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I see, I'll look into pursuing a funded MA or take some classes at a CC first as you have mentioned and then look into a PhD. Thanks!

@itslit I hope I didn't come across as condescending towards humanities, I was just trying to find a way to rationalize my far lower GPA to the admissions board. Thank you for the advice and the suggested reading material. @itslit and @Warelin, would you mind if I message you privately about my interests, languages, etc? I appreciate the help.

Thank you for the advice, I reached out to my literature professor that put me on this path to focus my interests and desired fields. I will definitely look into the "fit" as you mentioned. One of the reasons I chose those schools was also because they emphasized that they "welcome applications from students with a wide variety of backgrounds and interests" which I assumed to mean that there wasn't any English degree requirement. (Side note: I never saw the English credit requirement mentioned explicitly anywhere, should I ask the admissions office about that?) You were spot on with your statement on how I should be pursuing this only if there is nothing else I want to do in life. While I can't see anything else to be as fulfilling, at the end of the day, I got debts to pay which is why I didn't mind doing engineering for my undergrad/masters because I figured if nothing else, at least I would be somewhat compensated. I do intend to finish my masters out in engineering, so I would be applying directly for a funded PhD if possible. Would the admissions team factor in major when it comes to looking at my GPA? From what I've heard and read online, humanities majors have had a grade inflation over the years that STEM majors haven't experienced to the same extent and thus our GPAs are substantially lower. Once again, thanks for the help. Hopefully I can figure this out.

Hear me out, I am a current MSE Masters student who has always been passionate about English. Due to family uh guidance I went on the engineering route but I am dreading graduating and working in the industry for the rest of my life. I figure if I secure a position at a great school for Comp Lit maaaybe I could either convince my family on the idea or maybe work and do school part time. I would welcome any opinions on my predicament as well as any predictions on my chances given my profile (below): B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (3.4 GPA) A+, A, A in my required humanities classes for undergrad (Literature, Sociology, Theory of Sexuality respectively) Doing a Masters at Cornell (First term so no GPA) My research and work have been in engineering, so no dice there but I have wrote and performed at some shows at my school. As far as letters of rec, I can for sure receive a stellar one from my Literature professor as she was the one who suggested pursuing English, but I would have to get the others from my engineering professors or from writing professors that do not remember me all that well. I got a 170 for the English section in the GRE and a 161 in the Quant (another hint I should have done English haha) As far as target schools: Cornell (already going here so maybe it would be easier to transfer?) Columbia, Harvard (great schools to convince my family) Like I said I realize that this is a looooong shot, but I really want to give it a try. Thanks

Thank you so much for the quick reply.

Question is pretty much the title, Ive read a lot of conflicting information on the internet mostly because it appears to the term MEng has different meanings in the US and Europe. Is the MEng degree considered a master's degree in the US?

Hello, I recently got in to Cornell's MEng program and was pretty happy until I read online that MEng programs are not considered true graduate programs. Personally, I wanted to pursue a degree that transferred to skills in the industry as I had no intent of pursuing a PhD. However, I do not want to pay Cornell's ridiculous tuition for no reason. I also got into a MS prgram at Davis and am waiting to hear back from NCSU, UCSD, and UM. I was hoping to get some advice on how to proceed, and if the Internet thought a MEng degree was worth it, whether it would hurt me when applying for jobs (compared to an MS), and generally what your thoughts were. Much Thanks