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When you apply at Stanford for the Engineer's Degree if you get accepted you will be in the M.S. program. The Engineer's Degree comes after the completion of the M.S. with an additional 45 units of coursework which includes a thesis. You apply during your time doing the M.S. program and I think you have to be recommended or have a certain GPA in the M.S. program to move on to the Engineer's Degree. I'd say if you have a GPA over a 3.5 and GRE score with a quantitative score above 770ish you have a decent chance of being accepted to M.S. at Stanford of course it depends on schoolwork, LOR, and essays.

I'm not sure where everybody gets this notion that practically anybody can get into Stanford because as its put it is a "cash cow". I had heard about this before but I went to the visitation day for CEE and it doesn't seem like this is true at all. The majority of the students I talked to were choosing between Stanford and Berkeley plus the professors were extremely approachable and really seemed to care about each individual student. The professors in charge of admittance mentioned that he expects there to be about 40 students in the Structural Engineering program. My question is if Stanford is so easy to get accepted to then why do they shoot for a class of 40 students when they could easily double this number and make more money? It was also mentioned that an estimated 8 students out of the 40 would get funding from partial or full fellowships based on merit. Also in order to get funding through RA/TA a second year was necessary because second year graduate students have priority. There are also not that many TA jobs because Stanford has a smaller undergraduate class than graduate class. Most MS students at Stanford complete the necessary 45 units in one year at a rate of 15 units/quarter. Rather if the 45 units are done in say 5 quarters at 9 units/quarter instead in order to get funding the second year, the lower units/quarter leads to a lower tuition rate per quarter. Meaning that it costs about the same amount of tuition money to complete Stanford's MS program in 1 or 2 years. So it is possible to get funding at Stanford it is just the way the program is run that makes it more difficult and not because Stanford's MS program is a "cash cow". The point is that Stanford has a great engineering program and draws applications from some of the best engineering students in the country and chooses the best ones, no different than any other top university.

Is MIT rejecting everybody today? Its all rejections on the results page. If you don't receive a rejection today does this mean you have a chance? here's to hoping i don't receive anything today

Awesome that sounds like a great idea plus currently I'm already enrolled in SE. As far as getting LEED AP certified does it come with a normal pay raise? And just curious what do you love about your job? I can't wait to start working in the field Thanks

Hmm that seems like it could be a good idea. If I do Structural Engineering I will probably take as many classes as I can in either Sustainable Design or Design Construction Integration. Which of these two do you think will be more valuable in the field? Seems like Sustainable and IPD are both growing in popularity these days. Thanks for the help!

I'm trying to decide between three major choices for Stanford graduate school right now. They range from Construction Design Integration which I'd probably get a job at a design/build firm that does Integrated Project Delivery. Sustainable Design Construction which seems like a likely job would be in Sustainable Design of buildings. And last of all Structural Engineering where I would probably go to a design firm. I have two questions. First of all between each of these choices what do you believe would pay the most? And second, which job would seem the most enjoyable or rewarding? Thanks

Yeah I was thinking about just pursuing the Master's degree. I can try to do it in one year and save on tuition costs. It just seems like the Engineer's Degree isn't well known enough and will cost too much to be worth it even if it seems like it could be useful. I had a 3.53 GPA and my GRE was 790Q/630V. Thanks for the advice, anybody have or know somebody with an Engineer's Degree? Just not sure how well known it is in the industry.

I just got accepted into Stanford for a Master's degree in Structural Engineering at Stanford. Looking at the degree requirements it seems like a Master of Science degree typically takes a year while an Engineer's Degree takes about 2 years. I had thought the Engineer's Degree was the same thing as a Master of Engineering degree, which was what I was planning on doing, but when I looked it up it seems like it is entirely different. Apparently an Engineer's Degree is a degree halfway between a PhD and a Master of Science. Now Stanford is expensive so I would rather not spend 2 years tuition unless an Engineer's Degree is really worth it. I am going to graduate school with the goal of going back to the industry and have no interest in going for a PhD. Does anybody know if the Engineer's Degree will really help me when I work in the field and if it will help me find a job? I'm really just looking for some more information on the degree because I have only seen it at Stanford. Thanks for any help