What are my chances?!!!

[elebele]

hey everyone

I am planning to apply for fall'2010 session in USA to do my masters.

Here is my profile-
Bachelors in Civil engineering.,Bangladesh University of Engineering. & Technology, (the top univ in my country)
CGPA-3.18 out of 4, 67.1% (poor i know!!)
Class ranking-60 out of 183 students.
GRE-Quant-780,Verbal-380
TOEFL( IBT)-Expecting a score around 100.

Currently working in a reputed real estate firm. and expecting good LORs from my professors.

I m thinking of applying to the following universities-

Texas A & M
Texas Tech
University of Houston-Texas
Michigan Tech (hows it?)
Michigan State univ
University of Dayton
University of Kansas
Washington State univ
San Diego State univ.
University of Missouri-Columbia

I will apply to 5 schools from the above mentioned list.
Can anyone pls evaluate my chances and also recommend my some other schools.

Thanx.

[ChiShiFu]

I'm pretty new as well, but I think a lot of schools look for a min Verbal of 520+ so you'd wanna look into that

Cheers

[w_guy]

for the schools that you are applying, you should have a good chance. Maybe you may want to apply a few higher ranked schools as well. Dont worry about your verbal score.

[GenGRE]

@elebele: To be frank, I opine that your verbal score is very less --I hope this objective opinion of mine doesn't disconcert you. I think unless you demonstrate good proficiency of the English language -- which is gauged by your score in the verbal section of the General GRE or by your TOEFL score, it might impede you from pursuing a Masters in the U.S.

But one can attend classes at graduate school to hone their English proficiency. Just as ChiShiFu had said, in a similar vein, I opine that having a verbal score greater than 400 or 500 greatly helps. I think, sometimes, having a low GRE verbal/TOEFL score, might result in the rejection of a VISA. I personally knew people who had a GRE verbal score less than 400 and a TOEFL score less than 85 being denied a VISA but since you claim that you did pretty well at TOEFL it might not cause you any problem.

I also can't understand how you managed to convert your percentage into CGPA. Anyways, best of luck!

[elebele]

thanks everyone for responding..
@W_guy-Thanks a lot for your encouragement!

@GenGre-well I did not convert anything ..its some method that my uni follows.My transcript has both the equivalent percentage and the CGPA written on it.and I know my verbal score is on a low side.I was nervous and got the first few ones wrong and you know the rest.anyway again thanks for your response..I really appreciate it.

[elebele]

@W_Guy..Can you pls recommend me some schools?

[Monster Matty]

I would advise studying a lot of vocabulary to increase your GRE verbal score.

[khenirajesh]

Hi dear,



Can you guide me in choosing University in USA?

Profile

Area of Interest : Construction Engineering Management. Only master programme. I am not interested in Phd
Background: Master of Urban Planning, Bachelor of Architecture
Professional Experience : 7 years (UAE, Oman and India)
GRE
700 Q
530 V

It is almost 5 month since you have post. I am sure you are right person to get guidance

[Erumnaaz]

Hi everyone!!

I am from electrical background bt i know someone who has done his masters in construction management(civil engineering) the chances are really good for those who are looking for it and it is a very good program..He has done it from Wayne state university(Detroitt) he told me tht it is good university for those who are looking for construction management....and the career oppurtunities are really good