How many people are admitted each year to MIT or Stanford as graduate students after completing their engineering degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology?
What are the best activities to partake at Georgia Tech as an undergraduate to maximize the chances of getting admitted to the above-mentioned universities as a PhD/MS student?
I don’t know the answer to your first question.
Second Question:
For MIT, it depends a little bit on your major. Summer and term time research is key to get into any science PhD program. Look at REU’s in your field. RUEs are competitive summer positions at research universities all over the USA, that are ten weeks long and are sponsored by the NSF. You apply for them as early as sophomore year. They provide $5000 stipend and travel money and sometimes housing. For some students this may result in a publication but you may not want to focus on that but focus on building lab skills, mathematics skills, computational skills etc. You will need recommendations from both your REU professors and Georgia Tech professors. So you need to build relationships with GT professors, by TA’ing for them or doing research with them, or other activities where you get to know professors well. If you are in engineering, summer job experience, with recommendation letters coming from your supervisor will help. For some fields, the GRE score is key, like physics , you need to take the Physics GRE.
@MiamiHeat16 What is your intended major?
@Coloradomama Mechanical engineering
@Miamiheat16 I think engineers should work in industry, to get the most learning. You have a lot of industries to choose from as a mechanical engineer: auto, appliance, aerospace, oil and gas, plastics, semiconductor. Mechanical engineers are employed in nearly every sector, so think more about your interests to choose a fun summer position.
The co op program at GT for mechanical eng, is OUTSTANDING and just want grad schools want, they want you to know about your field and have practical skills in design, manufacturing so you know what you want to specialize in.
So if you think you want a masters at MIT, try to get summer industry experience all three summers or at least two of your three undergrad summers. If you want a PhD, then try BOTH, work in industry in the summers AND work in a research lab at GT. You want to see if you prefer design engineering, or manufacturing, or product development as that will determine what you focus on in graduate school. You may prefer fluid dynamics, or another field that requires a PhD. TAing for math classes at GT is available and may help you decide, do you want to teach? If you want to teach at the university level, then a PhD is needed, and I lot of fun! But you are getting payed less, you will be on a stipend of about $30K a year for about four to six years for most PhD programs. . For some specialized fields, a PhD is needed, like fluid dynamics.
There are REU’s for engineering in mechanical, electrical, materials science , areas such as robotics research at these universities, but working at GT will be really helpful to you as well. REUs are competitive, and you can apply to more than one. Usually housing is included in the deal, but check each website. This will give you experiences beyond the GT campus, and should be helpful, but co op and industry positions will pay much better than REUs.
https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.jsp?unitid=10006