University Of Michigan
Mechanical Engineering
RejectedPhDInternational (my highest degree is from USA)
Application Details
- Institution
- University Of Michigan
- Program
- Mechanical Engineering
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Degree's Country of Origin
- International (my highest degree is from USA)
- Decision
- Rejected
- Notification
- on 04/04/2020 via E-mail
- Undergrad GPA
- 3.98
- GRE General
- 170
- GRE Verbal
- Not provided
- Analytical Writing
- 0.00
- Notes
- Shocked!!! Was a GPA 4.0 master student in Mechanical Engineering at Umich (Also undergrad from top USA engineering program, full-time work experience in top-notch company, several pubs and patents). Key takeaways from this application (advice for future Umich admits): 1. Do not trust the downgraded master offer (admit into master instead of phd) from the umich! The master admission offer may mention you can "transfer" (change of program) into the phd program during your master, but trust me, the "transfer" process would be identical in terms of difficulty as directly application. The selectivity for the master is around 20% so the school just wanna attract the CASH from the master admits's tuitions (tuition is extremely high considering Umich is a public school). The financial assistantship are very limited for master students. 2. You must contact and secure some POI (rich POI with funding) or high chance you will be rejected (the POI makes most decisions while admission committee makes very few). I will take phd offers from other top (higher ranking) engineering school. VERY disappointment in Michigan ! ! !
Institution Statistics
Acceptance Rate
34%
Avg. Notification Date
March 14
This data is estimated based on applicant submissions at The GradCafe.
Timeline
Received notification of Rejection