<p>I'm thinking about applying to UT and TAMU for grad school in PetE.</p>
<p>Undergrad: Purdue Univerisity Industrial Engineering
GPA: 3.3
GRE: 1250 (750Q, 500V)
Internships: One fortune 500 Company, IE position.
One small independent Oil Co. </p>
<p>President of National IE Honors Society
Officer in numerous other clubs</p>
<p>No research experience.</p>
<p>Let me know what my chances are if anybody has some knowledge about the programs??</p>
<p>Why don’t you start working for a Petro E company and have them pay for your education?</p>
<p>You’d also have an “industry affilation” which I think helps get you into grad school.</p>
<p>My first choice, without a doubt, is to get an industry job right out of school. However, this is easier said than done coming out of an IE program in the middle of Indiana.</p>
<p>The position with the small independent company is sought out on my own (not through school recruiting), and chosen over other much higher paid positions that I could have in other industries… Basically, I’ll be working this summer for much less just because I want to get my foot in the door.</p>
<p>I’ve decided this is the industry I want to work in. I’m going to apply for grad school as a backup just in case I can’t get a good position right out of school - so I’m just wondering what my chances are.</p>
<p>I think grad school full time is a good choice also. You can gain research experience and hopefully get an assistantship/fellowship to pay tuition and a stipend. In the long run, I think the MS will be worth it. I found grad school to be beneficial.</p>
<p>However, I don’t know how much advantage you have with an M.S. vs a B.S. in petroleum. The BLS shows that there is almost no difference in salary, though I think that was in their previous version of the OOH, as the current (new) one doesn’t mention that.</p>