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Shank

fall 2020

6 years ago

Can anyone help evaluate my (somewhat) strange profile and finalize universities? I want to do MS

Can anyone help evaluate my (somewhat) strange profile and finalize universities?

I want to do MS in Computer Science from USA.

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GRE - 332 (Q170, V162, AWA-4)

TOEFL - 111

Undergrad - B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering from NIT-Bhopal (MANIT)

CGPA - 8.2/10

Research Papers - None

Work Experience - 11 years in BHEL (a PSU under Govt. of India) primarily pertaining to System Engineering of Power Plants (mainly electrical project engineering but I managed to develop some softwares on the job as well)

Secondary Work Experience - Besides BHEL, I have been moonlighting for arouind 6 years as freelance software developer. Everything from small automation scripts to large web applications deployed on clusters and handling large volumes of traffic and data with pretty impressive uptime.

SOP - moderate

LOR - 1 from a client in UK (strong), 2 from my seniors at BHEL (1 strong, 1 moderate)

Extracurricular - State and National Level Cricket Player

Social Work - associated with a NGO working primarily in the villages around my city.

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So in a nutshell, I did my undergrad in ECE with 8.2 CGPA, then working in BHEL in various Systems Engineering Roles for Thermal Power Plants for 11 years alnd parallely moonlighting as freelancer for 6 years. And since I have always been passionate about programming, I wish to do a MS in Computer Science. Also consider that I dont have any research experience to show in my application.

Shortlisted Universities:

Dream / Super Ambitious -
UIUC, UCB, Cornell

Ambitious -
University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Texas-Austin, Georgia Tech

Moderate -
Univesity of Maryland-College Park, Penn State University, Texas A&M University

Safe -
NCSU, Northeastern University

Does anyone have any idea how my profiles stands for the universities listed above.

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