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Grad school admissions help! 2017-06-17 03:38:47 Post No. 18426468
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So I am a junior in college this fall an plan on attending grad school later for MS or PhD in Electrical engineering. Right now I am on track to graduate in 4 years, no extra semesters, and was wondering if taking an extra semester might help me get into better programs? Basically, it would be laid out like:
Junior year (research), summer (research?), senior year (research), summer(research?), fall 2019 graduate.
I dont have much research experience at all, so would that extra summer of research help much or no? This timeline would also allow me to take the max credits for my full scholarship and spread classes out for low credit semesters and higher grades.
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Summer question marks because will be applying to REUs and some summer research programs at specific schools which is just a hope. I know i can get into research during the fall and spring though.
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>>18426468
Some universities will let you take grad courses as a senior if you have the right GPA, and thus get a head start on grad school while your undergrad scholarship pays for it. I did about a quarter of my MA that way.
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>>18427059
Ok I will try that, I need to ask if the scholarship covers that first.
bump
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>>18426468
I'm a phd EE student in a top (lets say 10) school
I was accepted directly into phd (without masters) with research assistantship and i had no publications
I completed the udnergrad degree in 4 years, with a pretty good GPA
I had worked with two professors doing research (but nothing was published at that point and nothing has been published to this day. btw i'm in my first year of phd)
I know quite a few people in the same position as me (getting accepted to top EE phd programs without any publications)
I KNOW that having an actual publication would help quite a bit but having worked closely with a professor at all is definitely important. Those professors will write you letters of recommendations and if they only know you from class, its not gonna be anything special.
I don't really think taking an extra semester will help you THAT much. Just make sure you work with a professor whose research you like while you continue your regular undergrad studies.
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>>18427584
Hmm okay thanks. I have a good gpa (3.95) and gre (90th+ for all) so far and just worried about research desu. I might only have 1 school year of research total. It is in my specialization (photonics), but do you think it is enough for top 10 phd? Top 20 ? Thanks
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>>18427654
i can't tell
you gotta know which schools admitted the graduates of your particular university
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>>18427664
Recent grads have gotten into mit, stanford, umich, usc all phd
I guess ill just work hard and try my best and try not to worry. I want to go into industry anyways so I dont think it matters as much
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>>18427680
also, are gpa's inflated in your school?
as in, how many +3.9 people are there every year?
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>>18427687
There are only about 2 or 3 out of about 80 each year
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>>18427699
you'll go far senpai, i think
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