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<p>The exceptional student requirement is for the “fresh out of undergrad and wanting a fully funded status”. U-Wisconsin in supposedly Top-10 in Industrial Engineering (where systems engineering is offered) and my undergrad grades should not have allowed me in the parking lot…</p>
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<p>I had 9 years experience and tuition checks coming from my employer. I aced the first 9 credits of the MS program and was bumped up to full admission…didn’t even take a GRE.</p>
<p>Even Georgia Tech has professional graduate engineering programs with no GRE required. I am pretty sure they realize that they are not getting 3.8 GPA students…but are they gonna turn down employer checks and experienced engineers?</p>