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It's a good sign but it doesn't necessarily mean they will accept you. It's also good that there is a mutual acquaintance that recommended you to this prof. If you can, you should do the interview - it will help you as long as you are knowledgeable about your research interests and his as well as how they fit. Good luck!
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Profile Evalunation for PhD EE/EECS Berkeley Stanford MIT Fall 2011
newms replied to paxboyo's topic in Engineering
I'm not enrolled in those schools and I'm not in your field so I won't comment on the first part, but for your questions, here is what I think: 1) I don't know any profs from Stanford or Cal, but the comments you received do seem like they were irritated. Did the profs have websites with information about how to contact them? A lot of profs I've seen have notices on their sites that say that you should not contact them if you're not enrolled at the school. Perhaps there was a notice like that on their sites and hence they sent the reply they did. 2) I've heard the opposite of what you say here. That the recommendation letters and SoP can help your application a lot and can probably hurt your application too. If the recommendation letters are from profs that the adcomms know or know about and they say that you are a future superstar in the field, you can bet that will help your application a lot. Most LoR's I would imagine, are from profs that the adcomm will not know or know about and would probably say something along the line of you did well in school. Those letters aren't worth much and probably won't help you and could hurt you relative to other applicants. Obviously a bad LoR will definitely hurt you. Here's a good site with lots of information for applicants to grad school. http://sites.google..../gradappadvice/ It's from a prof that isn't in your field, but the advice is still relevant. PS. With your publications I'm guessing you should have a pretty good shot at Berkley and Cal, but that's just a guess since I'm not in your field. -
I wouldn't recommend changing your interest just to get into grad school. Your interests are what you're going to be working on for at least 5 years in school and then in your career after that. Granted your interests are going to change naturally over time, but I don't think you should just say you're interested in a field to get into grad school - adcomms will probably be able to figure out that you're not very interested in that area if you really aren't interested in it. As for your chances, I think you have a fairly good chance of getting into a few of those schools you have listed there. Brown, Johns Hopkins and Columbia will be very difficult to get into (around 10% or less). Rensselaer isn't a very highly ranked program but it's acceptance rate is around 12%. I think you would have a fair chance at Stony Brook and you should have a pretty good chance at the other schools you have listed. Also, don't short change your research experience - you have research experience, which is a very important part of the application. That alone will help you to stand out. Also while your GPA is 3.0, the fact that it improved significantly over the last two years will help mitigate that. All best!
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lifeistolearn, I would guess that it fits in in computer vision as well as HCI, possibly ML and AI as well. As for whether its a suitable topic for research - it would be too broad a topic. What you can do is read papers in about the topic and pick a narrow area or areas that intrigue you and pursue that.
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I think it's time to post.. "please evaluate my profile"
newms replied to lifeistolearn's topic in Computer Science
If that's your plan, then you may have to look at MS programs outside the top 10 if you want to apply this year. If you went this route, and did well at your MS (getting published) then you could apply for top 10 PhD programs in 2 years. Remember again, that you would need to apply to a research based MS and a lot of programs have terminal MS only. Most programs also have limited funding for MS student, so keep that in mind. If you wanted to do research now and then apply next year, I suggest that you find a prof at a school or research institute near you that need assistants and see if they need assistants for their research. As for schools that have a cutoff AWA - I don't think I've come across one in CS. Not many do, but just look out for it as a few schools do. You should probably do some reading on what it takes to get into grad school, particularly in CS. Here are a few good links. the first two are by profs and the third by a grad student. http://www.cs.cmu.ed...dschooltalk.pdf http://matt.might.ne...mputer-science/ (hat tip to nvseal posted this link in the CS forum here) Good luck! -
Please, evaluate my profile. Computer Security
newms replied to edvolkov's topic in Computer Science
Anything that shows your research potential is important. So if your work experience is related to your research field and can help to show your research potential then it will be looked on favorably. -
You can dream too . Welcome to the Grad Cafe and all the best in your applications!
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When to have the Registrar's office send out transcripts?
newms replied to gradstudent84's topic in Applications
I don't think it's too early. Schools generally open a file for you when they receive the first document about you and then they add to it until your application is complete. -
He sounds like an awesome professor - it's a pity he's not taking students for next year since he sounds like the kind of prof students would love to work with. It's good that he was helpful, but I don't know how much his email will necessarily help your application. It sounds like he is being polite and encouraging, but it doesn't necessarily mean that you will be at an advantage for your application. Perhaps he is on the admissions committee and will look out for your application, but that would be pure speculation.
