Specific area of interest is systems and control. I haven't heard anything regarding the funding yet from the department. I did contact a professor prior to applying.

For the MEng in ME. French Applicant here. Interview scheduled next week.

TTPB: Thanks for sharing your info! Hope we both get good results soon!

TTBP: I have asked his lab's PhD students. It is more like POI interview. For the interview content, he would ask me about my previous project. He also asked me not to prepare.

To the others, any idea about funding?

I had contacted a professor he said he'll remember me when committee makes recommendations. In the January end I contacted him again he said the committee will announce their recommendations soon. I am an international student. Does this process take longer time for us than the US citizens?

So my UCLA timeline (I'm the guy on page 2 talking about the FAFSA). I applied and then over the next few weeks I tried to contact academics with similar research interests (heat transfer, not interested in the fluid mech faculty at UCLA). Early Jan I got a reply from an academic saying that he saw my email and was interested in my research and has put me in a pool of applicants for three positions he had. Since then I've been in touch and scheduled an interview (no other academics got back to me). On the morning of the interview (6th of Feb), I got offered a place, without the mention of any funding however. We discussed some fellowship paths as well as was told it takes about two weeks to announce all TAs. My takeaway from my admission in Michigan too is that you should contact academics with SPECIFIC research interests. I've made a google drive for each uni which I link whenever I email people. BEST OF LUCK

TTPB: Can you share the e-mail to estimate the intention? I also got an e-mail about interview request from UC Berkeley, but I found out that it is from a graduate student in POI's lab.

To the poster below of UCLA. Did you had an interview before you got accepted. Also please share the timeline of the events happened.

So what does this mean? Anyone knows? Whether it's a committee interview or just POI interview?

Checked the website today. It had been updated since Wednesday (2/5). Specialization: fluid mechanics

$32000 Fellowship. I had interviewed with a professor ~2 weeks ago. In fluids. :)

So, FAFSA is an application for US students which is a proof for the need of financial support by the university. You have to provide some personal financial details as well as link your IRS form. If you are on the other hand an international student, they have to guarantee funding from the get-go for all the years as you would need this for a visa. Funding ends up being the same as any uni, a mix of Fellowships, TA and GRAs.