VPersiee:

@SEFAGO

Waiting for more advise and expatiation. Are you also doing a PhD? Did you do your undergrad in America? What, in retrospect, will you have done when you applied to make yourself a better candidate?

I presently have a 3.8 and will probably have a 3.9 at the end of the last semester before I apply to graduate school. My GRE scores are Q:800, V:750, W:5. The problem is I go to a very small, perhaps inferior, school. My school is a 3-tier school according to USNWR. In fact we have little to no research opportunities. I attended a summer research experience last summer and will do one more before I apply to grad school. I will also complete and Honors Thesis and do some research with a professor at a nearby better school. What schools should I consider safeties? I really like MIT. What are my chances for MIT, Stanford, OSU, UC Berkely, Penn State, CMU, UT Austin?

SEFAGO:

Busy now, but will try and remark. but yeah i did, I think u will likely get into MIT or UT Austin IMO but if you are international be careful about berkeley though- money no dey for california again ooh, yawa don burst. And berkeely is very stringent for international students. Keep doing research- dont worry, and consider some safeties.

myforumid3:

Always Busy!, Where and at what? Ph.D I guess.
Few minutes of your time to advise & help your fellow 9ja bro nor go do you harm!
Abeg no quarrel meant!

What, in retrospect, will you have done when you applied to make yourself a better candidate?

cezeozue:

Hi Peoples,

My TU Delft admission email came in today. No Huygens nomination though . We now await the TU Delft scholarships. Fingers crossed.

@tabarity: Did you get nominated for Huygens? Any further communication with the school?

cezeozue:

About application fee payment, Visa from Zenith (both from the Cash Domiciliary account and Buxz) sufficed for most schools but for the schools on the Applyweb network (MIT, Stanford, Princeton, ETH Zurich etc), the Visa cards did not work. In fact, I had to transfer money to a cousin in the US (I paid $50 in charges for that) to help out with the Applyweb schools.

Another one that stressed me was TU Delft (I applied after November 1 and was required to pay the fees). Unfortunately, they required that I transfer the money to a bank account in the Netherlands, I tried bank transfer from GTB but they said they weren't transferring euros at the time. I then looked at a couple of online services (Xoom, Mukuru) and tried Mukuru. After wasting my time, Mukuru refused to effect the payment. They had issues with me using a prepaid card and refunded my money shortly after. Any more ideas anyone?

My friend had 800 in his GRE Quantitative and 780 in his GRE verbal. He also has a 2.1 (with a very high GPA) from UNN.

Please I'll like to know how you sent in your transcripts to the institutions you applied to in US, since I'm also planning to apply to more schools, did you make use of Post Office or courier services.

cezeozue:

Hi Peoples,

My TU Delft admission email came in today. No Huygens nomination though . We now await the TU Delft scholarships. Fingers crossed.

@tabarity: Did you get nominated for Huygens? Any further communication with the school?

cezeozue:

I wasn't under strict timelines at the time I sent them so I used post office for them all.

Kommentato:

Thanks for your response, please permit me to ask how much stamp I would be posting on each. Sorry about asking so many questions.

cezeozue:

The post office will tell you how much; my brother did most of the posting so I don't really know how much he spent on each one. I vaguely remember him saying something about 600 naira though. I also posted one to Holland for about 700 naira.

Kommentato:

@cezeozue  and myforumid3: [b]Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it.[/b]

2good:

@ AolyElaw,
There is no such word as registrated. Take note.

Nicklee:

Hey cezeozue, with your profile, I wouldn't loose sleep about getting into any of the schools above. I have lots of friends in the top schools and the average profile looks pretty close to what you have. Caltech is probably the only exception (only few people seem abke to figure their admission structure). But I think MIT, Stanford, UIUC and Princeton (these are schools where I have a couple of friends) would almost certainly want to have you unless things have changed since the last time I worried about grad school, which was in 2006.

Let me know if you get into Stanford. It's lovely here and although I'll be gone by the time you start in the fall (I'm graduating this summer), I'll love to convince you to come to Stanford.

Come March/April your problem would be deciding which scholarship(RA/TA) to finally accept

From one of my friends in unilag, I heard that Princetons Mechanical Engineering results just came out today- they mass mailed admissions on the 11th of February.

Superbrain:

@ Sefago et al,

Been a while. I just got admitted to Penn State for MS Energy and Mineral Engr. Aid is yet to come though.

cezeozue:

I really thank God my blood pressure is fine. My heart beats faster everytime a new mail buzzes on my BlackBerry. I could have burst an artery with worrying by now. How come Princeton's decisions came so early? I just checked the site and they said March 15. Anyway, I applied for Electrical Engineering so the wait continues.

I'm also curious, did your friend make it in?

Superbrain:

@ Sefago et al,

Been a while. I just got admitted to Penn State for MS Energy and Mineral Engr. Aid is yet to come though.

myforumid3:

every ding on ma BB gets me anxious, but Thank God the offers from USA ve started pouring in!
TU Delft offer may take the back seat esp. if funding doesn't come soon from them soon enuf.
2 Emails, 2 offers of Admission with some kind of in-state tuition payment scholarship from a texas-based top ten pet engr sch, Still confused on it sha and i definitely need advice/expanation on this

Pls SAFEAGO, Dayonako, bebure and other USA based guru, help out on this

Dear me,
You have been accepted by the graduate faculty. You will be awarded a $1000 scholarship that will enable you to be eligible for in state tuition.
You should allow the graduate school 2-3 weeks to complete the processing of your application.

Please ensure that you have completed their required documents.

The department requests that you notify us no later than March 31 of your intention to pursue your degree at ****** University.

Thank you
""""""""""""""""""

Cant wait for the others(more top 5 pet eng schs), before deciding b4/on March 1.


Hearty congratulations to you dude!

Never knew TX schools give out admission decisions (for Pet Eng) that quickly, especially for internationals. Apparently, you were ranked top in thepool of applicants, no wonder you got a scholarship and in-state tuition. Congrats again bro.
I guess you should wait for other offers to come and choose among the them which is best for you, considering the relative rankings in Pet Eng and, of course, the funding packages.
Even if it happens that full funding is not offered, I think you should accept the best of them based on the premises I suggested above. Get the best result in the first semester and then you might get a TA/RA in the second semester which will probably defray subsequent tuition and fees and as well pay you some decent monthly stipend.
Thanks for raising our hopes again with this. I pray God will not forget the rest of us who are still expecting o.

cezeozue:

@myforumid: congratulations my friend.