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Keburon

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    Honolulu, HI
  • Application Season
    2015 Fall
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    Chemical Engineering

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  1. I graduated with a B.S. ChemE in May 2007. Immediately after graduation I began working for a research start-up for approximately two years. My last assignment with this company involved temporary relocation to a tropical destination to help set-up a new office location. Being young and naive, I left this job when my assignment was finished and decided to stay in this geographical location. I was unemployed for about ten months then I got a job with the city government doing rudimentary laboratory work, and this is where I have been for about five years now. I've realized that I need to get my career back on track and I have been putting in a ton of effort to stand a chance at getting into a reputable M.S. ChemE program. I took and passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Chemical discipline test in May 2014 as a personal refresher and confidence booster. Then I took the GRE general test at the beginning of September 2014 and scored 159/162/4.5 (V/Q/AW, 81%/83%/80%). I've secured letters of recommendation from my old research company supervisor and two former professors. My undergraduate GPA is 3.30 cumulative, 3.56 chemE. I have no published papers but I am on a pending patent for a coating technology developed at my old company. In summary, I am a seven years out from my undergraduate degree with only two years of relevant research experience and five years of questionable time spent that I will have to explain in my statement of purpose. My undergraduate GPA and GRE scores are average at best. Do I even stand a chance at looking competitive in a pool of more typical applicants? I would greatly appreciate any thoughts and feedback.
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