<p>I am an aerospace engg major (classified as international student) and a physics & math minor at Texas A&M, College Station campus. I have completed 2 Physics courses, 2 maths courses and 2 engg design courses with straight As in all but made a B in ENGLISH composition, My current GPA is 3.85. I am also currently doing research in high energy physics in collaboration with CDF at A&M. I want to transfer to MIT for the same major, what are the chances of doing that in the next academic calender, by then I should have taken 2 semesters of aerospace classes too and hope to keep up my GPA. What other private colleges should I look at for the same major (stanford and caltech checked out since they don't have aero in undergrad). The main reason i want to transfer is because I feel I am not learning anything here, the courses are not challenging at all and students around score so bad that there is always a curve. Plus there are very few people whoa re worried about academics, the move to SEC should further hamper the student quality who are only worried about football and nightlife.</p>
<p>When I was planning to come to US i was looking at Ivy league and MIT but for some unavoidable reasons I could not even apply there by the jan 15 deadline. things got better in May 2011 and that is when I started my application and could only apply to schools with rolling admission and A&M was the best among those.</p>
<p>Or should I just stay and look for grad school? (i will attend grad school for sure). How good a chance will have then?</p>
<p>P.S. I am looking for private schools because they tend to offer better scholarships and fin aid to international students than public schools. Though if you know of any public schools with generous aid to internationals, please suggest</p>
<p>I am a 50-something electrical engineer working in the semiconductor industry. I wouldn’t believe your intended industry would behave much different, so I’ll share with you my observations over the past 3 decades+. The importance of what’s on your resume is this:
Where have you worked, what you did there, and what kind of recommendation(s) have they given you. This gets you in our door.
Personality and perceived “fit” with our team.<br>
Degrees - obviously, the more the better, but having a post graduate degree is only a minor advantage. Two candidates would have to be perceived perfectly even (with regards to 1 & 2) for a post grad degree to sway a hire. The point here is that once you’re in the workforce, you’re only as good as your last accomplishment(s). Nobody cares anymore where you went to school. (Maybe you do, but nobody else.)</p>
<p>… unless the candidate is a freshly minted engineer, which will be your case.</p>
<p>For newly minted kids out of school we look at
Where you worked on internships and co-ops and what kind of recommendation(s) have they given you. This gets you in our door.
GPA
Personality and perceived “fit” with our team. If you’re a young engineer, it’s probably best to be humble and respectful, but show you can be relaxed, confident, and appropriately casual during a professional encounter. The very last thing you want to do is brag. You need to show you love the field you selected and confidence in your ability to become a valuable contributing member of the design team.
Degrees. Last to first. If your last degree was from MIT, you are from MIT. If you went to MIT as an undergrad and your last degree came from Cornell, you are from Cornell. I know is sounds like people are throwing away your past accomplishments, but that’s just how it is. This probably comes from the fact that most people go to a better school for post graduate work, so everyone assumes this and people only consider the last school you attended. They barely even bother looking at where you attended prior to your last degree.</p>