Hi everyone, I'm planning to apply for grad school the coming fall and I need your help for deciding on my future goals! Here's my profile:
Current program: B.Sc in CS at McGill University,
GPA: 3.98
GRE: planning to take it in August/September
Research experience and LOR's: I should have three LOR's, I've worked with two professors in individual project courses, and I am doing research with a post-doc now on quantum information. But I'd say that the project with the post-doc is more involved; we may have a paper published but it probably won't be in time for the application.
I'm aiming for a research oriented program starting at fall 2012 in US/Canada. My current tendency is to stay in Canada for the MS as it seems to be more versatile and might give me a stronger application for the PHD later as I get to do more research. I haven't decided on exactly which area I want to work, but I've been interested in algorithms, graph theory, cryptography, also quantum information.
Based on my profile, which universities would seem to be a reasonable shot? Your comments are appreciated!