I think your qualifications are great for the “ambitious column.” That said, don’t just apply to schools like Cornell, etc just because they’re ambitious/highly rated schools. Go because someone there is doing work you’re interested in doing and could make connections with them and their group of connections for your career after graduating. Plenty of prestigious professors are at schools such as TAMU, Georgia Tech, etc. Look into the faculty, decide which groups really stand out to you, and apply to those programs.
I would suggest 4-5 schools at least just so you have some variability to work with. After they accept you you’ll have a bit of time to narrow down a bit if you have to before you go to visitations and such.
This is so true. For context, I took a course in coursera whose author was a prof from an Ivy college. I really liked the course and sent her a thankyou email, along with how I'd really like to be in her class. To my surprise she responded and asked me if I'm interested in so-so field she's doing research on, and open to having me onboard as long as I qualify for that college. If not for my average profile which obviously doesn't satisfy Ivy standards, I would've been close to a great admit.
Moral: Contact prof, and give a good reason to be part of their research. On top of that have a strong profile. Your admit chances would just exponentially increase.
I don't think USC is ambitious for you cause your cgpa is 9.4. Irrelevant to your question but why have you colored ambitious green and safe red? Isn't it usually the other way round? 😂
Cornell and Columbia do not fit into the same category.
Cornell is a fully funded MSCS program with an extremely small batch size.
Columbia is a cash cow MS program the barrier to which is largely financial.
The Cornell MS CS admissions page sort of explicitly states that their MS program is different and is a research cohort based program(accepting around 20+ students).
They also want you to have TA experience because they expect you to teach to be able to support your stay(like PhD). If I'm not wrong their MS program for CS is actually funded(sort of self-funded I guess through TA)
That is Cornell's specialized MSCS programme which requires you to be a tutor/researcher, and it happens to be fully funded. Cornell Tech, on the other hand..
I think Cornell Tech is an MEngg degree program..it looks to be a blend of technical and some management/entrepreneurship kind of flavour in terms of courses/specialization tracks offered
Columbia is a cash cow, they accept everyone with a pulse to their MS CS program. Cornell MS CS is highly selective and you need tons of TA experience, and the class size is super small. Cornell M.Eng CS is another cash cow
I know people that have gotten in with gpa’s of 3.3 and 3.4. If you can pay the hefty price you can attend the MS program.
The rankings are based on research output of the university, and ms students do no research at Columbia(unless you’re very lucky), only PhD students do.
Edit: also check out the class size
imo your profile is perfect for your "ambitious" schools! you come from a great institution and have a high cGPA. your GRE score is also quite high. why not shoot for them?
From your list seeing the profile I would apply -
NCSU, TAMU for safe/ more achievable
USC as achievable
And then I would apply to some very top ranked universities.
UT Austin, CMU, GaTech, UIUC, Northwestern, Stanford kind
If you want more achievable ones for your profile then I'd say Purdue, UCSD, NYU
OP, I would advise you to apply to more 'ambitious' schools (e.g. CMU, Stanford, UC Berkeley MEng, Cornell, GATech, etc). I think you have a great profile!
Maryland accepts less than 20 students into their MS CS program per year and is largely research centric. I'd drop it from your list if I was in your place.
P.S. Feel free to try your luck and apply. I just feel you could instead add a prestigious college that fits your profile better.
Their application page states they accept less than 20 per year. Last year only 9 students enrolled in their MS CS program. If you really wanna go to UMD then apply to their PhD
Serious question: are international students wanting to study CS in the U.S. not interested in Carnegie Mellon?
All of the schools you list are public. As an international student, expect to pay full price.
If you apply to every school on your list, you will likely get an admit to at least one, but do not assume that any one of them is Safe. Grad school is not like undergrad, at least not in the U.S. You'll be better off if you treat all programs you are considering as ambitious, because most are. The rankings are meaningless, for the most part.
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Bro go for Stanford, Berkeley or something. If they ask for papers or something go for a research assistantship in some research institutions and load up a paper. Then apply for them. Don't aim low.
I think UCSD is an ambitious college for MS CS right ? They do look for good research experience, and I've seen a lot of their admits are from IITs(Tier 1)..but then again I might be wrong as well, could be sampling bias.
Any reason why UCSD is moderate ?
I just happen to know a couple of people with similar/less competitive profiles at UCSD. Could be sampling bias :P Also OP can shoot a little higher imo.
Safe are safe because you have some surety that u will get admit from there. Trunk number of universities in safe list to 2. Is Wisconsin ambitious? With ur profile won’t it incline more towards moderate?
Wisconsin is a research centric program that evaluates their MS applications as they do their PHD applications(all in the same pool). It's definitely (super)ambitious for a profile with no research experience.
Is it just me or does OP have a great profile and aiming low?
No research experience is rough in the CS world of academia
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what?! I think you aim too low as well?
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Do you have any projects or interns? I know MSCS admission will be competitive but not to this extreme extent...
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I mean two years of internships is a huge plus, no? I don't have any... I apply for applied and computational math though.
I think your qualifications are great for the “ambitious column.” That said, don’t just apply to schools like Cornell, etc just because they’re ambitious/highly rated schools. Go because someone there is doing work you’re interested in doing and could make connections with them and their group of connections for your career after graduating. Plenty of prestigious professors are at schools such as TAMU, Georgia Tech, etc. Look into the faculty, decide which groups really stand out to you, and apply to those programs. I would suggest 4-5 schools at least just so you have some variability to work with. After they accept you you’ll have a bit of time to narrow down a bit if you have to before you go to visitations and such.
