<p>I'm currently a MS student at a USNews top 10 Mechanical Engineering program. Fully funded and everything. I'm about to be done and I'm considering going to another school. What's the likelihood of me getting into Berkeley or some other school? My main concern is that my GPA is low (3.4--which I can raise to a 3.5 by the time I graduate). 800/550/5.5 GREs</p>
<p>Interesting, I just looked at the USNews rankings and my school dropped just outside of the top 10...somehow USC is suddenly ranked #8 and Michigan somehow dropped to #9</p>
<p>I can stay at my current school (as long as I pass quals), but I'm not sure if I want to stay. All my B's were from my first semester (after a year of work) if that matters.</p>
<p>I assume you are applying for Ph.D then. Berkeley looks for people with 3.7+ gpa as their cutoff, even if you went to a top 10 school. If you have a 3.5 then you really need to have done some extraordinary research to have a slight chance of being admitted. Good luck</p>
<p>I went to a slightly-not top 10 school in my field and was accepted into a number of top 10 schools. I chose to go to a school that was actually ranked lower than my undergrad due to the advisor I have here.</p>
<p>Problem with me is that my GPA is too low. I'm sure if I took it a bit easier my first semester I would've done fine. A 3.4 in grad school is pretty ugly.</p>
<p>I can stay here, but limiting my options isn't exactly what I like to do.</p>
<p>Just apply to your school AND other graduate schools and see what your options are! Don't limit yourself or worry about transferring. Talk to your professors (preferably the most approachable and open minded ones...)</p>