Sarahre Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Hello Everyone, I need your advice as to what the chances are for someone with the following profile to get into a top 10 ECE school: Undergrad: 3.12/4.0 GPA - GA Tech Grad: 3.63/4.0 - Virginia Tech 1 Published 3rd Author Paper, and 1 Third and 1 Fifth Author papers submitted GRE Scores (Must be retaken for Verbal Score Especially) 720 Quantitive, 390 Verbal, 5 Writing I'm almost finishing up, wondering if maybe taking more courses to higher my GPA will help? And Improving GRE? Or is getting into a top-10 school a lost-cause in my case? Please help! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33andathirdRPM Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Anything less than a 800QR score would be a huge red flag for an engineering program, I'd think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahre Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 Thank you for your response! If i pull my Quantitive up to the equivalent of an 800 on the new GRE-- Do I have a chance with a good school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikKar Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 It would be much better if your Grad GPA was closer to 3.95, 3.63 for a Master's program seems a bit low as everybody tends to get As. Unless you know a prof personally and he's hell-bent on taking you, specifically, I think your profile is not the strongest in the pool of applicants. I mean, people applying for Top-10 schools can have ridiculously strong profiles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanoTech Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 You still have a chance with a good school. You should email some POIs with similar research interests. BTW what are those top-10 EE schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Sn Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 (edited) Hello, Please give me advice. Is it possible for me to get into a top 10 Electrical Engineering School with profile shown in the following Undergrad: 3.92/4.0 GPA Grad: 4.0/4.0 3 Published 1rd Author Paper Toefl- 90 ( English is my second language) 1st round GRE Scores : 770 Quantitive, 380 Verbal, 3 Writing 2st round GRE Scores : 770 Quantitive, 350 Verbal, (unknown) Writing By the way, my time is running since most of the universities have deadline on Dec, 15th, 2013. Should I have the third round of GRE, or should I make the perfect toefl scores ? Please help! Thanks! Edited October 11, 2013 by Gap Sntin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phdseeking14 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Dear Gap Sntin, You seem to have excellent grades as both an undergrad and a graduate student. You also seem to have publications, which is very good. Honestly, the competition is significantly more fierce for international students then it is for domestic, and while much of your application looks solid, you really need to improve that TOEFL. For example, I think Stanford EE needs a minimum score of at least 100. I wouldn't worry too much about the GRE, but if you get that 350 Verbal to at least in the 500 ball-park, you should be better off. So to answer your question, if you ONLY have time for ONE, then definitely focus on the TOEFL because many top schools have a requirement, and if you don't meet the requirement, you automatically get rejected. However, I don't know any school that has a GRE minimum score requirement. My advice would be to focus on TOEFL. What schools are you applying to, and what specialization? You might want to start contacting potential PIs at those institutions; that can help! Best wishes, -DV Tin Sn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Sn Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Thank you, Syracuse. I am planning for the next toefl test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundTurth Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Dear Gap Sntin, You seem to have excellent grades as both an undergrad and a graduate student. You also seem to have publications, which is very good. Honestly, the competition is significantly more fierce for international students then it is for domestic, and while much of your application looks solid, you really need to improve that TOEFL. For example, I think Stanford EE needs a minimum score of at least 100. I wouldn't worry too much about the GRE, but if you get that 350 Verbal to at least in the 500 ball-park, you should be better off. So to answer your question, if you ONLY have time for ONE, then definitely focus on the TOEFL because many top schools have a requirement, and if you don't meet the requirement, you automatically get rejected. However, I don't know any school that has a GRE minimum score requirement. My advice would be to focus on TOEFL. What schools are you applying to, and what specialization? You might want to start contacting potential PIs at those institutions; that can help! Best wishes, -DV yes I second that, I've seen applicants with Excellent GPA and GRE that were refused cause of low TOEFL scores. Tin Sn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Sn Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Thank you PhDSeeking14 and Ground truth Your comment helps me shape my direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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