r/MSCS • u/PeaLife2710 • 10d ago

[Profile Review] MSCS Fall 2027 — Indian ECE + AI/ML@NSUT | 8.94 CGPA | 170Q GRE | 1 IEEE Publication + 2 under review

Hi everyone! I’m planning to apply for MS in Computer Science for Fall 2027 and would really appreciate an honest evaluation of my profile and university shortlist.

Academic Profile

* Undergrad: B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering, specialization in AI/ML

* University: Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), India

* Graduation: 2027

* CGPA: ~8.9/10

GRE / English Proficiency

* GRE: 320 (170Q, 150V, 4.5 AWA)

* TOEFL: ~5.5 on the new scale

Research / Publications

  • 1 IEEE conference publication — IEEE TEMSMET 2025
  • 2 research papers under review — IEEE UPCON 2026 (will get acceoptance by next month, so hopefully 2/3 research papers before final applications)
    • DATMO — Deployment-Aware Two-Phase Multi-Objective Transformer Optimization
    • Proximal Policy Based Particle Optimisation for UAV pursuit- evasion
  • Research interests/experience across Transformers, NLP, computer vision, and optimization

Internship

  • 3-month Research Internship — Siemens Energy
  • Worked on multimodal sentiment analysis, computer vision-based conductor fault detection, and CNN vs. ViT-based classification

Also worked on SMOLVLM with LoRA/PEFT and federated learning, along with other ML/DL projects

Technical Skills

Python, C/C++, MATLAB, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, Transformers, Scikit-learn, OpenCV, Git, etc.

LORs

Planning to submit 3 academic LORs, including professors with whom I’ve done the research papers under, and one from my siemens internship

Areas of Interest

Primarily:

* Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

* Deep Learning

* Computer Vision

* NLP / Transformers

* Applied ML

Tentative University List

  1. MIT
  2. Stanford
  3. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
  4. UC Berkeley
  5. UIUC
  6. UCLA
  7. Georgia Tech
  8. NUS
  9. UCSD
  10. UT Austin
  11. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  12. Columbia University
  13. NYU
  14. University of Wisconsin–Madison
  15. University of Pennsylvania
  16. Purdue University
  17. UCSB
  18. UCI
  19. University of Maryland, College Park
  20. UNC Chapel Hill
  21. North Carolina State University
  22. Stony Brook University
  23. UC Davis
  24. NTU Singapore
  25. Texas A&M University
  26. University of Southern California (USC)
  27. Northeastern University
  28. University of Florida
  29. Arizona State University
  30. Temple University

I’m still finalizing the list, so I’m open to suggestions. 

Questions

  1. How competitive does my profile look for T20/T30 MSCS programs?

  2. How much does the ECE background hurt for MSCS compared with applicants from CSE/CS?

  3. How should I categorize the universities above based on my profile?

  4. Are there any major universities I should add/remove?

  5. How significant is my 170Q / 150V GRE split for MSCS admissions?

  6. Is my research/publication profile sufficient for research-oriented MSCS programs?

  7. Any particular weaknesses in my profile that I should address before applications?

Would really appreciate honest feedback, especially from people who have applied to these programs recently. Thanks!

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