FALL 2005 ADMIT/ REJECT TABLE

2005 Ayoade Oguntade & Ramesh Kumar for Edulix Community

Electrical Engineering MS EE
TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

GRE
QUAN

GRE
VERB

GRE
AWA

TOEFL

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

1560
vogon

NA

NA

NA

297

6.0

60%

1530
cheers

800

730

5.0

300

6.0

1490
stesag

780

710

5.5

297

1490

NA

NA

NA

>280

NA

70% Acads Mumbai Univ

1. 71% - Univ of Madras

2. 5 national level Best
papers and 1 international
poster
3. 1 project on Image
Processing
All except indicated for MS
DSP and IP
70%
No papers/research
3.97/4
University #1
IEEE paper national level
best paper in comp
architecture

1480
ambitiou
s

800

680

6.0

300

6.0

SCHOOLS APPLIED

1. OSU
2. U Colorado-Boulder
3. Syracuse.

REJECTED

OSU

UMCP

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Univ. of Maryland (CP),

Univ of Col. Boulder,
Univ of Arizona,
Virginia Tech,
UMN (Biomed),
Clemson,
UC Santa Barbara,
U mass - Amherst
Drexel

1. UC Boulder (MSEE VLSI)

2. UMTC (MSEE
VLSI/Microelectronics
3. U Wisconsin - Madison
4. UMich Ann Arbor (MSEE)
5. Purdue (MSEE)
6. UT Austin (MSEE)
7. Cornell (MSEE)
8. Ohio State U (MSEE)
9. Stanford U (MS/PhD EE)
10. Penn State (MS EE)
11. Columbia Univ. (MS CE)
12. Virginia Tech (MSEE)
13. NCSU (MSEE)
14. National University of
Singapore (PhD ECE)
15. CMU
16. U Maryland CP

ADMITTED

U Colorado-Boulder
Syracuse.

UMCP MS telecom

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Univ. of Maryland (CP),

Univ of Arizona,
Virginia Tech,
UMN (Biomed),
UC Santa Barbara
U mass Amherst
UC Santa Barbara

1. Clemson
2. Univ of Col. Boulder

Drexel fellowship
1. Univ. of Wisconsin
Madison (MSEE)
2. UMich Ann Arbor (MSEE)
3. Purdue (MSEE)
4. UT Austin (MSEE)
5 Cornell (MSEE)
6 Ohio State U (MSEE)

1. Stanford U (MS/PhD EE)

2. Univ. of Minn. TC (MSEE)
3. Penn State (MS EE)
4. Columbia Univ. (MS CE)
5. UC Boulder (MS
VLSI/CAD)
6. Virginia Tech (MSEE)
7. North Carolina SU
(MSEE)
8. National University of
Singapore (PhD ECE)
Waitlisted:
1. CMU
2. Univ. of Maryland College Park

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1480
nightwolf

GRE
QUAN

800

GRE
VERB

680

GRE
AWA

5.0

TOEFL

300

TWE

6.0

1480

790

690

6.0

300

1480

NA

NA

NA

>280

NA

1470
keen

1470

1470
puneetbh
atnagar

1450
vivekrb

NA

NA

790

800

NA

NA

680

650

NA

NA

NA

5.0

287

NA

290

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

GPA / ACADEMICS

84% Class rank: 2/120

BE Electronics and
Communication
Engineering, Anna
University
No research/work
Experience

70%

70%Mumbai Univ
no research

72.65(topper 84%)

69% Mumbai Univ

SCHOOLS APPLIED

REJECTED

ADMITTED

1. UMTC
2 ASU, Tempe
3. Rutgers, New Brunswick
4. U of Illinois, Chicago
5. SUNY Buffalo
6. U of Kentucky, Lexington
7. U Texas, Austin
8. TAMU, College Station
9. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
10. U of Cincinnati, Ohio
11. Mc Gill University,
Montral, Quebec (Canada)

1. U of Texas, Austin
2. TAMU, College Station
3. Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

U Minnesota Twin Cities

ASU, Tempe
Rutgers, New Brunswick
U of Illinois, Chicago
(SUNY) at Buffalo
U of Kentucky, Lexington

1. Univ of Col. Boulder,

(MS EE VLSI),
2. Villanova University,
3. TAMU,
4. OSU,
5. Univ of Pittsburgh

1. TAMU,
2. OSU,
3. Univ of Pittsburgh

1. Univ of Col Boulder (MS

EE VLSI),
2. Villanova University

Columbia University
Cornell

NCSU
Syracuse (50% grant)
Rutgers

IIT

1.
2.
3.
4.

Drexel
NCSU
Syracuse
Rutgers
Columbia University
Cornell
NJIT
1. SUNY-Bufallo,
2. ASU (incomplete)
3. UTD
4. Oregon State
5.IIT
USC

SUNY- Bufallo,
ASU(incomplete)
UTD
Oregon State

USC

64% Acads Mumbai Univ.

BE instrumentation VESIT
1. 77% from VTU
last 2 years 78.5(highest
84-85)
2. 8 months work ex in
BOSCH-Blaupunkt

Univ of Col Boulder

CMU
UCLA
USC
TAMU
Columbia
NCSU
UFL
UIC
Univ of Arizona

Univ of Colorado Boulder

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V
1450
Taranis,
the
Grouch

1440
warrior

1440
pmd_iitg

GRE
QUAN

740

750

800

GRE
VERB

710

690

640

GRE
AWA

5.0

4.0

5.5

TOEFL

293

297

293

TWE

6.0

NA

6.0

1440
sarathcpt

800

640

4.0

277

5.0

1430
aravindo
ommen

800

630

4.0

293

6.0

1420
Galleon_I
I

1410
naren

790

NA

630

NA

5.5

273

280

6.0

GPA / ACADEMICS

SCHOOLS APPLIED

Acads: 74% (toppers score

85%)
Anna University

OSU, U Mass Amherst

CWRU, NEU, U of Utah
UNM, Syracuse, U of
Kansas, Lawrence
U of Pennsylvania.

2.5 years Signal Processing

work ex
74% NIT ECE

ASU, SUNY Buffalo

Purdue, TAMU, Rutgers,
Univ of Colorado Boulder,
Univ. of Cincinnati
UIC
UTD
SUNY Buffalo MS EE
(Comm)

IIT G.
one very well know
recommender from IIT
Bombay and two good
recos from IITG
Three papers in
international IEEE
conferences in signal
processing for
Communications

79.5%
NTSE Scholar
College Level Project

72% Kerala Univ (top 10%)

63% from Mumbai univ

10 months work ex in
Telecom Company

CGPA 9.04 top 3-4%

5 national papers

REJECTED

OSU
U Mass Amherst
CWRU
NEU
University of Utah
UNM
TAMU
Purdue
Suny Buffalo
Rutgers

ADMITTED

Syracuse (50% waiver)

University of Kansas,
Lawrence
University of Pennsylvania.
Waitlisted:
U Cincinnati
ASU
U Colorado Boulder

SUNY Buffalo

1. UMR
2. NCSU
3. TAMU
4. Oregon SU
5. Vtech
6. Gatech
7. UFL
8. ASU
U KANSAS, U ARIZONA,
UTD, VTECH, SUNY SB, ASU

Oregon SU, Vtech

UFL, Vtech

UC Boulder (Tele)
UC Davis (EE)
Colorado State Uni (EE)
UT Dallas (Tele)
SMU(EE)
Houston(MEE)
ASU, Kansas, NEU
UMCP
1.UC Boulder(MS EE VLSI)
2.Villanova university
3.NCSU
4.Umass Amherst
5. TAMU
6. OSU
7. univ of Pittsburgh
8. UoA

ASU
Kansas
NEU
UMCP

VTECH

1.TAMU
2. OSU
3. univ of Pittsburgh
4. UoA

UMR , NCSU, ASU,

U KANSAS, U ARIZONA,
UTD, VTECH, SUNY SB,
ASU
UC Boulder (Tele)
UC Davis (EE)
Colorado State Uni (EE)
UT Dallas (Tele)
SMU(EE)
Houston(MEE)

