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From the Diaries of Engineering Applicants

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Concerns of an Admission Committee Member

When studying your folder, we are primarily interested in your potential to do independent research:

Past research. This is the best evidence of research potential, so please let us know in detail about any original research that you may have done already. Emphasize what was new and important about the problem and what creative or unusual [...]

Advice for low GRE

People with Excellent Credentials – but, bad GRE scores there is hope for you.
Here is some advice for the people with a low GRE score and have lost hope. This strategy should help.

What if your grades are terrific, your research experience impressive, your graduate essay articulate and your faculty references superb – but, you [...]

GRE Subject Test

In Search of Artifice is a blog written by Joshua Eckroth recently it rated some good GRE subject test preparation material:
GRE Computer Science (REA) 5th Ed. (2004) – 1 star,
GRE Computer Science (REA Test Preps)(1998) – 1.5 stars,
GRE Computer Science (Graduate Record Examination Series, Gre-21) (1997) – 1 star,
GRE: Practicing to Take the Computer [...]

Engineering Schools Acceptance Rate and GRE Score

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Year 2006 Data.
Presented in ascending order of the ‘ acceptance rate’

California Institute of Technology
Overall acceptance rate: 9.8%
Average GRE verbal: 600
Average GRE quantitative: 790
Average GRE analytical: 760
Harvard University
Overall acceptance rate: 12.8%
Average GRE verbal: 540
Average GRE quantitative: 740
Average GRE analytical: 743
Dartmouth College (Thayer)
Overall acceptance rate: 14.5%
Average [...]

Admission Sync Revisited

What should I look for before selecting a program?
· Eligibility criteria
· Financial implications
· Availability of financial aid for the program
· TOEFL/GRE/GMAT/SAT scores required
· Recognition and validity of the program
· Job opportunities on completion of the program
· Future career prospects.
Which University should I join?
Very good question! You need to evaluate every University individually and [...]

University of California Engineering school comparison

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School

Berkeley

San Diego

LA

Santa Barbara

Davis

Irvine

Size (FT/PT)

1,300 / 394 

1,147 / 0 

1,256 / 0 

N/A 

1,044 / 72 

868 / 97 

Acceptance rate

17.5% 

21.8% 

34.5% 

20.8% 

31.5% 

24.0% 

Number of applicants

5,102 

4,193 

2,735 

2,183 

2,351 

2,814 

Number accepted

891 

912 

947 

453 

740 

677 

Number enrolled

424 

324 

330 

154 

282 

267 

Average undergraduate GPA

3.7 

3.5 

3.7 

3.7 

3.4 

3.5 

Average GRE verbal score

559 

542 

499 

548 

519 

471 

Average GRE quantitative score

773 

764 

766 

762 

756 

751 

Analytical writing GRE score

4.7 

4.6 

4.3 

4.63 

4.45 

4.2 

Minimum computer TOEFL score

230 

213 

220 

250 

213 

213 

out-of-state tuition

$14,961

$14,694  

$23,065  

$14,961  

$23,921

$21,858

Required fees

$8,440

$7,866

N/A 

$7,491 pa

N/A 

$503 pa 

Room/board

$13,610 

$9,421 

$12,381 

$8,704 

$9,555 

$8,604 

Books/supplies

$1,266 

$1,436 

$1,800 

$1,437 

$1,102 

$2,527 

Miscellaneous expenses

$2,898 

$2,574 

$4,872 

$432 

$2,767 

$5,660 

Total [...]

Mechanical Engineering Admission Requirements

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Computer Science Admission Requirements of Top USA Schools

This Data was collected in September 2005.

USN Rank 1
Carnegie Mellon University – HCII
Degrees
Masters and Ph.D.
GRE and other admission requirements
“the average GRE score (which includes analytical, verbal and quantitative) of those admitted students last year was 2008″
The GRE subject test is optional for those applicants to the PhD programs in Computer Science, Computational and [...]

Safe Universities

Please note that different programs have different range of requirements.
CS and EE are the most demanding in engineering.
In sciences Biology and Chemistry are having strict admission requirements.
Of Professional programs Biotechnology, Pharmacy are difficult to get into.
If you are applying to any of the above programs admission requirement shall become more demanding.

GRE [...]