I have extensive research articles and experience, but my research fit is lacking. I wish everyone well.

1 publication, 1 international award, 6+ teaching experiences, 1 REU, 4 years research experience

MS in BioE(course based)

Direct email. Encouragement to apply for their masters program but no guaranteed admission either

3.94 master's GPA. Did not get an email, had to check portal...

Email from 2 POIs.

No GRE, no master. International first generation MD.

Notified by emails from 2 professors I interviewed, separately. Took 2 hours later to receive official letter on application homepage. Had 4 interviews with 3 profs and 1 graduate student. Funny that I was rejected for Penn state, Boston Univ, Michigan, but accepted here, so try to apply as much as possible because I think there is some kind of randomness and luck for phd application. 1 first author publication in journal (IF >12), 3 yrs lab experience, no gre,

Got an email from a professor I interviewed with and then I checked the portal to find a status update. International student with 3.54 undergrad GPA, 4.0 master's GPA from the US, 2 mid-author pubs and one first author preprint, 2 years of part-time research experience, 1 year full-time (master's thesis).

email to check the status

Thank you for your application to the UCLA Bioengineering PhD program. After careful consideration, we regret to inform you that we do not have available slots for your application in the PhD program at this time. However, we would like to offer you the opportunity to join the MS program. MS students can potentially transition to the PhD program after gaining experience working with faculty at UCLA. We understand that this may be a difficult decision, and we want to support you in your academic journey. If you are interested in changing your degree objective from PhD to MS to consider this option, please reply to this email by February 17th, and we will proceed with the necessary steps. We sincerely wish you the best in your decision-making process and look forward to hearing from you soon.

Got offer to apply to MAB Master

Offered to be considered for MAB program

3.94 M.S. GPA