Hi
I am going to apply for MS in Computer Science for fall 2018
I am a B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur with a cgpa of 8.63
I do not have any publications.
My gre score is 167 quant and 160 english
I currently work as a software engineer at Samsung India and will get a good recommendation letter from my current manager.
My current work is related to Data Science and I have exposure to Spark and several NoSQls
But the thing is I did not do many projects during my under graduation
I had an argument with my Thesis Professor towards the end of my last semester. I am not sure if he will me give a recommendation letter at all or even if he does, I am not sure it will be good.
I can get another good recommendation letter from my manager at Mentor Graphics where I interned. My work was related to linux scripts and algorithmic development. But he is an undergraduate from electronics background and currently works in VLSI field in Texas and has an experience of 8 years.
I can get recommendations from the following professors at Kharagpur
1)My faculty advisor who has a phd from TAMU
2)Professor who taught Digital Electronics,its lab and Introduction to Electronics
3)Professor who taught Machine Learning
4)Professor who taught Probability and Stochastics
5)Professor who taught Operating Systems and Advanced Data Structures
Can anyone suggest from whom should I prefer to take the recommendations?
Will it be a good idea to include recommendations from current manager, intern manager and a professor who taught me a course?I mean will it look bad if I include two recommendation letters from my work and only one from my academics that too from a professor under whom I did not do any projects?
How will not having a recommendation from my thesis prof impact my chances?
Also suggestions for universities based on my profile are welcome
Thank You
I am going to apply for MS in Computer Science for fall 2018
I am a B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur with a cgpa of 8.63
I do not have any publications.
My gre score is 167 quant and 160 english
I currently work as a software engineer at Samsung India and will get a good recommendation letter from my current manager.
My current work is related to Data Science and I have exposure to Spark and several NoSQls
But the thing is I did not do many projects during my under graduation
I had an argument with my Thesis Professor towards the end of my last semester. I am not sure if he will me give a recommendation letter at all or even if he does, I am not sure it will be good.
I can get another good recommendation letter from my manager at Mentor Graphics where I interned. My work was related to linux scripts and algorithmic development. But he is an undergraduate from electronics background and currently works in VLSI field in Texas and has an experience of 8 years.
I can get recommendations from the following professors at Kharagpur
1)My faculty advisor who has a phd from TAMU
2)Professor who taught Digital Electronics,its lab and Introduction to Electronics
3)Professor who taught Machine Learning
4)Professor who taught Probability and Stochastics
5)Professor who taught Operating Systems and Advanced Data Structures
Can anyone suggest from whom should I prefer to take the recommendations?
Will it be a good idea to include recommendations from current manager, intern manager and a professor who taught me a course?I mean will it look bad if I include two recommendation letters from my work and only one from my academics that too from a professor under whom I did not do any projects?
How will not having a recommendation from my thesis prof impact my chances?
Also suggestions for universities based on my profile are welcome
Thank You