Hello,
Recently found out about this website. I would be grateful if you some of you could evaluate my profile and provide suggestions on my targeted universities.
GRE - 165 Q, 158 V, 4 AWA CGPA - 7.97/10, Approx. 3.7+ on a 4.0 Scale
Electrical and Electronics Engineer
Top 30 Engineering School in India Academic Projects -
1. Lead FSAE Suspension Designer, won one of the dynamics event 2. Head of the Electric Power Systems team for the CubeSat Student Satellite project 3. Two Bachelor's thesis on Neural Networks and State Space Modeling of DC DC Converters Research Experience - 1 Year at a very large automotive company (independent research) that led to internal publications and drastic changes in test methodologies Patents - 1 Patent on Autonomous Driving System (Filed in 5 Countries, through the company, Sole Inventor) Industry Experience - 3+ years of experience in an automotive company. Technical Lead, for the global team. Very high profile there.
Start Up Experience - 1+ Year as a Co-Founder in the electric vehicles domain. Working on machine learning and motor control methodologies.
SOP - 8/10 - I am applying with the intent of researching and studying autonomous system and vehicle controls. My SOP is focused on working on "Self Driving Cars" with Motion Planning as the main area of research.
LOR - 2 Strong, and 1 Strong to Moderate (Not Sure) - 2 Ph.D's and 1 a very senior system architect in the automotive company
Universities Applied -
Very Ambitious (because why not?)
1. Stanford University - Electrical Engineering (Controls)
2. Harvard University - Electrical Engineering (Controls)
3. CMU - Robotics and Machine Learning (Motion Planning)
4. UPenn - Robotics
Ambitious/Moderate -
5. Georgia Tech - ECE (Controls)
6. Virginia Tech - ECE (Controls)
7. Ohio State University - ECE (Controls)
8. University of Southern California - ECE (Controls)
9. UCSD - ECE
10. UMD - ECE
Safe
11. University of Florida - ECE
12. Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Robotics
13. University of Massachusets, Amherst - Industrial Engineering
I am getting sleepless nights now waiting for a reply from the universities. I am hoping to get suggestions from you, on where my chances lie.
All the best for your admissions too! Hope we get it where we want it!!