Graduate School Admission Results

To the post below. To my best knowing, normally March is for the admitted applicant to visit campus. Currently, 2019 admission season is almost over for most schools, especially for top 20 schools (Normally, all offers are sent out in January and February, very few in March). To be honest, if you have offer from other places, please take it before that opening is filled by other people, or Good luck for next year sincerely. I appreciate my POI told me the decision of rejection relatively early so that I can evaluate my situation and make my own decision.

To the 3 posts below: I am appreciative for your responses, thank you. Well, the thing is that I don't even know if I am on the waiting list. I have not received any kind of notification yet.

To the post below, one people who applied last year and who I know received and accepted offer in January. Another one who applied this year, received offer, and decided to take the offer after spending a time which might not be short after receiving offer. They all reach out to POI and have strong recommendation letter from their advisor to POI who recommender has tie with.

After receiving nice letter of declination from POI days before, posted before, official rejection come today, very nice rejection letter. Thus, my prediction about rejection with 99.99% possibility is proved today.

Just to continue one of previous post about rejection by posting rejection letter: You application and supporting documents have been carefully reviewed by the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science department and by The Graduate School. As is often the case, the number of well-qualified applicants for admission to the Duke University Graduate School far exceeds the number of available places. Consequently, we are unable to admit all applicant judged capable of successful graduate work, and I regret that we cannot offer you admission to the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Ph.D. program. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider your application. I wish you the very best in your future career.

My top choice! So excited!! Interview weekend Feb 27-29.

Interview 27 - 29 Feb

Dream School. Fulbright Scholarship. Nearly complete funding. Insanely Happy.

Accepted off of the wait list. Thrilled!

Email to check application status

Told to email head of enrollment to confirm my spot in Waitlist.They have not decided when to start sending out waitlist decisions. Told not to respond if I want off of the waitlist. Waitlist will be open until late July!!! Quite stressful!

I just received the official no. Could they have sent it any later? They ignored my emails as well. I do not respect their admissions procedure. You'd figure $80 for the application would grant me a response to my emails. It's good to move forward. But Fck Yale for waiting so long.

Admitted! Heard back weeks earlier than expected. Pending financial aid info. Will certainly attend if I get enough funding.