1.UC Boulder (MS EE VLSI)

2.Villanova university
3.NCSU
4.Umass Amherst

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1410
electronic
s

1400
neo

1390
megha63
2

1390
shriram

1370

GRE
QUAN

800

800

790

790

NA

GRE
VERB

610

600

600

600

NA

GRE
AWA

3.5

NA

4.5

5.0

NA

TOEFL

263

270

290

297

NA

TWE

NA

NA

NA

6.0

NA

GPA / ACADEMICS

GPA- 82.5% (College

Topper)
Done a couple of projects

60.61(6 sems)
Four projects
1. Retail store
project undertaken at HCL
tech gurgaon in junejuly2003
2. Programmable logic
controllers
project undertaken at
siemens ltd. in June july2004
BE f final year projects
3. Radar console simulator
4. dtmf based home
automation system
Recos from HOD, principal,
professor, Dept. head at
siemens
BITS, Pilani,
CGPA: 3.97/4.0
9.26 BITS Pilani (EIE)
Internships:
2 months at Advanced
Information Services,
Chennai
6 months at Hewlett
Packard Labs Bangalore
Few CS courses and
projects in discrete maths,
numerical analysis, Linear
Algebra, databases

59%

SCHOOLS APPLIED

Univ of Kansas
NCSU
U Mass, Amherst
MIT
UC Berkeley
Stanford
Iowa state univ
Arizona State Univ
1. univ of AZ
2. ASU
3. univ of Texas at Dallas
4. Texas Arlington
5. Suny SB
6. Syracuse
7. northeastern univ

REJECTED

MIT
UC Berkeley
Stanford
Iowa state univ
Arizona State Univ
Univ of AZ
ASU
univ of Texas at Dallas

ADMITTED

Univ of Kansas
NCSU
U Mass, Amherst

Texas Arlington
Suny SB
Syracuse(30% tuition
scholarship)

UTA

UTA

U of Florida

U of Florida

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Syracuse Univ
UC-Boulder
UT Dallas
RIT
NJIT
U Rochester

Syracuse Univ
UC-Boulder
UT Dallas
RIT($6000 waiver),
NJIT
U Rochester

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1370
Aparna

1370
1370
Devashis
h

1360
hopeful

1360
oracle

1360
eternaljo
urney

1350
viktor

GRE
QUAN

800

GRE
VERB

570

GRE
AWA

4.0

TOEFL

257

TWE

5.0

GPA / ACADEMICS

78% JNTU Hyderabad India

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

59% Mumbai Univ

800

670

4.0

293

NA

TSE 55
69.17% Mumbai Univ

760

NA

790

790

600

NA

570

560

5.0

NA

3.5

5.0

263

280

280

297

5.0

NA

5.5

6.0

SCHOOLS APPLIED

U of Utah
U of Kansas @Lawrence
UKY
Clemson no aid
UMASS- Amherst
UIC
U Cinn

REJECTED

UIC

ADMITTED

U of Utah (MEEE program,

no aid)
U of Kansas @Lawrence no aid
UKY with KGS ($3720 /
semester)
Clemson no aid
UMASS- Amherst ( no aid)

Syracuse Univ, UC-Boulder,

UT Dallas, RIT, NJIT, U
Rochester

Syracuse Univ, UC-Boulder,

UT Dallas, RIT ($6000
waiver), NJIT, U Rochester

Rutgers

Rutgers

62% (GPA 3.7WES

evaluation) Mumbai Univ
no work ex
no papers
decent extra curricular
final yr Proj --in house-related to image
processing-DSP
ACADS- 9.10/10
Research - Project at R&D
dept., ABB Ltd.
No paper.

TAMU- Coll Stn

Drexel, Syracuse, UTDallas, Southern Methodist,
Polytechnic Brooklyn
Santa Clara, Lehigh, San
Jose, UC Davis

1. 70% 2nd rank since last 3

sems all
distinctions(Gujarat Univ)
2. MS systems and Control
3. projects national and
international level
4. 2 papers
CGPA: 3.35
last 2 years GPA: 3.60
interest: communication
systems

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

TAMU, Penn State U, UIC

UDel, U Utah, Polytechnic U

ASU
U mich
Vtech
UCinn
NEU
SDSU

1. TAMU
2. USC
3. Univ of Arizona
4. UT Dallas
5. SUNY Buffalo
6. PURDUE
7. U Cinn
8. U mass-Amherst
9. ASU
10. UMD College Park
11. Virginia Tech

ASU

TAMU
Penn State Univ
UIC
Univ of Delaware

Drexel, Syracuse,
UT-Dallas, Southern
Methodist, Polytechnic
Brooklyn, Santa Clara,
Lehigh, San Jose,
TAMU- college station
UC Davis waitlisted
University of Utah
Polytechnic University
Waitlisted:
SUNY SB

1. ASU

SUNY Buffalo
PURDUE
UCinn

1. TAMU MS (EE) - no aid

mentioned in the letter...
2. USC MS (EE) - no aid
mentioned in the letter
3. Univ. of Arizona MS (EE)
4. UT Dallas MS (EE) - no
aid mentioned in the letter.
5. U mass-Amherst
6. UMD College Park (ME)
7. ASU
Waitlisted:
Virginia Tech (MS EE)

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

GRE
QUAN

GRE
VERB

GRE
AWA

TOEFL

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

78% (rank 4/52 MNREC Allbd Electrical eng)

Project(not in area)
MS in Solid State
Electronics

1350
sdme

800

550

5.0

NA

NA

1330

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

58%
Mumbai Univ

1300
praku

790

510

4.0

NA

NA

77%

1300

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

1290
wiznik

1270
mayurkir
ti

1270
nukeash

720

740

800

570

530

620

4.5

4.0

5.0

270

260

293

4.5

69%
BE Electronics
Instrumentation & Control
(Univ of Rajasthan) - 68%
till 6th sem
Few projects and one paper
(still writing)
62%
Great recos and final year
project

5.5

NA

77%
2 papers at state level.
ntse scholar
regional math Olympiad
gold medal

SCHOOLS APPLIED

REJECTED

1. UTA
2. Univ of Col. Boulder
3. Vanderbilt
4. UCinn
5. Utah
6. Yale
7. ASU
1. WPI
2. Syracuse
3. Drexel
ASU
UMR
Un. Of Rhode Island
Un. of Toledo

1.
2.
3.
4.

Utah
Yale
ASU
UT Austin

1. SUNY Buffalo
2. ASU
UT Arlington
Drexel
UCI
UCinn
TAMU
LSU
1. State University of New
York (SUNY), Utica/Rome 2.
George Wash. Univ, DC,
3. Mississippi state Univ
4. University of Louisiana,
Lafayette
5. University of Missouri,
Kansas City, (UMKC)
6. North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, (NCSU)
7. University of Miami, Coral
Gables
8. Florida International
University, Miami (FIU)
9. University of Maryland,
College Park.
10. Raleigh
1. UT Austin...MSEE
2. CMU...MSEE
3. UFL... MSEE
4. Duke... MSEE
5. Lehigh... MSEE
6. U Of Pittsburgh...MSEE
7.Iowa stateMSEE
8.Drexel

1. SUNY Buffalo
2. ASU
UCI
UCinn
TAMU
LSU

1. North Carolina State

University,
2. Raleigh
3. Florida International
University, Miami
(FIU) (reject)

ADMITTED

1. U CO Boulder
2. Vanderbilt (Full tuition
waiver + TA -$ 1600 p.m.
for first 9 months +
medical insurance.)
3. U Cincinnati ( with
regulation tuition waiver )
1. WPI
2. Syracuse
3. Drexel
ASU
UMR
Un. Of Rhode Island
Un. of Toledo

