Chances?

[MasterHopeful]

Application for Fall 2014

 

GPA:

Community College GPA: 3.06

4 year School GPA: 3.42

 

GRE: 159/158/4.0

 

Major: Computer Science

 

 

Applying for: Master in Computer Science

To:

University of California Santa Cruz

University of California Riverside

Cal Poly Pomona

San Jose State University

Seattle University

 

Thank you in advance!

Edited February 25, 2013 by MasterHopeful

[dat_nerd]

Your GPA and GRE scores alone don't determine your admissions chances. It'd help to know what research experience you have, how well your recommenders know you, and what your statement of purpose is like.

[rustledjimmies]

it does depend on a lot of things, but you have a relatively safe set of schools -- In my opinion the two that will test your application will be the UC schools but unfortunately i am speaking ignorantly of most of the universities you applied to as I don't know their programs well. 

 

Master's applications are, in my opinion, much more subtle and subject to so many more factors than a PhD application.

 

As a quick example, if you state that you pursuing an MSCS to get better breadth in CS topics such that you can better apply them to a job in industry after graduating, and frankly could care less about research, this will be treated VERY DIFFERENTLY depending on the school -- Berkeley may throw your app in the trash while Stanford may like your style, for example.

 

Hopefully you have considered the attitude of the school in general when you applied for your MS program and chose schools which fit what you would like to get our of your MS.

 

If a school sees that your purpose for getting an MS (in your statement of purpose, ofc) aligns with their values, I think it's one of the best things you can have in your favor.