<p>So I have a 3.77 undergraduate GPA in mechanical engineering and a 3.73 when I factor in transfer credits. I'm planning on getting recommendations from three professors that I have really good relationships with, have done research for, and have gotten A's in all their classes. I have done some research for NASA, Sikorsky and Electric Boat. I haven't taken the GRE's yet, but I am scoring between a 770 and 800 quantitative and 600 and 650 verbal, and I was president of my chapter of Tau Beta Pi. I am planning on applying to UC Berkely, Georgia Tech, and Princeton for a M.S. in Electrical. Can you give me any insight on my chances?</p>
<p>I think you are in a pretty strong place based on what you posted. Your GPA and practice GRE’s are in the right range for the schools you indicated, it sounds like you have good LOR’s and a ton of research, although many different projects are not as good as one really strong one - can you stretch one of those out, maybe squeeze in a conference presentation or publication? And how do you match up to research areas at those schools? If you want to study A you need to go to a school that is researching A.</p>
<p>Also, remember that even at those schools, MS’s are rarely funded - I think you have a strong shot at admission, but funding is still iffy…</p>
<p>Well I’m really interested in digital signal processing with audio applications, and it seems like those schools have a good amount of DSP courses. What are your thoughts?</p>
<p>You should try to go for a PhD and get funding from it. :D</p>