Looking for EE Master's Programs

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<p>For the past year, I have been primarily interested in pursuing a PhD, but have recently discovered that I do not enjoy research enough to make it my career. Because of this, I am looking in to Masters programs. It turns out I don't know very much about getting in to Masters programs though.</p>

<p>My stats are:</p>

<p>Purdue EE major
- 3.5-3.6 gpa
- 3 coops with NASA at Johnson Space Center,
- REU at the Rice Quantum Institute at Rice University
- I will probably have one more internship somewhere and one more research experience before graduating</p>

<p>I have not taken the GRE yet - I have lots of time since research and internships make it take longer to get through school.</p>

<p>I am not expecting any funding, but wanted to know what caliber of masters programs in EE, applied math, or applied physics, quantitative finance etc. I would be qualified for. I do not want to do technical work for the duration of my career so brand name might be important.</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>I think you should apply for some top 10’s, and some top 20’s.</p>

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<p>So I take it MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, and Caltech are all big reaches.</p>

<p>Cornell, Princeton, Columbia, Harvard perhaps possible?</p>

<p>Obviously it depends on the program - M.S., or M.Eng. etc. I’m also still considering a M.Fin. to be honest (though I know that’s a very different direction)</p>

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<p>MIT, and Caltech are big reaches. For masters, you have a decent shot at Berkeley/Stanford. </p>

<p>Don’t go to Princeton, Columbia, or Harvard for EE unless you’re interested in academia.
Instead apply to Georgia Tech, Michigan, Illinois,UT-Austin, UCLA…</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice - I’m more looking for info on where I could get in than where I should go.</p>

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<p>Well, I think you’re a great candidate for pretty much any school. I would guess that you can get into a few top-10 programs for sure, but just make sure you have a few safeties.</p>

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<p>Many top schools don’t have masters as a terminal degree. You only get into the PHD program and after like 2 yrs you get a masters on your way to PHD. They don’t admit Masters only candidates.</p>

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<p>Don’t many of those schools have M.Eng. degrees? Princeton for example has M.Eng. and PhD. Thank you all for the input by the way it is much appreciated.</p>

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<p>M. Eng and M. S. are different degrees depending on the schools. Sometimes an M. E in one school is an M.S. in another. You have to read the description and requirement for each school.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input. I know they are different degrees aimed at different things.</p>