<p>I am going to apply for a material science grad school this cycle also. I have a 3.9 and am double majoring in BME and ME. My GRE score is 800Q/720A/4.0, and I have a first author paper accepted and currently pending publication in Applied Physics Letters.</p>
<p>I’ve got two questions: My list of schools so far is MIT, Cornell, Northwestern, Caltech, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford. Is six enough, or should I apply for more? Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Also, from the following three people, which two should I ask to write my letters?
- A mechanical professor with whom I got an A, a feat requiring topping two standard deviations, and to whom I talked occasionally after class. Had this course last semester.
- A post-doc who taught my controls class (his first class, I believe) but is now a professor at another school. I had the best final project and gave a presentation at the end of the semester. This was 3 semesters ago.
- A BME professor who teaches signals and systems. I will be a grader for him for this semester but I did not interact with him at all when I had his class. He admitted this morning that he didn’t remember me, though his grad student did. I took his class 2 semesters ago.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>