<p>I am a junior attending a small engineering school in NYC. I currently have a 3.43 overall gpa and have about a year of research so far (and plan on continuing probably until I graduate). No publications yet, but my professor did mention I may be able to do one in the summer. No internships yet or anything. My professors know me very well so I could probably get some good LORs. Can you give me a rough idea of my chances for MIT and Cornell?</p>
<p>What’s your major and are you looking for MS or MS/PhD?</p>
<p>I probably should’ve mentioned that haha. I am looking for an MS in Mechanical Engineering. My current major is general engineering with a mechanical engineering focus (it’s basically MechE with a few of the courses swapped for something else…my school has pretty limited degree options)</p>
<p>For a Masters, the admission criteria are usually somewhat lower than for the Ph.D. program but you have to expect to self-fund the degree if you are going to a school which has a Ph.D. program.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply. Do you know if schools usually publish data of average accepted GPAs? I am just beginning to really look into graduate school so I don’t really know too much about the process.</p>
<p>“Chances” for undergraduate admissions are nonsense. “Chances” for graduate admissions are hot buttered nonsense.</p>
<p>GPA and GRE scores are factors in graduate admissions, but not the only ones or even the most important. A bad GPA might exclude an application, but just having a great GPA won’t necessarily mean that person will be admitted. Graduate admissions are far more holistic, and depend heavily on qualitative factors such as research interests and experience, letters of recommendation and “fit” with the program’s faculty. There is no way of knowing how each program’s particular admissions committee will view your application in the context of each professor’s needs and wants for admitted students.</p>
<p>Is your school ABET accredited? </p>
<p>Most schools (like MIT) have a range of GRE scores and GPA of their accepted students. But like polarscribe said, it is all about fit as long as you have stellar grades</p>
<p>My school is indeed ABET accredited. My specific degree isn’t, but all the courses I took are ABET accredited (I guess it’s a logistics thing with the degree being in “general” engineering). I agree with what polarscribe said, I was just wondering if there are any kinds of resources I can look at to give me a general idea (StructuralEngr88, do you know any?)</p>
<p>Hey man, I think it’s gonna be kinda challenging for you to think about these schools because even for MS, you need to have at least the following:
(based on my friend who got into MS program at several ivies)
- GPA of at least 3.7
- 1 Publication
- Rock the GRE (90++ percentile on the quant)
- At least 2 years of research
- Honor society, research fellowship, awards, etc</p>
<p>If you don’t have that, maybe you gotta prepare some safeties like BU or UIUC</p>
<p>Facepalm…</p>