gurumaster8899

As long as your stats show the slightest amount of potential...If you're a good fit, you'll get in.

If you are choosing a safety school from the rankings, go for those between 30-40. I don't know about USC, but A&M is quite competitive, anyways both are very highly ranked.

The Subconscious is a Cruel Mistress...

You need to know why you're going back, if your plans have anything to do with academia then doing it part time will become unsustainable and you'll find yourself truly torn between the two. But if you just need your masters to move up in the company, then most ppl would just go for an MBA. I was in situation for almost a year before deciding to quit work to focus on grad school.

If you're interested in the faculty of more than one department and can explain it in your SOP, then i think its fine....but some schools only allow the application to only one department

Most useful: Engineering Least useful: Everything else Such a question is pointless really, because it will diverge into what makes a society successful...which is a too complex question to have any appeasing answer...

generally most recommenders send the same letter to all schools, but if you get the chance to do it yourself, be careful and try to make complete your SOP without repeating the same stuff, the LoR should portray from a different angle..

I know its a bit late for me to be asking this, but is it better to send emails before or after submitting your application?

just get it over with...

My list shrank from 21 to 10.

I would guess that the later you apply, the less spaces you will have to compete for, therefore probability of admission decreases..

at least they replied early enough for you to find a replacement, stay strong..

you don't seem to mention any research experiences you had, or how the school is a good 'fit' for you....

can anyone who had success contacting professors mention his field and if possible the school he is contacting..

you should be able to check through the online application or you can just call them or send the admission assistant an email