Concerns of Graduate School

seaweed
Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:42:19 +0000

I think the best way to know about graduate admission in engineering is to consult with a professor who is or used to be in the admission committee of an enginering department.

True, both Mollie and Professor X provide very valuable information, but keep in mind that they may know very well about the admission process of their own subjects (biology and humanities, if I remember correctly), other fields such as engineering may differ signficantly.

For example, I know in biomedical sciences, LOR and research experience are the two most important criteria they look for, but in engineering they ‘might’ weigh GPA more heavily than LOR since they need to be sure you can handle the core courses.