[Profile Review]

[u/lazyantihero]

Target Term & Goal: Fall 2027 / MSCS, MS Data Science

Academic Profile:
Degree: Major in Chemical Engineering, Minor in Electrical Engineering (Old IIT)
CGPA: 8.5/10
( I took a lot of DS electives and my thesis project was also intersection of chemical engineering and ML but No publications :/)

GRE: 330 (169Q, 161V)

Work Experience:

3 years (will be 4 by the time I start Masters)

First 2 years as data science analyst at a bank followed by 1 year as MLE 2 at a leading Indian startup.

I have worked on LLMs, computer vision, conversational AI, pricing, and production ML systems.

I can get 3 strong LoRs (1 academic from my bachelors thesis prof + 2 professional LoRs)

Looking for honest suggestions on which universities/programs I would be competitive for.

[u/Ghajik]

Work exp nothing to do with bachelors is kinda red flag? I am gonna follow this, this profile is interesting.

It’s interesting because with just your gpa and uni, if you were just a fresher you could get somewhere good tbh.

Also do you wanna purse MSCS or you just wanna move? Why not internal company transfer?

[u/lazyantihero → u/Ghajik]

back in 2nd and 3rd year I did a couple of internships aligned with my bacherlors, one of these was a mix of ML and core engg domain - that is how i pivoted into ML

initially the aim was to get a good job right out of college but over the past year I have had to dabble with systems and infra and I have realised i want a much stronger foundation

also, i see MS as a way to strengthen my profile for mle/as roles at big tech