Profile Evaluation - Data Science Courses in Canada/USA University

[minsifye]

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post here, hoping for some help.

Need to know my chances to get into these universities. 

UBC Canada [MS in Data Science] - My Dream University

SFU Canada [MS in BigData] - Second 

Rutgers USA [MS in Data Science]   Living in NJ, so in my list.

Waterloo Canada [MMath Computer Science] - Can ditch others If I get this  

Now here is my BackGround: I have studied in India, now living in USA for sometime.

Undergrad:74.8% BCA (HNBGU University India) 3 years Degree

Grad: 6 CGPA MS in SoftwareEngineering [BITS Pilani] {Work Integrated}

Work Experience: 70 Months, Developer in DataMining Projects for European banking Clients [Big Banks]

GRE: 302 [Q-158, V-144, AWA- not yet received] ,

Toefl: 98 [R-20, L-27, S-26, W-25] (I need 2 more in reading section for UBC)

LOR : Strong (Yet Only from my managers, no academic contacts)

 

So now what do you think, how much potential my profile has for such universities. 

[gradcanada18]

Hey,

I pretty much applied for the same uni's. You do have a really strong application. Being a BITS Graduate myself (Not MS but BE - CS) , I totally understand your CGPA. With that work experience, you will surely get into one of your preferred universities.

Even though this might not really matter but you should have tried to get at least one academic reference from BITS. Unlike SFU, UBC does quantify academic capabilities through recommendation letters.

Good luck!

[minsifye]

Thanks, but getting a reference from BITS is impossible, not in touch with anybody. Meanwhile, I have applied to University of Buffalo-SUNY (DataScience), Rutgers and SFU. Hoping for some good luck.

[abnormalcluster]

Your quant score is pretty low for data science...

[CHAO_O]

21 minutes ago, abnormalcluster said:

Your quant score is pretty low for data science...

I agree!

[minsifye]

8 hours ago, abnormalcluster said:

Your quant score is pretty low for data science...

What is an Ideal score for Data Science?

[abnormalcluster]

@minsifye I think at least a 160 in the quantitative section to be competitive. You're applying to mostly canadian schools though, so I'm not sure how much they value the GRE. Here in the US, they usually have thresholds that you have to be above to even be considered. Then you're compared to other students where the GRE is used as one variable among many.