AlfalfaQc
Future Rocket Engineer
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Hey guys, how is it going?
I've seen a couple of thread regarding similar topics but I have my own questions for you grad students in the US (especially if some of you are foreign student). I'm gonna be done with my bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering in a couple of year and I'm looking to do my Masters in the US (I would like to go somewhere without a winter :lol: ). Here a little summary of myself:
I studied 2 years in physics engineering before switching to mechanical and due to the way the program is set, I will have spent around 5-6 years for my bachelor. I have decent grades, nothing super good but above average (3.1 GPA). That's pretty much it for the academic part.
For my more "professional part" I did 2 internships in 2 different engineering firms. I think that does do nothing to help you when you apply for grad school though. This summer though I am doing an internship in the robotics lab at my school (which is ran by one of the biggest researcher in the field in Canada apparently). So I'm really looking forward to that. I know the student who was there before me was able to even publish something while working with this professor so that might be possible for me too. I also am at my 3rd year in Formula Student and I have a good experience in design/fabrication because of that.
So that's for my summary. I'm not sure exactly what I want to do for my masters. If I really like robotics this summer it might be a good option, but I also really like aerospace and everything related to it. I still have maybe a year to decide what I want I think.
My questions are:
-Do you guys think I have any chance, being a Canadian to get into a decent school (nothing like Caltech or MIT, I know I have no chance in those)? I was looking at school like USC, Cal Poly, University of Florida or other schools like that. I know people usually don't like those types of question but I would like to know what you guys think.
-What are the good way to improve my chances? Obviously, getting better grades through the end of my bachelor degree would help but other than that I am not sure what to do.
-Does the fact that it took me more time due to a change of program will make it impossible to get into grad school? I changed program so I will have spent a total of 6 years in uni. I guess this will play against me in some way but is it impossible now for me to get in grad school?
Thanks a bunch to anyone who could help me. Grad school in the US is one of my dream and most jobs I would like require a Masters so I kinda need to do it anyway. I know I would not have any problem to get into one here but my goal is to go more south haha.
I've seen a couple of thread regarding similar topics but I have my own questions for you grad students in the US (especially if some of you are foreign student). I'm gonna be done with my bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering in a couple of year and I'm looking to do my Masters in the US (I would like to go somewhere without a winter :lol: ). Here a little summary of myself:
I studied 2 years in physics engineering before switching to mechanical and due to the way the program is set, I will have spent around 5-6 years for my bachelor. I have decent grades, nothing super good but above average (3.1 GPA). That's pretty much it for the academic part.
For my more "professional part" I did 2 internships in 2 different engineering firms. I think that does do nothing to help you when you apply for grad school though. This summer though I am doing an internship in the robotics lab at my school (which is ran by one of the biggest researcher in the field in Canada apparently). So I'm really looking forward to that. I know the student who was there before me was able to even publish something while working with this professor so that might be possible for me too. I also am at my 3rd year in Formula Student and I have a good experience in design/fabrication because of that.
So that's for my summary. I'm not sure exactly what I want to do for my masters. If I really like robotics this summer it might be a good option, but I also really like aerospace and everything related to it. I still have maybe a year to decide what I want I think.
My questions are:
-Do you guys think I have any chance, being a Canadian to get into a decent school (nothing like Caltech or MIT, I know I have no chance in those)? I was looking at school like USC, Cal Poly, University of Florida or other schools like that. I know people usually don't like those types of question but I would like to know what you guys think.
-What are the good way to improve my chances? Obviously, getting better grades through the end of my bachelor degree would help but other than that I am not sure what to do.
-Does the fact that it took me more time due to a change of program will make it impossible to get into grad school? I changed program so I will have spent a total of 6 years in uni. I guess this will play against me in some way but is it impossible now for me to get in grad school?
Thanks a bunch to anyone who could help me. Grad school in the US is one of my dream and most jobs I would like require a Masters so I kinda need to do it anyway. I know I would not have any problem to get into one here but my goal is to go more south haha.