UT Arlington
Drexel

1. State University of New

York (SUNY), Utica/Rome
(Admit, $3500)
2. George Wash. Univ, DC,
(admit)
3. Mississippi state Univ,
(admit, no aid)
4. University of Louisiana,
Lafayette (admit)
5. University of Missouri,
Kansas City, (UMKC)
(admit, no aid)
6. University of Miami,
Coral Gables, (admit, no
aid)
7. University of Maryland,
College Park. (admit)

1. Univ Of Pittsburgh-MSEE
2. Iowa state Univ...MSEE
3. Rice univ...PhD EE
Drexel(aid)

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

GRE
QUAN

GRE
VERB

GRE
AWA

TOEFL

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

SOP: Great
Reco: Decent

1220
mahmoo
d

1200
Lazyie6

800

420

4.0

263

5.5

1 technical paper
organizational certificates
for Papers.
IEEE programming
committee head of student
branch

71%(equiv. to 3.4GPA)
toppers 80%
730

470

3.0

260

NA

Top 5% in class 3/120

3 national papers and 3
related projects
1180
Rising

700

480

4.0

280

SCHOOLS APPLIED

1. University of Southern
California
2. University of Illinois,
Chicago
3. University of Kansas,
Lawrence
4. Rochester Institute of
technology
5. University of Arkansas
6. Louisiana Tech
University, Ruston
7. Cornell
IIT
Master of
Telecommunications &
Software
engineering(MTSE)
1.UMCP ME in ECE
2.Wayne State(MS Biomed)
3.Wright State(MS Biomed)
4.U of Akron (MS Biomed)
5.SIUC
6.Portland state University
7.U of Utah MS in Biomed

REJECTED

Cornell University

University of Utah MS in
Biomed

ADMITTED

1. University of Southern
California
2. University of Illinois,
Chicago
3. University of Kansas,
Lawrence
4. Rochester Institute of
technology (6000$ aid per
year)
5. University of Arkansas
6. Louisiana Tech
University, Ruston
Illinois Institute of
Technology - Master of
Telecommunications and
Software
engineering(MTSE)
1.UMCP ME in ECE
2.Wayne State(MS Biomed)
3.Wright State(MS Biomed)
4.U of Akron (MS Biomed)

81% B.Eng in EE
Class Rank: 8/175(Top 5%)
1170
oguntade
ayo

1150
edulix_ga
gan

740

750

430

400

4.0

3.0

263

267

5.5

5.0

Projects:
1. Implementation Of 3GUMTS Wireless systems
(2003)
2. Seven Segments LED
Running Message Display
Board
Acads CPI - 7.34/10 upto
6ths sem ........stand 23/60
in class
topper - 9.67/10
project in college tech-fest
...highly rated
It was a "REMOTE SITE
PROCESS CONTROL
THROUGH INTERNET"
with many facilities ....a
real time system
-No paper or research
-2 extra-curricular
certificates

1. LSU Baton Rouge

2. Dalarna
University(Sweden)

Syracuse
U Kansas
USC
Oklahoma S U
Drexel
northeastern U
Southern Methodist U
UNC Charlotte
U Tennessee Knoxville
Wichita state University
polytechnic

U Kansas
USC
Oklahoma S U
Drexel
northeastern U
Southern Methodist U
Wichita state University
UNC Charlotte

1. LSU Baton Rouge

2. Dalarna
University(Sweden)

Syracuse

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1120
avi

1110

1090
p_k1

GRE
QUAN

670

750

720

GRE
VERB

450

360

370

GRE
AWA

4.0

3.0

TOEFL

233

NA

250

TWE

NA

NA

GPA / ACADEMICS

71% In EE

68% topper 88%

B.E. EnTC, Pune Univ:

64.6%
2 projects, no paper, no
work exp.

SCHOOLS APPLIED

IIT
U of Arkansas, Fayetteville
TX A&M, Kingsville
Mississippi S U
UTD
NIU
Old Dominion U
Ok S U
U of New Mexico

NJIT
Wayne
Wichita
LSU
UT Knoxville
1. George Mason U (MS
Telecoms)
2. Wright State U. (MS EE)
3. Southern Illinois Univ,
Edwardsville(MS EE)
4. UNCC
5. SDSU
6. Wichita

REJECTED

UTD
NIU
Old Dominion U
Ok S U
U of New Mexico
Reasons for rejection:
Low quant score - OK S U,
ODU
Low grades in relevant
subjects: UTD,UNM,NIU
LSU
UT Knoxville

UNCC

ADMITTED

IIT
U of Arkansas, Fayetteville
TX A&M, Kingsville
Mississippi S U

NJIT ($4400 /annum

Provost Fellow)
Wayne
Wichita
1. George Mason U (MS
Telecoms)
2. Wright State U. (MS EE)
3. Southern Illinois Univ,
Edwardsville(MS EE)
Waitlisted:
1. SDSU 2. Wichita

Electrical Engineering EE PhD

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V
1520
rituparna
_das

1440

GRE
QUAN

800

NA

GRE
VERB

720

NA

GRE
AWA

4.5

5.0

TOEFL

280

NA

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

SCHOOLS APPLIED

UT Austin, ECE
U of California Irvine, EECS

NA

79%, REC (NIT now)

Rourkela, Working at ST
Microelectronics, Nothing
else much yes a research
project -summer internship
at TIFR, Mumbai
78% topper 88%

UCinn
UoA
Utoledo

NA

REJECTED

ADMITTED

UCinn with waiver

UoA
Utoledo

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

GRE
QUAN

GRE
VERB

GRE
AWA

1410
rav_kis8
3

1390

1270
nukeash

TOEFL

293

NA

800

NA

620

5.0

5.0

283

293

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

SCHOOLS APPLIED

REJECTED

gpa 9.24/10
research - project in comm,
internship at Intel

Umich, utexas, umtc,

vtech, cmu, UCSB, TAMU

BITS Pilani
8.41 CGPA
2 yrs work ex
Applied to MS/PhD in
Computer Eng,
specialization Computer
Systems Architecture
77%
2 papers at state level.
ntse scholar
regional math Olympiad
gold medal

Iowa State Univ

Univ of Maryland, College
Park (PhD)
Univ of Massachusetts,
Amherst (PhD)
Penn State, University park
(PhD)
1. Rice
2. Cornell

Univ of Maryland, College

Park (PhD)
Univ of Massachusetts,
Amherst (PhD)
Penn State, University park
(PhD)

Rochester (PhD), Iowa

state(MS),
UMNTC (PhD),
UMass (MS),
UFL (PhD),
ASU (PhD), nus (MEng)

Rochester
UMNTC

5.5

NA

NA

Spaphy

ADMITTED

1) Umich - dept fellowship

2) utexas - MCD fellowship
3) umtc - RA
4) vtech - TA
5) cmu - RA offer,
unconfirmed
Waitlisted:
1) UCSB
2) TAMU
Iowa State Univ (Ph.D.)
with TA/RA

1. Rice Univ...PhD EE

Drexel ($7020/year),
Udel(no aid),
RIT($6000/yr),UH(no aidMEE), mpifr (Germany),
Chalmers (Sweden) all for
masters

Mechanical Engineering MS ME

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1480
sdaedalu
s

GRE
QUAN

790

GRE
VERB

690

GRE
AWA

6.0

TOEFL

300

TWE

NA

GPA / ACADEMICS

1. 70% Motilal Nehru NIT,

Allahabad
2. Fluid/Thermal Sciences
3. Strong Related Project,
decent recos and good
SOP.

