Graduate School Recommendations

fadera
Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:01:20 +0000

I am a international student with following profile:

Discipline: Mechanical Engineering
Country : Pakistan
Institute: Best public univ for engineering in country
GPA: 85.4/100 (Topper had 89%. I am in top 10 of a class of 155)
GRE: Q=800 V=600 AWA=4
TOEFL: Not given (Will probably get over 100 )
Academic Research: None (Final year project was nothing special )
Professional: 1year in fortune 500 oil and gas as maintenance engineer
1 year in largest national fertilizer producer as maintenance engineer ( mostly worked in vibration analysis if that can be counted as research exp.)
1 year as qc/erection engineer in a new mechanical erection project
LOR: 1 industry, 2 former professors ( professors don’t have international recognition )

I am looking to apply in 10 universities (8 US, 2 Can). Suggestions are requested as for ambitious(3), competitive(5) and safe(2) universities. Cooperation is highly appreciated.