acceptance into graduate school in mechanical engineering

kingofhearts
Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:05:05 +0000

Hi guys,

This is my first thread. I am a senior in mechanical engineering at Rutgers University, hoping to get acceptance into a good graduate program in my field. My current cumulative GPA is 3.939 and my major GPA is 4.0. When i took a practice GRE test, I scored around 600 in verbal and 780 in math. I have about two years of research experience (with different professors) and I am currently working on my undergraduate honors thesis (hoping to finish by the end of fall 2009). I am planning on taking two graduate courses in the fall along with two more graduate courses in the spring of my senior year. I also have 1 year of intern experience within my major.

I am really concerned about the fact that Rutgers is not a top tier mechanical engineering university. I feel that my shot at a good graduate program is slim because of this. Here are some of the schools that I am looking into: Princeton, Harvard, Georgia Tech, Rose-Hulman, Stanford…

I know that this subject has been beaten to death in other threads, but I would like some personal guidance in this matter. Do I have a shot at any of these previously mentioned school? I would also like to know just how much emphasis do top-tier graduate schools in engineering place on where I receive my undergraduate degree.

I greatly appreciate any response, thanks.