Engineering Masters chances for Fall 2009

Graduate School
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<p>Hi. I’m currently a MechE junior at a mid20ish engineering school looking at grad school for fall 2009, Masters only. I know two professors that I’ve worked closely with that will give meaningful recommendations. I’ve been studying GREs (doing the PowerPrep) and expect at least 770+Q/~600V. Current overall GPA is 3.7, but junior year/upper level coursework GPA will hover around 3.8 or 3.9 by the end of the semester. I’ve been doing research since August, which my adviser has said will definitely get published with myself as the first author by the time of applying to schools. I’m a TA for an upper level course now as well.
What are my chances? I plan on applying to some thesis and some non-thesis programs. I’m willing to pay for it if it’s only a year (which are mostly the non-thesis programs). The non-thesis programs (all one year) I’m looking at are</p>

<p>Stanford
Carnegie Mellon
Cornell (M. Eng)</p>

<p>and thesis programs I’m looking at are</p>

<p>MIT
Michigan
UT-Austin</p>

<p>Again, only for a Masters and I’m willing to pay for a year. Any feedback would be great. Thanks</p>

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<p>You’ve got a pretty good shot at most of those. I think Stanford and MIT will be harder. But for the rest, if you aren’t expecting funding, I think you could get into all of them.</p>

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<p>I see you definitely getting into Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Michigan and UT-Austin. MIT and to a lesser extent Stanford will be tough for you.</p>

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<p>Great, thanks for the feedback guys. Anyone else? Also, do the nonthesis Masters tend to be a bit easier to get into?</p>