full-tuition scholarship and 27k/year fellowship for 5 years

Well, application is completely over. I gonna pack myself and move to BU. Anyway, who knows what gonna happen during PhD. Good luck to myself~~

A frustrating post-interview experience with a school far from my first choice. Interviewed in January but heard no decision until April after emailing on multiple occasions. Direct Admit method means that individual PIs can completely control interviews/acceptances/rejections into the program based on their lab's needs. Perhaps a fine system, but more transparency (and more standard practices across PIs) would go a long ways.

I dont know why professors ask to apply without considering thoroughly! It takes serious effort to collect lors and write sop.

After sending thank you email to every person I interviewed with at the beginning of February, I only heard back from a few professors (not including the department heads and graduate student services administrator). I figured I was on the waitlist, after seeing the response from the poster below. I received a generic email to check the application website about my decision, and that is how I found out that I was rejected from the program. I am not upset about being rejected since I have already gotten into programs that fit me better, but I thought it was rude of the department not to contact me about the waitlist and/or rejection directly instead of sending the generic email. I am glad that I am not going to be in this department after how they treated me regarding the application, but good luck to those who have accepted their offers!

Anybody still waiting to hear back from Duke MEMS program ? have they sent out acceptances already? anybody waitlisted/rejected?

E-mailed to inquire about status, received response the following day telling me to check website for result.

Quite unexpected! Anyway, admitted to a similar level univ that's also much cheaper.

let it be...best wishes

have been accepted by UCSD, so it does not matter whether duke accept or reject me

Ridiculous. Have better admits anyway.

If you have been accepted and plan on not attending, please tell them. This is my top choice school and I want to be accepted off the wait-list. Thank you!!!!

Got an email saying decision is available on portal. Found a generic rejection note there. Good luck to the other applicants !

Has anyone on the alternative list heard from Duke yet?

Received an email directing me to the website.

With 5 ISI papers - my contacting prof. said it is due to very low GRE

Oh well. I'm glad they finally let us know.

3rd rejection, 1 acceptance, 1 waiting. Advise to future applicants (to any university, not just Duke): In my case, I was only accepted where faculty members knew my advisor. Apply to those places where your advisor can present a good case in your behalf. Having good scores means you are going to be reviewed, and experience is really useful (I have 2 years of research exp, 3 publications, and a few more on the go), but I'm convinced that the thing gives you the edge are your LORs. If the faculty know them, and trust their judgment, you are good to go. Good luck everyone!