<p>Hi,
I'm attending a 50+ Liberal Art college in physics and math, double major, I'm going to be a senior this fall and want to go to graduate school. I have major GPAs 3.81, 3,73 for physics and math respectively and 3.57 overall, GRE 670+800. I also conducted research at ORNL at material processing group on additive manufacturing, this is the only research I formally did.
Does anyone here know of anything about physics&math major going into graduate school in Engineering field in mechanical, electrical or optical engineering? Is it generally harder than BS, or engineering Bachelors? What is your suggestions if I just want to go to Engineering phd? </p>
<p>Yes, it will be a bit harder but still possible.</p>
<p>I went to a liberal arts college and each year a few science majors went into engineering. The impression I got is that liberal arts students generally need one year of undergraduate engineering classes first before they can start the regular graduate curriculum. Some graduate engineering programs ask students to complete these classes before they apply to the graduate program, while others will let students catch up as part of the graduate degree (with the understanding that it may add extra time to the degree length). You may or may not get funded for remedial portion of your degree.</p>
<p>That’s all second-hand information I gathered when a couple of friends of mine applied to engineering programs. I’d suggest that you ask your professors if they’ve had students in the past who went into engineering and how they fared, and also get in touch with a couple of graduate engineering programs to ask them about your options.</p>