Masters in Engineering

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If your are interested, I posted several years ago about my son’s journey to grad school.

Thank you!

My son has been offered admission for PhD studies in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Nonequilibrium Gas & Plasma Dynamics Laboratory. He is absolutely thrilled! I want to thank @Juliet and @boneh3ad . They have been a tremendous help for us to understand what needs to be done in order to be a successful applicant. My son started out with a vague idea that he wanted a PhD in aerospace engineering, but generally planned to get a Master’s degree first and then apply to a PhD program. We learned that this was the wrong approach and that he should instead apply directly to a funded PhD program. Why pay for a Master’s degree if the goal was to earn a PhD? We then learned a year ago or so that my son needed significant research experience to go along with good grades and GRE scores. He had time to apply for and complete a summer research program in Germany last summer and to start solid senior-year research projects this fall. This allowed him to get strong recommendation le…