Chemical Engineering graduate school best option

[Gina Kim]

Hi

I'm currently in Georgia tech Chemical engineering undergraduate program

and I'm thinking to go graduate school

and I just start to collect information so I have no idea what am I looking for

 

 

My GPA is a bit low

overall 3.44 (but I think I can make it up to 3.5)

major GPA 3.1

 

haven't start GRE yet

and I have research experience 

and one published (not first author, maybe one more if I get lucky)

 

in GT we have this program that if you are over 3.5 we can go direct to graduate school without GRE 

but I have to pay tuition ( as much as I did for undergraduate- out of state fee)

or I can try different school if I can

 

I'm not sure it would be worth it going GT 

what school can I apply with my GPA?

 

if you were me would you go for GT graduate program 

or try different school?

 

+ assume that I will not go for PhD later for now

 

 

thank you for your reply in advance!

Edited December 18, 2014 by Gina Kim

[Texan_Air]

Well lets see because I looked at my masters programs by always looking at the costs with fit. A Chemical Eng. M.S. with thesis degree has 31 credit hours at GT and looking at the tuition cost (@ $1,139 per credit) and assuming you go the 4 semester route, then that is ~$8,827 per semester + $1,196 student fees= $10,024 per semester for out-of-state tuition alone. First I would classify Georgia Tech as a Top 10 school, but there are other great programs like UT-Austin, University of Minnesota, maybe University of Wisconsin, and maybe University of Delaware at similar high ranks but cheaper tuition costs. Obviously I could be wrong on the ranks and costs but the idea of cheaper schools is out there.

 

Ultimately, if your not carrying any scholarships over to grad school then a major consideration would be going after the best funding offered to you. That possibility alone is worth the application fees and GRE if you don't have any outside funding. You obviously can choose a non-thesis option to cut the overall costs depending on what your career goals are and you can always go into the work force and have a company pay for your masters. Gaining work experience now also will be important consideration factor for when you you want to try and return to the work force after your masters. It all depends on how ready you are to start your masters and how important it is to you in getting it.