Low GPA Electrical engineering undergrad apply environmental engineering need help

<p>Hi guys,
I'm planning to apply environmental engineering as my graduate study. My GPA is 3.3 right now and GRE is 310. I'm preparing for the second try for GRE in November. Could you give me any advice on what kind of school I should apply? ranking or location(not only in US) Thanks for your help!</p>

<p>You may want to post your question in the Graduate school forum. Also, check out the sticky threads in that forum for some great general advise/info.</p>

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<p>Your stats are low for grad schools. How does your GRE break down? </p>

<p>Grad school admissions are very competitive, even at lower ranked schools. </p>

<p>V 146 Q 164, I know my low stats, even I might meet the minimum requirement of most of college, the chance is pretty low too</p>

<p>Thank you for telling me this. I’m gonna repost over there</p>

<p>ps: have an economy minor with 3.5 GPA, if any major combines economy and environmental study would be perfect for me.</p>

<p>Where are you located? I would suggest finding a job instead of grad school in environmental engineering.</p>

<p>@texaspg Thanks for replying!
I’m in Michigan right now. But the thing is, I’m an electrical engineer not environmental. and I really want to learn and work in environmental field.</p>

<p>What attracts you to this area? I have seen many other types move but I have rarely seen an electrical engineer move to environmental.</p>

<p>@texaspg
I picked electrical since my dad is in this area, and by that time I thought it would be fine to me. After nearly 5 years study, I find out electrical is not the job I want to do in the rest of my life. Indeed, it has a higher salary compare to environmental. But I still prefer to do the thing I enjoyed most, like protecting the environment.</p>

<p>What area of environmental engineering are you interested in?</p>

<p>@texaspg
by far, I like the water resources or water treatment, but since I haven’t really got in touch with this major that much, I cannot 100% sure that’s my choice.</p>

<p>Well, do you have the prerequisite courses needed for this kind of graduate program. At my university, Illinois Tech, EE majors don’t take a lot of biology, chemistry, and physics and those are a big part of what you are interested in doing.</p>

<p>You need to look into specific programs, find out what their requirements are and plan a strategy. This might include working for a while as an engineer while you take the prerequisite courses.</p>