#AskNistha
I have a list of universities in my mind. I am really confused with how many universities I need to apply mainly because of the cost factor involved. Please help me by suggesting some gettable universities in my list and also in general by evaluating my profile. Also, Please classify those universities into Ambitious, Moderate and Safe. I am interested in pursuing MS in Data Science/Data Analytics / Business Analytics in the US.
This is my Profile
1. UG in Electrical & Electronics Engineering with CGPA=7.47/10.0
2. Undergraduate from St. Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai affiliated to Anna University.
3. GRE score-312(Q-163, V-149, AWA-3.0)
4. TOEFL Score-105(R-24, L-27, S-26, W-28)
5. Number of In-plant trainings: 1 at Neyveli Lignite Corporation, a public sector power generation company.
6. Number of Industrial visits: 6 [A number of substations in various thermal power generation companies and one Atomic power station]
7. Number of Projects: 1 [Automation of domestic electrical Appliances]
8. All LORs from my college professors only.
9. Work Experience: 0
10. Extra Curricular activities: A few
11. Social service works(working with NGOs etc): A few
12. Publications or paper presentations: 0
13. Extra Achievements: Completed a Software foundation course certified by IBM, Posses a Business English Certificate (Vantage) certified by University of Cambridge
The following are the universities that I have in mind
1.Santa Clara University
2.University of California Davis
3.University of California San Diego
4.University of San Francisco
5.Georgia Institute of Technology
6.Indiana University-Bloomington
7.Purdue University
8.Worcester Polytechnic Institute
9.Washington University in St. Louis
10.Duke University
11.University of Oklahoma
12.Texas A and M University-Commerce
13.Texas Tech University
14.University of Texas Dallas
15.Arizona State University
16.University of Florida
17.Illinois Institute of Technology
18.Michigan Technological University
19.University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
20.Rutgers University-New Brunswick/Piscataway
21.New York University
22.University of Rochester
23.University of Utah
24.Seattle University