Fall 2012 Applicant Chitchat

[avicus]

Hi everyone, saw some posters doing this in the humanities fora and thought, hey, why should they have all the fun?

Just a brief intro would be good, for us applicants to get to know each other, and share all those worries and anxieties that are bound to be there right now. Tell us where you're from, which programs you'll be applying to, areas of interest, and anything else you care to share!

To kick off, I'm from Asia, and will be applying to programs in radar and remote sensing in the US.

[George2248]

Im from Venezuela, I am appliying to several Contruction Management Programs or Engineering Management Program.

My first options are: Satanford, Berkeley, Cornell, Illinois and Columbia.

I have GPA 3.4 in a top University in Venezuela and graduated top of my class in Civil Engineering.

I have about 1 year of experience working in a construction company in Venezuela.

I just took the GRE and my scores were: 740-800 math / 630-730 verb.

I am a little worried about how the GPA and LOR from a University outside of the US are going to be taken seriously from this tops schools and how hard is it to get into those programs with no background in the educational system in the US.

I guess thats all about me. What do you think?