Looking for an Engineering Graduate School

[uclagraduate]

I am currently an Undergrad at UCLA School of Engineering and will be graduating with a CS&E bachelors and Accounting Minor. I currently have a 3.5 (exactly) and plan to apply to graduate school.

I wanted to know my chances of applying to schools such as Stanford, and other top engineering schools, and what schools I should be applying to.

I want to join a program that has some business aspect to it (the Stanford Managerial Science and Engineering program is ideal for me) and some engineering aspect.

As I stated, I currently have a 3.5, one good letter of rec (from research) from a MIT/Stanford graduate professor, an on campus job, and I will have an internship with a fortune 500 company this summer. For the other two letters of rec, I would find another professor and look for someone in the internship i have this summer.

Any recommendations? thank you.

[HassE]

I am currently an Undergrad at UCLA School of Engineering and will be graduating with a CS&E bachelors and Accounting Minor. I currently have a 3.5 (exactly) and plan to apply to graduate school.

I wanted to know my chances of applying to schools such as Stanford, and other top engineering schools, and what schools I should be applying to.

I want to join a program that has some business aspect to it (the Stanford Managerial Science and Engineering program is ideal for me) and some engineering aspect.

As I stated, I currently have a 3.5, one good letter of rec (from research) from a MIT/Stanford graduate professor, an on campus job, and I will have an internship with a fortune 500 company this summer. For the other two letters of rec, I would find another professor and look for someone in the internship i have this summer.

Any recommendations? thank you.

Although i hate to ask this, are you a US Citizen or an international student? Thats arguably one of the biggest decision makers right there. You said graduate school, for what an MS or a PhD? How are your GRE scores?

many different factors to consider, but i'll be more than happy to help you out. You have a similiar background and interest as myself with the business twist to it.

[uclagraduate]

Although i hate to ask this, are you a US Citizen or an international student? Thats arguably one of the biggest decision makers right there. You said graduate school, for what an MS or a PhD? How are your GRE scores?

many different factors to consider, but i'll be more than happy to help you out. You have a similiar background and interest as myself with the business twist to it.

thank you so much for your reply. I want to do a dual degree at Stanford (MS in MS&E and another tech related MS degree such as cs or ee). I am a US citizen.

i have not yet taken my GREs, but plan to under the new revised test after this summer. are you currently a graduate student studying business/tech?

[HassE]

On 5/8/2011 at 2:27 AM, uclagraduate said:

thank you so much for your reply. I want to do a dual degree at Stanford (MS in MS&E and another tech related MS degree such as cs or ee). I am a US citizen.

i have not yet taken my GREs, but plan to under the new revised test after this summer. are you currently a graduate student studying business/tech?

If your a US Citizen you will have great chances of being accepted, use this to your advantage. I saw the degree over at Stanford, that is an incredible degree especially if you do a dual degree. I was accepted into the MS program for EE at UMich, Ohio state, NYU, and was accepted into UIowa into their PhD EE program.

Received a full financial funding fellowship to Iowa and will be going there. They have a decent Business/Entrepreneurship program and will take the elective courses in the business section.

You being at UCLA with a very good GPA, i think you'll have no problem getting into many schools. The problem you need to start thinking/considering is finances, this was my biggest factor. Stanford will not provide you with funding, which was a no-go for me.

[uclagraduate]

On 5/12/2011 at 10:06 AM, hasseye said:

If your a US Citizen you will have great chances of being accepted, use this to your advantage. I saw the degree over at Stanford, that is an incredible degree especially if you do a dual degree. I was accepted into the MS program for EE at UMich, Ohio state, NYU, and was accepted into UIowa into their PhD EE program.

Received a full financial funding fellowship to Iowa and will be going there. They have a decent Business/Entrepreneurship program and will take the elective courses in the business section.

You being at UCLA with a very good GPA, i think you'll have no problem getting into many schools. The problem you need to start thinking/considering is finances, this was my biggest factor. Stanford will not provide you with funding, which was a no-go for me.

Thank you for your help. Did you apply to Stanford also? A PhD at UIowa sounds great, and I hope you excel in that school. Congratulations on receiving the full funding.

Luckily, I have a scholarship that will fund a decent portion of my graduate schooling.

[wifey99999999]

I am currently an Undergrad at UCLA School of Engineering and will be graduating with a CS&E bachelors and Accounting Minor. I currently have a 3.5 (exactly) and plan to apply to graduate school.

I wanted to know my chances of applying to schools such as Stanford, and other top engineering schools, and what schools I should be applying to.

I want to join a program that has some business aspect to it (the Stanford Managerial Science and Engineering program is ideal for me) and some engineering aspect.

As I stated, I currently have a 3.5, one good letter of rec (from research) from a MIT/Stanford graduate professor, an on campus job, and I will have an internship with a fortune 500 company this summer. For the other two letters of rec, I would find another professor and look for someone in the internship i have this summer.

Any recommendations? thank you.

Hey. I went to UCLA too. Do you know about UCLA's ESAP program? THey guarantee master program's admission for their undergrad students whose GPA is above 3.50. I took that advantage and never had to take GRE or ask professors/supervisors for LOR.

BTW, I'd recommend that you take GRE now before the new format. New format will actually be harder in my opinion.

[jacobadam]

Your chances of being admitted to a good graduate school of engineering in the US do not look promising. They are not going to take any "C" students from minor-league schools. You'd need to be very highly ranked in your program to be considered for admission to grad school.

[newms]

Your chances of being admitted to a good graduate school of engineering in the US do not look promising. They are not going to take any "C" students from minor-league schools. You'd need to be very highly ranked in your program to be considered for admission to grad school.

Are you referring to the OP that has a 3.5 GPA from UCLA?

[wifey99999999]

Your chances of being admitted to a good graduate school of engineering in the US do not look promising. They are not going to take any "C" students from minor-league schools. You'd need to be very highly ranked in your program to be considered for admission to grad school.

Why don't you let us know what your ugrad GPA was and from which prestigious school?