SCHOOLS APPLIED

Stanford, UMN(MECH),
Rutgers (Mech and aero),
UCinn, Virginia Tech, UTA,
Purdue, Wisc Madison,
Vanderbilt, UMD CP, TAMU

REJECTED

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Virginia Tech
UTA
Purdue
Wisc Madison
Vanderbilt
TAMU

ADMITTED

1. Stanford
2. UMN Waiver+GA+Flwshp+Health
3. Rutgers (Mech and aero)
4. UCinn - Waiver
5. UMD CP- waitlisted

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1450
gautham

GRE
QUAN

800

GRE
VERB

650

GRE
AWA

3.0

TOEFL

263

TWE

5.0

GPA / ACADEMICS

68% Mech Eng 5 /69

Some learning projects in
mechatronis and m/c
design
2 paper presentation
certificates

7.3/10 IITG ME

1420
shome

1420
duthu

1400
wasim

1370
gautam_
ozzy

800

800

NA

780

620

620

NA

590

5.0

4.5

5.0

260

277

257

293

4.0

NA

4.5

6.0

IIT G
CGPA -7.3/10
(8.25/10 for last 2 years)
2 Excellent Recos
1 good one

Industrial Engg-SpOperations
research(Optimization
ACADS 63 - Mining EnggNIT Rourkela
No paper
One project -final year
project-Second rank in
dept,
9th rank in state in 12th MP
32nd rank in state in class
10th
One year teaching exp(non
relevant)
3.21 CGPA
2 national papers( one at
IEEE) and a 1st prize state
level thing, winner at the
national level proE design
contest
MS Mech Specialisation in
MEMS/Nano-Science

SCHOOLS APPLIED

REJECTED

UU
NCSU
U Iowa
west Virginia
UMR

ADMITTED

NCSU (Integrated
manufacturing systems)

Gatech
Purdue
Rutgers
North Carolina State
U Penn
PSU
U mich
U Minnesota
UT- Austin
UCSD
Virginia Tech
UMD CP
UCD
1. UIC Mech
2. UoA Mech
3. U Waterloo
4. U mich
5. U Penn
6. Cornell
7. Penn State
8. UCI.
TAMU
Purdue
U Pitts
RPI
TTU
Northwestern U

U Penn
PSU
U mich
U Minnesota
UT- Austin
UCSD
Virginia Tech

Gatech
Purdue
Rutgers
North Carolina State

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

1. UIC Mech (no aid )

2. UoA Mech (no aid )
3. U Waterloo (With aid)

VTech
ISU
buffalo
Umass Amherst
UCSB
Colorado
UCinn

VTech
ISU
buffalo
Umass Amherst
UCSB
Colorado

U mich
U Penn
Cornell
Penn State
UCI.

TAMU
TTU
Northwestern U

Missouri, Columbia
UMBC
UCinn

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

GRE
QUAN

GRE
VERB

GRE
AWA

TOEFL

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

82% Univ of Madras

1 year work ex in L&T

1360
Sridhar

1340
umamak
esh_n

1290
uppili

1250
Varun

Specializing in Machine
Dynamics and Vibrations.
760

600

NA

NA

NA

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Ohio State Univ

Rochester Inst of Tech
Univ of Illinois - Chicago
Lehigh univ
Michigan State Univ
Vanderbilt Univ

REJECTED

Vanderbilt

Decent Recos and Project

work related to area of
interest

770

730

730

570

560

520

NA

5.0

3.5

257

270

267

NA

5.5

NA

NA

5.5

287

NA

1120

NA

NA

4.0

NA

NA

NA

`NA

NA

270

NA

ADMITTED

Ohio State Univ (converted

MS admit to PhD)
RIT (Half tuition waiver and
Dept Assistantship, almost
covering entire tuition fee)
UIC - Chicago (No aid)
Lehigh U (Admit w/o aid)
Waitlisted:
Michigan State Univ

CEG Anna Univ CGPA 9/10

(Topper)
Industrial Engg

Purdue

1. 73%
2. 3 projects in Bio-diesels
3. 2 projects in energy
conservation
4. Project in vehicle
dynamics in Hyundai
5. 3 national conference
publications

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Wisconsin Madison
UMCP
U Mass
UMR
Cincinnati
MTU (Michigan Tech)
Kentucky
OKSU (Oklahoma State)

3 yrs work ex(L&T)

5 yrs teaching as lecturer
74% aggregate

1.
2.
3.
4.

Suny-buffalo
MTU
UMASS, LOWELL
UCF (for PhD)

1. 82% Osmania Univ

2. 5 projects in national
labs
3. 2 international papers.
4. 3 national papers
(See PhD)

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

Univ of Kentucky
Syracuse
Oklahoma State Univ
West Virginia Univ
UH
Purdue

1. 66-70%
2. Industrial Eng.

ASU

4) Univ of Kentucky (
Scholarship + RA)
5) Syracuse ( 60% financial
aid)
7) Oklahoma State Univ (
no aid)
8) West Virginia Univ ( no
aid)
ASU

Pune Univ 66%

FEA

UCinn

UCinn

5.5

1210
Muralidh
ar

1840/24
00
(OldGRE)
harshal.d
amle

SCHOOLS APPLIED

Purdue

1. Wisconsin Madison
(reason: low GRE score.)
2. UMCP

1. UMR
2. UKY with 60% fee
waiver
3. MTU
4. UMASS
5. Oklahoma State
University

MTU
SUNY-Buffalo

1) UH
2) Purdue

Mechanical Engineering PhD

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1480
sdaedalu
s

1420
duthu

1250
ArunS

1250
argan100

1210
Muralidh
ar

GRE
QUAN

790

800

730

730

NA

GRE
VERB

690

620

520

530

NA

GRE
AWA

6.0

4.5

3.5

3.5

5.5

TOEFL

300

277

267

267

287

TWE

NA

NA

5.5

5.5

NA

GPA / ACADEMICS

SCHOOLS APPLIED

1. 70% Motilal Nehru NIT,

Allahabad
2. Fluid/Thermal Sciences
3. Strong Related Project,
decent recos and good
SOP.
(see MS admits)

Univ of Col. Boulder

IIT G
CGPA -7.3/10
(8.25/10 for last 2 years)
2 Excellent Recos
1 good one
3 yrs work ex(L&T)
5 yrs teaching as lecturer
74% aggregate

1. Virginia Tech (ESM)

2. RPI
(see MS table)

Work exp:3 yrs L&T

cement; 5 yrs teaching
Undergraduate college:
gndec, bidar, Gulbarga univ
1. 82% Osmania Univ
2. 5 projects in national
labs
3. 2 international papers.
4. 3 national papers

Orlando

5. UDEL
6. UCF
7. UFL

1) Georgia Tech
2) Carnegie Mellon univ
3) Rensselaer Polytechnic
institute 4
4) Univ of Kentucky
5) Syracuse
7) Oklahoma State Univ
8) West Virginia Univ
9) UH
10) Purdue

REJECTED

ADMITTED

Univ of Col. Boulder

1. Virginia Tech (ESM)

(with aid)
2. RPI (with aid)

UDEL
UFL

Orlando (PhD Mech).

