What are the chances of getting into Computer Science PhD at University of California, San Diego?

[Arunava]

I completed my MS in EE on 2016 from NCSU. My thesis and research credits are in robotics and automation. I have extensive research experience in the same field. I am looking into the same sort of research at UCSD, however, want to change to CS dept. I am using my old GRE score taken 3 years ago which was 306, 162 quant and 144 verbal. I also have some short work experiences.

I have a good research profile, with one publication and some conference presentations. Also served as an IEEE conference submission reviewer and conference speaker and member in robotics and automation chapters. Also, I have secured top 10 positions in Robotics Video Challenge 2015 worldwide. I have taken some computer science courses online and one certification in algorithms from UCSD through Coursera.

My undergraduate was from VTU, India. Also, can someone say how to address those diversity essay questions?

GPA undergrad: 3.5

GPA MS: 3.2

I am also attaching my resume here if that helps.

AN_Resume.pdf

Edited November 29, 2016 by Arunava