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I sent you my SOP. I am waiting to receive yours.

Hi, I am applying for Ph.D. program in CS in Statistical Machine Learning Area. I would be grateful if someone is willing to critique my SOP. thanks

I am from Iran. I have never been in English-speaking country but I have been studying statistics master in Switzerland since September 2009 (the program is in English). I am applying for computer science program in - Top universities : MIT, CMU, Caltech - Other: Toronto, Waterloo, EPFL I will have two master degrees in 5 months, Statistics master from ETH (GPA:5.41/6.0) and Computer Engineering Master (16.92/20.0) from a top university in Iran. Publications: one journal paper is under major revision, 4 local papers thanks

Hi, I have just finished GRE exam. I would like to know (Q:800, V:450) is good score for a international student. Thanks

I have just finished GRE exam. I was lucky because it was clearly marked the unscored section.

Hi, When practicing Verbal section with PowerPrep software, normally I could not finish all the 30 questions. Because sometimes in the question 24 or 25 I encounter a short reading passage (time about 25:00). I have following options: 1- To read the reading quickly and only answer the reading questions. Therefore I could not answer 3 or 4 questions. 2- just answer the reading questions randomly and then answering carefully remaining questions ( about 3 or 4 questions). Which option would you suggest?

Hi, I want to take GRE on 9th November. I want to know if still there are unscored section in computer-based GRE. If yes, is it easily distinguishable from the real one? thanks

Thanks for your reply. I have just noticed that based on following standard website : http://www.wes.org/ I can convert my international GPA to four point system. Therefore we have: MSc in Amirkabir university in Iran : GPA : 3.72 / 4.0 BS degree in Amirkabir university in Iran : GPA : 3.17 / 4.0 (and 3.33/4.0 last two years) master student in statistic at ETH Zurich university : GPA : 5.5 / 6.0 (in four point scale is not clear yet) I think WES is the system which most universities uses for converting international GPA to four point system. Now what do you think about my chance to enter top 5 and top 20 universities? (based on converted GPAs and also information posted before)

Hi, I have following questions: 1- Is it better to contact professors before formally applying to a university? 2- If a professor does not answer my EMail, may I try again after several days? Or is it better to try other professors?

Thanks a lot, I got my answer I was referring to the computer-based test not new GRE format.

thanks for your reply. I am not from Germany. I should add that I do not want to take paper-based GRE and I want to take computer-based GRE. Still I should take the exam 5 weeks before 10th December?

Hi All, When do I have to take GRE exam so universities receive my score about 10th December? I want to take the exam in Germany.

Hi All, I would like to know my chance to be admitted in Phd Program in top universities such as MIT/CMU/stanford/Berkeley. I want to apply for Machine Learning field. My profile: 1- master student in statistic at ETH Zurich university - GPA : about 5.5 up to now - TA in one course - doing one research seminar 2- master degree in Artificial Intelligence in Amirkabir university in Iran (top three universities in iran) - GPA : 16.92 out of 20 - TA in three course - one journal paper (to be revised in neurocomputing journal) - 5 regional conference papers 3- BS degree in computer engineering in Amirkabir university in Iran (top three universities in iran) - GPA : 15.78 out of 20 - First International ranked Team Rank in Robocup - Ranked 170th in ”National Entrance Exam for B.Sc. Program“ among more than 400’000 high school students GRE: not yet (expected Q:800 V:350-400) TOEFL : 92 at the moment but I want to take it again. I could get three strong recommendation and I have a strong SOP. I have a response from a CMU professor that told me "I encourage you warmly to apply". Because I have both statistics and AI degrees, it matches profile of some professor very well. what is my chance to be admitted in these universities?