<p>Hello all</p>
<p>I am currently a Junior majoring in Civil Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and I am just beginning to think about Graduate school. I plan on specializing in Structural Engineering after I graduate from Rose. I was wondering if anyone could give me some insight of where I might stand when applying to the Structural Engineering graduate programs in the following schools:</p>
<p>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Purdue University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Columbia University
Cornell University
California Institute of Technology</p>
<p>Thus far, my gpa at Rose has hovered around a 3.0. I don't know if I have the authority to judge the level of difficulty of other schools, but I have to work pretty hard to even maintain a 3.0 gpa on our trimester system. Would another student coming out of a possibly less 'difficult' school with a higher gpa than mine be looked upon more favorably?</p>
<p>I am very much involved with our ASCE student chapter. I have served as the Activities Director and Treasurer, and plan on running for Vice-President. During my tenures, I have headed up several projects such as fundraisers and community service projects.</p>
<p>I run on the varsity track and field team, and plan to continue that for the rest of my remaining time here at Rose.</p>
<p>In addition, I am a member of the College Democrats club and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics student chapter.</p>
<p>In terms of work experience, thus far I have worked during two summers as an intern for two different structural engineering firms. For this summer, I plan to go back to the firm that I worked for during the past summer.</p>
<p>Any insight is much appreciated.</p>
<p>smpaladin</p>