1) UH
2) Purdue

1) Georgia Tech ( right now

pursuing my PhD here) (
with scholarship + 1850 $
per month stipend)
2) Carnegie Mellon univ (
no funding)
3) Rensselaer Polytechnic
institute ( Scholarship +
1400$ stipend)
4) Univ of Kentucky (
Scholarship + RA)
5) Syracuse ( 60% financial
aid)
7) Oklahoma State Univ (
no aid)
8) West Virginia Univ (no
aid)

Computer Engineering/Science MS CE/CS

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1600
cooldude
001

GRE
QUAN

800

GRE
VERB

800

GRE
AWA

6.0

TOEFL

300

TWE

6.0

GPA / ACADEMICS

GPA: 9.03/10 (till pre-final

year)
Publications: None
Research experience: A few
projects in undergrad years
Recos: Pretty decent

Acads 8.25/10
Not much res. exp
No papers
1590
rags83

1530
APURVA_
G16

1530
tarunfall2
005

NA

790

NA

NA

740

NA

5.0

5.5

NA

287

293

277

NA

6.0

NA

67% Mumbai Univ

75.2% From Govt Eng

College Jabalpur
1 yr Experience in TCS,
Mumbai

SCHOOLS APPLIED

Rice University (TX)

University of Washington
U Wisconsin
University of California
Irvine
Harvard University (MA)
University of Maryland
College Park
Columbia University (Fu
Foundation) (NY)
Utah university
Gatech
U of A
UCinn
Toronto
Waterloo
Western Ontario
Concordia
NUS
UT Arlington
1. UIC(CS)
2. NCSU(CS)
3. JHU (MSSI),
4. NYU (CS)
5. CMU (INI with aid),
6. SUNY Buffalo (MS CS),
7. SUNY SB (MS CS),
8. Purdue (Sch of Tech)
9. Gatech (info Sec)
10. UT-Austin
11. UCI
Suny, SB
Suny, buffalo
UKentucky
OSU, VTech, TAMU,
UCinn, UMN
Texas A&M, CS

1520
rituparna
_das

800

720

4.5

280

6.0

79%, REC (NIT now)

Rourkela, Working at ST
Microelectronics, Nothing
else much yes a research
project -summer internship
at TIFR, Mumbai

REJECTED

ADMITTED

UNCC with 15k

assistantship

UT Arlington for PhD CS

Gatech (info Sec)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

UIC(CS)
NCSU(CS)
JHU (MSSI),
NYU (CS)
CMU (INI with aid),
SUNY Buffalo (MS CS),
SUNY SB (MS CS),
Purdue (School of
Technology)

OSU, VTech, TAMU,

UCinn, UMN

Suny, SB
Suny, buffalo
UKentucky with out of state
tuition waiver

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1510
abel

1500
sfx

1460
imranhs

1450

GRE
QUAN

800

790

800

NA

GRE
VERB

710

710

660

NA

GRE
AWA

5.5

6.0

5.0

NA

TOEFL

293

297

293

NA

TWE

6.0

GPA / ACADEMICS

1. AGRE (CS) - 850/900

(93 percentile)
2. 3 papers in IEEE
conferences
3. 1 publication in LNCS,
Springer verlag
4. 6 months research
experience.
5. Rank 1st in undergrad.
Batch of 120. Grade pt 3.91/4.00 from IIIT
Allahabad.
1. Acads 68% Mumbai
univ.
2. AGRE 850(93%ile)

1. Waterloo
2. Stanford
3. CMU

2.87
cs major (3.1)
1 reco from well known
prof.
2 ok ones
3 national papers

CMU Robotics
UIUC
UIC
UCF

CMU Robotics
UIUC - M.S. in CS

55%

1. Drexel
2. NJIT
3. Univ Of AlabamaBirmingham
4. Syracuse

1. Syracuse

NA

780

660

NA

NA

NA

65% up to 6 sem
MD Univ Rothak

ADMITTED

Waterloo

1. UCB (MS+PhD-CS), 2.
CMU (PhD CS),
3. UIUC (MS-CS),
4. UT-Austin (MS-CS), 5.
UCSD (MS-CS) (was

1. RIT

1440

REJECTED

1. Georgia Tech MS/PhD

2. Columbia
3. CMU MS-IN (INI
program)
4. Purdue MS/PhD-CS
5. UoA
6. U Va)
7. UIC MS/PhD
8. ASU
9. SUNY Buffalo
10. UCB (MS+PhD-CS)
11. CMU (PhD CS),
12. UIUC (MS-CS),
13. UT-Austin (MS-CS),
14. UCSD

6.0

NA

SCHOOLS APPLIED

waitlisted upto
04/28/2005)

Georgia Tech MS/PhD-CS

(no information on funding)
Columbia MS-CS (no
information on aid)
CMU MS-IN (INI program)
(with a generous partial
tuition waiver)
Purdue MS/PhD-CS (full
tuition waiver with TA)
UoA MS-CS (with TA)
U Va MS-CS (no aid)
UIC MS/PhD-CS (awarded
the UIC fellowship)
ASU MS-CS (no aid)
SUNY Buffalo: MS-CS (no
aid)
UCF - Ph.D. in CS (with RA)
UIC - M.S. in CS (ltd
standing, no aid for two
semesters and maintain 4.5
in the first 2 semesters)
1. Drexel
2. NJIT
3. Univ Of AlabamaBirmingham
RIT fellowship

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1440
pinkeshz
averi

GRE
QUAN

800

GRE
VERB

640

GRE
AWA

5.5

TOEFL

293

TWE

6.0

GPA / ACADEMICS

Mumbai univ, 71%

Decent sop, reco.
No research exp, no papers
in India.
Specialization: OS,
networks, distributed sys

63% first 3 years Mumbai

Univ

1430
forty2

1430
varun

1420
dd

800

630

5.5

NA

NA

GPA: 64%,
Mumbai University
780

650

4.5

280

5.5

71% Btech (hons)

Kurukshetra Univ
800

620

4.5

273

6
Work Ex
63% Univ of Mumbai

1420
poo

790

630

4.0

257

5.5

76% (topper81%)
3 yrs work ex
1400
Old GRE
sandeepb
aldawa

760

640

720

NA

NA

SCHOOLS APPLIED

REJECTED

ADMITTED

Stony brook
Arizona st. univ
U of Illinois, Chicago
North Carolina st. u
buffalo
Clemson
Northeastern
Purdue
Penn state
U of Utah
1. ASU
2. USC
3. Lehigh
4. NEU
5. Syracuse
6. SMU
7. IIT
8. NJIT
9. UMN
10. Boulder
11. Vanderbilt
12. UMBC
UT Dallas: MS in CS
U Delaware: MS in CS
UT Austin--------MS in CE
UMBC------------MS in CS
TAMU------------MS in CS
1. Delaware
2. Univ of Virginia
3. Vanderbilt
4. VTech
5. Univ Pittsburgh
1. Umass Lowell
2. Univ of Kentucky
3. Utah
4. Oregon
5. UIC
6. Iowa

Purdue - 35 MS intake
Penn state
U of Utah

Stony brook going here

Arizona st. univ
U of Illinois, Chicago
North Carolina st. u
buffalo
Clemson
Northeastern

1.
2.
3.
4.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

wustl (MS in Csc), UTD

(Computer Engineering), U
Virginia(MS is Csc), tamu,
Wisc, UC Davis, UC Irvine,
Rutgers, U of Utah, U of
Rochester

UMN
Boulder
Vanderbilt
UMBC

ASU
USC
Lehigh
NEU (30% waiver)
Syracuse
SMU
IIT (50% waiver)
NJIT

UT Austin--------MS in CE
UMBC------------MS in CS
TAMU------------MS in CS

UT Dallas: MS in CS
U Delaware: MS in CS

Vtech
Vanderbilt
University of Virginia
Univ Pittsburgh

1. Delaware
2. Central Michigan Univ

2. Univ of Kentucky

1. Umass Lowell

Univ of Virginia(MS is Csc)

Wustl (MS in Csc)

Texas at Dallas(Computer
Engineering)

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

GRE
QUAN

GRE
VERB

GRE
AWA

TOEFL

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

TSE 50/60

283
1400
Mukil

1390
shriram

1380
ramya_ra
gh

1380
dopemon
keyman

1370
adithecha
mp

750

790

NA

770

800

650

600

NA

610

570

5.5

5.0

NA

4.5

4.5

TSE:
50/60

297

287

277

290

NA

6.0

NA

5.5

NA

Bachelor Of Engg in CS Acads, 8.3/10

Area of Interest in CS:
Networking & Security
Good term projects
Guindy Engineering College
11 projects as part of UG
coursework
9.26 BITS Pilani (EIE)
Internships:
2 months at Advanced
Information Services,
Chennai
6 months at Hewlett
Packard Labs Bangalore
Few CS courses and
projects in discrete maths,
numerical analysis, Linear
Algebra, databases
85% VTU
Worked as Research Intern
in Daimler Chrysler R&D for
6 months.
1 paper accepted for IEEE
Vehicular Technology
Conference
Currently working in HP in
n/w security

