<p>I am a senior at Seattle University studying electrical engineering. I transferred from Valparaiso University in Indiana last year, where I was a member of the Honors College. I am hoping to attend graduate school in electrical engineering. However, I'm not sure which schools I should reasonably be aiming at.</p>
<p>Cumulative GPA: </p>
<p>-3.967 at Seattle University
-3.91 at Valparaiso University (Honors College)</p>
<p>Major: </p>
<p>-EE w/minor in Mathematics</p>
<p>Research & Internships:</p>
<p>-Engineering intern at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the Microelectronics & Signal Processing Branch. The project I worked on will be launched on a satellite in 2011.
-This summer I will be an engineering intern at Boeing Phantom Works.
-I spent one quarter doing research related to signal processing theory at Seattle University with a faculty member.
-I have not published anything, but I did a formal poster presentation at NASA.</p>
<p>GRE: (will take in August)</p>
<p>I have taken the most challenging engineering and math classes offered at my school. Aside from this, I have been active on campus as an RA, a news reporter for the school newspaper, engineering representative to University Council, a member of Judicial Board, Pep Band, and some others. I know that this isn't very important for grad schools though.</p>
<p>What schools should I be reasonably aiming at? I would love to go to USC for EE with a concentration on signal processing and communications, but is this possible?</p>
<p>I am considering USC, UCLA, UC-Irvine, UPenn, Harvard, Columbia, UC-Riverside, UC-Berkeley, Boston University, MIT, Drexel, Northwestern, and University of Washington. What is your advice?</p>