Called today for Mech. Engineering, department said they hope to have decisions out by the end of the week.

They have to get back today right...?

Accepted to UA but still waiting for university of colorado denver and colorado state university. Submitted my applications march 22.

Damn, can the people who got accepted share their profile ? I had 3 research papers, 2 journals conferences each with my professor. I also had a masters ( GPA : 3.9/4.0 ) in Mechanical Engineering.

Anyone still waiting for USC PhD admission decision? I haven't heard back since the interview in January.

TTPB: the same annoying situation here. I was even considering taking their offer but it looks like I'm going somewhere else. Congratulations to everyone got in.

TTPB: I wrote the longer rejection comment on 4/13, and that was the exact email I received as well. I responded to it, with new publication updates, but received no further notification past that time until the last-minute rejection.

TTPB: Damn! If that is true it's quite unfortunate to get rejected after receiving such an email. :(

They sent an email like below: Thank you for applying to our graduate program in Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University. We are still reviewing files and wrapping up our admissions process, but we expect to make a few more offers in the next week or so. Given that the April 15th deadline is fast approaching, I wanted to reach out to you to see if you are still interested in our PhD program and have not accepted any other offers. Can you please reply to this email to let me know what you think? Please also feel free to share with me any other information that you think may be helpful in guiding our decision process and timeline (offers from other schools, Northwestern being top choice, prior interaction with faculty, recent updates/papers etc.). If you respond positively, it is possible that one of our coordinators may get in touch with you in the next several days to setup an interview for next week. After replying, I got a rejected mail. WTF.

So sad...

Email to check portal. The process was so poorly handled that despite initially being my top choice, I was likely going to reject even if I magically got in last minute. Only contact was end of March asking about my other offers, and suggesting a potential interview that never materialized. Have MS, 5+ yr professional research experience, many publications, partial funding, multiple offers elsewhere, etc. Reached out on many fronts but couldn't get a response out of any profs...even the grad program admin I had to call because she wouldn't respond to emails. Congrats to all accepted, I hope the lack of communication in my situation isn't indicative of how the program is run.

Haven't got any decision on funding yet.

My GPA is pretty bad but I got in!

They could have sent it earlier.

Don't know why I still haven't heard back, seeing as most people have already at this point....Just need some closure.

To posters below. A faculty needs to admit you. I got admission about a month ago. I am taking the offer! Good luck to you guys. I sincerely hope you get in, and that we meet one day.