59%(Mumbai Univ) topper

65% rank 7/65

Acads 65% from PTU, GNE

Ludhiana (topper 76%)
one very good Reco

SCHOOLS APPLIED

REJECTED

ADMITTED

U Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Utah
Michigan State University
U of California, Santa Cruz
Indiana U, Bloomington
University of Arizona
U of Illinois, Chicago
Vanderbilt University
University of Texas, Dallas
University of Florida

U Mass at Amherst
Michigan State University
U of California, Santa Cruz
Vanderbilt University

University of Utah
Indiana U at Bloomington
University of Arizona
University of Florida
U of Illinois at Chicago
U of Texas at Dallas

Univ of Louisiana, Lafayette

Worcester Polytechnic
Institute (cs)
Indiana Bloomington
(CS)
Penn State
Univ of Virginia
UCinn

Penn State
Univ of Virginia

Univ of Louisiana, Lafayette

Worcester Polytechnic
Institute
Indiana Bloomington

1. UTD
2. UFL
3. Gainesville
4. SUNY
5. Stony Brook
6. SUNY
7. Buffalo
8. Rutgers
9. UIUC
10.VTech
11.OSU
1.WPI
2.NJIT
3.USC
4.Lehigh Univ
5. NCSU
6. UMBC
7. UNL
8. Univ of Connecticut
9. Univ Miss- Columbia
10. NEU
11.SMU
U of Utah
Univ of Iowa, Univ of
Missouri Rolla, U of
Alabama Huntsville, George
Mason,

UTD, UFL Gainesville,

SUNY SB
SUNY Buffalo
Rutgers
Waiting:
UIUC
VTech
OSU

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

NCSU
UMBC
UNL
Univ of Connecticut
Univ Miss- Columbia
NEU
SMU

U of Utah

1.WPI
2.NJIT
$2000/sem scholarship
3.USC
4.Lehigh Univ
5. SMU

Univ of Iowa, Univ of

Missouri Rolla, U of
Alabama Huntsville, George
Mason,

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V
2090
(OldGRE)
lakshman
4cs
1360

1350
Santosh

GRE
QUAN

GRE
VERB

GRE
AWA

TOEFL

TWE

790

570

730

263

NA

NA

NA

NA

>290

NA

NA

NA

NA

280

NA

GPA / ACADEMICS

780

570

4.0

263

Stony Brook

62% Mumbai Univ

67% overall 69% final year
Mumbai Univ( BE INFT)

NSCU
1. VTECH,
2. PURDUE
3. SUNYSB
4. UH
5. UNCC
6. UNM
7. UTK
8. UKY
9. IASTATE
10. UCINN.
1. UNL
2. University of Kansas
3. Clemson
4. ASU
1. Delaware
2. Drexel
3. LSU
4. UNLV
5. Simon Fraser
6. Wayne
1. Boulder
2. Wisc Madison
3. UMTC

NCSU
1. SUNYSB
2. UH
3. UNCC
4. UNM

63%
NA

NA

NA

287

NA

1350
vissank

800

550

4.0

277

NA

1340
zulu17

770

570

4.5

283

1330
toxic_igu
ana

800

530

4.5

273

5.0

1300
vivisriaus

750

550

4.5

270

NA

ADMITTED

Stony Brook

NA

1350
grinch

REJECTED

Btech JNTU Hyd, India

I year work ex

78% (topper 83%)

1350
ck

SCHOOLS APPLIED

83% Anna Univ 3

publications in International
Conferences
75% (topper 83%)
Btech CSE Amity School of
Eng and Tech (GGSIPU)
-No paper, No research Exp
-5 projects (2 live projects
with IBM India LTD.)

UPENN (MSE-CIS), NJIT,

UTD, UNIV of IOWA,
NCSU, GTECH (MS-HCI),
DREXEL, U of UTAH,
SUNY-SB, TAMU

84% Osmania Univ Hyd.

SUNY SB, UFL, TAMU - Coll.

Stn, USC, Vtech, UKy Lex.

Distributed Systems,
Computer Networks, AI
83(topper around 86)(
Anna Univ)

UIC
U o Arizona Washington
state univ, Pullman
Univ of New Mexico
New Mexico State Univ
UMN, Twin Cities
Indiana U, Bloomington

Final year project : related

to my course

Clemson

1. UNL
2. University of Kansas
3. ASU

1. Delaware

Boulder
Wisc Madison going here
UMTC
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

GTECH (MS-HCI)
DREXEL
Univ of UTAH
SUNY-SB
TAMU

TAMU - Coll. Stn.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

UPENN (MSE-CIS
(Graduate Group)
NJIT
Univ of Texas, DALLAS
UNIV of IOWA
NCSU

SUNY SB, UFL, USC, UKy

Lex.
UIC(No info on aid, snail
mail), U Arizona (No aid,
email), Wash SU,
Pullman(unofficial)
UNM (mail, no aid )
New Mexico State
Univ(mail, no aid)
UMN, Twin Cities(Online
status, no aid)
Indiana U Bloomington

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V
1280
viraldesai

GRE
QUAN

GRE
VERB

GRE
AWA

TOEFL

TWE

780

500

4.0

270

1280

NA

NA

NA

297

NA

1280

NA

NA

NA

290

NA

1280

1280
viraldesai

NA

780

NA

500

NA

4.0

NA

270

NA

5.0

GPA / ACADEMICS

BE CS 64% Pune Univ

64% Mumbai Univ

63% Mumbai Univ

61%
Highlighted Sports
achievements
B.E. (Computer
Engineering) 60% (pune
univ.)

SCHOOLS APPLIED

IIT, NJIT , UTA, East

Tennessee State
NSCU

1.
2.
1.
2.

Delaware
Syracuse
Drexel
U o Florida

REJECTED

UTA

1. U o Florida

UTA
NJIT
IIT

ADMITTED

East Tennessee State full

aid
NCSU

1. Delaware
2. Syracuse
1. Drexel($7000 tuition
waiver)

UTA

Currently working in L&T

(Mumbai)
1260
kumar_a
spire

NA

NA

NA

237

NA

1250

NA

NA

NA

280

NA

1210
MaX

710

500

4.5

280

6.0

1200
harry_m
ohan

1190
achiever

750

780

450

410

4.0

4.5

253

293

4.5

6.0

73%

Arizona State University

U of New Mexico (UNM)
Northern Illinois university
U of N Carolina. Charlotte

Arizona State University

(ASU)
U of New Mexico (UNM)

Northern Illinois university

(NIU) going here
U of North Carolina.
Charlotte (UNCC)

1. 62% Mumbai Univ

2. Reco from IIT prof

Delaware

Delaware

Bachelor Of Engg in IT
VJTI
66%
66% Presented papers on 1) Computer Architectures
(RISC and CISC)
2) Mobile Tech (GSM,
CDMA n 3G)
- 6 Months Training@
Agilent on their Unit
Testing Framework (UTFW)
- Interest->OS, S/W Dev,
Web Dev., N/Ws,
Encryption/Cryptography

USC

USC

Syracuse
UMass Lowell
San Diego State
NJIT
Stevens
Penn State@ State College
Drexel
Univ of Houston (Univ Park)

Penn State@ State College

Drexel

Syracuse (This is where I

am going)
UMass Lowell
San Diego State
NJIT
Stevens

U.O. Texas at Arlington

U.O.Alabama at Tuscaloosa
U.O.Alabama at Huntsville
West-Virginia
U Maryland- Baltimore
county
Kentucky

