whyworryin Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Hi Folks, I have given a brief profile of mine below.. Please evaluate my chances in the univs i have mentioned below. I am applying for MS in Theory Fall 2006. Ultimately want to convert it into a Phd. Given my AGRE and expecting 750+ I have given my GRE and i have scored 1430 (800Q+630V). AWA 5.0 TOEFL : 263 essay 6.0 CGPA: 8.5/10 (topper is 9.4) it comes to around 3.62/4.0 ( i guess this is pretty low, infact very low for the colleges i am trying, please clarify) College : Anna university,MIT campus Summer Internship: I have done an internship at Microsoft India R&D (not in my area of interest, but still i hope it will hold some value) and have taken part in many International online programming contests and won many. for instance Won the 2nd place in the asian regionals of International collegiate programming contest.(ICPC 2005) at Kolkata with teams from all over china, Korea, Bangladesh, Singapore, India. Its actually an algorithms contest and not a mere programming contest. Consequently qualified for the WORLD FINALS(WF) OF ICPC to be held at San Antonia , Texas in April 2006. Only 80 teams from all around the world get to participate in the WF from over 6000 teams. Alot of big colleges(MIT, Caltech, Gatech, UMCP, Uwisc,Purdue) in the US are participating here. 1.was placed 26th in the asian regionals of International collegiate programming contest.(ICPC) (top 5 teams were not from India) 2.won the annual programming contest at IIT Madras as part of Shaastra 2004 3. won the programming contests conducted by Indian association of Research and computing science.(IARCS) and many more contests. how useful are these results in programming contests. I have also organized an International programming contest and many more national level programming contests.Also conducted a programming contest for the Indian Linux user groups (ILUG) . It was truly international in the sense that there was immense participation from all over the world in the end it was won by the former world champion. Research experience : also worked under prof pandurangan of IIT Madras(former HOD) on steganography I also have done a few good projects in my area of interest (algorithms,network security,cryptography and steganography ) my UNIV LIST: I AM NOT LOOKING FOR AID for 2 sems. 1. Stanford( cant resist my temptation!!!, i know its real hard) 2. UIUC 3. Gatech 4. Umaryland College park 5.UPenn 6.Umichigan Ann arbor 7.Purdue. 8.UCSD 9. UMass amherst(applied here alone for MS/ PHD) 10.SUNY SB 11. Rutgers 12. Uminnesota Twin cities. Please reply soon.. regards, Pradeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reactor Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 although i don't know much about your field, your profile seems really-really strong! I don't doubt that you will get many offers from top schools (perhaps Stanford too!) What exactly is the MS in Theory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quas Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 I'd like very much to know what MS in Theory means??? In any case, I second reactor in that your profile seems pretty strong and your chances appear to be high!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whyworryin Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Hi!! Thanks to Quas and reactor for their comments.. But I also know that there are a lot of ppl from CS too here . Can they please comment on my chances too.. Btw Ms in Theory means MS in Theoretical Computer Science.(Algorithms, Theory of computation,..). regards, Pradeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilash Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Your profile is good. But I think you are applying to more universities that are above your level. If you do not have international publications (journal/conference) or strong AGRE (820+) it's gonna be diifficult to get into most of the universities you have mentioned. I think you can expect "almost" sure admits from the last 3. The rest are really good universities and you'll have to compete against applicants who 1) have a few publications, 2) Won many world finals of ACM ICPC/Regionals, 3) have AGRE of 850+. Good luck! -Bilash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbullguy Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 I got into Stanford with no publications... so I don't know if its a huge deal for masters level admissions. I had on the other hand taken a ton of graduate level classes and a lot of advanced math. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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