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Projects in C/C++
newms replied to Go_Girl's topic in Statement of Purpose, Personal History, Diversity
Hey lifeistolearn, Good to see you again! I saw your posts and added my thoughts. -
I think it's time to post.. "please evaluate my profile"
newms replied to lifeistolearn's topic in Computer Science
Hi lifeistolearn, I'm glad I was able to help. Congrats on your 1600! Unfortunately as you know, the GRE isn't very important, but your high score will definitely stand out. To answer your questions: The short answer is it shouldn't. That's because the AWA is so very unimportant especially for CS applicants. It might cause some people to take a second look especially paired with your 1600, but unless the school has a minimum required AWA of 3.5, you should be OK. Your SoP will show them your writing ability. I'm more familiar with application prospects for PhD rather than MS so I'm not entirely sure of your prospects for a MS especially at a top school. Can I ask why you are applying for a MS rather than a PhD? If you ultimately want to do research, adcomms will expect you to apply to a PhD rather than a MS. Keep in. mind also that some schools do not have a research based MS For research based degrees (especially the PhD) the most important part of your application is your potential to do quality research - so having a publication will improve your chances. Your overall GPA is going to be cause for concern for a top 10 school ( which usually look for GPA of 3.6 and over I think), but the fact that your GPA improved over time will help to those concerns. In short, a quality publication would improve your chances better than almost anything, so if you want to get into a top 10 school, Iwould encourage you to try to get some good research experience and hopefully a publication. All the best! -
Please, evaluate my profile. Computer Security
newms replied to edvolkov's topic in Computer Science
I actually think you might be underselling yourself depending on the quality of your publications. Are the international conferences highly rated? You are applying for a PhD right? If so I think you have a pretty good range of schools and if your publications are at top notch conferences then you should have a better than average chance at a top 10 school. -
Projects in C/C++
newms replied to Go_Girl's topic in Statement of Purpose, Personal History, Diversity
Perhaps if you wanted you could put up a website with samples of the project and algorithms that you have implemented, and then mention that they can browse your samples on your website in your SoP. -
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I'm not sure about English MA programs in particular, but usually admits for Fall go out between January to April with most of them around mid February to mid March I think. The times vary by schools and departments so you could probably search the results from last year on the GradCafe's survey here for results from the programs you are looking at to see about when they notify people.
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Online Apps: "Other Schools"
newms replied to augustquail's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
It's not supposed to hurt you and it should only be for the school to compare themselves with other schools as others have mentioned. But I wonder what would happen if you apply to a lower ranked school and then list the higher ranked schools you have applied to on your application form. Will they then think that you just applied to them as a 'safe school' and that you are not likely to attend? -
You should also consider how strong each school is in the area that you are interested in. Sure US News might rank Northwestern higher overall, but is it better than NYU at the area you're interested in? Financially you might want to look at the cost of living at both locations as well (NYC is likely to be higher and maybe much higher). NYU has a pretty good reputation so if everything else is equal or almost equal, the opportunities that being in NYC provides would be very tempting for me.
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You seem to have a pretty good profile. You research experience looks solid and having a publication is definitely an asset. I would think that you would have a better chance than most at applying to top schools like Berkeley, UT Austin and UPenn due to your research experience. Bear in mind that those schools are super competitive, so while your chances may be better than most, they would still be relatively small. Michigan and UMass are top 20 schools that would still be tough to get into, but you would probably have better chances than at the first 3. I think you should have pretty good chances at Minnesota and RPI. Bear in mind that how well you fit at these schools will have a strong impact on your acceptance chances as well. All the best!
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evaluate my chances of MS in Computer Engineering
newms replied to tuhina's topic in Computer Science
Amogh, you have some good advice for the OP! I concur that if your aim is to do research, then you should be looking at PhD programs rather than MS programs. There are some research based MS programs but funding is limited and not all the top schools have research based MS programs, so your options would be limited if you are looking for research opportunities at the Master's level. Some schools in the US have a MS/Phd track option, where they admit you at the Master's level with the expectation that you will go on to do the PhD after. Alternatively, you could look at schools in Canada, that admit students with bachelors first to the (research based) Master's before the PhD. A lot of Master's programs in Canada are funded so this may be an option to get more research experience before applying to a top PhD program. -
Starting SOP with a quote?
newms replied to careerchange's topic in Statement of Purpose, Personal History, Diversity
If you are going to use a quote, make sure that it is relevant to your field and that it is not a common quote. If it's an unusual, but germane (GRE word ) quote the the admissions committee will likely be intrigued by it. If it's a commonly used quote, chances are they would have seen it before and I can almost visualize them rolling their eyes.