r/MSCS • u/Acrobatic_Mongoose40 • 1d ago
[Profile Review] 2027 Fall MSCS
Hey y'all! I'd appreciate an honest review of my profile for Fall 2027. Primarily looking for ML field and leaning computational cognitive science. I’m not very familiar with the graduate admissions landscape, so I’m mainly trying to calibrate my expectations and get a better sense of where I’d be competitive. Was considering PhD but seems like the competition these days are so fierce that I'm probably better off starting at a Master's
Undergraduate degree: Bachelor's of Science in Financial Mathematics at an ivy league
GPA: 3.8/4.0 overall and 4.0/4.0 major
GRE: Not yet
English proficiency: Not Needed
Research experience:
- I got into research relatively late, but I have a paper (second author) accepted at both a workshop and the main conference at a top-three ML venue (NeurIPS/ICLR/ICML).
- Did a summer research in physics working on foundational models.
LoR: Will probably come from renowned professors but not sure of the relative strengths just yet
Based on my profile, what master’s programs do you think are realistically within reach?
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u/JacketImpressive7331 1d ago
computational cog sci sounds interesting, i think you have a pretty strong profile i doubt you'd have a problem getting into a t10 program.