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agree with hasseye,... going to a liberal art college is like going to MIT for English. However, you have very good numbers in pretty much all the areas, and your major is not very far off from OR/Stat, I'd say you have very good chance at top schools. I'd say apply to a lot of top schools, and a few second tier schools just in case.

all masters programs... and I got funding from UVa.

No. It won't matter much (although it's nice to have higher score). I had 770Q/490V, and I got into UPenn, U-Chicago, Cornell, Brown, U-Virginia (for masters degree program, though).

100% is just an exaggeration. But if they seriously go for money, they might as well hire more part-time lecturers to accomodate more students, right? Business-wise, this could make them a lot of money!

Getting into stanford is by no mean easy. Yes, their MS programs are not as selective as MIT/CalTech/Cal, but they still have pretty low acceptance rate, and you still need the grade to get in (they obvioulsy don't emphasize research as much for MS admission). they're not going to admit people who are not smart, but just have money. If Stanford's goal is to make money, can you please explain why they don't admit 100% of their applicants? I mean, that would at least quadruple their tuition revenue, right?

Why don't you let us know what your ugrad GPA was and from which prestigious school?

Don't waste your time on U$C. They're not worth your effort.

U$C students have the reputation of being rich (as their only reason of getting in). Go with Brown.

no brainer. Brown. Brown is an Ivy league school and is world renowned. U$C is a school where rich (but not smart) people go and does not have the prestige of any Ivy school and is in the middle of south central LA ghetto.

Hey. I went to UCLA too. Do you know about UCLA's ESAP program? THey guarantee master program's admission for their undergrad students whose GPA is above 3.50. I took that advantage and never had to take GRE or ask professors/supervisors for LOR. BTW, I'd recommend that you take GRE now before the new format. New format will actually be harder in my opinion.

I agree with what Hasseye said. You probably would get admitted into some of the better schools (with no funding as most money is allocated to PhD students). For masters application, if you have high GPA, good LOR (doesn't have to great unless you apply for PhD), great GRE scores, you should be able to get into most top programs. But if funding is problem, I'd suggest you to work for a big company first as most big companies offer 100% tuition reimbursement for their employees, but you would have to do the degree part time and work full time.

Did anyone receive admission packet via postal mail? What does acceptance packet contain?

Do they send out admisssion packet to admitted students? WHat does the packet consist of? cuz I heard Cal no longer sends out paper admission acceptance packet to students to save money....

Don't waste your money on U$C.... If you like suburban style, go to Cornell, if you like urban setting, go to Penn... either one is a great school, you can't go wrong with either (but it'd be a terrrible mistake if you pick U$C) but I'd say Cornell has better reputation in engineering.....

sounds like one of the new professional master programs to generate revenue (UC system is in budget crisis).... but you still need great academic backgoround to get in.... doesn't mean it's a cakewalk...

never heard of this program from Cal... you have a website about this degree?

3.25 GPA will kill your application... many top schools' admitted students have average 3.7 GPA.

Cal's IEOR is one of the top along with Ga TEch, Columbia, Cornell, MIT, Stanford. Cal is definitely not 2nd fiddle to any school.

How did you get rejected by Columbia OR and accepted by Cal IEOR?? Cal IEOR is supposedly much harder to get in with much smaller intake than columbia....

where did you see this ranking? I think USNews only has the Industrial Engineering ranking up to 10.

Yes they are legit. You do the same homeworks, take the same exams... how can that be not legit? Texas A&M is great school... I'd pick A&M out of your 3 choices.

Some people believe that Stanford's Master programs (in engineering school) are "cash cow" because their admit rate is higher than most other prestigious schools.... although I don't agree with them since it's still very hard to get into MS program at Stanford, what do you think about such claim?

If you only want to apply for Masters, then I think you ahve good chance with all the schools that you listed because Masters programs generally look at your academic background like test scores and GPA (good research may offset some weak test score, but 800Q is strong). But if you want to apply for PhD, that's another story if you don't have good research experience.

Cal and UCLA.