No interviews

Fully Funded Fellowship Offer.

Does anyone know what is the chance to get off the waitlist?

Generic email; "I'm sorry to inform you that you will not be offered admission to the Cornell University's Ph.D. program for Fall 2022. We are able to admit only about 10% of our applicant pool in the combined fields of Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. While recognizing that we must deny many qualified applicants, the faculty endeavors to choose applicants they feel are the most appropriate match for our program."

I really don't understand what went wrong. I was a great fit in the research with a couple of professors there. I don't know what else I could do.

What a great day! .. Got email today at 10.26 AM EST.. BS in mechanical (ranked top 2%) have two Master's degrees from an engineering school ranked top 15 in the US (with 4/4 gpa) 2 years - TA experience — More than 1.5 years - research experience — 2 years - industry experience 2 publications (one submitted to Q1 journal) have done tons of extracurricular activities

Didn't think I had a chance, but luckily already have an offer from a T10

1 Publication, 3 internships

Accepted with no mention of funding. Though I heard funding decision is separate from admission notification

NO GRE - TOEFL 103 "Congratulations! Purdue Mechanical Engineering is providing you a research assistantship. Please see attached offer letter for details. Please complete the response form and email it back to me ASAP but no later than April 15, 2022. You will receive an official admission letter soon." 2 interviews with the same PI during January.

Invited on Feb. 2nd to attend the "Graduate Research Day" being held by the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering towards the end of February, where applicants can introduce themselves to potential faculty supervisors. I have already reached out to several professors independently by email, and had one unofficial interview a little while ago.