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
2013
2011
Dec-12
2013
2013
2013
2012
2011
2011
2009
2012
2013
2009
2010
2010
2013
2011
2008
2011
2009
2012
2012
2012
2011, 2012
Dec-07
2012
2012
Dec-11
2012
2009
2009
2010
2011
2008
2010
2009
2007
2009
2013
2009
2012
2011
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 /
10.00 Electronics
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 3.75/4 Information 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 8.78/10.00 Civil 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 8.78/10.00 Civil 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 / 10.0 Electrical Engineering
Electrical
Engineerin
g 620 / 800 800 / 800
3.5 1190/1600 106/120 0.76 Electronics
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 0.76 Electronics
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 8.8/10 Electrical
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 7.8/10 Civil Civil 670/800 770/800
4 1440/1600 112/120 7.8/10 Civil 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
collect 1 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
Mellon
0
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 favour 0
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 favour 0
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
None 2 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
Tech 0
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
Tech 0
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
Berkeley 0
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
Boulder 1.5
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
Boulder 1.5
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
g 0
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 Universitt
Dortmund, Otto-von-
Guericke-Universitt
Magdeburg, Universitt
Ulm
FH
Aachen,
Technisch
e
Universitt
Hamburg-
Harburg,
Technisch
e
Universitt
Mnchen,
Friedrich-
Alexander-
Universitt
Erlangen-
Nrnberg
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 Universitt
Dortmund, Otto-von-
Guericke-Universitt
Magdeburg, Universitt
Ulm
FH
Aachen,
Technisch
e
Universitt
Hamburg-
Harburg,
Technisch
e
Universitt
Mnchen,
Friedrich-
Alexander-
Universitt
Erlangen-
Nrnberg
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
them 0
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
them 0
Michigan Technological
University
2 and half
years
0
university
of Akron
None 3 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
dations 1 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
None 0
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
Tech
0

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