Profile evaluation: PhD in Computer Science

[anujkalia]

I want to get in a PhD program at a top 10 US school. I am now a Senior Undergraduate at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Overall GPA: 3.9, ranked 2nd in my course.

CS GPA: 3.86

GRE: Not given yet

Internships:

1. One research internship at Imperial College London.
   
2. One internship at Google India.
   

Recommendations:

1. One from my supervisor at ICL.
   
2. Two good ones from professors at my university.
   

Research Publications: None.

Many thanks for any input and your time.

[emmm]

That's not a whole lot of information, but you seem to be in good shape. You need to find people doing work that interests you, apply, and see what happens. There's really not much else you can do. If you apply widely enough, you should be able to find a spot (or several spots, and then you'll have a happy decision to make). Good luck.

[anujkalia]

That's not a whole lot of information, but you seem to be in good shape. You need to find people doing work that interests you, apply, and see what happens. There's really not much else you can do. If you apply widely enough, you should be able to find a spot (or several spots, and then you'll have a happy decision to make). Good luck.

Thanks for your answer. I mostly wrote what other people had written in similar evaluation requests. Could you tell what other information I should supply, or is it less without the GRE scores?

[Amogh]

I want to get in a PhD program at a top 10 US school. I am now a Senior Undergraduate at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Why do you want a PhD? You better have a good reason. Read this and probably this and this.

Overall GPA: 3.9, ranked 2nd in my course.

Congratulations on the rank. Also don't convert from 10 point to 4 point. Leave it in the original scale.

CS GPA: 3.86

GRE: Not given yet

Get something above 320 and then forget about it.

Internships:

1. One research internship at Imperial College London.
   
2. One internship at Google India.
   

Please elaborate on what you did at both these places.

Recommendations:

1. One from my supervisor at ICL.
   
2. Two good ones from professors at my university.
   

Hopefully, your professors can talk about your research ability and not just that you did well in class.

Research Publications: None.

PhD admissions look for this and give it a lot of weight! See if you can change this?

Many thanks for any input and your time.

Also, you need to talk to your seniors, many of whom, I am sure, have gone on to pursue a PhD after graduating.