

my advisor

before I

applied to

UCSB for

grad

school.

This made

my

chances

stronger.

NCSU,

Uni of

Arizona,

Colorado

Boulder1.5

Masters Admits - Iowa

State, UNCC, Colorado

State, Missouri Rolla,

0

UC

Berkeley

SoP was

crappy

0

University of Illinois Urbana

Champaign(PhD),


Diego(PhD), Georgia

Tech(PhD), Stanford(MS)

MIT(PhD),

UCB(PhD)

No weird

shit. Just a

plain and

simple

SOP. But I

had

worked for

more than

a month to

make it

look plain

and

simple

without

any

unnecess

ary bullshit

(like -

"Since my

childhood"

or "I was a

childhood

Einstein"

or... You

get it)

0

Stanford, Cornell, UIUC,

Columbia, UMich, Virginia

Tech, Texas A&M

Berkeley,

Georgia

Tech

(PhD),

Northwest

ern (PhD)


University

pennsylva

nia state

university

Had an

internship

at IIIT-

Hyderaba

d


california

University

of

massachu

setts(A)

Industrial

internship

in Russia

Florida

state

university

3

Stanford University, UIUC,

University of Michigan,

Virginia Tech, PSU, NCSU

Cornell

University

Had 5

recommen

dations

0

0


University of Sheffield

[PhD]

University

of

California

Berkeley

[PhD],

Johns

Hopkins

University

[PhD]

Had no

research

papers at

time of

application

.

University

of

California

at

Berkeley

University

of

California

at Santa-

Barbara

University

of

California

at San

Diego

Stanford

Purdue

University

of

Waterloo,

Ontario,

Canada

University

of Texas

at Austin

Georgia

Tech

MIT

Applied

too high.

Princeton

Look who

you apply

to.

Caltech

UIUC

Purdue

UCSD

UC

Berkeley

UToronto

Brown

NYU

CMU


Urbana-Champaign

Switching

to

Computer

Science

after

completin

g B.tech

and

M.tech in

Civil

Engineerin

g0

0 UC Irvine

0



Statue University, Georgia


Carnegie

Mellon

University,

University

of Florida

2

University of Wisconsin

Madison [ECE], University

of Texas Austin, Purdue

University, Texas A&M

University

University

of

Wisconsin

Madison

[CS],

Stanford

University,

University

of Illinois

Urbana-

Champaig

n

Relevant

Work-ex,

Late LoRs

for

rejected

Universitie

s from

Advisor

Comment

s on the

application

:

University

of

California,

Berkeley;

Princeton.

(both PhD

application

s)0

Admitted to MIT, UIUC,

Stanford, EPFL(Europe).

All except Stanford are PhD

admits.

I had

decent

recos; 2

from IITB

profs, 1

from my

internship

prof. in

EPFL. I

did not

speak to

any

professors

whom I

was

interested

in working

with

beforehan

d, this may

have been

a negative

point in my

application

s. (I say

this from a

PhD

applicant's

point of

view; I

don't know

what is the

norm for

Funding

Status:

MIT: Full

funding for

the first

year.

UIUC:

Fellowship

+ RAship

guarantee

d for upto

4 years.

EPFL:

RAship to

be offered

eventually

(I did not

pursue

this offer).

University

of

California,

Berkeley;

Princeton.

(both PhD

application

s)0




admits.

Stanford

(MS): No

funding.

In short, I

had some

form of

funding

guarantee

for all the

PhD

admits,

and none

for the

lone

Masters

admit.

My rejects

in Material

Science

related

programs

were

because I

had no

experienc

e in the

field. I

could

manage

admits

despite my

poor GPA

because

of two

main

reasons:

a.

Germany

was not a

hot

destination

like USA

at the

time, even

when it

offered

free

education.

University

of

California,

Berkeley;

Princeton.

(both PhD

application

s)0




admits.

1

University of Manchester,

Technische Universität

Dortmund, Otto-von-

Guericke-Universität

Magdeburg, Universität

Ulm

FH

Aachen,

Technisch

e

Universität

Hamburg-

Harburg,

Technisch

e

Universität

München,

Friedrich-

Alexander-

Universität

Erlangen-

Nürnberg

b. I

tailored

my SoPs

for

individual

application

s (no copy-

paste

jobs). The

LoRs

probably

also made

a big

difference.

