Harshith Thonupunoori
3 years ago
Hello everyone, please help me out in shortlisting of universities for MS in CS, Fall 2021 (US) Aca
Hello everyone, please help me out in shortlisting of universities for MS in CS, Fall 2021 (US)
Academics/Tests:
Undergrad: BITS Pilani, Computer Science
CGPA: 7.84/10
GRE: 328 (169 Q, 159 V)
TOEFL: 113
Other Relevant Info:
3 strong LORs
2 semesters research experience under professors in Natural Language Processing
TA for Data Mining course in college
Work ex: 16 months full time in PayPal
One Patent filing in process
Shortlisted universities:
Mod/Ambi mod:
1. U Colorado, Boulder
2. Texas A&M University
3. UC Santa Barbara
4. UC Davis
Ambi:
1. UC San Diego
2. UC Irvine
3. Penn state Uni
Safe:
1.SUNY Stony Brook
2. U Illinois Chicago
3. Arizona State Uni
Questions:
1. Does the above split look good/well-balanced? Should I add/remove/change the category of a university in the above list?
2. Is UC Santa Barbara moderate or ambitious? Can I consider UC Irvine as moderate?
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Harshith Thonupunoori Author
@rahup97 Good to know, thanks for the info. Any idea about UC Irvine? Is it a mod uni for me?
Rahul Patil
UCSB has extremely less number of open slots for international students, so their acceptance rate is very low. Pick a replacement See more
Harshith Thonupunoori Author
@devshreeb Can you help me out?