So I got rejected despite having a fellowship. I believe my recommenders did not really endorse my application :( Now I regret choosing them.

Expected. Stanford AAE website did said the majority of Ph.D. offers would be granted to Stanford BS and MS students. Only few Ph.D. admits will be offered to non-Stanford students. The take-away is that, unless you have a very very strong background (near-perfect GPA/GRE, multiple papers from top conference/journal, and solid work experience), please don't waste $145 for the application. In addition, the admission is mainly managed by a committee so emailing POI seems help little. I will accept offers from other top school, Bye Stanford ~

Accepted into the AE Doctoral Degree Program. I need to find an advisor and financial support.

My application is now complete, two letters of reference from profs submitted! Wish me luck!

Applied to nine schools; only rejected at Cal Poly and Stanford; I think it's to protect their yield rate, as i was accepted at schools like USC, Colorado Boulder, UCLA, and University of Washington

I applied to nine schools; was only rejected at Stanford and Cal Poly; acceptances include USC, Colorado Boulder, UCLA, and University of Washington; GPA 3.42; GRE 170/160/5.0; one summer research internship; three strong LoR; strong leadership involvement

TTPB: Congrats! Is it MASc or MEng? If MASc, which field? Have you been in touch with a POI? Were you interviewed? Was it the POI who emailed or the grad school?

Idk if i should go

Finishing up my undergrad here right now, I don't have a great GPA so didn't get into the MS/BS program. So glad they're letting me stay!! Sko buffs!

No undergraduate research experience. Instead, five years on a design team, campus involvement with leadership positions, and three co-op rotations including NASA internships.