<p>Applying to PhD in EE, emphasis on photonics research, how is my application looking?</p>
<p>MEXICO
UABC graduate, 89/100 average
1st of 20 2009 class, Outstanding academic performance award, honors mention, exchange fellowship recipient</p>
<p>USA
SDSU 1 quarter exchange student 3.33 GPA, upper division courses only</p>
<p>Professional
Astronomy Institute UNAM 1 year Internship to date, related
1 research senior project that went on to win a PhD degree to a fellow graduate student</p>
<p>GRE
Q - 750
V - 600
A - 3.5</p>
<p>TOEFL 111/120</p>
<p>Recommendation Letters
SDSU PhD Purdue Graduate
UABC PhD Head of EE department/professor
UNAM PhD Research Scientist level 1000000000000 (300 pubs last 5 years) mentor</p>
<p>Others
Professional Classic Musician
Candidate for UC Mexus Fellowship, MEXICO-CONACYT Pays all tuition and health care fees for UC schools (maybe that counts for something)</p>
<p>Applying to:
-Stanford
-UC Berkeley
-Purdue
-Caltech
-UC San Diego
-U TX Austin
-UC Santa Barbara
-UC LA</p>