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Its not one of the best universities in the world but its one of the top unis in my country. Actually its due to a lack of grade inflation; our department's average is about 14/20 (less than 3 out of 4) and I think our class' average is even less than that ! How do you think my adviser should mention this in my recommendation letter ? Should he talk about grade inflation first or he would better just say something like "The highest GPA is xx and the department's average is xx and Sahand has ranked xx in his class" ?

I have mentioned it in my Resume but I feel like they don't really notice it ! Because still some of the faculty members told me that my GPA is low ! So I thought maybe I should emphasize on it somewhere other than in my resume ... yeah Maybe having it mentioned in my recommendation letter might be a good idea since they read it more carefully I believe...

Hi all, I wanted to see if its ok to mention the highest GPA in my class in my SoP ? my GPA is 15.63 out of 20 which would be about 3.2 and some unis rejected me last year because they believed that my GPA is not high enough while the highest GPA in my class is about 16.80 and I'm ranked 4th in my class !

Hmm thats very interesting, I should really consider this.... thanks !

Yeah actually the main reason that I'm more tended to US for a MS is that I'll have a good chance of entering a top uni for PhD, but I'm thinking, in case that I changed my mind about going for a PhD, its better to hold a MS from a top uni than a normal one... (btw, the ranking aside, is tennessee knoxville a known university in US ?)

Yeah you are right, funding for MS in Canada and also the possibility of immigration is really good... Acutally I'm still waiting for the results of the University of Victoria that I applied , but that one is also not a very high ranked university, so next year maybe I'll apply for better ones in Canada...

I don't really think there would be any consequences, I have many friends studying in US without any problems and the government has also put some support for the visa of the students recently. But still that's a good point to consider...

Thanks Currently I might have the chance of getting Assistant ship from university of Tennessee Knoxville but the ranking is not so high. Do you think I'd better go there for this Winter or risk applying to better universities (like Simon Fraser or any other US University with Fund) for next Fall ? Also Could you please let me know if you heard anything about transferring ?

Thanks for your help. I applied to Toronto's MS but they rejected me (I heard that for UofT you would better have contacted a professor and I hadn't!). I'm more into universities of US. Do you think I would better apply to a normal university for winter 2013 (like University of Tennessee Knoxville or Cal Poly that I have in mind) for MS and then transfer to top universities or I'd better wait more and just directly apply to top universities for Fall 2013 ? Getting Financial aid (assistantship or others) is also very important to me.

Oops I should edit my word, I applied to about 6 of those 30 top universities not all of them !

Is there anyone who can evaluate my SoP ?

I'm an international senior student of Computer Science, I would like to apply for Masters and I'm not sure about my chances. This fall I applied to PhD programs of top 30 universities in US but all of them rejected me so I thought I would better think of a Masters first since I might have higher chance of getting accepted. My GPA is 3.23 (I'm ranked 5th in the class). I have research experience at National University of Singapore's HCI Lab. My Gre scores are 164/142/4.0 My IELTS overall score is 7 I have good recommendation letters and hopefully a good SoP... Do you think I have chance of getting accepted to top universities for Masters ? If yes or no, which university you suggest me to apply ?

Hi all, I'm an undergraduate Computer Science student in one of the top 5 universities in Iran. This year I applied for a PhD to some top universities in US and Canada. Not all of them have replied but since one of the lowest ranked of them. The universities that I think maybe I should apply and I have a high chance of getting accepted are Illinois Institute of Technology , National University of Singapore and technical university of Munich. I would like to apply for a MS since I would like to go to top universities for my PhD. I would like to know having an MS from which of these universities can improve my chances of getting accepted to a top ten university for a PhD ? I know it depends on the quality of my MS and SoP and LoR and everthing else, but if we just want to compare the universities,which one is better to go ? Some people have even suggested me applying for SJSU or Cal Poly and even though their ranking is really lower than the ones I mentioned above they say that I will have the chance of meeting some Berkeley or Stanford professors and getting involved in their researches and later work for them as PhD student. What do you guys suggest me ?!