<p>I want to know if taking an extra year to complete a 4 year engineering course (because you had to repeat a year ) can harm your chances of getting into a decent university for a masters course even if your overall gpa is decent ,you have a good gre score ,and you have a few extra curriculars .....</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>
<p>Because of the way courses and pre-reqs are set up in the engineering sequence here, students who take co-ops often take five years to complete an engineering degree.</p>
<p>Ok… so even though if you fail courses and have to do them again so end up taking a year extra ,universities wont be too bothered about it while youre applying for a masters program?</p>
<p>It is likely that the failed courses would be more detrimental to master’s program admissions than just the fact of taking the extra year.</p>
<p>Oh ok… so i have passed those failed courses with good marks when i did it again …so would that be ok?</p>
<p>Let’s be honest: an F looks bad.</p>
<p>What you need to do is have proof of your abilities and accomplishments. Projects you’ve worked on (I don’t mean class projects but something a bit beyond that), engineering clubs you’ve joined, software you’ve written, undergraduate research you’ve done, coops and internships, etc.</p>
<p>Ok yeah i agree with you.</p>
<p>Now my questions is:
See most of the subjects i failed in and had to retake were first year subjects that were general subjects and had nothing to do directly with my industrial engineering and management course . They were not core subjects… so would it still make such a big difference when i apply for a masters program?</p>
<p>People care what you know and what you can do. Taking 5 years and developing capabilities is fine.</p>
<p>Yeah but taking 5 years cause i failed in a few general courses at the beginning …is that fine?</p>
<p>It is important to know what is on your transcript. If the courses are listed with F and then A or B for the same course, it is definitely bad for grad school. If the old grade is overwritten with a new one or averaged to a new one, then it wont matter.</p>
<p>If you are applying for jobs, no one usually looks at your transcript.</p>
<p>Yeah it is listed with an F and an A or B .for the same course on separate transcripts but for subjects .llike chemistry and stuff nothing to do with my industrial engineering course… does this mean i wont get into unis like san jose state and all?</p>
<p>My cgpa will be around 3.25 and i have gre score of 305 (new gre test)</p>
<p>You should request a copy of a consolidated transcript that your school will be issuing to other schools so you can clearly see what is being sent.</p>
<p>If the final copy shows both, then you will have to explain yourself (what you are saying here won’t cut with grad schools, i.e., they are not relevant to my major).</p>
<p>Even if you don’t get into grad school today, apply again as you acquire more actual engineering work experience. The funded M.S.+Thesis programs are the ones that will be more picky on GPA, etc. The coursework-only, part-time and distance/online M.S./M.Eng programs at schools not ranked in the Top-10 will be more lenient with admission.</p>
<p>Oh…and a nice constant tuition-reimbursement check from your employer to school will “help” with admissions also :-)</p>