Profile: International student, graduated from a top 50 Computer Engineering school in Brazil, studied 1 year abroad at UCSB and I am currently working on my masters at one of the best programs in Brazil
Specialization: Computer Vision, Machine Learning
GPA: 8.77/10 (undergrad), Still no GPA from grad since it's my first semester
GRE: 161Q / 151V / 3.5A
Research: 1 year working on a signal processing/ML project in Brazil, summer internship research at UCSB with publication at CVPR '16, undergraduate thesis on image processing/GPU programming
Work experience: None
Accepted (CS and related only): UCSC without funding
Rejected (CS and related only): None (but I can see it coming)
Waiting (CS and related only): UCSB, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt
Comments: Strong LoRs, one of them being from the professor who was my mentor at UCSB