i would have responded nicely had you not written female civil engineer on your subject.  anyways, please visit usnews.com for references and do some research.  :)

AAAA · Nov 3, 2009 7:43 AM

Hi: I am practicing civil engineering,did my undergrad and masters both here in the US. When the economy collapsed last year, civil engineering was one of the areas that was hard hit. I know my friends who were not able to find a job and they had really decent thesis and had good internship. But I am sure once the economy picks up then there will be shortage of civil engineers which will be around the time you graduate. Anyway, regarding your question about application. I would say if you have really good GPA then apply to schools like Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Purdue(basically top 10 schools) but if you think you are mediocre student then apply to state universities where professors are always looking for students. One thing I noticed about the application is that you have to email directly to the professor you are interested in working with. My other suggestion is get a good grip of programming language such as C/C++ and also mathematical software MATLAB, MathCAD or Mathematica. Hope it helped. Last edited: 03-Nov-09 09:30 AM

bbcnews · Nov 3, 2009 9:28 AM

but now i think u should get job....

BetterNepal · Dec 30, 2009 6:03 PM

First all, when u r in the way of completing bachelors degree, how come u think of joining PhD??? without doing masters?? There are colleges that offer combined master's leading to Phd degree but u can't join phd without doing masters.

jhyamma · Dec 30, 2009 8:32 PM