Profile Evaluation for MS

[sthshilu]

Its been 4 years since I've completed my undergraduate in Engineering. For past four years I have worked as a developer for 3 major IT companies and currently I'm a fulltime trainer in an IT Institute. I need a help to profile my application. I am preparing for GRE and TOEFL with a GPA of 3.27. I am a mobile developer and have published over 10 applications in appstore. I have a active github profile. For my research works I have none. I have a blog for mobile application development. Will this count as my research work? How will universities evaluate my experience, will it add some value to my application? 

I don't have much ties to my undergraduate university and most of the professors that would have strongly recommended me have left the uni. So I'm not sure on where to get my recommendation letters from. 

To summarize.

GPA: 3.27

GRE: PENDING

TOEFL: 103 (2010)

IELTS: 7.5 (2015) 

Experience:

4 years experience in 3 different IT companies. Two of them are top IT companies in my country.

6 months experience as a IT Trainer

Done few volunteering work on Digital Literacy.

Interested Course:

CS (AI/DS) or HCI in GTech, Columbia, Cornell, Purdue, UIUC and TAMU . These are some of the universities that I am looking into. What are the chances for a well experienced software engineer to get into these universities and also apply for assistantships. Also if there are any other universities that you can recommends do help.

 

 

[The Dark knight]

Yeah, sorry to say this, but it will be hard with your profile to get into the Universities you mentioned. Even if you get a stellar GRE score (Q>165; V>160; AWA>4), they will still be skeptical because of your low GPA. It will be a long shot, add some safe universities to your list.

[luisalasnjr]

I partially agree with the Dark Knight on this one. It will be good to add some "safe" options, just in case. Some universities prefer when the letters of recommendation come from faculty members. But I see your experience as a big plus. In fact, I meet someone who had an "ok" GPA and "ok" GRE but got into TAMU thanks to her job experience. I would recommend you to look into the Illinois Institute of Technology. 

[Robbentheking]

I just want to add that just because professors have left your old uni, it doesn't mean you can't ask them. Professors are easy to track down because almost all maintain personal websites.