I've never tried getting into grad school, much less a PhD program. I managed to get into Georgia Tech for my undergrad, and I did it with a 1320 SAT and a GPA above 4.0 with the silly weighting business.

I'm a little sour on higher education at the moment, since I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and have never made over $40k/yr with my degree. When I was overseas, I met a lot of guys who went to work after high school and are now plumbers, welders, fabricators, etc, who make a lot more than that.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.