<p>I'm not sure is there a thread like this, but if so my apologies. 6 months ago I graduated with a degree in B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering. During these 6 months, I've been applying many engineering jobs that is closely related to my field of study. Even I did volunteer work in some of the research lab at my school, I still haven't got any job offer (probably my GPA which 2.85) Right now, I'm still debating whether I want to go to grad school or not. If I'm going, should I do Biomedical Eng., Mechanical Eng focus on Nano tech. or Finance? or Maybe just do a master in Aerospace Eng to see if my chance improve? Which in engineering is on demand in the US? Don't really want to be unproductive. Anyhow, I would like to have opinions or advices that help my decision.</p>
<p>Looks like that GPA is probably at least a decently important factor in your predicament. In a down economy, employers are pickier. The only thing I can say about what you should do is to do what you are really interested in. If you are interested in aerospace still, then do aerospace. If you are interested in nonotechnology, then go back to school and try to get into an area like that.</p>
<p>No matter what though, you will have a tough time with grad school admissions with a 2.85 at most or all of the top schools. I don’t honestly know what you can do to improve that situation.</p>
<p>Do you think, it would be better to get a bachelor degree and then improve my GPA or just go for Adult continuing Education and get a certificate from it? or go to a trade school?</p>
<p>If you don’t get a job straight out of college in the aerospace field, it’s going to be very difficult to get one, especially with low GPA. If you need a job now, you should consider going to trade school, but you’ll be more or less wasting your degree. You can also try your luck when the economy picks up - employers will be less picky.</p>
<p>I know Johns Hopkins has a graduate program for experienced professionals. If you didn’t have a 3.0 gpa, they’d take your body of work as a professional (as long as it relates to the degree you’re seeking) into account as a way to offset grades you made in college. This shows them that you have matured and shown success at a higher level. Hopkins probably isn’t the only school that does this.</p>
<p>I’ve been applying job everywhere in the US. What i meant for closely related I meant to apply structural, mechanical, industrial, manufacturing and other engineering field except BME, Chemical, process, and computer engineering, and etc. </p>
<p>@vblick:
Are you taking about graduate program w/ not thesis instead you do some sort of group/individual project and a comprehensive exam?</p>