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Aarav

spring 2022

4 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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