Graduate Admissions Chances

spe07
Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:42:27 +0000

I am just trying to get an idea as to what range of schools I should be applying to/will be competitive at. I really don’t know much about the graduate admissions process so I could use some help.

Here are my basic stats:

Johns Hopkins University - MechE Major

Major GPA: 3.97/4.0
Overall GPA: 3.84/4.0
GRE: 750Q, 550V

Research Experience:

1.5 years in labs at school (although this time has not been very involved or intense, so I really don’t feel like this will help much

NSF REU Program at Georgia Tech (10 weeks 30 hrs per week - submitted paper to NSF, I don’t think that counts as being published though)

Internships:

Summer Internship at Amgen

Extras:

Pi Tau Sigma (MechE Honors); Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honors)
Leadership positions in 2 clubs, one of which is has won numerous national awards for philanthropy by the American Cancer Society

So I’m applying for doctoral programs in Mechanical Engineering. My list of prospective schools are:

MIT
Stanford
UCSD
UMich
Ga Tech
Virginia Tech
Univ of Washington
Colorado - Boulder
Purdue
Texas A&M

I was just wondering if you think I will be competitive at some (if any) of these schools. I just can’t seem to get a grasp as to where I have a chance at since most grad schools have such low acceptance rates. Thanks in advance

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