Is research important for Engineering Management Masters?

[magehunter45]

Hey I'm not sure how this works, but I was just wondering if anyone knew how much coming from a small polytechnic state university would set me back. Here is my profile.

Mechanical Engineer, Computer Science Minor

GPA : 3.5

GRE : 330

Research: 0

• There's very limited research experience near my campus, so I'm unable to do much. A big reason why I want to do Engineering Management

Experience:

• Interning as a field engineer at 4.3 Billion Dollar company
• Restaurant Manager in High School
• Running my own $40,000 annual profit business during College
• T/A for 3 years in Civil and Electrical engineering dept.
• Running the only Comedy Club in my county (100 people/show)

I'm trying to decide whether to do another internship or look into research positions this summer. If anybody knows, please tell.

What are my (mostly unrealistic) chances at

• USC
• UCLA
• Duke
• UPenn
• Darthmouth
• Northwestern
• Columbia
• Cornell/Stanford/MIT/Berkeley lol

 

Edited November 11, 2015 by magehunter45