Structural engineering ms - profile evaluation

**the joker** · 03-27-2012 04:34 PM

hi,
i am student of NIT Trichy doing my civil engineering there. i have a gre score of 1430(quant:800 and verbal:630 and AWA 4.5/6) and a GPA of 8.1/10

PROJECTS:
2 in IIT Madras in the field of STEEL STRUCTURES
1 in SERC - CSIR in the field of STEEL STRUCTURES

RESEARCH JOURNAL PAPERS
1 INTERNATIONAL PAPER in the field of ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
1 NATIONAL PAPER published by INSDAG - Ministry of Steel India (the best indian journal for steel structures) in the field of STEEL STRUCTURES

EXTRACURRICULAR (dont know if this helps, but yet, here they are!)
14 INTERNATIONAL LITERARY JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
CO-AUTHOR OF A POETRY BOOK which is in line for publication

i also have very good recos from professors of IIT Madras of which one of them worked as an associate prof in Georgia Tech for one yr. and another who had been the HOD of Civil Dept. IIT Madras. the third reco is from my coll (NIT Trichy) Civil Dept HOD.

MY LIST OF COLLEGES:
1.UC Berkeley
2.Georgia Tech
3.UI Urbana Champaign
4.UMich Ann Arbour
5.Purdue
6.UT Austin

so would i make it?? i mean i have a low gpa but i guess i make up in the other requirements...could u please advice me on the same? and also all the other colls i should apply...thanks again for the help!!!

**nikhil811** · 06-15-2012 06:06 PM

Hey you would definitely make it. And don't bother about the GPA. It's neither bad nor low as you say. All the other aspects are excellent. And you would definitely get selected. All the best.

**avijit2403** · 07-05-2012 09:30 AM

Ur marks,GPA and recos all are excellent...and ur choice in shorlisting is also good....please confirm for the funding releated issue....good collge can't provide full funding because the number of applicants...if that can't make trouble then go for it...I sure u will definately concur.