- US Citizen
- Junior year at a very mediocre private university
- B.S in Mechanical Engineering, math minor
- Male/White
Considered Major: Graduate school in Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Plasma Physics
Intended Track/Program(s): Masters of Science
GPA and Test Scores
- College GPA: 4.00 unweighted
- GRE: Haven’t taken it yet
Coursework
Conventional Mechanical Engineering track with a Mathematics minor
Awards
Presidents List every quarter
Eagle Scout for whatever that’s worth
Extracurriculars
President of a rocketry club, worked on some small hobby projects, did an online NASA summer camp, Ansys online certification, big CAD portfolio for fun
Work Experience
Interned one summer at major tech company doing MechE R&D, Tutored calc for 2 years
Research Experience
None
The Run Down
I had very extreme mental health struggles in middle and high school and only got into a very mediocre college. I’m now doing much better and have gotten perfect scores in college, but I’m starting to panic that my efforts aren’t going to pay off. I’m in my Junior year, and want to do plasma and fusion science research for graduate school but my university has no relevant research. What are my chances of getting into any of the interesting graduate programs on fusion (MIT, UC Berkeley, Princeton, etc). And what can I do to remedy my current situation, given my current program only has ~1.5 years left