Hello ,
My Profile:
GRE : 330 Quants : 169 Verbal : 161 AWA : 4.5
TOEFL:105+ expected
CGPA: 8.95/10 (Got less in the second and third semester)
Toppers CGPA:9.8 University of Mumbai
LoRs : 1 from Project Guide ( PhD IITK) , 2 from associate profs
Trainings and Certifications:
Oracle Advanced Java (EE6 , Servlets and JSP)
RedHat Certified Engineer , RedHat Certified System Administrator ( Linux )
Training in SAP HANA Database
Training in CCNA (Networking)
French A1 (86/100)
Projects ( 3 ML related , other projects are in web development )
Won 1 Hackathon (Built a sentiment analyzer)
No research publications , internships
Interest: ML and Systems
Universities Shortlisted:
NCSU (more towards applied CS,hence selected)
Stony Brook
UCI
UCSD
Georgia Tech
---------sure of applying to the above colleges
TAMU
Purdue
UCLA
UT Austin
Cornell
Columbia
NEU
U Wisconsin Madison
NYU
UPenn
I wish to apply to industry inclined programs / less interested towards research
Also cost is a limiting factor. (USC or Columbia could be my max range)
I feel my list is too top heavy..kindly suggest moderate and safe universities for my profile.
Query: Is it advisable to write two interests in your SOP? eg: AI and Systems
Should I start contacting professors..And what should I approach them for? (right now)
My Profile:
GRE : 330 Quants : 169 Verbal : 161 AWA : 4.5
TOEFL:105+ expected
CGPA: 8.95/10 (Got less in the second and third semester)
Toppers CGPA:9.8 University of Mumbai
LoRs : 1 from Project Guide ( PhD IITK) , 2 from associate profs
Trainings and Certifications:
Oracle Advanced Java (EE6 , Servlets and JSP)
RedHat Certified Engineer , RedHat Certified System Administrator ( Linux )
Training in SAP HANA Database
Training in CCNA (Networking)
French A1 (86/100)
Projects ( 3 ML related , other projects are in web development )
Won 1 Hackathon (Built a sentiment analyzer)
No research publications , internships
Interest: ML and Systems
Universities Shortlisted:
NCSU (more towards applied CS,hence selected)
Stony Brook
UCI
UCSD
Georgia Tech
---------sure of applying to the above colleges
TAMU
Purdue
UCLA
UT Austin
Cornell
Columbia
NEU
U Wisconsin Madison
NYU
UPenn
I wish to apply to industry inclined programs / less interested towards research
Also cost is a limiting factor. (USC or Columbia could be my max range)
I feel my list is too top heavy..kindly suggest moderate and safe universities for my profile.
Query: Is it advisable to write two interests in your SOP? eg: AI and Systems
Should I start contacting professors..And what should I approach them for? (right now)