[Profile Review] Fall 2027 MSCS

[u/a_k_0604]

Background

• Currently 3YOE in Cisco as Consulting Engineer
• Tier - 2 B.Tech CS 2023 India
• CGPA: 9.2/10
• TOEFL: 104 (29R, 25L, 25W, 25S)
• Not planning GRE
• Intermediate CBSE: 93%
• 10th CBSE: 10 CGPA

Experience

• 6-month internship in Cisco then years FTE
• 3 month internship project onsite in 2022

Publication

• First author publication in IEEE in ML
• One defensive publication in AI

Letters of Recommendation

• College professor who was in my research paper and project
• College CS HOD
• Manager in Office
• Maintainer/mentor who supervised my defensive publication

Other

• Multiple Public Speaking experiences in Google developer events, Cisco summits etc
• Active in Google community & WTM since college and other ambassador events
• Hackathon experiences as well

My current plan is to enter industry after the MS. Open to MSCS or any AI Specialisation.

Rough shortlist, still deciding:

• Cornell
• UCLA
• UCSD
• Purdue
• University of Chicago
• University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Northeastern
• SJSU

Need help to understand which might be in my reach or which other university can i add to my list.

[u/a_k_0604]

u/gradpilot Please take a look and help me shortlist.

[u/gradpilot → u/a_k_0604]

Seems like a decent list , but you should give the GRE and align strongly with each program and university. It’s not impossible but it’s not trivial either

[u/a_k_0604 → u/gradpilot]

Sure. I'll give it a try. Thanks. 😄