Hello,
I am an international BSc Civil Engineering graduate applying to the MS Petroleum Eng. program at the under-listed schools. UT TAMU Louisiana State University University Of Pittsburgh Penn State University Univ. Of Kansas Univ. Of Alberta
I chose these schools because most of their Professors share my Reservoir Eng.research interest (ie. flow through Porous Media, hydrology). I contacted some professors last week but have no feedback yet.
Kindly view my profile below and please comment on the ff issues if you can.
Undergraduate Degree: Civil Engineering
Overall GPA: 3.2
Final year GPA: 3.48
Length of Degree: 4
Position in Class: 9/146 (93rd Percentile)
GRE Scores:
Q: 800
V: 630
W: 4.0
Research Experience: 1 semester research with my prof. ( on sub-surface hydrological analysis). I also used it for my dissertation
Work Experience : 18 months in drilling works, excavation works and environmental health and safety control.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: High School Scholarship for best Physics student, Good performance Award at work.
My questions are:
What are my chances of admission and RA, TA or Fellowship funding? Is my limited Petroleum back-ground going to affect my admission/ funding chances considerably?
Although my BSc degree was not in Petroleum, it included courses in Engineering Geology, Rock Mechanics, Hydrology, Environmental Quality Eng., Numerical Analysis and Computer Programming and I scored an A (Distinction) in all these courses.
Also, over the past 18 months, I have studied to cover the back-ground Petroleum Courses (i.e. Drilling, Production, Reservoir, Formation Evaluation) primarily by using "The Standard Handbook Of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering by Lyons & Plisga)."
Any comment would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for making time to help me out.