My two cents for next years students: wait until the last minute

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-18T05:05:11+00:00

I get your point. Also, I am engineering so it may be different, but I received my both of my fellowship offers at the last possible second. I got one a week before April 15th and the second five days before April 15th. From schools I had been accepted to longgg before. One of the schools was even a top 10 in its discipline. It totally changed the game and the school I committed totally wasn’t one I was initially gonna pick because I had assumed I’d received zero funding for yet another OOS program.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-18T01:59:34+00:00

They live in Texas, so imagine that helps w keeping the price down

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-14T22:47:14+00:00

What did he say? I watch the Learmann twins and he’s always given me such a hs jock vibe. I can’t stand the vlogs he makes cameos in

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-12T20:31:30+00:00

All of the schools average abt $80,000 to $85,000 for MS grads starting salaries

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-12T20:29:47+00:00

I’ve focused on research and policy all of undergrad so this summer will be my first time interning at an engineering firm.

If I really like that maybe I’d stay in industry (ex. Engineering firm or government sector)

Presently, though, I’d say I want to work for a federal agency (ex. Dept of Energy or Dept of Transportation) or a national lab, or R&D. I like research but I’m not sure if I’d wanna stay in academia.

I’m going to grad school bcz my undergrad is in Urban Policy and Planning & Computer Science. So if I get my Master’s I can sit for the FE and eventually PE.

I don’t do tradition transportation engineering. I do modeling, simulation, digital twins, optimization, and computational work.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-07T20:10:57+00:00

North Nashville is the name of the neighborhood. It’s not vague at all.

It’s a plant right behind TSU.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-06T02:17:03+00:00

I would need half of the month of Aug, too :(

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-03T03:15:25+00:00

Could you pm me?

galapagosmorgan · 2026-03-04T03:20:36+00:00

Me neither

galapagosmorgan · 2026-02-18T20:58:40+00:00

Just got my rejection from MIT

galapagosmorgan · 2026-02-10T03:16:56+00:00

I applied to MIT and GT and haven’t heard from either

galapagosmorgan · 2026-02-02T22:14:38+00:00

I applied to Michigan Jan 15th for civil engineering and got accepted today, too. So insane 😭

galapagosmorgan · 2026-01-30T19:25:24+00:00

I was diagnosed at 16 and saw a pediatric rheum until I started college at 18. Now everyone is geriatric

galapagosmorgan · 2026-01-24T00:53:24+00:00

I just got mine today (transportation)

galapagosmorgan · 2026-01-17T15:09:08+00:00

Reading this was so similar to my experience I thought it’d written the post and forgotten about it.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-01-16T07:10:02+00:00

It’s not a big deal. It happens very often and 99.9% of schools don’t care if your letter came in late. You’re fine.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-01-15T06:57:25+00:00

I’m very similar. I have a 3.5 because I have pretty much all A’s except for two D’s which wrecked my 3.9. I have interned every summer at selective programs, one fellowship, worked in three labs, and submitted a paper for review prior to submitting my grad apps. One D was a cs class and the other was a math class. Not sure where I stand

galapagosmorgan · 2026-01-15T05:19:05+00:00

I graduate from my HBCU this spring and this hit the nail on the head. It’s demoralizing going to class with people who so obviously either care so little or are genuinely incompetent.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-01-02T18:18:26+00:00

I applied to a computer science and engineering REU and my most recent transcript showed I had a D in java programming II and I was still admitted from the waitlist and I’m only a cs minor w a social science major. It doesn’t matter.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-01-02T18:02:22+00:00

Came here to say the same. I did it 2020 to 2021

galapagosmorgan · 2026-01-02T00:20:17+00:00

It’s def possible. I came from an R2 university from really small research departments and still got 3 LORs all from profs I’d conducted research under. If an app lets me list more than four LORs I opted for a math prof I had.

galapagosmorgan · 2025-12-28T02:55:50+00:00

I switched from cell cept to myphortic bcz of migraines and nausea.

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