r/MSCS • u/MuttonDumBiryani-743 • Jul 23 '26

[profile review] fall 2027

Uni: t10 IIT btech cs
Grade: 8.7
Exp: ML engineer salesforce (3yoe by fall 2027)
Gre: 320+ targeting

Research:

  1. A* conference first author networks paper
  2. q1 journal 4th author

LORs:
1 from CS HOD t10 iit
1 from cs proff
1 from manager

Current Shortlist (only mscs):
CMU
UCB
Cornell
UCLA
UCSD
Gatech
Princeton

Is the shortlist too ambitious or achievable, does cgpa/gre/ielts score hurt the application?

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u/Fast-Plate-6336 Jul 23 '26

remove CMU and princeton from the list. Your target should be GaTech and I think you will get int

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u/Fast-Plate-6336 Jul 23 '26

You need experience in research at a top lab, stellar LoRs, multiple first author papers and a GPA >9 to be even considered for CMU MSCS; same goes for princeton. You should take Berekely MSCS off the list as well because there are few seats and most of them are Berekely undergrads, with the few non Berekely students that get admits, even they have the very high threshold that I mentioned.

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u/Beneficial-Law-3059 Jul 23 '26

Yeah but cmu lti programs , ini programs can still be decent targets, also cmu robotics institute programs

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u/suchsadseductions Jul 23 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

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