0.5 None None

SOP in

developm

ent

1

Massachusetts Institute of


Michigan

Stanford

University,

University

of

California,

Berkeley

[PhD]

Had 5

research

papers, a

patent and

multiple

academic

awards

1

Massachusetts Institute of


Michigan

Stanford

University,

University

of

California,

Berkeley

[PhD]

Had 5

research

papers, a

patent and

multiple

academic

awards

0 no results yet

no results

yet

0

Texas A&M University,


University

of Texas

at Austin,

University

of Illinois

at Urbana

Champaig

n,

University

of

California

at

Berkeley

1

University of Manchester,

Technische Universität

Dortmund, Otto-von-

Guericke-Universität

Magdeburg, Universität

Ulm

FH

Aachen,

Technisch

e

Universität

Hamburg-

Harburg,

Technisch

e

Universität

München,

Friedrich-

Alexander-

Universität

Erlangen-

Nürnberg

0

The Ohio State University,

NYU Poly

Northwest

ern

University,

Rutgers

University

0


University of Washington

[PhD], EPFL [PhD]

MIT [PhD],

Berkeley

[PhD],

University

of

Michigan

[PhD],

Georgia

Tech

[PhD]

Had a

couple of

research

papers

and good

recommen

dation

letters.

0

Stanford University [PhD],

Cornell University

University

of

California

Berkeley

[PhD], MIT

[PhD],

UIUC

[PhD]

Had 4

research

papers but

SoP was

crappy

University

of

California ,

Berkeley

University

of

California ,

Los

Angeles

University

of

Michigan ,

Ann Arbor

Pennsylva

nia State

University

University

of Texas ,

Austin

University

of

Pennsylva

nia

LOR's

were

sketchy , I

had to

write all of

them0

Michigan Technological

University

University

of

Maryland ,

College

Park

California

Institute of

Technolog

y

0

University of Notre

Dame[PhD], University of

Maryland - College

Park[PhD], Auburn

University[PhD].

City

University

of New

York[PhD]

, State

University

of New

York -

Buffalo[Ph

D],

University

of Florida -

Gainsville[

PhD].

Syracuse University

University of Nebraska

University of North Carolina

Charlotte

SanJose

State

University

University of Houston Main

Campus

University

of

Southern

California


Dallas

0

Johns Hopkins, CMU,

Gatech, Keck Graduate

Institute, Rochester


UCSC,

Columbia,

UPenn

2

University of Florida, SUNY

stony brook, University of

California (Irvine)

University

of Texas

at Austin,

University

of

Pennsylva

nia

Columbia - MFE

CMU - MSCF

LOR's

were

sketchy , I

had to

write all of

them0

Michigan Technological

University

2 and half

years

0

university

of Akron

None3 MIT - Mfin

0



Arbor, Georgia Tech,


California, Virginia Tech,

Rutgers University, North


Penn State, Texas A&M

University

of

California -

Berkeley,

Cornell

University,

Columbia

University,

New York

University

2

State University of New

York at Buffalo, University

of Texas at Dallas

Rutgers,

Stony

Brook,

University

of Illinois

at

Chicago,

University

of Florida

3

Georgia Tech, UC Irvine,

UWaterloo, UFL

UCSD,

UC

Berkley,

UTA

I didn't get

as many

eyes on

my SoP as

I should

have.

Keep in

touch with

your profs

after

undergrad

if you have

even the

slightest

inclination

to go for

MS later

on. Exp

was more

or less

irrelevant

for MS

admits,

but

extremely

helpful for

placement

s after

MS.

1. I had 2

publication

s, one

each in

Physical

Review

Letters

and

European

Physical

Journal C,

which

probably

was a

replaceme

nt for a

non-9+

CPI -

hence the

admits at

Cambridg

e, UIUC

and

Oxford.

2. Also, I

had two

foreign

interns -

one at

CERN and

the other

at

University

of Milan

(both in

the

Theoretica

l Physics

Dept.)

0

University of Cambridge

[PhD], University of Oxford

[PhD], University College,

London [PhD], University of

Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

[PhD], University of Stony

Brook

Harvard

University

[PhD], MIT

[PhD]

3.

However,

the <9 CPI

was

probably

the reason

why I

didn't get

admitted

to

MIT/Harva

rd.

0

University of Illinois Urbana -

Champaign, University of

Texas Austin, North


Purdue University, Cornell

University None

0

UFL(CS), Rugers(CE),

USC, U Colorado Boulders

Drexel,

Stony

brook


Penn State University,

Arizona State University,

University of Florida,

University of Pittsburgh,

Colorado State University.

