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I dont think a v150 is a dealbreaker for an otherwise qualified for international applicant. No guarantee that berkeley will think that about your profile (not as an offense to your record but more as an apprehensive remark about berkeley che program admissions x_x never really know I guess)

The Magoosh flashcard APP I downloaded on Android was superb, if it is still an option for you.

I took the middle ground and gave an outline of my accomplishments and things I'd like to see mentioned. No need to outright write the whole thing. This was harder for an non-English speaker advisor, and I'm interested in seeing how often international advisors have their students write recs in English.

I'm a ChemE major with a research interest in simulations within ChemE. I have a CS minor, but have done better in CS than in chemE... I plan to take a grad-level CS class next semester on scientific computing (it includes some molecular dynamics, my primary research interest). The situation: I'm late to research, grades not phenomenal, have a lot of CS-related work. - ~1 year of computational research (ChemE advisor). My first paper (probably not 1st author) will probably NOT be accepted by when I apply. - Interdisciplinary computational research internship this summer at a federally funded R&D center. No clue if it'll be publishable. - GRE: First practice tests showing around V: ~160 / Q: 165+. I've set 2 months to grind GREs out. - GPA: ~3.6 right now (stats on thegradcafe acceptances extremely worrying) - Part of a new web-startup... Who cares? See below I'd like to believe my work in code could somewhat offset a "lower" GPA (BUT HEY, everyone's busy!!). The difference is that I spent more time on that, while others (wisely?) spent their time on coursework and pure ChemE research. In the lab and stuff. I can't do anything about the past. ChemE programs certainly won't care about my CS work, so I'm wondering about alternatives: will computational engineering programs appreciate experience from a startup more? At all? - For instance: Stanford ICME (with chemE research) vs ChemE; odds better for ICME than ChemE? - For instance: MIT CSE (with a chemE option) vs ChemE; odds better for CSE than ChemE? (Just examples. Not that I expect to get into the above with 3.6?/0pub?/FML) And would chemE LoRs would be less meaningful for computational engineering department apps? Though at both research sites, I do computational work... What if I have a chemE prof as my 3rd? Would a CS prof LoR be better for computational engineering? There's not a lot of info on computational engineering programs due to their relative age. Also, any recommendations for programs that really excel in molecular-scale nano-bio simulations? (Perhaps outside the well-regarded top10-chemE range?