School Choices for Material Science/Chem E

Graduate School
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<p>Hey CC,</p>

<p>I wanted to see if it were possible to get into any graduate school with my stats.
Ideally, I want to get into fuel cell/battery development, so my major will be Chemistry/ChemE/MSE depending on which faculty specializes on it.</p>

<p>My stats are the following</p>

<p>UCLA 2010 Graduate
Chemical Engineer w/ Semiconductor Emphasis
GPA: 3.3
GRE: 800Q/480V/5</p>

<p>No research</p>

<p>Have worked as a Sales Engineer/QA/Doc control for a small engineering firm for past 2 years</p>

<p>Decent LOR</p>

<p>I hope to stay in California, but would be willing to move if I must</p>

<p>I have thought of the following schools</p>

<p>Stanford (MSE)
UCB (ChemE)
University of Michigan (MSE)</p>

<p>UCLA (MSE)
UCD (ChE)
UCSD (Nanoengineering)
UW (ChE)
UCI (ChE)
USC (Chemistry)</p>

<p>Do I have a shot at anything?</p>

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<p>If you’re looking for doctoral admissions, your apparent lack of research experience will be a severe handicap. Did you do any research-related stuff as an undergraduate?</p>