University Selection / Profile Evaluation

[rahulbatra]

Profile Evaluation

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Field Interested in: MS in Computer Science and MS in Data Science or related fields

Targetting Fall '19

 

College: BITS Pilani - Hyderebad Campus

CGPA: 9.1 in B.E. Computer Sciece

GRE: 328 (with 158 in Verbal), 4 AWA

TOEFL: 115 (with 25 in speaking)

 

Internships (all related to Data):

Google Summer of Code - Summer of 2016

Research Internship in University of Bologna, Italy - Summer of 2017

Undergrad Thesis at LiP6, France - Fall of 2017

 

Work Exp:

Working as a software developer (in Data Team) since July, 2018 at Oracle

 

2 Paper publications

1 in an obscure conference and the other one in a B rated international conference.

 

Have done multiple pet projects in the area of interest and been a part of various cultural and technical groups at college.

 

I like to play with data and would like to pursue a course with concentration on the same. After (quickly)going through the websites and courses of some universities, I following universities interesting:

 

- UIUC, MSCS

- GATech, MSCS

- CMU, MSCDS

- UMich, MSCS

- UW Madison, MSCS

- UWaterloo, MMath

- UCLA, MSCS

 

I'll be really grateful if someone could please help me in categorising these as Ambitious/Mod/Safe. Is this is a good set of school to apply or just over-ambitious?

Also, it'll be great to know if there any other good programs/universities that I might have missed. Would also be a pleasure to connect with seniors who might be able to guide me in writing the SoP.

 

Thanks in advance, all the lovely people of the group - it has been a great help.