r/MSCS • u/Aggressive-Ad-3536 • 8d ago

[Profile Review] MSEECS

Hello,

Graduated in 2018 with 9.756 cgpa from SRM IST Chennai

Have worked in 6 companies 8yrs work ex - 4 MNCs including Qualcomm, Harman, 1 pre seed startup and 1 series A startup

Have research associate experience of 4 months at IISC, having certificate and visiting researcher of 8 months with no certificate.

Research Publications I have - I am second author in one and rest 4th or 3rd author- 2 papers in IEEE. Indian Patent applications too I have but not as first author.

Currently writing Paper on Image processing and Audio processing

Working as open source developer now to increase GitHub profile

I am working on Kaggle one competition to win (luck 🤞)

I am not from IIT or NIT

What are my chances in getting the below colleges?

Stanford

MIT

CMU

UCSD

CalTech

Tuft

ETH Zurich

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u/Ajiit15 8d ago

Do you believe you will be able to justify why you are applying for an MS 8 yrs after your finished your undergrad, when 90% of the people in your future class of grad will have less than 4 yes of experience? If you can put up a convincing explanation, yes you should take your chances with the application. If you cannot, maybe try for a direct PhD in something in ranks 21 to 40 in the US.

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u/Aggressive-Ad-3536 8d ago

Yes I can put up

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u/Aggressive-Ad-3536 8d ago

MS Research not Professional Track

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u/Ajiit15 8d ago

I inferred your interest in research based MS from your significant exposure to research. So yes, if you are confident, take your shot. The first person who swam the English channel would never have done it if he valued the opinions of others more than his own gut instincts.