MS in Power Systems (ECE)

<p>Hello everyone,</p>

<p>I'm a junior in ECE at UT Austin with a GPA of 3.1. I'm interested in Power Systems in EE. I took my GRE and I got 1460 (800 Quant & 660 Verbal) & a 5 on the essay. I'm currently working as an undergrad research asst. & have published some papers. The prof I'm working for told me that he would give me an excellent recommendation. </p>

<p>I can graduate by December, so I have been researching on Grad Schools. First of all, I'm not sure if I can get into good schools (top 10 including UT) Can you guys tell me/ guide me if I can get into the top 10-20 schools with my current performance at UT? Even if I extend my graduation by 6 months, my GPA can be boosted upto 3.15 by December, which is the deadline for Fall '10.</p>

<p>Also, can anyone point me to the minimum GPA requirements for ECE for schools like Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin - Madison, UIUC, GT, Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley, UCSB & UCLA.</p>

<p>I'm amazed at the information available in this forum! Thank you all for the contributions!</p>