<p>hey! i am a senior undergrad student of chemical engineering at IIT Bombay... i have decided to go for a phd in environmental engineering after graduation.. what chances do i have??
my stats are: 6.9/10 CGPA.. GRE Score (V640, Q800, AWA 5.0) and TOEFL (112/120)..
i am going for environment engg. because of my interest in this field, but i have no direct courses/experience of working in this field... can i expect admits from good univs??</p>
<p>It is not too hard to transfer streams in the US to the best of my knowledge, but shouldn’t you me doing a grad degree before PhD? :-/</p>
<p>i have checked the website of grad schools… and for some of them it is permitted to do a direct PhD in Environmental Engg… to my knowledge many people from civil, chemical go into this field… i guess they should have some courses in the first semester hence i wud not have prob carrying on with the research later on</p>
<p>Good! By the way, please note that all the active members of this forum are preparing for undergrad, so don’t expect too many replies. Ask your seniors maybe?</p>
<p>thanks gary! i’ll keep that in mind! :)</p>
<p>"schiper: I worked for a mega oil company for more than 25 years, and most of the research done at my company in Environment Engineering was done by people who had Ph. D in either Ch.E or Environmental Engineering. And with a degree from IIT you have fairly good shot at upper tier universities. Good Luck.</p>
<p>I would also check the requirements for a masters degree. Often, they have different requirements for international students.</p>
<p>OP, you may get better info looking at where your seniors went rather than asking people in this forum because the first group has so much in common with you and went through what you’re doing now. I speak from a different era, but at that time the issue of changing majors such as what you describe, or going for a PhD directly from a B.Tech were not issues at all. In fact we felt that the ones who applied for a PhD had a better shot than the guy going for an MS - then again, our B.Tech at that time was 5 years, but I don’t think that made a difference.</p>