Graduate admisisons

[SA83]

Hello guys,

Just a quick question on admissions into graduate programs for good (or 'famous') PE schools - CSM, TAMU, LSU, UT Austin, etc. Any ideas what are the kinds of qualifications professors are looking for when choosing students? I understand different schools may have different focuses and grade cut-offs, but just wondering if anyone had any experience or insight into the selection process?

I'm thinking of applying to a couple of schools for spring/fall 2016 - U of Houston, TAMU and possibly CSM (but they already rejected me once for their PhD program) - to do a Msc in research.

(Background - Beng (Hons) Mech Eng, 7 years of production/reservoir experience)

many thanks in advance
SA

 

[zdas04]

I sometimes think it is ability to pay, but having a clear idea of a (funded) research topic really helps. When I was applying to the MSME program at CU, I had a committment from my employeer to pay for my research for my thesis (and I had a project defined). I don't think that anyone on the committee ever considered not leting me in even though my undergrad was in Industrial Management.

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist