University Shortlisting

Question

Hi guys, my profile is
Cgpa 8.78
Gre 321
4.5 years of experience as full stack developer.

Below is the list i have prepared for unis. Considering my profile and limited spring intake, can someone please suggest if this list is fine or too ambitious. Any general advice is greatly appreciated . Also im yet to give my ielts, so i will applying to unis in a month. Please take all these factors into consideration and provide your guidance . Thanks in advance #ms #USA #masters #cs (Im looking for cs major)

Aditya Alladi · Answer

Hello there Khushi,

You have a decent profile. Target scoring above 7 overall in IELTS which gives you an added boost to your profile.

I have shortlisted some of the universities for you (considering 7 in IELTS) for MS in Computer Science categorized into three sections ( Ambitious, Target, and Safe Universities)

Ambitious: 
1) Washington University in St. Louis
2) Vanderbilt University
3) The University of Virginia
4) Arizona State University

Target: 
1. University of Pittsburgh
2. University of California, Santa Barbara
3 Emory University
4.University of California, Santa Cruz

Safe: 
1. University of Illinois at Chicago
2. University of North Carolina at Charlotte
3. Illinois Institute of Technology
4. Colorado State University

You could also look into the university shortlisting by yourself for different courses and countries by yourself on the Yocket's College Finder tool

https://yocket.com/college-finder

This tool would make it easier for your university shortlisting.

Hope this helps!!!

Aaditya Sharma · Answer

Hi Khushi,

You have a great profile. You have a great CGPA and an excellent GRE score. I think you stand a great chance of being into top colleges if you have a great IELTS score.
Also, your experience is good enough and if you do some extra courses, it will surely elevate your profile and it will give you immense growth opportunity and make you stand out.
But getting in these top colleges is a tough nut to crack, hence my suggestion would be to keep your documents strong enough as they evaluate it thoroughly and give it a great importance.
Feel free to contact.

Khushi Shareef · Answer

Thanks a lot

Khushi Shareef · Answer

Thanks Mayank

Mayank Garg · Answer

Hi,
So yes the Universities you have shortlisted are Good enough and no not too ambitious,
You have Excellent GRE Score and Good CGPA so you won't have much problem looking at your profile.
Just try to get an IELTS score above 6.5 because it is considered as average score by universities,
You have done excellent overall, Just get good LORs and SOPs as they do a 10% job of getting you into universities,
Hoping I was able to help you,
but if you do face any query please feel free to reach out to me.