<p>Hi everyone..</p>
<p>I am in mechanical engineering . I want to study in top univ. like</p>
<p>Caltech
Stanford
MIT</p>
<p>The problem is I have 10 point scale grading system. and I have 5/10. Now I am not sure that its 2.5/4 in US scaling system.. I have 770 in quant and 620 in Verbal. I have done one internship and one research work published.</p>
<p>SO can u please say will i get in MS aerospace prog. at univ stated above..??
Plz reply.. I really need immediate help...</p>
<p>Your chance is extremely slim.</p>
<p>Even with gre scores above 1400…??</p>
<p>Scores above 1400 are expected for those schools and your GPA and work/research experience are inadequate as well. </p>
<p>Also, you did not score above a 1400. I do not think a high enough GRE score would sway the committee even if you retook it and scored much better. There are too many applicants to those programs who have fantastic stats, and a much more complete package.</p>
<p>A 5/10 is quite low- probably equivalent of getting a 1.0/4.0. Even a 1600 GRE won’t make a difference. </p>
<p>However, is this normal of your university grading system? Where do most of your peers stand?</p>
<p>In my tenure of participating/overseeing graduate admission at a good school, GRE scores have played very minor role, mostly as a threshold. </p>
<p>BTW, MANY international applicants have 1500+ GRE scores.</p>
<p>The minor role that GRE scores play is difficult enough for American students to grasp, but it’s even more difficult for internationals, simply because many international systems value high scores over all else. </p>
<p>The universities you mentioned take only top students. You cannot be an average or worse student at your university and get into one of those unless you’ve done some kind of groundbreaking research that elevates you to “top” status. Admission to those programs is so competitive that American students with 3.8 GPAs and stronger GRE scores get rejected. As eeship and MaceVindaloo say, high grades and scores are expected; the distinguishing factors are academic fit, the quality of your research, and your letters of recommendation, all of which must impress the admissions committee, some of the best minds in the field. </p>
<p>I don’t know your home university’s grading system or where you stand among your peers in the same department or even its international reputation. If you are among the top in your department, then go ahead and try for those schools. If you are in the middle and you attend a fairly prestigious universities, you should aim for mid-tier programs in the US. If you are in the bottom and/or attend an average university, then you’d be better off working in research for a few years before applying to US universities.</p>
<p>I have 83 percentile in my college… I’m not sure how they are going to convert my score from 10 point to gpa… But mostly I’ll have around 3.4. Because my college have very tough exams and they give results too low… </p>
<p>I’m 90% sure that my gpa will be around 3.4 -3.6…</p>
<p>yeah my friend said that it will be around 3.4-3.6 or something…</p>