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hawking24 · 2007 December 11th, 04:39 AM

Hi friends

I'm furnishing a few details that might help you evaluate where I stand a chance.

Am currently pursuing my MS in math at a reputed institute in India. GPA is calculated on a 10 point scale... My CGPA happens to be 7.69 ( on the lower side due to certain applied math courses)

Have undergrad research experience from a premier institute...but no papers published..
expecting 2 good letters of recommendation...one decent one.

GRE: Quants : 780 , Verbal : 600
TOEFL : 113

Math subject test: scores not yet received...but am not expecting it to be great!

Where do you suggest I apply??

Ancalagon The Black · 2007 December 11th, 04:57 AM

Where have you done undergraduate and graduate school in India? And which institute are you talking about?

hawking24 · 2007 December 11th, 05:00 AM

Have done my undergrad from Univ of Mumbai...and am currently studying at one of the IITs.
my research experience is from IISc, b'lore

Ancalagon The Black · 2007 December 11th, 05:16 AM

IISC and IIT will certainly help you a great deal !! Your class rank will be very important though I have seen on the UC Berkeley website that they "like" to see 70% marks from IITs and 60% (first class) from other schools.

Mumbai University has been sending students to the US for ages and so is also pretty well known there. You could apply to some good schools, but I reckon that a 780 quant would be on the lower side there...

The research position from IISC will be well appreciated. However, what about MS research? As a MS student, you will be expected to have significant publications. But yes, IIT will help you in a long way.

hawking24 · 2007 December 11th, 06:06 AM

thanks a lot!

well....class rank..thats not really great! but then i'm not thinking about berkeley, stanford and the top 10 anyway..

yeah, i do expect a paper in the coming 4 months..but then the apping process is on currently, so that wont help much, right?

which univs do u think i shud go in for?

Ancalagon The Black · 2007 December 11th, 02:24 PM

Are you sure, you want to apply this year? Taking a year off and getting around 4 publications would mean that you stand a good chance in some good US schools...

2007 December 11th, 04:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
hawking24 I JUST got here. Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8	PhD Math! Hi friends I'm furnishing a few details that might help you evaluate where I stand a chance. Am currently pursuing my MS in math at a reputed institute in India. GPA is calculated on a 10 point scale... My CGPA happens to be 7.69 ( on the lower side due to certain applied math courses) Have undergrad research experience from a premier institute...but no papers published.. expecting 2 good letters of recommendation...one decent one. GRE: Quants : 780 , Verbal : 600 TOEFL : 113 Math subject test: scores not yet received...but am not expecting it to be great! Where do you suggest I apply??

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2007 December 11th, 04:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ancalagon The Black TestMagic Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kolkata, India Posts: 1,156	Where have you done undergraduate and graduate school in India? And which institute are you talking about?

2007 December 11th, 05:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
hawking24 I JUST got here. Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8	Have done my undergrad from Univ of Mumbai...and am currently studying at one of the IITs. my research experience is from IISc, b'lore

2007 December 11th, 05:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ancalagon The Black TestMagic Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kolkata, India Posts: 1,156	IISC and IIT will certainly help you a great deal !! Your class rank will be very important though I have seen on the UC Berkeley website that they "like" to see 70% marks from IITs and 60% (first class) from other schools. Mumbai University has been sending students to the US for ages and so is also pretty well known there. You could apply to some good schools, but I reckon that a 780 quant would be on the lower side there... The research position from IISC will be well appreciated. However, what about MS research? As a MS student, you will be expected to have significant publications. But yes, IIT will help you in a long way.

2007 December 11th, 06:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
hawking24 I JUST got here. Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8	thanks a lot! well....class rank..thats not really great! but then i'm not thinking about berkeley, stanford and the top 10 anyway.. yeah, i do expect a paper in the coming 4 months..but then the apping process is on currently, so that wont help much, right? which univs do u think i shud go in for?

2007 December 11th, 02:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ancalagon The Black TestMagic Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kolkata, India Posts: 1,156	Are you sure, you want to apply this year? Taking a year off and getting around 4 publications would mean that you stand a good chance in some good US schools...

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