Admittance to top Mechanical Engineering PhD programs without publications

pyroknife
Mon, 05 Aug 2013 22:52:16 +0000

It’s not about publications…anyone can put somebody’s name on a paper…and the level of contribution of authors can vary tremendously.
It’s about the quality of research you’ve done and the resulting letter you get.

There’s multiple cases where MS students get into the top of the top (i.e. Caltech - the most selective school in all engineering) with 0 publications, but an excellent research background.