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Hi
I am a 2nd degree student who did a bacholers in finance in the late 90's I am back at school doing a career change to engineering with the goal of breaking into Nuclear engineering. I am in the sophmore tier of coursework with a strong GPA of 3.88. I am studying mech since my school does not offer a full nuclear degree plus i have more options with the ME degree but I am taking a concentration in nuclear. I was concenred since I know nuclear is physics and math intensive so I wanted to get some more course work under my belt. I need 4 more courses to complete both, but I still need a great deal of engineering course to take. I want to graduate in Spring 12 and I can do so taking about 4 classes a semster if I drop the minors, plus I could work in a lab with the free time to get some research experience in? I would just do it all but I work 30 hours a week and have demanding live in gf that needs attention. So i can't do it all without some impact to the GPA. I feel pretty strongly at 4 classes a clip i can maintain a GPA above 3.8
My questions is from an employer and a graduate school admission perspective which is weighted more someone with 3.8-3.9 gpa and a lot of research. Or a Gpa around - 3.5 but with a physics and math minor (quantum mech and complex variable/partial diff eq focus) and not so much research if any.
Any guidance would be much appreciated.
Thanks
I am a 2nd degree student who did a bacholers in finance in the late 90's I am back at school doing a career change to engineering with the goal of breaking into Nuclear engineering. I am in the sophmore tier of coursework with a strong GPA of 3.88. I am studying mech since my school does not offer a full nuclear degree plus i have more options with the ME degree but I am taking a concentration in nuclear. I was concenred since I know nuclear is physics and math intensive so I wanted to get some more course work under my belt. I need 4 more courses to complete both, but I still need a great deal of engineering course to take. I want to graduate in Spring 12 and I can do so taking about 4 classes a semster if I drop the minors, plus I could work in a lab with the free time to get some research experience in? I would just do it all but I work 30 hours a week and have demanding live in gf that needs attention. So i can't do it all without some impact to the GPA. I feel pretty strongly at 4 classes a clip i can maintain a GPA above 3.8
My questions is from an employer and a graduate school admission perspective which is weighted more someone with 3.8-3.9 gpa and a lot of research. Or a Gpa around - 3.5 but with a physics and math minor (quantum mech and complex variable/partial diff eq focus) and not so much research if any.
Any guidance would be much appreciated.
Thanks