One of the

recommen

dations

was

delayed by

~2 months

applied in

Bioengine

ering in

Johns

Hopkins,

UCSD

0

University of Cambridge

[PhD], University of Oxford

[PhD], University College,

London [PhD], University of

Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

[PhD], University of Stony

Brook

Harvard

University

[PhD], MIT

[PhD]

1 year

internship

and good

recommen

dations1 Stanford

0 None

MIT,

Stanford,

University

of

California

Berkeley,

Johns

Hopkins

University,

University

of

California

San Diego

2

University of Washington

[PhD], UIUC, University of

Wisconsin-Madison,

GaTech [PhD], University

of Michigan - Ann Arbor

[PhD], ETH-Zurich

CMU

[PhD],

Stanford

[PhD],

UCB

[PhD],

Cornell

[PhD],

Princeton

[PhD]

Had the

recommen

dation

from the

Vice

President

of EMC2

(ex-

Partner

Director at

Microsoft).

The work I

did at

Microsoft

was

relevant to

my field of

application

.

0

Stanford, Purdue (with

scholarship), UFL

UTAustin,

CMU,

UCB

[PhD],

Cornell

[M.Engg] ,

MIT[MS/M

BA]

Had 7

Projects

and 2

National

Level

Conferenc

e Papers

and 1

Internship

4

Stanford, CMU, University

of Michigan Ann Arbor,

Syracuse

University

of

California

Berkeley,

Texas

A&M

College

Station

Really did

an

introspecti

on as to

what I

wanted to

do with the

degree,

framed it

in easy to

understan

d, precise

English,

spent 3

weeks on

the SOP

to get into

Stanford.

0

Cornell University, Rice

University, EPFL

Stanford

[PhD],

UIUC

[PhD]

Did not

have reco

from good

Profs,

Intern Prof

could have

screwed

up the

reco

0

MIT, Stanford, UIUC,

Purdue (all funded or

informally confirmed

funding)

UC

Berkeley

3 Very

Strong

Recomme

ndations.

2 Patent

application

s. 2

Foreign

Research

Interns.

Complete

d several

research

projects

as an

undergrad

.

0


California (School of

Pharmacy), Creighton U,

Northeastern U, Mass

College of Pharmaceutical

Sciences (MCPHS)

Virginia

Commonw

ealth U, U

of Toledo,

UIC

(PhD), U

of

Sciences

in

Philadelph

ia, U of

Houston

Several

"pharmace

utical

sciences"

related

programs

are often

offered in

College of

Medicine

or School

of Public

Health.

Make sure

you

always

extensivel

y research

the

laboratorie

s in the

program,

whether

they have

funding to

accept

students

and get

connected

to current

students.

3 Stanford University None

Stanford University

University

of Texas,

Austin

Had

consistentl

y good

academic

performan

ce,

interesting

internship

in an R&D

lab, good

recommen

dation

letters

from my

professors

.

University of Notre Dame

(PhD)

University

of

California,

Berkeley

(PhD)

University

of

California,

Santa

Barbara

SoP could

have been

better but

got into

my first

choice

university.

So no

complaints

really.

Stanford University

Cornell University


Duke University

Dartmouth College


California

Case Western Reserve

University

0


University of Maryland

Baltimore County, SUNY

Buffalo

Rice

University,

Johns

Hopkins,

University

of

California

Irvine

0

None0

1


Austin, Texas A&M College

Station, University of Illinois

at Chicago, Florida State

University Tallahassee,

University of Missouri

Columbia, University of

Texas at San Antonio,

University

of

Minnesota

, Twin

Cities

I also have

a Masters

degree in

Applied

Sports

Science

from the

UK, and

previous

research

experienc

e.

0

Purdue, NCSU, Maryland,

Texas A&M

University

of Texas

at Austin,

Georgia

Tech, UC

San

Diego,

University

of Illinois -

Urbana

Champaig

n.

(All MS) (All MS)

Undergrad

from

Veermata

Jijabai

Technolog

ical

University

(VJTI)

University of Colorado

Boulder

Georgia

Institute

Technolog

y

SOP was

average.

Bad extra

curriculars

/ Co-

curriculars


California

Lehigh

University

4 Carnegie Mellon[PhD]

Stanford

University[

PhD],

University

of

Washingto

n[PhD],

University

of

Pennsylva

nia[PhD]

Nothing

exception

ally good

or bad.

0

University

of Illinois

Urbana

Champaig

n

University

of

Michigan

Ann Arbor

Texas

A&M

University

University

of Texas

Austin

Virginia

Tech0

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