Hello everyone I'm a senior ME student in Georgia Tech and I get 3 classes left for graduation.
I already got admission from Georgia tech MS program and can choose to do a thesis( self paid and can graduate spring 2015 if studying this summer) or non thesis program( possible RA and will graduate spring 2016).
Or I can wait and apply for another school next year for Fall 2015 and at the same time I can do tons of undergraduate researches.
Since in my country(China) MIT/Stanford/Caltech/Harvard get 10x better reputation than Gatech, I really wish to attend these private universities no matter for MS or PHD(MIT/stanford ME requires MS for PHD)
My current GPA is 3.89 with Core GPA 3.92. But I exchanged to HongKong University of Science and technology for one semester with only 3.2. I did undergraduate research for one semester before.
Really need some advice and thank you so much!