TTPB: There are definitely some good profs in all good schools but that doesn't mean that department administration is doing their job properly and it matters as PhD is a long journey and you need funding. The profs are assigned to you early so you don't get enough chance for lab rotation etc. From my perspectives, Cornell BME is way Better, organised than MSE program. The BME program is also research focused, doesn't have burden of coursework where you need to go through a written qualifying exam at MSE department covering all of undergrads. It's hilarious.

TTPB, can you please elaborate more? Isn't the research carried out by profs good enough for me to overlook shortfalls in administration? I am really worried.

Overall, the department sucks, don't apply there unless you get a commitment from a supervisor. Even general administration workers in that Department don't response. The other departments are fantastic by the way.

My research interest was biomechanics and biomaterials, the professor I wanted to work with was from Materials Science Department, therefore applied at Materials Science. That's it, the nightmare begins.... No contact from so called Graduate Field Administrator or professor or graduate coordinator, none of them respond to even emails or general inquiry. Horrible department, horrible culture, I'm sure they are depressed! May be I got rejected but they can at least tell me what's going on! This is insane, fortunately got offer from Syracuse and New York University, so I don't care anymore. It's just frustrating and that Department culture suckd.

TPB: Did you reject offer from Cornell or Cornell Dyson?

Declined these offers yesterday. Good luck to all.

I got interviewed on 3 March 2021

How to get off waitlist? Does anyone who got off it has an advice to share?

Applied to MS, got into MEng

Got off the waitlist today!! so excited

To the poster below- I've been wondering the same thing. The last thing I heard from them was that they were submitting my application to the MA as well as continuing to be considered for the PhD- that was about a 3 weeks ago. I emailed this week to ask for an update and haven't heard anything. If y'all got in and aren't going to take the offer please decline sooner rather than later! Waitlist purgatory isn't fun

got an email from the school admission coordinator. Accepted with scholarships.

has any waitlisted candidate heard back yet?

When are the MEng. results for Cornell Ithaca going to be out ? This suspense is killing me.

To those who were accepted off the waitlist, what did you do? Did you contacted/push/sent a continued interest letter to the department or just waited? Please, share your experience! I'm trying to get off this list too! Thanks.

GPA is grad, didn't submit GRE scores. No surprises here. 2a/2w/18r/3ir