TryingBest

Hi people, This is my first time here, so I apologize for any improper courtesy. At the moment, I am a junior trying to best my profile as much as possible given the limited time at hand: School: - A TOP 20 school and top 10 for CS GPA: - 3.5 (can be 3.78 at the time of application) / 4.0 (Honors) Major: - CS Research interest: - Network/Computer Security, Anti-censorship internet measurement Research Experience: - (Potentially good LOR from a very reputable professor) At the lab of a reputable Professor in the field of Computer/Network Security and Anti-censorship internet measurement field during the summer. - (Ongoing) A semester of research experience in an IoT-related project, planned to publish at USENIX (top conference for Security). Publication: - None (for now) Target: - University of Michigan - Cornell - UCSD - CMU - Duke - UMD - UCB - UChicago Since I have a time constraint of about a year (with one summer), what is the best course to maximize my chance at a top program? Thank you!

Hi people, This is my first time here, so I apologize for any improper courtesy. At the moment, I am a junior trying to best my profile as much as possible given the limited time at hand: School: - A TOP 20 school and top 10 for CS GPA: - 3.5 (can be 3.78 at the time of application) / 4.0 (Honors) Major: - CS Research interest: - Network/Computer Security, Anti-censorship internet measurement Research Experience: - (Potentially good LOR from a very reputable professor) At the lab of a reputable Professor in the field of Computer/Network Security and Anti-censorship internet measurement field during the summer. - (Ongoing) A semester of research experience in an IoT-related project, planned to publish at USENIX (top conference for Security). Publication: - None (for now) Target: - University of Michigan - Cornell - UCSD - CMU - Duke - UMD - UCB - UChicago Since I have a time constraint of about a year (with one summer), what is the best course to maximize my chance at a top program? Thank you!