Will Research Experience be Important for me?

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<p>This Fall I'll be going into my third year as a Mechanical Engineering major at UC Berkeley, and my GPA is 3.71. I really want to go to graduate school to pursue a Master's Degree, and at the moment plan to apply, in order of increasing preference, to UCI, UCSD, UCLA, and Cal for sure. </p>

<p>I look at UCLA as the first school on that list that I would be 100% happy with, and I was wondering what my chances would be to get in if I maintain a 3.7+, do well on my GRE's(at least slightly above average for a UCLA engineering admit), and obtain a solid internship during Summer 2013. </p>

<p>Also, I plan to apply to a non-research based program. I need to decide whether I want to pursue research this Fall. Will research experience be an important factor in graduate admissions to non-research based master's programs, or is it fine if that is something I lack? </p>

<p>Thank you to everyone for your time.</p>

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<p>Bump. </p>

<p>I know chances for grad school is kind of a fickle process, so I’m not really looking for an answer on that.</p>

<p>My main question is if research experience an important factor in admissions to master’s programs in engineering?</p>

<p>Thanks again.</p>