I am a math and physics double major from Cornell University. While I got a 2.875 GPA Cumulative, I still did research for around 2 years (was paid for like 7 months) and participated in well-known clubs on campus such as Society of Physics students, Amnesty International etc. I recently took the GRE for the first time and despite not studying as much as I should have, I got a 157 Verbal and 160 quantitative. I wanted to apply to an electrical engineering masters to get into semiconductor physics (the only ECE class i took at cornell was on Semiconductors and I got an A on it). I have a letter of rec from the head of my research group, a professor in Cornell’s Electrical Engineering department, and a professor I had for solid state physics from the Applied & Engineering Physics dept. My question is, how good are my chances of being admitted into one of the following programs:
University of Arizona
Arizona State
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Cornell University
UT Austin
UCLA
Ohio State
You need at least a year of additional course work to ready to study for a masters in engineering. You can get another BS and there are special masters programs that allow you to make up classes first.
The strong math and physics background would probably be a plus if you get an MS in ECE. There are some other options, like Applied Math programs oriented towards physics and engineering applications., or law or MBA school that have decent career prospects. You could also go to graduate school in physics.
If you are qualified for the program, you can probably get into somewhere decent, but probably not Cornell with that GPA. The GRE scores are 80th percentile, which seems a little low for an Ivy. Math and physics have subject GREs, which you should probably take.
A math/physics degree from Cornell is obviously very impressive. You sound oriented towards solid technical work. I would consider more applied programs in math or physics. However, there is nothing wrong with degrees in all of math, physics and engineering.
Re #1:
“You need at least a year of additional course work to ready to study for a masters in engineering.”
I didn’t. I got an M. Eng. at Cornell directly after getting a BA in physics.
I just had to make up two EE courses, I think, which I took over the summer before I started the M. Eng program.
That was a long time ago though.
Also my GPA was higher, that may be OPs challenge in being accepted to M Eng programs.