<p>I want to say sorry if I placed the post in a wrong place. But there seems to be no branch exclusively for master program.</p>
<p>Background:
Georgia Tech
Major EE
Minor CS
GPA(now):3.6X
just begin my Senior Year
one internship at Engineering Company
one undergraduate research: but it really does not look or sound fancy, just a normally average research. No thesis or anything fancy.
Undergraduate TA : 1 year
International students
Do not ask for financial aid</p>
<p>I messed up a little bit and dropped straight down from 3.9 to the current GPA. Sigh. </p>
<p>here are my questions, could someone please give me clues? I sincerely appreciate these who could help:</p>
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<li><p>I am planning to apply for master programs. Is that true, GPA thereby is the most important thing?</p></li>
<li><p>Is that true, master programs are much easier to get in?</p></li>
<li><p>I am somewhat sure I can get into GT's master program anyway because of the five year BSMS program. But still, I am looking for some possibilities for UCB, Stanford, CMU and MIT(yes, I know it sounds like a joke based on my experience, sigh). The reason is that I wan to specialize in semiconductor and/or IC circuit design areas and would be better off in these schools. Anyone has some clues about my chance?</p></li>
<li><p>ain't GRE scores really significant although required by schools, are they?</p></li>
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<p>No, it’s one of several very important things. Recommendation letters and your statement of purpose are also roughly as important.</p>
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<p>When compared to PhD programs, yes, but not in absolute terms. They might still be competitive.</p>
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<p>Your chances, just like everyone’s chances when applying to the very top schools in a field, are slim. It’s worth applying, but you should have some alternatives that you’re happy with - whether that’s GT or anywhere else. Stanford is known to have a somewhat large (unfunded) master’s program for EEs, so it’s definitely worth applying to. Does MIT even have an EECS masters program for external students? It didn’t when I last checked, though I could be mistaken.</p>
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<p>You’ll need a strong quantitative score, which should be no problem for you. The verbal basically doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>Generally, I think I asked the duplicated questions but your answers are very helpful. I sincerely thank you.
It is my fault not to point out I only want to apply for EE master not a EECS one. Sorry.</p>
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this is true, and the reason I would apply for my mother school’s joint BSMS program. I feel I have a very great chance to stay with my dear Gatech for my master. It’s acceptable anyway.</p>
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It’s true, and I was amazed how huge the body is. Compared to Stanford, UCB’s graduate school seems to be much smaller, oddly.</p>