Re: (GRE Success! ) Profile Evaluation for MS CS

Hi Akshay,

Thanks for the reply! Can you also comment on the universities that I have shortlisted? Which ones should I drop from the list?

Also, when exactly is the "right time"? Because presently I am still writing my SOP and recos.

Thanks, 
Prashant
--- In [email protected], Akshay Jain <akshayj1987@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Prashant,
> 
> Your profile and GRE score looks good, I think you have good chances
> of getting funding. Just try to apply at the right time and email
> profs of your interest. The published paper should also help.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Akshay Jain,
> Graduate Student,
> Vision Guided and Intelligent Robotics Lab,
> Dept. of Electrical And Computer Engineering,
> University of Missouri, Columbia.
> 
> On 10/9/12, prashantchaudhary112358 <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am planning to apply for Fall 2013 MS CS. I have prepared a 1st version of
> > my shortlisted universities.
> > I needed a review from you guys for suggestions and get closer to my final
> > list.
> >
> > Profile :
> >
> > GRE : V - 610 (160), Q - 780 (163), AWA - 3.5
> >            Total - 1390(323)
> > TOEFEL : 108
> >
> > Academics :
> >
> > Completed BTech (Computer Engg.) from College of Engineering, Pune in May
> > 2011.
> > GPA - 8.54/10 (topper is 9.5)
> > 12th Std : 85.5 %
> > 10th Std : 83.60 %
> >
> > Final year research project in Data mining.
> > Published international paper for the same in Springer LNAI/LNCS conference
> > related to the same project.
> >
> > Part of college micro-satellite project worked in custom protocol
> > development and simulation.
> >
> > Very little extra-curricular activites
> >
> > Work experience : working as software developer on a bookbuilding and
> > trading application in a leading Wall Street investment bank since last 14
> > months. Work is pure programming but not related to core CS stuff.
> >
> > Presently I am interested in Machine Learning, Information Retrieval and
> > artificial intelligence.
> >
> > This is the first version of universities that I have shortlisted :
> >
> > University of Illinios, Urbana-Champaign (is it too ambitious?)
> > University of Wisconsin Madison (might drop, wasnt able to find much info
> > about research in the above fields)
> > Pennsylvannia State University
> > University of Minnesota, Twin cities
> > Georgia Institute of Technology
> > University of California, San Diego
> > University of California, Irvine
> > Ohio State University
> > SUNY Buffalo
> > Stony Brook University
> > North Carolina State University
> > Rutgers
> >
> > I have not been able to get the funding(TA/RA) and job scenarios at these
> > universities. I dont have many seniors whom I can contact.
> > What is the best procedure do you suggest for getting this information?
> >
> > Please review the list and let me know if it suits my profile.
> > Also, let me know if there are any more suggestions.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Prashant.
> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Akshay Jain.
>