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Programs Applied To: Stanford CEE SDC, UC Berkeley CEE E&PM, UCLA CEE Structural/Earthquake Eng, UWashington CEE CESI, Cornell CEE EnvEng SES concentration, Columbia CEEM CDEMPrograms Admitted to: UC Berkeley (1/2 tuition scholarship), Columbia, Cornell, UCLA, UWashingtonSchools Rejected From: N/AStill Waiting: StanfordUndergrad / Grad Institution: Top 100 in the worldDegrees: Bachelors in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering concentrationGPA: 3.1GRE: N/AWork Experience: 1 year full time, 18 months internshipRelevant Experience: ~1 year full time as Structural EIT at a top 10 eng consulting company, 12 month internship at another top 10 eng consulting company as PM, summer internship at a famous chocolate giant as PM, summer internship at local nonprofitStrength of SOP: strong imo; closely related my diverse work/life experiences to the programs I applied to and explained how they effected my career path/interested areas of research; named professors, their work, and labs/institutes each school offered that I'm interested in; explained what I can offer to each program and why this is the perfect time to admit meLOR: didn't read but assumed 2 average ones from senior year professors & 1 very strong one from former manager

update: I was also accepted at UC Berkeley, Columbia & UCLA (so far 5/6) Just waiting for Stanford now.

fellow civeng here, I applied to 6 schools for MS/MEng so far only heard back and was accepted at Cornell and UWashington (both in Feb)

I know I'm late with this reply as many applications have closed. However, I hope you aren't stressing too much about it. I went to a top 5 Canadian university for engineering and had a CGPA of 3.1. My GPA was horrendous for the first 2 years, lots of Cs and Ds and even failing a class. I explained it in my SOP and emphasized on the improvement in my last 2 years. It definitely helped to have pretty good internship/work experiences... but I was accepted into an Ivy League masters program last week!! Best of luck to you!!!