TonyClifton

Still haven't heard back about Japan. I've pretty much lost hope at this point, but it's probably too late to find an internship now. I wish I could have made alternate plans.

Undergrad Institution: Oregon State University Major(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering Overall GPA: 3.69 Length of Degree: 5 years Type of Student: Domestic GRE Scores: Q: 164 V: 167 W: 5.0 Research Experience: None! This was the limiting factor of my application. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: An employee recognition award, an honors society and some scholarships Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Two six-month internships, one of them with Intel Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Applying for MS in ECE at: UT Austin - Rejected Georgia Tech - Rejected University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (CSE) - Accepted Oregon State - Accepted University of Wisconsin-Madison - Accepted NC State - Accepted University of Washington (EE) - Accepted UC Boulder - Accepted UC Davis - Accepted UCSB - Accepted & attending No funding offers all around, possibly due to lack of research and teaching experience. U-M would be great but is way too expensive without funding. UW-Madison would also be great, but the professors who I was interested in were unavailable. UCSB offers the best batch of professors, courses and job opportunities for my focus. I mixed it up with recommendation letters, going with two industry / one faculty for some, and one industry / two faculty for others, except for UC-B, which requires four total. It turns out that I applied to too many universities because I was expecting admission at the master's level to be more difficult. To anyone thinking about Oregon State - if they offer what you are looking for, do it! It's a great university for engineering, but they don't offer much in the way of computer engineering at the graduate level, and I wanted to go somewhere fresh.