Hello, I am a junior civil engineering major with a dual emphasis in structural design and geotechnical engineering at the University of Wisconsin - Platteville. I am currently on a full tuition/fees academic scholarship, have a 3.4 cummulative GPA, 3.75 CEE GPA (civil), hold positions in our ASCE chapter and am the VP of our Chi Epsilon chapter. I’ve done several other volunteer groups/activities to bolster my resume. I’ve worked 3 civil engineering internships, 1 of which was a co-op (8 month internship with a firm that was for a semester and a summer). Planning to take the GRE next spring. Played college football for the last three seasons but I’ve recently decided to not play my last season so I can focus on my harder upper level classes, taking the GRE and the FE, and graduating. Graduating in the fall of 2017.
Ultimately, I want to attain a Master’s of Science degree in structural engineering and work for a respected design or consulting firm.
I’m trying to determine if I will be qualified to apply to some of the top tier graduate schools such as but not limited to:
-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
-Stanford
-University of Texas at Austin
-University of Washington
-Northwestern
-Purdue
-Virginia Tech
-Georgia Tech
Please cast your advice upon me! If these schools seem to be out of my league, please do not hesitate to tell me. Additionally, if there are other schools I should look into, please cast their names into the ring.
Thank you and I appreciate any help/advice!