jojo164973 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Hey guys, I'm a senior CS major and I'm looking for any advice you can give on school recommendations. Thanks in advance! Major: CSMinor: PhilosophycGPA: 3.50 (with mgpa 3.8 and minor gpa 3.75) Type of Student: Asian Female Research Experience: 1) a final paper for a scientific computing course; 2) doing interdisciplinary 'research' between cs and game theory, It's not a real research-based experience, but more like reading textbooks and papers with a professor and then discussing some questions; 3) working on matching similar documents from two large database in an nlp group. I tried around 3 different approaches and finally got a nice result. Letters of Recommendation: Will get LoRs from professors that I worked with in the above three experiences. They are all well-known in their fields, but I may only get mediocre letters. General Grades: C's in freshman year and B's in general interest courses. Math Grades: A's in probability & stats, and discrete math, B+ in grad linear algebra, C+ in first semester honors calc (I'm worried this would be a warning sign). CS Grades: All A's and A-'s. Finished all required courses and only four electives (including nlp, crypto, scientific computing, advanced algorithm) Extracurriculars: Did not intern or do extra projects. I spent most of the vacations teaching young kids. Currently planning a girl's coding camp in my hometown cuz I cant believe most of my previous students are boys! Schools: I think I will ultimately apply for a phd, so i only consider thesis-based mscs now. Dream schools are cornell, princeton, and harvard. Other schools I'd love to apply are yale, upenn, columbia, u michigan, northwestern, duke and nyu. That's all I have! Do I have a shot at the programs listed? Really appreciate any advice on school recommendations. Wish we the best of luck during this hard time!!! Alduin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo164973 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 anyone has some advice for this please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InCoffeeWeTrust Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Really interesting post! Sorry I have no advice, but I think that maybe in cases like these it could be helpful to meet with academic consultants which specialize in admissions to your programs. Best of luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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