West-Virginia
U Maryland-Baltimore
county
Kentucky

UT Arlington
U.O.Alabama at Tuscaloosa
U.O.Alabama at Huntsville

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

GRE
QUAN

GRE
VERB

GRE
AWA

TOEFL

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

80.5 Anna Univ

CE (VLSI)
1190
saswin

720

420

3.5

277

990
destineda
spirant

750

630

400

360

4.0

2.5

275

220

ADMITTED

Univ of Arizona
Univ of Cincinnati

UMASS, Amherst
UTD
Portland State

1. Drexel (rejected for low

GPA)
2. SUNY, Buffalo (no
reasons mentioned)
3. Worchester Polytechnic
Inst. (WPI)(rejected for low
GRE and GPA)
4. Syracuse (low GPA)
5. UT Dallas(rejected for
low GPA)

1. USC (excellent faculty,

programs, research work,
infrastructure, very good in
jobs but too expensive
2. Colorado state university
(excellent faculty,
programs, infrastructure
but not good for jobs)
3. NJIT
4. IIT (spring 2006 coz of
low GPA)
5. Polytechnic U, Brooklyn
(Assistantship=4100$ per
year)
6. Oregon SU

San Jose State Univ, CA

Univ of Bridgeport
Portland State Univ
Univ of Louisiana @
Lafayette

Univ of Louisiana @
Lafayette
Portland State Univ

San Jose State Univ, CA

Univ of Bridgeport

GPA / ACADEMICS

SCHOOLS APPLIED

REJECTED

79%, REC (NIT now)

Rourkela, Working at ST
Microelectronics, Nothing
else much yes a research
project -summer internship
at TIFR, Mumbai

Penn state, CS
UCSD, CSE
U of Virginia, CS
SUNY Stony Brook, CS
U of California Irvine, EECS
U of Washington, Seattle
CSE
U of Rochester, SEAS
PSU

5.5

5.0

4.5

REJECTED

1. Univ of Arizona
2. Univ of Cincinnati
3. Portland State Univ
4. UT Dallas
5. UMASS, Amherst
6. Iowa State Univ
USC
CSU
NJIT
IIT
Polytechnic U
OSU
Drexel
SUNY Buffalo
WPI
Syracuse
UT Dallas

Applied in MS CS(computer
security, soft eng)

1150
bharat

SCHOOLS APPLIED

BE comp EE 62%
4 projects 1 Research
project in Speech
Processing

Computer Engineering/Science PhD CS/CE

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1520
rituparna
_das

GRE
QUAN

800

GRE
VERB

720

GRE
AWA

4.5

TOEFL

280

TWE

NA

ADMITTED

PSU --accepted

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1500
sfx

1460
imranhs

1400

GRE
QUAN

790

800

750

GRE
VERB

710

660

650

GRE
AWA

5.0

5.0

5.5

TOEFL

297

293

283

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

1. Acads 68% Mumbai

univ.
2. AGRE 850(93%ile)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

2.89
cs major (3.1)
1 reco from well known
prof.
2 ok ones
3 national papers

UCF

TSE 50/60
Acads, 8.3/10
Area of Interest in CS:
Networking & Security
Good term projects

University of
Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Utah
Michigan State University
University of California,
Santa Cruz
Indiana University,
Bloomington
University of Arizona
University of Illinois,
Chicago
Vanderbilt University
University of Texas, Dallas
University of Florida
Iowa State Univ (Ph.D.)
Wash Univ, St Louis (MS)
Univ of Cincinnati (MS)
USC(MS)
SUNY Buffalo (MS)
IIT, Chicago (MS)
UMCP (PhD)
U Mass, Amherst (PhD)
Penn State, (PhD)
TAMU, College Station (MS)

NA

NA

NA

BITS, Pilani 8.41/10.0

2 yrs work exp

1390
visu

1380

NA

NA

NA

NA

5.0

NA

283

287

NA

NA

SCHOOLS APPLIED

85% VTU
Worked as Research Intern
in Daimler Chrysler R&D for
6 months.
1 paper accepted for IEEE
Vehicular Technology
Conference
Currently working in HP in
n/w security

Georgia Tech MS/PhD

Purdue MS/PhD-CS
UIC MS/PhD
UCB (MS+PhD-CS)
CMU (PhD CS),

1.UCSB

REJECTED

ADMITTED

1. UCB (MS+PhD-CS),
2. CMU (PhD CS),
3. UIUC (MS-CS),
4. UT-Austin (MS-CS),
5. UCSD (MS-CS) (was
waitlisted upto
04/28/2005)

Georgia Tech MS/PhDCS(no information on

funding) - ACCEPTED
Purdue MS/PhD-CS (full
tuition waiver with TA)
UIC MS/PhD-CS (awarded
the UIC fellowship)

University of Texas, Dallas

University of Florida

Univ of Maryland, College

Park (PhD)
Univ of Massachusetts,
Amherst (PhD)
Penn State, University park
(PhD)
TAMU, College Station (MS)

Iowa State Univ (Ph.D.)

with TA/RA
Washington Univ, St Louis
(MS)
Univ of Cincinnati (MS)
Partial aid
Univ of Southern California
(MS)
SUNY Buffalo (MS)
IIT, Chicago (MS)

UCSB, Computer Science

PhD with full financial aid
for 5 years.

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

GRE
QUAN

GRE
VERB

GRE
AWA

TOEFL

TWE

1370
endeavor
heights

780

590

4.0

283

5.5

1360
ssreich

800

560

5.0

NA

NA

1300

750

550

4.5

270

NA

1280

780

500

4.0

270

GPA / ACADEMICS

BE Computer Sc & Engg,

NIT Bhopal
Dept Rank #2, Agr: 78.4%)
2 curriculum level projects
related to Artificial
Intelligence(in neural
networks)
4 papers presented at
various colleges, including
one at IIT Roorkee &
another at a IEEE Technical
Symposium
2 working softwares
developed
9.2/10

SCHOOLS APPLIED

REJECTED

ADMITTED

ASU - Promise of an RA
SUNY Buffalo, NY
IIT, Chicago
Syracuse U NY
Virginia Tech
U Maryland, College Park
U Massachusetts, Amherst

Virginia Tech
U Maryland, College Park
U of Massachusetts,
Amherst

ASU - Promise of an RA
going here
SUNY Buffalo, NY
IIT, Chicago
Syracuse U NY(40% tuition
waiver for two years)

Wisc Mad

TAMU

83% Anna Univ

No research, No paper
Project related to Course

1.Wisc Mad
2. TAMU
UIC, U o Arizona,
Washington SU Pullman,
UNM, New Mexico State
Univ, UMN-TC,
Indiana U Bloomington

BE CS 60% Pune Univ

IIT, NJIT , UTA

UTA

UIC(No info on aid, snail

mail), U o Arizona (No aid,
email), Washington SU
Pullman (unofficial),
UNM (mail, no aid ), New
Mexico State Univ(mail, no
aid) UMN, Twin
Cities(Online status, no aid)
Indiana U Bloomington
(Unofficial)

Biomedical Engineering MS Biomed

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V
1500
naturally
neha

GRE
QUAN

800

GRE
VERB

700

GRE
AWA

5.5

TOEFL

300

TWE

6.0

GPA / ACADEMICS

Acads 74%, Mumbai

university, Sardar Patel
college of Engineering

SCHOOLS APPLIED

REJECTED

1. Stanford U (BME MS)

2. JHU (BME MS)
3. Vanderbilt U (BME MS)
4.UT Austin-MS in ECEBiomedical Instrumentation
track

1. Stanford U (BME MS)

2. JHU (BME MS)
3. Vanderbilt U (BME MS)
4.UT Austin-MS in ECEBiomedical Instrumentation
track

ADMITTED

1. University of WisconsinMadison going here

2. USC (BME M.S.)

1440
ashwinbh
aratwaj

1380

1350
THE
FALCON

1300

1240
WaqasMa
jeed

one paper in international

workshop
two papers in national
conferences
85% (ranked 2/67)
800

NA

640

NA

5.5

NA

293

~280

NA

NA

NA

290

NA

NA

NA

NA

790

450

6.0

267

6.0

5. Georgia tech (PhD in

Bioengineering, biomedical
dept as home school)
6. Univ of Utah (ms bme)
7.U Mich at ann arbor (ms
bme)
8. USC (BME M.S.)
9. University of WisconsinMadison
Univ of Texas, Austin (MS
ECE - Biomedical)
Texas A&M University,
College Station (MS BME)
Univ of Colorado at Boulder
(MS ECE - Biomedical)
Washington University, St.
Louis (MS Electrical and
Systems Eng - Biomedical)
Univ Of Florida (G)