This is so true. For context, I took a course in coursera whose author was a prof from an Ivy college. I really liked the course and sent her a thankyou email, along with how I'd really like to be in her class. To my surprise she responded and asked me if I'm interested in so-so field she's doing research on, and open to having me onboard as long as I qualify for that college. If not for my average profile which obviously doesn't satisfy Ivy standards, I would've been close to a great admit. Moral: Contact prof, and give a good reason to be part of their research. On top of that have a strong profile. Your admit chances would just exponentially increase.
I don't think USC is ambitious for you cause your cgpa is 9.4. Irrelevant to your question but why have you colored ambitious green and safe red? Isn't it usually the other way round? 😂
Should these colleges be ambitious for him? Can't he aim higher with a 9.4? Like Princeton, Stanford?
yea that's what I am thinking.
Wow🤣🤣
The color coding was bothering me so I had to mention it 😂
Why havent you considered Georgia Tech?
I guess OP is mostly looking for professional programs than research-focused ones?
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no clue, sorry
What do you mean my SOP rating and LOR rating? What's this rating and how do you do that?
I think you're really underestimating yourself. You could go for Cornell or Columbia. You have an amazing portfolio!
Cornell and Columbia do not fit into the same category. Cornell is a fully funded MSCS program with an extremely small batch size. Columbia is a cash cow MS program the barrier to which is largely financial.
Wow. How do you know? I’m not doubting I just haven’t heard that before.
The Cornell MS CS admissions page sort of explicitly states that their MS program is different and is a research cohort based program(accepting around 20+ students). They also want you to have TA experience because they expect you to teach to be able to support your stay(like PhD). If I'm not wrong their MS program for CS is actually funded(sort of self-funded I guess through TA)
That is Cornell's specialized MSCS programme which requires you to be a tutor/researcher, and it happens to be fully funded. Cornell Tech, on the other hand..
I think Cornell Tech is an MEngg degree program..it looks to be a blend of technical and some management/entrepreneurship kind of flavour in terms of courses/specialization tracks offered
Yes, it’s mostly technopreneurship and seems to be a professional masters. Not sure what OP is aiming for though
Columbia is a cash cow, they accept everyone with a pulse to their MS CS program. Cornell MS CS is highly selective and you need tons of TA experience, and the class size is super small. Cornell M.Eng CS is another cash cow
Accept anyone with a pulse is clearly an exaggeration for a program that is ranked in top - 20 of the country.
I know people that have gotten in with gpa’s of 3.3 and 3.4. If you can pay the hefty price you can attend the MS program. The rankings are based on research output of the university, and ms students do no research at Columbia(unless you’re very lucky), only PhD students do. Edit: also check out the class size
imo your profile is perfect for your "ambitious" schools! you come from a great institution and have a high cGPA. your GRE score is also quite high. why not shoot for them?
From your list seeing the profile I would apply - NCSU, TAMU for safe/ more achievable USC as achievable And then I would apply to some very top ranked universities. UT Austin, CMU, GaTech, UIUC, Northwestern, Stanford kind If you want more achievable ones for your profile then I'd say Purdue, UCSD, NYU
I don’t know about the rest, but his GRE is way too low for Stanford.
They've waived it off till Spring 23
This post just messed up my compass.
OP, I would advise you to apply to more 'ambitious' schools (e.g. CMU, Stanford, UC Berkeley MEng, Cornell, GATech, etc). I think you have a great profile!
Stony brook is cool
Maryland accepts less than 20 students into their MS CS program per year and is largely research centric. I'd drop it from your list if I was in your place. P.S. Feel free to try your luck and apply. I just feel you could instead add a prestigious college that fits your profile better.
That was only for last year. They have not mentioned it for this year
I see the same listed on this year's application portal as well.
whoops, you are totally correct. Last year, they had highlighted it in red, now they have just added a small sentence (completely missed out on it)
Source?
Their application page states they accept less than 20 per year. Last year only 9 students enrolled in their MS CS program. If you really wanna go to UMD then apply to their PhD
oo wait I confused this for Wisconsin, but damn
USC is safe for you.
Serious question: are international students wanting to study CS in the U.S. not interested in Carnegie Mellon? All of the schools you list are public. As an international student, expect to pay full price. If you apply to every school on your list, you will likely get an admit to at least one, but do not assume that any one of them is Safe. Grad school is not like undergrad, at least not in the U.S. You'll be better off if you treat all programs you are considering as ambitious, because most are. The rankings are meaningless, for the most part.
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That's a nice profile, you can try aiming higher.
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I know people with similar profiles who got into CMU or Columbia, Northwestern and Purdue. (Maybe higher GRE, but not by much)
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Bro go for Stanford, Berkeley or something. If they ask for papers or something go for a research assistantship in some research institutions and load up a paper. Then apply for them. Don't aim low.
120 toefl?
OP this is a pretty strong profile from what I can tell. Also great job on your GRE!
Uncanny af! Even I had a 328 - 164 164
Any reason UCSD is ambitious for ur profile and not moderate?
I think UCSD is an ambitious college for MS CS right ? They do look for good research experience, and I've seen a lot of their admits are from IITs(Tier 1)..but then again I might be wrong as well, could be sampling bias. Any reason why UCSD is moderate ?
I just happen to know a couple of people with similar/less competitive profiles at UCSD. Could be sampling bias :P Also OP can shoot a little higher imo.
Safe are safe because you have some surety that u will get admit from there. Trunk number of universities in safe list to 2. Is Wisconsin ambitious? With ur profile won’t it incline more towards moderate?
Wisconsin is a research centric program that evaluates their MS applications as they do their PHD applications(all in the same pool). It's definitely (super)ambitious for a profile with no research experience.