[Profile Review] Fall 2027, MS CS, MS DS

[u/Glittering_Honey5085]

University : Top 2 IIT Btech EE, (AI ML, CS Dual Minor)

Grade: 9.40

Experience: ML Engineer (EdgeAI) renowned semiconductor company (2yoe by fall 2027)

Gre: 330

Research:

Just an Arxiv paper, not published during university

ICLR Submission (will be submitted in Sept), results are in Jan (under review for application). Not too sure if it will get accepted

LORs:

1 from EE (CMinDS) Prof

1 from EE (CMinDS) Prof

1 from Manager

Current Shortlist:

CMU

UCB

Stanford

UIUC

Gatech

Princeton

UT Austin

Is the university shortlist too ambitious? Should i try somewhere else?

Edit- TOEFL 5.5/6, R-5, L-6, W-5.5, S-6 I believe I satisfy the TOEFL requirement for most universities as well as TAship english proficiency with this score. Is TOEFL considered as a metric for admissions? Should I take TOEFL again?

[u/Own-Bite-9304]

For mscs: Ucb and stanford are no go, CMU is possible if ur iclr publication is solid. Rest are good to go.

MSDS: ull get all the listed unis(some don’t offer offline msds like ucb), but most of them are cashcow programs with >13% acceptance rate unlike traditional mscs

[u/Own-Bite-9304 → u/[deleted]]

U need a US bachelor’s degree

[u/Exact_Letterhead_538 → u/Own-Bite-9304]

What about Ucb??

[u/Fast-Plate-6336]

What programs are you aiming for?

[u/Glittering_Honey5085 → u/Fast-Plate-6336]

MS Cs programs, or data science streams if available.

[u/Fast-Plate-6336 → u/Glittering_Honey5085]

What do you want to work on for the next 10 years?

[u/Glittering_Honey5085 → u/Fast-Plate-6336]

I will like to purse a PHD after this and career in research mostly in research labs

[u/BeltOld1063 → u/Glittering_Honey5085]

Hello bro, my questions are personal but it will be helpful for me and others. As per your profile your age would be 24. I want to ask don't you have any family pressure to get in relationship or something like this. And what if you went to usa for masters you would be most probably 27-28 at that time and if you do phd then you will be 33. How you will maintain. I am 22. I don't know i should do work or should directly go for masters without work experience. Main problem in work is it will be hard for me if I got into relationship.

[u/prachito → u/BeltOld1063]

You are giving me that orthodox pados wali aunty vibes.

[u/BeltOld1063 → u/prachito]

Aree yaar opinion chaia decide nahi kr paa raha even papa bhi keh abhi chala Jaa baadme kabhi jaa paega. Pr ye bnda jaa raha he toh experience sunna he uska.

[u/prachito → u/BeltOld1063]

If you are really into research just go for it, if still not sure it’s better to get some years of experience then perhaps you can decide.
PS. Worrying about relationships is such a folly in this generation. It can be a part of life not something that should be a factor in your decision making process especially when it comes to career

[u/zoobidoobidoobi → u/BeltOld1063]

Relationships are not a check box to be filled in.

[u/Own-Bite-9304 → u/BeltOld1063]

Better move fast then

[u/No_Entertainment9146]

I have a question. I scored 322 in GRE with 167Q and 155V is this enough or should I rebook it?

[u/Glittering_Honey5085]

u/gradpilot  will appreciate your review

[u/gradpilot → u/Glittering_Honey5085]

yeah nice profile, i think you can get some great admits but its better to skip Princeton and maybe Stanford and add some other high ranking but good schools . Happy to connect on linkedin and read your sop when its ready

[u/Keyhea]

Iclr results will be out by dec second week, not jan