Research, work and good LoRs. My GPA probably wasn't good enough.

They're offering M.Engg but I applied for MS (w/ thesis). Don't know much about the one-year M.Eng course.

Asked to send official transcripts(paper)

It was expected. MS/PhD applicant. Guess I will go to politecnico di Milano then. Congratulations and good luck to those who got admitted .

TTPB: Yeah, I agreed with the post below. I took more than 5 times of GRE to get an almost perfect score and to be a more competitive applicant. At the end, I still got rejected. Waste of money. Besides that, I also has an international publication. Damn... Caltech will always be my dream school that I don't know what it takes to get in. I only apply to Caltech and a state university in the US. Just Caltech or stay for me. Looks like I am staying in a state university to pursue my PhD.

Most likely it is because I am not a competitive undergrad who is trying to apply for Caltech PhD to increase my learning opportunities, expand my social network, and explore my passion in other fields of engineering, although I have a great academic record and an international conference publication. I am glad that Caltech accepts applicants who does not take GRE; I just can't afford to retake the GRE test as an international student who has a tight budget. I was completely exhausted during the test day due to health reasons and earned only a mediocre score. Caltech not only has a world-class education but also has a great network with top companies like Disney, NASA, Google, etc. I believe that is why most of the applicants including myself want to pursue a higher education there. Congratz to those who got admitted! Good luck. I will be back for postdoc.

No interviews, no replies when contacting faculties. So the rej is expected...

Thank you for your application to the graduate program at the California Institute of Technology. After carefully reviewing your application, the faculty has decided that they are unable to grant you admission. As you know, Caltech is a small school and as such we are able to admit only a small percentage of the applicants who apply each year. In many cases we are unable to offer admission to highly qualified candidates because of limited space and facilities, or because interests don't perfectly fit with the needs and research focus of our faculty. Your record and qualifications are very good, and we have no doubt of your ability to earn an advanced degree and that you will have a successful career. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

MEng program. Applied early January, received an email on 21st Feb to mail official transcript. Offered admission within a week.

Emailed by the admission that I need to find an advisor for the fund. Not very optimistic about this situation.

Emailed my primary professor of interest about my application status, and he informed me that he will not be able to offer me a Ph.D. position in his lab. Sad because I am so passionate about this field. I suspect my GPA (3.35/4.0) is way too low to get into any engineering PhD

MAsc

MEng, Aerospace concentration

TTPB: Congratulations. (Purdue Acceptance) Can you please share the name of those 2 professors and the timeline of the interviews?

TTPB: Congrats. I would like to know if it is an official admit email from the department/graduate admission committee or if the POI intimated you about your admit. Thanks.

Got into the same lab as PB. Interviewed in the Preview days. Still might decline the offer...