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I need advice on which grad schools to apply to. Graduated from University of Virginia with a bachelors degree in Computer Science major. Cumulative GPA is 3.67, major GPA 3.7. Working for top tech company currently in state of Washington as a software engineer, I will work for 3 years total before starting a PhD or Masters. No research experience or research awards, but GRE score is top 5% in both quantitative and verbal. I will likely get very good recommendations from my employer. Without any research experience should I try for a Masters in Machine Learning first? During these three years any way to gain research experience? I'm looking at University of Washington hopefully for instate masters program