Applying to Grad school, 3.8GPA, International Student, Female. CHANCES?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm applying for several schools for Masters/PhD for the spring 2010 (Virginia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, Penn U, U of Illinois-Urbana, U of Wisconsin-Mad, Ohio State (fallback)).</p>

<p>I plan to do Masters and then PhD, or if they allow, direct PhD. (some schools do offer that, I checked)</p>

<p>I have a 3.8 GPA, BS in Electrical Engineering (U of Missouri) graduating this December. International Student. I'm taking my GRE for the second time this July (first GRE: V 470, Q 710, 4.5 writing).</p>

<p>I have almost 1 year of research experience and one publication coming out this August, hopefully.</p>

<p>I'm also not applying for financial aid / funding, since I have an independent sponsorship.</p>

<p>Can you guys give me any opinions/chances/whatever you think?
thanks!</p>

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<p>really, nothing? :(</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance at all these schools. Just try to bring up that Q score on the GRE because engineering masters programs require you a high quant score. Especially at Carnegie Mellon and UPenn. You may even want to get a job for a year before going to grad school. Just a thought.</p>

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<p>thanks for the reply. yeah, i didn’t study for the first gre, which was stupid. I got bored in the middle of it too. i’m studying to take it for the second time.
Getting a job is not really an option right now, but thanks anyways</p>

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<p>What country are you from BTW? Because your verbal score is very low. Is it an english speaking country?</p>

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<p>Portuguese is my first language</p>

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<p>chance me too!
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