Fall 2017 | MS | CS/Game Design/Digital Media| GRE - 319 | TOEFL - 111|UG-8.4/10| AU

UG: BE CSE
College: SSN College of Engineering, affiliated to Anna University

CGPA: 8.4/10

GRE: 319(Q:162, V:157, AWA:5.5)
TOEFL: 111/120 (R:29, L:28, S:28, W:26)

Sample artworks: Portfolio

Interested in : Varied interdisciplinary domains - Virtual Reality, Animation, Technical Art and Game Design. Courses with a balanced curriculum in both CS and digital arts.

Not interested in : CS with Graphics specialization which deals only with the CS and algorithm part, 3 year MFA degree as it is too expensive and may not be applicable for STEM OPT.

Courses (MOOC verified):
o Game Design: Art and Concepts Specialization

• Introduction to Game Design
• Character Design for Video Games
• World Design for Video Games
• Story and Narrative Development for Video Games
  

o Game Development for Modern Platforms
o An Introduction To Interactive Programming In Python
o Creative Programming For Digital Media And Mobile Apps

Other courses:
Google Applied CS with Android program - Developed games like Anagram, Scarn’s dice, Ghost and 8-puzzle game.

Academic Projects:

• Developed a Virtual Reality mobile application compatible with Google Cardboard with animated models to teach sign language using Leap Motion Controller (Funded by the college, Team of 3). Trying to publish a paper in this domain.
• Multimedia Database System - Developed an application with Visual Basic as the Front-End and Oracle in the back-end.
  

Internship projects: (6 months - Work from home)
Role: Developed mobile apps using Corona SDK and Unity, web-app using Django.

• Developing stories in Scratch - a visual programming language
• Building an Animal Book android application using Corona SDK and Lua Language
• Building an experimental client prototype for a ML backend
• Rebuilding Animal Book Application using Unity 3D engine using MediaWiki to extract contents for use in the Animal Book application
• Building a web/mobile app called Perception (a simple associative memory game where users are shown images and asked to tag them) using Django
  

Achievements:

• Developed an Augmented Reality textbook companion app in a 32-Hour Startup Challenge with a team of 3. Won the best UI.
• Participated in Google Code-In and completed 3 tasks.
• Awarded certificate of merit by Government of India for securing top 1% in 12th std CBSE board exams, school topper in Chemisty.
• Awarded school topper for class 10 board exams.
  

Other activities:

• Assisted in conducting a workshop on MIT Scratch for first year students
• Designer for the college department newsletter for 5 issues
• Designed posters for various college club activities
• Member of ACM
• Headed and organized various events for symposium
• Volunteered for social initiatives in college
  

Shortlisted universities
Drexel University - MS Digital Media
Texas A&M - MS Visualization
Purdue - MS Computer Graphics Technology
U of Central Florida - MS in CS with option to do project in FIEA / MS in Interactive Entertainment
U of Utah - MS Entertainment Arts and Engineering
IUPUI - MS Media Arts and Sciences
Carnegie Mellon - Masters in Entertainment Technology
NYU Poly - Ms Integrated Digital Media
U Florida, Gainesville - MS Digital Arts and Sciences
Dartmouth College - MS in CS with Digital Arts
Georgia Tech - MS Digital Media
UC Santa Cruz - MS Playable Media/ MS CS (Interactive computing)
ASU - MS CS (Arts, Media & Engineering)
USC - MS Game Development
RIT - MS Game Development
Ohio State - MS CS (They have a well known Animation center)
UTD - MS CS (Interactive Computing)

Can you evaluate my profile and mark universities which would be safe, mod and ambitious? I am finding it difficult as most courses are not typical CS courses.
Thanks a ton for your time!