<p>Like the title says, I have been an applied/pure math and economics major in a U.S. undergrad institution and in a few months I will be applying to grad school. I have been thinking a lot about going into engineering, particularly applied physics, but am not sure about admission prospects. I have a pretty strong GPA , studied math at Oxbridge, worked at NASA and am conducting publishable research on computational fluid dynamics. I should be able to fit in two terms of engineering physics and possibly one term of chemistry before I graduate. How big of a chance do I have of getting into MS Applied Physics programs at schools like Stanford or Columbia? </p>
<p>If not, what am I missing? I ask about these two schools because I know Stanford's website says that it welcomes applicants from multiple disciplines and the first year would be used to catch up with requisite courses. In Columbia I know they have a 4-2 combined degree program with other affiliates and they require students from these schools to do about the same amount of science courses and way less math courses than I have under my belt. </p>
<p>If I am not qualified what would you recommend I do to become qualified? Are there any well known programs that might be favorable to my qualifications? Perhaps I can get a second bachelors? </p>