Email notification to check portal.

Invited to the open house and then sent an email to check the portal for a decision a week later.

Two years of catalysis research. No publications and no major conferences. Strong LORs.

BS GPA-3.59, MS GPA-3.87, Publications-21 (14 published, 7 under review), Job experience (3.5 years as Materials Engineer + 3.5 years as Materials Scientist), IELTS-7.0, No GRE

Received fellowship nomination from a professor, yet got rejected from the univerisity directly, without letting the professor know. I believe this rejection was more out of political reasons.

Had research and internship experience that applied very well to the field I wanted to conduct research in. No publications or major presentations.

1 submitted paper, 1 undergoing project