Whiting Scoreboard: This Admissions Season

Spring 2011

Total undergraduate applications received: 19,388

Total students admitted: 3,550

Overall acceptance rate: 18.3%

Males/females: 51/49

Portion applying to the Whiting School of Engineering: 40%

States represented: 50

International students: 302, from 67 different countries

Whiting School of Engineering Stats:

Median Math SAT: 770

Median Critical Reading: 720

Median Combined (1600 scale): 1490

Median GPA: 3.91

Presto! Mutated Gene Libraries

When medical researchers are designing new biological therapies to treat diseases such as cancer, they often have to test hundreds of thousands of DNA mutations in a gene to pick a single winning combination that produces a desired protein to fight an ailment. The problem? These gene libraries, which can include a million different mutations…

Restoring Health and Alleviating Pain

Neilesh Patel ’03 will never forget the day he cooked and served spaghetti at a homeless shelter at age 8, or the smile on the face of one of the menhe served. “That feeling really sparked my interest in public service,” says Patel, who majored in biomedical engineering at the Whiting School with a concentration…

Faculty Awards

David Gracias, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was named the inaugural Russell Croft Faculty Scholar. This award recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates exceptional achievement and promise in his or her area of expertise. Gracias was recognized for his groundbreaking work in the fields of micro- and nanoengineering, and self-assembly….