GREs was not required. 1 published paper first author, 3 relevant research experience, many conferences presentations, no interview. Physics and Math double major. Got Lucky :) Best of Luck

GPA 3.77, 1 first author international conference publication, no interview. Generic email. Congratulations to those who got it

gr8

4 first author jurnal pubs, 1 major project, 2 years of research, top 20 schools in ME. Such a disappointment. This was supposed to be my safety school, but here I got a generic rejection email. This year has been a blood bath in admissions. Wish the best everyone!

Generic Rejection Email. :) Congratulations to everyone who got selected!

TTPB: Congratulations! Was it a generic email? Or from a professor?

TTPB: Same buddy, very nervous here.

Has anyone heard from the Aerospace Ph.D. program at UMich? When they will release all decisions or all admits have been released?

Aero MS results, any news? I was accepted for Fall 2020 but deferred by a year to 2021 due to very critical personal circumstances. I was expecting to hear from them soon since results were out in for 2020 on Jan 15.

Master of Science. I am out of state.

Master of Science. I go to VCU for Mechanical Engineering undergrad.

TTPB: Thank you! I didn't think my interviews went particularly well so I'm very surprised and grateful. I got a call from one of the professors I interviewed with! He said that they'll be sending emails soon but he just wanted to give me a call. I don't think they're assigning POI's when you get accepted like other schools. When I interviewed, they mentioned that since this is the first year for the direct-to-PhD program, all admitted PhD students might do mini "rotations" in a few labs before officially selecting an advisor.

TTPB: Congrats!! Did you also get an email? Who called you? Your POI?

Just got the call today! High GPA, 4 years research experience from a top undergrad uni, a few research awards but no pubs. 4 years work experience at a top aerospace company (not related to my research area of interest). I had 4 interviews (the 3 scheduled ones and then an additional professor reached out)

I officially received my acceptance from this school on 2/3/2021, but they offered me a funding package for both the master to PhD program and direct PhD program in November. I do not have a faculty advisor and I did not get interviewed beforehand during the months leading up to my acceptance, but I did attend a virtual visit around October to talk with faculty about their department (I believe their were around 10 people in that call). Also, this virtual visit was held for EMERGE participants which basically meant that when I took the GRE I chose to let EMERGE use my info to send to colleges. Regarding the comments about the virtual visit being held in March, I too have been receiving those emails so I do not know if that means people made it past the first round of admission. As for my qualifications to get in, I had a 3.62 Major GPA in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Merced and I have only done one semester of research (which I am doing this semester). Hopefully, this info helps the people asking about the admission to UIUC, I wish you all the best of luck.

TTPB: Thanks a lot for the information you provided. Please keep us posted for further responses. Should we start emailing POIs after we get acceptance mails from the department. All I have till now is an invite.