<p>if you hate reading here’s what this post is about</p>
<p>ODU(hoping i’ll get in) Vs PolyTech NYU(hoping I’ll get in) Vs George Mason (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Vs George Washington (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Vs UMD College Park ( MS in Telecommunications)</p>
<p>So I’m graduating as a computer engineering major next month. My combined GRE score was almost 1200 with 4.5 in analytical writing. I’m an International student.
I took my time in preparing for the GRE, but ended up wasting most of it with my gf, so I finally ended up taking the GRE in January, not knowing that I can still apply to GRAD schools without taking the GRE. Anyways all my applications were sent in late - after the due dates.
I applied to
George Mason (MS) - Accepted
George Washington (MS) - Accepted
Univeristy of Virginia (PhD)- Late application (denied admission)
University of Maryland (MS) - Late application, Recommended to Masters in<br>
Telecommunications
Old Dominion (PhD)- Pending
Suny Albany (PhD) - Pending</p>
<p>and I recently also applied to Poly NYU (MS)</p>
<p>All the applications were in Electrical Engineering or Electrical and Computer Engineering(depending on the schools program)</p>
<p>I applied as a PhD student in several schools on the recommendations of my professors who got me into thinking that if I want assistantship it would be in my best interests to apply as a PhD. And I did, not knowing that it would decrease my chances of acceptance since PhD is much more competitive. After realizing the mistakes I made, I quickly decided to apply to a few schools as a MS student, all of them were after the deadlines.</p>
<p>UMD college park, recommended me to their Masters in Telecommunications
George Washington and George Mason accepted me as a masters student in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Polytech NYU - the application is pending.
UVA denied me admission, 1- my application was late. 2- I applied as a PhD student.</p>
<p>What should I do? I’m hoping I’ll get accepted to PolyTech NYU and Old Dominion University. I’m looking to do my masters in EE or ECE in Wireless Networks and communications or signal processing. Either would work for me.
My main priority is to get a decent paying job right when I’m done with my Masters.
Is UMD college Parks Masters in Telecommunication a good program?
So bascially it’ll be</p>
<p>ODU(hoping i’ll get in) Vs PolyTech NYU(hoping I’ll get in) Vs George Mason (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Vs George Washington (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Vs UMD College Park ( MS in Telecommunications)</p>
<p>I’ve been an honors student through out my college career in 3 different senior colleges(which i’d like to keep anonymous, all were ABET accredited and have good engineering programs) I’m due to graduate with a GPA of 3.9 on this May of 2011. </p>
<p>I think I have the potential to get in to good schools, but i was lazy and i paid a heavy price for it. And now I shall suffer.
What would you do if you were me?
Another option I’m considering is to wait another year and apply again in this fall so this time my application wouldn’t be late and I may be considered for admission because i’ll apply as a masters student, but then again I don’t know the future, I might not get in and I’ll end up wasting a whole year, which I wouldn’t want to.</p>
<p>Not being accepted by UVA served as a heavy blow to me, I thought it’s one of the best schools? I might be wrong and it might not be as good as in Engineering as I might thought it was.</p>
<p>I’d really appreciate if any of you guys can help me, I know I ended up venting and writing a whole essay, but that sums it up. I’m a little depressed right now…with my confidence at an all time low, having worked so hard through out my college career, earning those A’s, i think all went to a waste. Oh well… I guess that’s life</p>
<p>p.s I wish I had come across this site earlier</p>