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thanks for the replies guys. it confirms what i was thinking. and yes, since i only have one course to complete for my graduation in the fall, i can spend a lot of time and do well in the grad class. i also took the undergrad version of the class and did very well in it.

hey, it's going to take me an extra semester to graduate college (in engineering), so while i'm finishing up my degree requirements, should i take a graduate-level class in engineering at my university and then transfer it to my graduate institution? and also, does doing well in a graduate-level class in my field help my case especially if my undergraduate GPA is kinda on the low side (3.0<GPA<3.5) and there is a blemish (yup, the F bomb) on my transcript?

errrrr..........not really, engineering and technology jobs are always going to be there. especially with a graduate degree from a top school, you are almost guaranteed a job.

btw, i didn't mean that first bit sarcastically, i appreciate the response and took the advice...........wasn't being sarcastic...........

hey thanks for that response, i tried that recently and only got a generic response from the person who answered the phone. they wanted to know more details but i was unwilling to give them any, but i also did not want to lie, so i thanked them and hung up........ are there any potential georgia tech students who got accepted into their grad programs who received conditional admittance.

first of all congratulations! on your admission as well as your assistantship. it is pretty standard. they reduced your tuition to resident-status level tuition and then your prof pays it for you, provided you still work for 20 hrs a week (1/2 time, full time would be 40 hrs/week) and you're also kind of limited to the amount of courses you can take each semester, no more than 9 hrs during fall/spring and no more than 6 during summer. good luck, hope you enjoy graduate school!

hey guys, so i got accepted into the MS program in Electrical Engineering at GaTech. But I'm struggling with one class in my last semester as an undergraduate. By struggling, I mean, I might have to retake the class to graduate . I still really want to go to Georgia Tech for graduate school, but I fear that they might rescind/revoke my admission for getting bad grades in my final semester. If that does happen, do you think I could still ask for conditional graduate standing so that I could take a few courses there and prove that I am capable of graduate study? Is that conditional graduate standing means? Here is what I read from their official website, I couldn't completely understand it: "If the work of an applicant holding an approved bachelor's degree is deficient in content or quality so that supplemental study or demonstrated ability is necessary, the applicant may be accorded conditional graduate standing." http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/admissions...anding.php Please help!

hey. what you consider "non-traditional" is becoming more and more the norm. a lot of graduate students i know started at 27+ because they wanted to take a break from school, go out and get some industry experience, earn money to pay off college loans, whatever the reason may be, it is a valid one (unless all you did was sit at home and do nothing). so you actually won't feel out of place at all (btw i'm a senior in elec engr at a top 10 engr program so i know a lot of grad students). you also have some advantages that students coming straight out of college don't: you are more mature and can handle pressure a lot better than undergrads can. LORs don't have to be all academic. if you can, try and get 1 or 2 from your master's program professors. and also you want to make sure to get some from supervisors at the places you've worked in. unlike "traditional" applicants, your strong points are not your classes or interactions with professors, your strength is your vast industry experience (which is very useful because most PhDs in elec engr go on to work in industry, very few get into academia) so you want to draw on that. submit whatever professional accomplishments you received and they will make a very strong case. as to academics, the grad school will get you upto speed within the first couple of years with graduate coursework. hope this helps and good luck!

even though you are going to meet with the professor face-to-face, it doesn't hurt to attach your resume and/or any other relevant work you might have done in the field you're interested. and if you've finished/almost finshed your essay for the school, attach that too. that way, if the professor has time, he/she can read your documents and then discuss them with you when you meet, rather than him/her reading documents while you sit there awkwardly, fidgeting in your chair....... and if he/she doesn't have the time to read them beforehand, well, you're still bringing them with you to the meeting...... in my opinion, potential graduate school discussions with professors tend to be more personal than you would think. after all the technical aspects of research, funding, facilities, etc. the professor really wants to know why you want to graduate school and why to that school.

hey all, i've posted a couple times on this forum, but no replies . i'm a senior in electrical engineering and got into a couple of graduate schools, but i'm struggling with my classes my last semester (and might end up failing one of them ) so I'm afraid that my admissions will be revoked. someone i took a class with once, mentioned that he was rejected from graduate school, but he ended up taking graduate classes at his undergraduate institution as a non-degree seeking student and after one semester, he ended up as an offcial graduate student. has anyone else heard of something similar happening? and if so, how does it work? i hope it doesn't come down to that option for me, but i'm afraid that my bad semester might make it so.

i am in a similar situation, having gotten into a PhD program of my choice. But I am currently struggling with a class my last semester. senioritis has set in badly and at a bad time If i do fail the class, is that an automatic rescind? Or can I defer my admission for a semester to retake (and probably ace) the class that I failed? btw, I am trying really hard to pass the class. It is just very difficult material and I deeply regret having signed up for such a class my last semester.

thanks, these are very good points. im gonna ask my professor about these and also my undergrad office about what options i have. has anyone heard of this happening before? because im not only worried about the fact that i may need to stay here to retake the class, but it's also an F in a class. i've never had an F before, in my 4 years of college and one in the very last semester looks really bad!

hey thanks for the reply and i will definitely try very hard to pass! also you bring up an interesting point! simultaneously take the class........but i'm going to a different grad school, i don't know if that's possible.

hey, i'm an undergraduate senior at an engineering school and i've applied and gotten accepted at a good engineering graduate school for fall 2011. however, one of my classes this final semester is really tough and i fear that i may have to retake it (and unfortunately, it's not offered during the summer). do you think it would be possible for me to defer my admission to the graduate program till spring 2012, if i do need to retake the class? i'd like to hear from people who have deferred admissions before and what the process was like. thanks for your responses!