3.0 upper division GPA where should I go?

Graduate School
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<p>Hey guys.
I am an electrical engineering.
School : Cal Poly graduation June 2011
Overall GPA :2.83
Upper Division GPA: 3.05
Major GPA : 2.94
GRE1: 290/ 710
GRE2: 440/ 780
Length of Degree: 4
Type of Student: International , Asian
Experience : Two internships from small companies.
Research : Working on Senior Project with a prof.
LOR from great profs.
May apply ( I think I have no chance at all . What do you think?)
UCSC
UCI
USC
UCSB
UCDavis
Purdue
Penn State
SJSU
CMU
Boston Uni
UIUC</p>

<p>I really want to go to grad school for EE but I don't know what school to apply with such a low GPA. Please give me some advices of which schools I should apply for ( I don't want to go to Cal State anymore).</p>

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<p>I think it will be tough. Your overall GPA is lower than most school’s minimum requirement. Also, you don’t seem to have a lot of research experience either. Some of the schools you listed (i.e. UIUC, CMU, USC, UCSB, Purdue) are also a tough call for more competitive students. Unfortunately, you will probably have to do a M.S. at a Cal State.</p>

<p>However, nothing is impossible so talk to your professors about your choices. You should read the following paper on grad school.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~harchol/gradschooltalk.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~harchol/gradschooltalk.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>All the UCs have a 3.0 cutoff, so I think it’ll be hard to get into them with a sub 3.0 gpa. You should be fine for Cal States.</p>

<p>Are you at San Luis Obispo or Pomona? If you’re only interested in an M.S. then both of those schools should be quite excellent. Going to the UC would be unnecessary.</p>

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<p>Couple years ago one of the mid UC, top 10-20 program, let someone in with 2.6 GPA, ok to good GRE/SOP/recs mainly because he has 7 years of experience in that field. If that guy had only 4 or 5, they wouldn’t let him in.</p>

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<p>wrong. quality > quantity.</p>

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<p>wrong, because that statement came from a direct source.</p>

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<p>you’re implying that people with similar GPAs need more than 5 years of experience to at least have a chance of getting into similar or better programs.</p>