Harvard Engineering Graduate program

Graduate School
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Hello,

I am currently a junior at Penn State studying Chemical Engineering and i am interested in going to graduate school. I know Harvard is not very well known for its engineering program but I heard they are currently expanding and offers a really good ratio between professor and students (5 to 1).

I am not a bright student either, with my stats below, should I even bother to apply? Any other ‘realistic’ school suggestion?

GPA: 3.8/4.00
A semester research experience (will continue til graduation), 1 strong rec letter
2 internships
Not taken GRE yet.

2

Why would you want to go to Harvard for its developing engineering program when there are others that are more established? Also, are you talking about MS or PhD?

3

I think you need to sit down and think about the research you want to do, and then choose a list of schools based on that. Faculty to student ratio is largely irrelevant in graduate school as well. You will find that grad students generally have a lot more direct contact with professors regardless of the program size.