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wow! 5 1st-author conference papers? what area are you in? btw, just curious what happened to gre math portion? 157 seems quite weird since u have such great academia achievements...

so even if I only worked with 1 prof for 6 semesters, I still have a chance with 1 great LoR and 2 useless ones? Thanks

But if I just focus on one thing, I will never be able to have good LoR from other profs.

Thanks a lot for your advices. I definitely need to catch up on my researches since I have been just doing what I was told to do in the past 3 semesters. =S Well, I did learn a lot from these 3 semesters tho. I will work on another independent research advised by a different prof next semester, and hopefully I can enjoy the experience and work on something interesting myself without the guidance of a grad student. I have 1 more question regarding doing research with 2 profs simultaneously, I will make sure I have enough time in my schedule to work on both of them, but I am not sure whether it will make a bad impression on both or either profs. Since these 2 profs are in the same field, they have a few joint publications, and some of their works have been focusing on the same issue but from different perspectives. I think it would be quite interesting to experience both sides to see the different approaches they take regarding the same issue.

Thanks for your reply, I am also wondering if 6 semesters of research experience and no paper in the field of my interest (by the time of applying) is considered good for an ugrad student applying for top cs programs?

Thanks a lot for the replies. I just checked and it seems Cal highly advise ppl to take gre cs sub test but not required.

I am curious about this answer too.

Hi guys, I am currently a EECS ugrad student in Cal, I have good major gpa and great cs/ee gpa. However, I really suck at memorizing vocabularies and I only got 500 on SAT verbal and 550 on SAT writing, so English is not my strong point. I am worried if a bad GRE score will decrease my chances of getting into top cs grad programs. What is the minimum GRE score I need to get to have a chance for the Top CS Phd programs? 1200+? 1300+? Thanks in advance for your replies. Best, Edward