5. Georgia tech (PhD in

Bioengineering, biomedical
dept as home school)
6. Univ of Utah (ms bme)
7.U Mich at ann arbor (ms
bme)

Penn State (MS

Bioengineering)
Univ of Delaware (MS ECE Biomedical)
Purdue University (MS ECE
- Biomedical)
Carnegie Melon Univ,
Pittsburg (MS ECE Biomed)
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
(MS ECE - Biomed)

Univ of Texas, Austin (MS

ECE - Biomedical) going
here
Texas A&M University,
College Station (MS BME)
Univ of Colorado at Boulder
(MS ECE - Biomedical)
Washington University, St.
Louis (MS Electrical and
Systems Eng - Biomedical)

66% from MU

Case reserve Univ

Case reserve (80% aid)

Acads: 68%
Work Exp: 1 year
1 Research Paper
presented

1) University of Southern
California
2) University of Akron, Ohio
3) RIT (MS Imaging)
4) U of Texas-Arlington
5) Louisiana Tech U
6) Wright State U, Ohio

1) University of Southern
California
2) University of Akron, Ohio
3) RIT (MS Imaging)
4) U of Texas-Arlington
5) Louisiana Tech U
6) Wright State U, Ohio

NA

NA

NA

ASU

ASU

1. JHU
2. Uni of Utah
3. Duke univ
4TAMU
5. ASU
6. Umich
7. case western
8. Caltech
9. University of Pittsburgh
10. UC Berkeley

1. JHU (MS) Rejected

2. Duke univ (MS) Rejected
3. TAMU (MS) - Rejected
4. ASU (MS) - Rejected
5. Umich - (MS) Rejected
6. case western (MS) Rejected
7. Caltech (MS) - Rejected
8. University of Pittsburgh
(MS) Rejected
UC Berkeley

75% throughout
1. BS Electronic Eng
(3.94/4 Rank 1.)
2. Prior research in Medical
Signal Proc
3. Coauthored one
international paper and 1
local conf
4. Work Ex as Lab eng
assisted courses & labs

1. Uni of Utah - Admit (MS

in Bioeng)

Biomedical Engineering PhD

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1240
WaqasMa
jeed

GRE
QUAN

790

GRE
VERB

450

GRE
AWA

TOEFL

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

5.0

267

6.0

1. BS Electronic Eng
(3.94/4 Rank 1.)
2. Prior research in Medical
Signal Proc
3. Coauthored one
international paper and 1
local conf
4. Work Ex as Lab eng
assisted courses & labs

GRE
AWA

TOEFL

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

SCHOOLS APPLIED

1. MIT (ECE-Bioelectrical
eng)
2. CMU
3. Gatech (ECEbioengineering)
4. UC Berkeley (PhD in
Bioengineering)

REJECTED

1. MIT (ECE-Bioelectrical
eng)
2. CMU (PhD) - Rejected
3. UC Berkeley (PhD in
Bioengineering)

ADMITTED

1. Gatech (ECEbioengineering) - Admit

(PhD in ECE-Bioeng)

Civil Engineering MS

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1600
tanmoy

GRE
QUAN

800

GRE
VERB

800

4.5

287

NA

Class rank = 4/100,

Jadavpur University

74% Anna Univ

1 publication, 3 projects
CIVIL ENGG
1420
Seshadri

780

640

4.5

270

5.0

Specialisation: Structural
Engineering

SCHOOLS APPLIED

REJECTED

Ohio State,
Purdue,
U of Florida,
Penn State,
U mass Amherst
UIUC,
UT Austin,
TAMU,
Cornell,
SUNY Buffalo

UIUC,
UT Austin,
TAMU,
Cornell,
SUNY Buffalo

Tamu
UCinn
Drexel
MSU
Rutgers
Lehigh
SUNY Buffalo
Iowa State University

Iowa State University

ADMITTED

Ohio State,
Purdue,
U of Florida,
Penn State,
U mass Amherst
MS in Structures

MSU
Rutgers
Lehigh
SUNY Buffalo
Drexel (Full Scholarship)
UCinn (Full Scholarship)

All other Eng. MS

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

GRE
QUAN

GRE
VERB

GRE
AWA

TOEFL

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

53% Mumbai Univ

1460

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

1430
varun

780

650

4.5

280

5.5

1400

NA

NA

NA

283

NA

TOEFL

TWE

MS in
ENGG MANAGEMENT

SCHOOLS APPLIED

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

REJECTED

Syracuse
UNCC
Lamar
NJIT
George Washington
Old Dominion

GPA: 64%,
Mumbai University

IIT Chicago: MS in Finance

with Scholarship
University of North
Carolina-Charlotte: MS in
Math Finance
Kent State University,
Ohio-- ----------MS in
Financial Engineering

MS Aerospace
Mumbai Univ

TAMU

ADMITTED

1. Syracuse
2. UNCC
3. Lamar($4500 tuition
waiver + $1000
scholarship)
4. NJIT
5. George Washington
6. Old Dominion
IIT Chicago: MS in Finance
with Scholarship
University of North
Carolina-Charlotte: MS in
Math Finance most
probably here
Kent State University,
Ohio-- ----------MS in
Financial Engineering
TAMU

All other Eng. PhD

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

1480
ofey

GRE
QUANT

GRE
VERBA
L

GRE
AWA
(Writin
g)

GPA / ACADEMICS

AGRE: 92 percentile
Anna Univ: 78%
Lots of papers & research
cant fit in here.
800

680

6.0

297

6.0
Check:
http://www.sridharnarayan
an.net.tc/

SCHOOLS APPLIED

University of Florida Gainesville

PhD in Physics (High
Energy, Theory)

REJECTED

ADMITTED

University of Florida Gainesville

PhD in Physics (High
Energy, Theory)

TOTAL
GRE
SCORE
Q+V

2170
bluedan

GRE
QUANT

GRE
VERBA
L

GRE
AWA
(Writin
g)

TOEFL

TWE

GPA / ACADEMICS

3.67 GPA
Material sciences
NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

BE 68% Jodhpur Univ

Mtech IIT Kanpur
8.86/10
One national Paper
One national Conference
Paper

1320
sgulshan

990
Prao123

800

520

520

470

3.0

4.5

260

297

4.0

6.0

80% in MSc Biotechnology

2 years teaching for PG
students

SCHOOLS APPLIED

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

REJECTED

Wisc Madison
UFL
TAMU
UMBC
Purdue

Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur
University of Kansas
Wright state university
University if Nevada, Reno
Florida International
University
Simon Fraser University,
Canada
University of Rhode Island
ETH, Switzerland
University of Nottingham,
UK
Northwestern

ADMITTED

1.
2.

University of Toronto

UIC
PhD Pharmaceutical
Biotechnology

May 2005 Ayoade Oguntade & Ramesh Kumar for Edulix Community All Rights Reserved

Wisc Madison going

here
TAMU(Aerospace)

Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur
(scholarship around 20000
per month)
University of Kansas (no
scholarship),
Wright state university
($30000),
University of Nevada, Reno
(no scholarship, will be
given if accept offer),
Florida International
University (RA+fee+ health
etc, if accept the offer)
Simon Fraser University,
Canada (2.5 of required for
living and fee)
University of Rhode Island,
RI (fee+ health+ $1600 per
month)
ETH, Switzerland (full
salary as per country
standard)
University of Nottingham,
UK (scholarship result yet
to come)