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  1. Hello everyone, I would be grateful for some help in my MS application. My undergrad is in Electronics and communication from a reputed institute in India and I am currently working as a software engineer. I would like to apply for MS in a CS program (specifically interested in logic). My gpa is a big problem however apart from the field switch and want to shortlist colleges appropriate for my profile. I have decent exposure to CS and math courses like Data structures, OS &Algos, Speech signal proc, image proc, computer vision, neural nets, AI, linear algebra and 2 independent studies in set theory and first order logic GRE : 168 Q 160 V GPA : about 3 - 3.3 (dont know exact conversion to 4 scale) No publications but a research assistantship (project on robust alignment of large audio and its text transcription), expect very good LORs from mentors work ex - 1.5 years in an R&D based startup on vision systems, software profile So far I shortlisted these universities (deadlines after december since I'm a bit late) : University of Minnesota (twin cities) University of Michigan (ann harbour) University of Illinois Chicago University of Notre Dame University of Delaware University of Florida Ohio state University Rutgers Indiana University (picked from here : http://world.logic.at/#usa ) Which, if any, would you suggest I have a chance of getting accepted in with above profile? Would be grateful for any other suggestions.
  2. Hi I just realised that the math subforum in the menu would be a more appropriate post for this and posted there. Should I remove this post? How do I do that? Sorry
  3. Hello everyone, I have completed my undergraduate this summer(outside US) and am looking to apply for masters in Mathematics (specifically logic) for 2015. My background: Bachelors of technology in Electronics an Communication engineering with a low gpa of 6.6/10 (Its a tier 1 school in my country and has stringent grading, although i know that doesn't cut it) 1 Summer research assistantship but unrelated to mathematics (It was in speech processing) GRE score : 329 2 Independent studies in Set theory and Formal Logic (No research work) Expect very good LORs currently doing a software engineering job (more related to image processing/computer vision) As you can see, major drawbacks in my application are unrelated (or less related) undergrad field, and poor gpa. I have always been interested in mathematics and problem solving (cleared regional olympiad in highschool), made bad choice by choosing ECE (some issues) and didn't like the hardware side. (My grades are decent in Math/signal processing courses). In ECE, I was interested in signal processing and did a research assistantship with one prof on methods to align speech with text transcripts. Did not publish a paper but the project was a success, and appreciated by porfessors. I got interested in foundational mathematics in later years of school, tried to read about constructive mathematics, recent development in homotopy type theory but realised didn't have that background. So I took 2 consecutive independent studies under a Prof to study formal set theory, logic and a little type theory. Wish to apply for a master's program in math, focusing on logic. I should get 3 good letters of recommendation from the prof I did the Independent studies under, the prof I did my research assistantship under(although he is a CS prof), and another mathematics prof. I've marked a tentative list of schools (I did not know how to search, I just picked these from researchers working on the Homotopy type theory on their website). Carnegie Mellon University, MS in logic, computation and methodolgy University of Amsterdam, MSc logic University of Manchester (masters in math for all below University of Utrecht KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Stockholm University (joint masters) Wesleyan University Radboud Unicersity University of Leeds University of Gothenberg I can apply to 8 schools at max (LOR constraints). CMU is 1 very unsafe university im applying to (low gpa and no mathematical research ). I would like to apply to 1-2 moderate and 4-5 safe universities. What more universities should I add to my list for consideration, that have active research in mathematical logic? Also, other than CMU (which I know is very unsafe), I'm trying to find how strict the rest of the universities in the above list are in their admissions in the department, any help regarding that would be very appreciated (like if some of them are very unsafe for my application). I will be very thankful for any other advice on my application. I apologise if the post is not appropriate for this forum for for any other reasons (I'm new here), I'll make any changes required. Thanks in advance
  4. Hello everyone, I have completed my undergraduate this summer(outside US) and am looking to apply for masters in Mathematics (specifically logic) for 2015. My background: Bachelors of technology in Electronics an Communication engineering with a low gpa of 6.6/10 (Its a tier 1 school in my country and has stringent grading, although i know that doesn't cut it) 1 Summer research assistantship but unrelated to mathematics (It was in speech processing) GRE score : 329 2 Independent studies in Set theory and Formal Logic (No research work) Expect very good LORs Currently joined a software engineering job (more related to image processing/computer vision) As you can see, major drawbacks in my application are unrelated (or less related) undergrad field, and poor gpa. I have always been interested in mathematics and problem solving (cleared regional olympiad in highschool), made bad choice by choosing ECE (some issues) and didn't like the hardware side. (My grades are decent in Math/signal processing courses). In ECE, I was interested in signal processing and did a research assistantship with one prof on methods to align speech with text transcripts. Did not publish a paper but the project was a success, and appreciated by porfessors. I got interested in foundational mathematics in later years of school, tried to read about constructive mathematics, recent development in homotopy type theory but realised didn't have that background. So I took 2 consecutive independent studies under a Prof to study formal set theory, logic and a little type theory. Wish to apply for a master's program in math, focusing on logic. I should get 3 good letters of recommendation from the prof I did the studies under, the prof I did my research assistantship under(although he is a CS prof), and another mathematics prof. I've marked a tentative list of schools (I did not know how to search, I picked these from researchers working on the Homotopy type theory on their website). Carnegie Mellon University, MS in logic, computation and methodolgy University of Amsterdam, MSc logic University of Manchester (masters in math for all below University of Utrecht KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Stockholm University (joint masters) Wesleyan University Radboud Unicersity University of Leeds University of Gothenberg I can apply to 8 schools at max (LOR constraints). CMU is 1 very unsafe university im applying to (low gpa and no mathematical research ). I would like to apply to 1-2 moderate and 4-5 safe universities. What more universities should I add to my list for consideration, that have active research in mathematical logic. Also, other than CMU (which I know is very unsafe), I'm trying to find how strict the rest of the universities in the above list are in their admissions in the department, any help regarding that would be very appreciated (like if some of them are very unsafe for my application). I will be very thankful for any other advice on my application. I apologise if the post is not appropriate for this forum for for any other reasons (I'm new here), I'll make any changes required. Thanks in advance
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