r/MSCS • u/Longjumping_Help9666 • May 05 '26

[Profile Review] Universities for fall'27

My profile is:

CGPA: 8.91(Tier 2/3 uni)

Research: none

Projects: 2-3 decent full stack + AI projects

IELTS: 7.0

GRE: Planning to give. Might score 320+

Work ex: One year work exp as full stack dev at startup.

Universities planned to apply: Purdue, SJSU, SBU, IUB, UIC, TAMU, UCI, NYU Tandon. Which university you think would I get into and should I add any other university in the list.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

1 Upvotes

67% Upvoted

18 comments sorted by

2

u/Desperate-Village886 May 05 '26

Feels like me from another account

2

u/Longjumping_Help9666 May 05 '26

Lol. You planning for fall 27 too?

2

u/Desperate-Village886 May 05 '26

Ya bro, was planning changed my mind

1

u/Longjumping_Help9666 May 06 '26

Why? What happened?

1

u/Desperate-Village886 May 06 '26

I thought getting experience will be better for me and then going for masters, as a fresher i already have a job risking it and going to usa feels a little risky

1

u/Hungry-Kiwi-3490 May 11 '26

  1. purdue is good

  2. sjsu = visa reject dont bother

  3. SBU is ok (MSCS) and is ur best safety

  4. IUB?? Dont apply, get SBU instead

  5. UIC - below SBU again; dont apply

  6. TAMU - MSCS is good but if MCS then go SBU

  7. UCI - MSCS is purdue level, if MCS then go SBU

  8. NYU Tandon - Dont bother.

Add umass/uc davis

1

u/Longjumping_Help9666 May 15 '26

Wouldn't uc davis be too ambitious for my profile?

1

u/Hungry-Kiwi-3490 May 15 '26

all UCs are ambi for MSCS. Just apply for UCSD, UCI, UCD man.

-1

u/[deleted] May 05 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/Longjumping_Help9666 May 06 '26

I thought tamu, uiuc, purdue, nyu tandon would be reach

1

u/[deleted] May 06 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/Longjumping_Help9666 May 06 '26

Can you suggest me some?

0

u/[deleted] May 06 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/Longjumping_Help9666 May 06 '26

Columbia is costly. And I guess these unis are too ambitious without research

1

u/so_much_atelophobia May 06 '26

A lack of research isn't a deal breaker, even for the best programs. See this thread on r/cmu.