EE Competitiveness Information

[teroenza]

Hello,
I am trying to find information on how competitive my application to EE graduate schools will be next year. My school has no engineering department, or I would ask them. Are there any forums that come to mind for this kind of information? I am coming from a physics BS and have a good feel for physics programs, but not EE.

Thank you

[justinmcummings]

Admissions is competitive, but I had low gre scores and an undergrad from a non-ranked school and I was still accepted. The part where it becomes extremely competitive is funding, masters funding is extremely rare, PhD funding is reserved for the top of the top.

[hikaru1221]

Having a BS in physics doesn't mean you're disadvantaged. Princeton EE for example has been favoring students with science background. The bottom line is, it's about whether your background would serve them well. For PhD admissions, personally I think your research experience, whatever projects you worked on, is one of the main factors, so you should see yourself the same as the rest, because the adcom may likely see you the same way as the rest!

 

The competition is among those who have the research talent, plus probably suitable background. I was contacted by a few professors whose works are not within my undergrad area, simply because of my research experience, plus my theoretical background indicating that I may be able to relate to their research.

Edited April 11, 2014 by hikaru1221

[DorisDad]

I've been on a couple official visits to departments this year, and I was actually pretty surprised at the number of non-EE admits there were. In the program that I am probably going to go to (University of Washington- pretty highly ranked and competitive), there were EE, ME, EP, Physics, Mathematics, and many other majors that were admitted.