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  1. I applied to UIUC last year, that is my dream school...but was rejected..PhD is a long term commitment...I am not sure if I am ready for that...
  2. Hi edvolkov, Thanks a ton for your suggestions, during my undergrad I worked on variety of subjects hence different conferences. What might help me is working at McAfee Labs and my B.Tech Thesis in security. Can you sort of rate my chances for above listed universities. Thanks
  3. I would be glad if someone could evaluate my profile: I am planning to apply for Masters program in Computer Science , provided I get a call from a Top 20 university. Currently, I am working as Security Researcher at McAfee Labs, India(joined in May 2011). My areas of interest are computer and network security. My profile is as follow: Undergraduate: DAIICT ( a 2-tier univ in India), GPA - 9.63 /10 OR 3.85/4, Class Rank 3/240. Research Experience : Summer Research Internship : Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad (Area: Software Reliability Engineering) Visiting Students' Research Programme: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (Area: Malware Analysis) B.Tech Thesis (6 months project): Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (Area: Malware Analysis) First Days (ICTD Project, UC Berkeley): I was associated with this project for about one and half year as Undergrad researcher and developer.( published one paper out of this work ar ICTD 2010 (Tier 1 conference). Security Researcher: McAfee Labs, India (from past 6 months, submitted a paper in Tier-2 conference out of a research project undertaken at McAfee). Publications : 1 journal publication 5 International conference publications ( one student Paper (Tier 2 conference - ISSRE) on Software Reliability Engineering , one on Malware Analysis(Tier 2 Conference ) , one Tier I conference (ICTD) , and one in international conference ( Tier III), one submitted at Tier-2 conference ) Services: Teaching Assistant for Intro to Programming course at DAIICT. Invited Reviewer - Software Quality Journal, Springer Recommendations:(will choose 3) One from a senior prof at DAIICT (strong) one from a senior prof at TIFR (moderate) also from a senior engineer(but he is a Phd) at PRL.(strong) one from a alumni of UC, Berkeley(she completed her Phd(CS) last year).(strong) GRE Score : Quant; 800 Verbal 490 = 1290 TOEFL Score : 108 (Reading: 27, Writing: 28, Listening: 29, Speaking 24) I am looking into applying to the following universities, I am uncertain about my chances here as well as the funding scenario in these universities(keeping in mind the aforementioned profile): University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Maryland, College Park Washington University in St. Louis Purdue University University of Texas, Austin University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of California, Los Angeles University of Toronto, Canada Is there any particularly good university I might have missed which I should consider applying to ? Thanks
  4. Hi ASDen, I agree with your comment. My research profile is as follows: Research Experience : I did two summer research internship at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahemdabad and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay. These were very productive and I got publications out of these internship. These internship dealt with Software Reliability Engineering and Malware analysis. I also worked on UC Berkeley ICTD project for about one and half year as Undergrad researcher and developer and we got paper out of this to be published in ICTD 2010 (Tier 1 conference). Publications : 1 journal publication 4 International conference publications ( one student Paper (Tier 2 conference - ISSRE) on Software Reliability Engineering , one on Malware Analysis(Tier 2 Conference ) , one Tier I conference (ICTD) , and one in international conference ( Tier III) ) Responsibilities: Invited Reviewer - Software Quality Journal, Springer , Teaching Assistant for Intro to Programming course at DAIICT.
  5. others pls evaluate my profile....and help me in finalizing the selection of univ for application...thanks a lot
  6. I think I am not ready for a 5-7 year commitment like PhD, also there are few family related issues which bind me to come back in next three years to India . Yeah my interests basically revolves around the area of Software Engineering and particularly in Software Reliability Engineering and Malware Analysis. Thanks for your suggestions. Can you tell me about my chances for MS at above places or suggest some other univs. Thanks a lot.
  7. Please have a look at my profile and post your views regarding the following questions which I have. Ok! So, I am applying only for Masters degree MS in Computer Science and I would be pursuing the same if I get a call from some reputed (top 15) univs. So here is my profile: Undergraduate: DAIICT ( a 2-tier univ in India), GPA - 9.7 /10 OR 3.88/4, 2nd rank in a class of 240 students ( I am senior undergraduate right now!). Research Experience : At two research labs, I did two research intensive summer internships ( TIFR and PRL). Projects: One major project in association with a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley ( my role : undergrad researcher and developer) Publications : 1 journal publication, 4 conference publications ( all international) Recommendations : One from a senior prof at my institute, one from a senior prof at TIFR and also from a senior engineer at PRL. GRE Score : Quant; 800 Verbal 490 = 1290 (i think this might create problems for me ). Please comment about my chances for getting into following univs (as well as how much funding) and also suggest some other good univ. where I can get admission : Stanford UC Berkeley UIUC ( i just want to be there please, its my dream) Georgia Tech / Purdue ( I am not sure) Univ of Toronto Canada I think I am missing many good univ pls suggest, also I am not sure about CMU and Cornell, I am not considering them as a option due to high tuition fee . Pls help me !
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