<p>how were your rec letters? these mean a lot to the committees.</p>
<p>No one can give you anything helpful/insightful for your chance at being admitted to schools like MIT, stanford, carnegie mellon etc unless its along the lines of “no you have no chance” </p>
<p>even the best of the bests with crazy number of fantastic research publications / awesome recs etc might not get in jsut because the advisor who might be interested in you that year might have no money/dont require phd candidate. </p>
<p>for you, you have a good chance but that isn’t saying much…</p>
<p>Still no reply, I hate waiting. I wish they would tell my earlier even if I get rejected.
I contacted a professor who I am interested in working with. I showed him my profile (GPA,GRE, and Publications). Below is the reply through email.</p>
<p>quote :"I recall seeing your application and know that we are still in the middle of the decision making process for our admissions committee. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you much more now since we are still deliberating on decisions.</p>
<p>I would say that your research record was impressive, GPA is good and GA Tech is a strong school. All of these are definite advantages in your favor.</p>
<p>For now, I would just ask you to be patient for a couple more weeks while we make decisions. I find out more sooner, I will let you know.</p>
<p>Say hi to XXX for me – she was my TA in the very first course I taught at MIT and so I know her well. You are fortunate to get to spend time with such a good mentor."</p>
<p>Good news? but doesn’t mean anything. I feel rejection is more likely at this point. even if I get in I would on the edge.</p>
<p>Try to be patient, you’ll know soon enough. If you don’t get into MIT you have some really good options which will get you your degree. Also, be careful what you wish for, it may come true.</p>
<p>okay, drop the previous wish and replace it with “I wish I get in MIT with full funding!”. <em>positive thinking</em> lol This is too much for me…</p>
<p>Aim high, but expect the worst. I think that’s a more healthy attitude. There are already some decent schools who accept you, and it’s not like you cannot do good research work there instead. My friend (who’s graduating in 3 years of college) recently got into Purdue and your school GaTech for a PhD position in Electrical Engineering, and he’s already much exhilarated.</p>
<p>Peer pressure~~. Sometimes making friends with too many smart kids might not be very healthy.</p>
<p>LOL, quite to the contrary, many really smart kids I met care more about the work they enjoy rather than the school they attend. :p</p>