<p>I'll be applying to these schools this coming winter for M.S. with the intention of completing PHD and it's been my dream of getting in (and getting funding). I will be done with undergraduate next spring.</p>
<p>Current undergrad school: Rose-Hulman
Major: Civil Engineering
Minor: Mathematics
Cumulative GPA: 3.76
Major GPA: 3.92</p>
<p>Desired Grad Program: Civil (Structural) Engineering
Schools applying to:
6 top-tiers (Cal Berkeley, Texas, Purdue, Illinois Urbana, MIT, Standford)
1 fall-back (U. Pittsburgh)</p>
<p>GRE scores:
Taking the GRE Friday, just took a practice test and these were my scores: 470V/750Q
Assume I can raise my scores to
500V/780-800Q</p>
<p>Publications: Primary author of 1 conference proceeding, which came from a summer undergraduate research experience at U. Pitt</p>
<p>LORs:
Structures Professor at Pitt (Research Mentor)
Structures Professor at Rose (A in 4 classes w/ him, he was in the lab researching with me all summer and knows me well)
Structures Professor at Rose (A in 4 classes w/ him, grader for him)</p>
<p>I'm worried my GRE scores are not going to be up to par with these top tier schools. Please let me know if I have a high, or a 50-50(cuz other applicants are about the same) or a low chance of getting funding at these schools, and how much I can expect. </p>
<p>I haven't started my SOP because I've been trying to zone into my area of interest and have been focusing on my NSF Fellowship application.</p>