Low GRE Score and High Profile University Admission : Readers comment
By HSB
I’m responding to a comment about the article Secret of Getting admission with Scholarship.
Comment
I’d disagree with the part where you said “Why would someone has to waste few hundred dollars in college application fee and GRE and TOEFL score forwarding, application documents courier fee, when grad school admission is not sure.” -> You haven’t at all factored in the case that a university where you will very easily get into (with the exception of some like USC), is simply not worth it?
If you’re considering spending a sizeable portion of your savings on graduate school, why should it not be on some place where you’d be proud of attending?
In the end, you will be going to just one university and abandoning the other admits, and hence, its only that one good admit that matters, instead of a dozen mediocre ones.
My Response
@ Home Simpson
I agree to you that you disagree on the statement I have written.
But, I meant that statement to go with above few lines too, not stand alone meaning.
“.. I would like to relate the word Ambitious to Luck with less probability. Why would someone has to waste few hundred dollars in college application fee and GRE and TOEFL score forwarding, application documents courier fee, when grad school admission is not sure…”
We all know and agree to study in school where we would feel proud, but at the same time we need to be aware of our achievements in terms of GRE, TOEFL, and other credentials that is taken into account.
Even though we believe within oneself that we are much more capable, even if we scored less in GRE, TOEFL, Academics, it doesn’t show out anything to committee reviewing graduate school the application.
When deciding on schools, students categorize the list of universities as Ambitious, Moderate, Safe for getting graduate school admission.
If your score and all credentials satisfies only say 50 – 70% of what a universities minimum requirements, then you can apply for it and consider that school as Ambitious. but, its waste of money when you have “less than 5%” of their graduate school minimum requirements satisfied and applying for such schools is what I say as waste of money.
Most of the profiles I’m evaluating, they have ambitious schools listed as follows. For instance, someone with GRE of 950, TOEFL 66, academics of 55% with 4 backlogs and no research experience has UT Austin in their list for M.S. in Computer Science… That’s what I call as waste of money…
Hope you can understand what I’m trying to explain. I appreciate your time in visiting my blog and valuable comments.
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Hi, i am Rahul Chopra looking forward to do MS in petroleum from universities of US.
Base on my profile
1)10th STD-76.47% (PCM-92%) and 12th STD-84%agg (PCM-97.66%)
2) GRE score 1120 (Q-770 and V-350) + Analytical Writing-3
3) Toefl score 77 (R=19, L=13,S=23,W=22)
4) I had successfully completed my Undergraduate studies in Chemical Engineering from U.I.C.T.(Mumbai) with 65% aggregate.
5) Also having 2.5 years of Industrial experience from Aker solutions (Mumbai) as a Process Engineer for Oil & Gas Projects of Statoil. Here we perform study and realization tasks for various modifications on the Existing Platforms.
So tell me on this profile ,which Unis in where i can get an admit for MS in petroleum universities of US.
i have got 1020 in gre math-710, verbal-310
toefl- 69(w-20,s-17,lis-19, re-13)
cgpa b.tech- 7.0 with a project(state govt college, orissa)
m.tech- 7.92 upto 2nd sem. with a project(nit, rourkela,india)
int conferense- 1, int journal — 2 communicated
national journal- 1 accepted
i want to do ph.d in mechanical(optimization/manufacturing/production/automation/fms/mobile robot), in any given field. so plz tell me which colleges i will apply
, they provide scholarship and stipend.
hai i got gre:950 gre :650 verbal:290
toefl:85
b.tech:70.5%
please help me which universities are good for me to do ms in us.
Hi i have completed my btech from AU vizag but unfortuntely i could clear one of my lab exam because of which my btech degree got delayed by 1 year,now i am trying to apply for Masters in University of south florida with a top GRE score. Can this be possible please help me out
Hi i have completed my btech from AU vizag but unfortuntely i could clear one of my lab exam because of which i btech degree got delayed,now i am trying to apply for Masters in University of south florida with a top GRE score. Can this be possible please help me out
hi!!
i’m doing b.tech envtl.engg. at Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad(admission through IIT-JEE). Now i’m in final yr. I’m abt to give my GRE in a month. I’m looking for admission in Fall 2k10 for my M.S. My current OGPA is 7.46/10. How much score in GRE is recommended to get an admission in any of the top20 universities. Also my abstract got selected for an international conference where i hv to deliver an oral presentation. Does this certificate holds any weightage for getting thru into a better uni????
Also please throw some light on the difference between M.S and Master in Engineering(M.E.)…
no doubt i agree with raghu. Actually it depends on students and there finantial condition. but it is never be a good idea to apply only super ambitious unis. its totally a dumb idea . u have to apply also some safe unis . lets see my situation. i was late to give gre for illness. so when i give it most of the good uni deadline r gone. i needed finaid badly, so i applied two medium unis n one uni(SDSU) which have good funding in my area of interest(nanotech).
MY GRE 1300
Toefl 100
CGPA 3.73/4
I got admission from the first two(OSU , UTA)with some tuition fee remission.
But get GTA and scholarship from SDSU(south dakota state university). NOw the situation is i can make my choice btwn them.im not saying dont apply to top listed unis but u have to apply to some mediocre unis for safe side.
hai i got 1030 in gre.In quants-610 and in verbal-420.i am looking for Masters in engineering management.Which all are possible universities will offer me.Can you get me the universities list.And also i got ban score of 6.5 in my ilets exam.
Check on internet.
My gre score is 1030 (Q – 680, V – 350)
BE aggr – 74%
i want ot do my ms in vlsi or embedded…
which all universities can i aplly for… can i get any scolarship
Check with university.
i hav got 1100 in gre (Q: 730 , V:370, AW 3.5)
low acads, 5.5 out of 10
have completed one project and second on the way
want to apply for enviro engg…
plz tell me whether it is possible for me to get admits…if yes, which are probable univs
@gdcruz: I know University of Florida has good Aerospace program and Embry Riddle is expensive, but the best program for aerospace.
im looking at old dominion university, illinois institute of technilogy, embry riddle and probably university of alabama at huntsville to pursue my graduate studies in aerospace engineering. my gre score is 670-Q and 510-V, i dont have yet the AWA score since i took it about 2 weeks ago. what are my chances in getting into the program of course, just like any bgrad school hopeful, with financial aid or any funding?need HELP with this thanks…