<p>I am in last year of B.Engg - Chemical Engineering. And I am going to apply this week for universities. I have narrowed down to a few universities, but as i see all of them are good and would be very difficult to get in !</p>
<p>Here is the list:
For Nanoscale Engineering
1. CNSE, Albany
2. UC San Diego
3. Louisiana Tech University</p>
<p>For Chemical Engineering
1. University of Texas, Austin
2. Rice University
3. University of Chicago, Illinois
4. UCLA
5. University of Minnesota
6. University of Wisconsin - Madison
7. Perdue University</p>
<p>So there is the list, Here are my grades:
*GPA: 3.3-3.4 roughly
*TOEFL: 104/120 (iBT)
*GRE: (this is where it goes wrong)
Quant: 156
Verbal: 152</p>
<p>As i said, some of these universities are very good and i might not even have a chance. Could you please mention the universities in which i have realistic chance ?</p>
<p>Please, could anyone suggest universities that offer Chemical Engineering where i could apply and have good chances of getting admissions.</p>
<p>Thanx in advance.</p>
<p>Nationality: India (will be applying as an International applicant)</p>
<p>P.s. I wanted a review about Louisiana Tech Univ.</p>
<p>University of Chicago does not have engineering programs. If you want engineering in the city of Chicago, look into Illinois Institute of Technology or University of Illinois at Chicago.</p>
<p>You did not say whether you are interested in a Masters or Ph.D. Your grades and test scores are probably OK for many of the choices you list but if you are trying for a Ph.D. your chances at the more selective schools is not great.</p>
<p>I’m very sorry for insufficient information.</p>
<p>Yes, I’ll be applying for the Masters program. Also, I typed it all wrong. Indeed it is University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC).</p>
<p>I’m considering dropping my application for University of Texas, Austin & University of Wosconsin-Madison (as i think I might have very low chances) and instead apply for:</p>
<ol>
<li>Illinois Institute of Technology</li>
</ol>
<p>2.University of California, Santa Barbara
OR
University of Southern California</p>
<p>Is there a reason you aren’t applying to any of the big name northeast schools? With your stats, you don’t have to look at schools in middle America.</p>
<p>An equivalent 720 on the GRE M for a ChemE major is not strong. The other applicants will have equivalent 800 or near 800. </p>
<p>His Verbal isn’t that great either, but his Q and his GPA are going to be the bigger concern. It’s 77 percentile.</p>
<p>When my son went thru the grad school app process 2 years ago as a STEM student, we found that the process to be much more brutal then expected. Although he had a 100% acceptance rate, his stats were super…800Q, 770V, 4.0 GPA and a super high Math subject GRE (forget the number but it was very high).</p>
<p>The brutal lesson was these grad schools only accept a tiny % of applicants. Some accept as few as 2-3%. There are no safeties.</p>
<p>@informative, No reason…would you suggest any that I could have chances of being selected with my grades ? </p>
<p>@BeanTownGirl Okay, thanx. I will.</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids, No funding required.</p>
<p>One more thing, if you would know. My topmost priority is CNSE, Albany (1st option in the list for Nanoscale Engineering. I would like to know how stringent the acceptance is.</p>
<p>I’m scared as hell now </p>
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<p>It depends a little bit on which end of nanomaterials you would like to research. You will need to go where they have the right equipment and the right experts. Nanoscale electronics? Nanomechanics? Nanomaterials? If this is your primary area of interest, focus on it first, before considering bulk Chemical Engineering study.</p>
<p>A few of others you might consider: University of Utah, University of Delaware, and Rutgers.</p>
<p>@Magnetron, thank you. I will consider your opinion.</p>
<p>Yes, nanomaterials. But from what research I did, there are not many universities offering M.S. in Nanoscale Engineering. Correct me if I am wrong. </p>
<p>Despite currently doing Chemical Engineering, my goal was always to do Nanotech. In India they don’t have good Bachelors courses, and nowhere there is a Material Science course.</p>
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<p>“With your stats, you don’t have to look at schools in middle America.”</p>
<p>Informative, you really need to inform yourself. “Middle America” has some of the best Engineering schools in the US. As far as the OP is concerned, 5 of the top 15 Chem E programs in the US are located in “Middle America”. That’s a pretty high concentration of top programs.</p>
<p>And what’s wrong with Middle America? I have lived in the Midwest, in the Northeast and in the Mid Atlantic, and I found the Midwest to be just as pleasant (and possibly more welcoming of international students) and sophisticated as other parts of the country.</p>
<p>To the OP, several programs you listed above will expect a GPA well over 3.5 and a quant GRE over 160 (770 in the old format). I am affraid Minnesota, Purdue, Rice, Texas-Austin, UCLA and Wisconsin will all be major reaches. You may want to substitute a couple of them with Delaware and CU-Boulder.</p>
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