Engineering Admissions Chances

Graduate School
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<p>I am just trying to get an idea as to what range of schools I should be applying to/will be competitive at. I really don't know much about the graduate admissions process so I could use some help.</p>

<p>Here are my basic stats:</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins University - MechE Major</p>

<p>Major GPA: 3.97/4.0
Overall GPA: 3.84/4.0
GRE: 750Q, 550V</p>

<p>Research Experience:</p>

<p>1.5 years in labs at school (although this time has not been very involved or intense, so I really don't feel like this will help much</p>

<p>NSF REU Program at Georgia Tech</p>

<p>Internships:</p>

<p>Summer Internship at Amgen</p>

<p>Extras:</p>

<p>Pi Tau Sigma (MechE Honors); Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honors)
Leadership positions in 2 clubs, one of which is has won numerous national awards for philanthropy by the American Cancer Society</p>

<p>So I'm applying for doctoral programs in Mechanical Engineering. My list of prospective schools are:</p>

<p>MIT
Stanford
UCSD
UMich
Ga Tech
Virginia Tech
Univ of Washington
Colorado - Boulder
Purdue
Texas A&M</p>

<p>I was just wondering if you think I will be competitive at some (if any) of these schools. I just can't seem to get a grasp as to where I have a chance at since most grad schools have such low acceptance rates. Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>Im not sure if this will help but here is an idea what I got accepted too. </p>

<p>My stats:</p>

<p>Mechanical engineer from Virginia Tech
3.43/4.0 overall and in major gpa
750 quant/480 Verbal/4.5 writing
2 undergraduate research projects
I did not join any honor societies</p>

<p>Where I applied:</p>

<p>Virginia Tech masters- accepted
U of Washington masters- Accepted
U of Florida PH.D- Accepted
Columbia masters- rejected for MS/PHD but got accepted to terminal masters</p>

<p>Rejected or not heard from: UC Berkeley, UVA, UC Davis, Case Western</p>

<p>I think you have a very good chance at the top 10 universities. Your stats are a lot better than mine and I got into top 30 schools. I plan to attend columbia btw.</p>

<p>Oh and grad schools like to see people apply to ph.d programs because they need grunts to run their labs. It'll improve your chances at a lot of schools than if you applied as masters because they're viewed as professional degrees.</p>