College Admission for an Oldie

[MS.EARamsey]

Hello,



I want to return to college to study Electrical Engineering, EE. I graduated
from Kent State University back in 1987, a non-prestigious college, with a
Bachelor of Science/Software Programming and Design. My academic performance
was poor though, 2.9GPA. However, I feel that now I am more mature and well
grounded and that I will be academically successful. However, what I feel is
irrelevant because I need to convince the college admission board of this.
How do I convince them of this? Also, if by chance I am accepted, I am
concerned that I have been out of school for about 20 years. So, can anyone
please recommend books or other resources that I can use to get my English
skills up to par? Also, I would like to brush up on my trig, calculus, and
linear algebra so I would appreciate references to review materials for
these subjects as well. I have never taken Statistics or Physics before
either and I would like sources to get a basic introduction.



I think that I will have to enroll as an undergrad because I have been out
of school a very long time and I don't possess an undergraduate degree in
EE. However, again if accepted, I plan to continue on and get a MSEE because
my goal is to go into research. I was interested in the application of EE to
medical technology, more specifically, 'Biomedical Electronic Engineering'.
However, I'm not sure if that is exactly the area that I would like to
enter. What exactly does a Biomedical Electronic Engineer do? Alternatively,
I was also considering specializing in either Bionics, Human Machine
Interface, maybe Nano Technology or somehow work with geneticists to help
solve problems; using EE of course - but nothing that uses animals as
subjects because I have a profound love for them!



I live in the state of Illinois/USA and I have no desire to move to another
state in order to attend school, consequently, I was considering either
Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering or perhaps
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Engineering.



I would be greatly indebted to anyone that can offer any advice and/or
resources so that I may achieve my goals. Oh yes, I should add my 7 years of
work experience as a Software Developer and currently I am designing and
writing software for cell phones using JavaME, previously J2ME, and 'NET'
web services using C#.



Please be honest with me; I'm an adult and I can handle it.



Well, that is all that I can think of so now I will close and I apologize
for the longevity of this posting but I had an awful lot to say.



Sincerely,

Ms.ERamsey

 

[Palindrome]

Hello,



I want to return to college to study Electrical Engineering, EE. I graduated
from Kent State University back in 1987, a non-prestigious college, with a
Bachelor of Science/Software Programming and Design. My academic performance
was poor though, 2.9GPA. However, I feel that now I am more mature and well
grounded and that I will be academically successful. However, what I feel is
irrelevant because I need to convince the college admission board of this.
How do I convince them of this? Also, if by chance I am accepted, I am
concerned that I have been out of school for about 20 years. So, can anyone
please recommend books or other resources that I can use to get my English
skills up to par? Also, I would like to brush up on my trig, calculus, and
linear algebra so I would appreciate references to review materials for
these subjects as well. I have never taken Statistics or Physics before
either and I would like sources to get a basic introduction.



I think that I will have to enroll as an undergrad because I have been out
of school a very long time and I don't possess an undergraduate degree in
EE. However, again if accepted, I plan to continue on and get a MSEE because
my goal is to go into research. I was interested in the application of EE to
medical technology, more specifically, 'Biomedical Electronic Engineering'.
However, I'm not sure if that is exactly the area that I would like to
enter. What exactly does a Biomedical Electronic Engineer do? Alternatively,
I was also considering specializing in either Bionics, Human Machine
Interface, maybe Nano Technology or somehow work with geneticists to help
solve problems; using EE of course - but nothing that uses animals as
subjects because I have a profound love for them!



I live in the state of Illinois/USA and I have no desire to move to another
state in order to attend school, consequently, I was considering either
Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering or perhaps
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Engineering.



I would be greatly indebted to anyone that can offer any advice and/or
resources so that I may achieve my goals. Oh yes, I should add my 7 years of
work experience as a Software Developer and currently I am designing and
writing software for cell phones using JavaME, previously J2ME, and 'NET'
web services using C#.



Please be honest with me; I'm an adult and I can handle it.



Well, that is all that I can think of so now I will close and I apologize
for the longevity of this posting but I had an awful lot to say.



Sincerely,

Ms.ERamsey

Contact the Society of Women Engineers www.swe.org, explain what you
have in mind and ask them for advice.

In the UK, the Women's Engineering Society does a similar function.