Evaluate my profile for 2014 spring admissions.

Want to do ms in embedded or vlsi after my b.tech in 2014.i m going to 3 year.will give gre in january,aiming at 320+ in gre.have 2 years to improve my profile.
I want to get admission in top 20 universities like ucla,purdue,stanford,Texas austin.
My profile till now is.
3 sem aggr.- 77%. Waiting for 4 sem result.
Training at Delhi transco limited and brics,Kanpur.
Will do internship at NTPC next year.
projects-spin led,led display,lfr,dtmf and will do some gud projects in remaining 2 years.
Will join IEEE and try to publish paper.
Extra curricular- National level volleyball player,winner aT zonal,interzonal and state level tournaments.
2 tennis ball cricket national,winner at zonal level.
Dramatics in republic day parade at raj path on 26 jan.
Olympiad in math and geography.
Best sportsperson of d school.
Join NGO for social service.

How r my chances to get into top 20 uni. If I improve my aggr. To 80% in 2 years?

If u can score 325 to 330 and get some good number of publishing along with some more internship, then yes u stand a chance.

I will do internship next year and try to publish paper.but do my extracurricular activities support my profile?all my certi. are from govenment of india.m a gud sprotsmen as well.
does this profile help me in getting top univrsty and if possible with some funding?

yes sports adds value (if it'll help u represent the uni ur going to. so even if ur a national kabbadi champion, then not much use)...

And yes, internships and publishing will help..but if u want funding from the top 20, u'll need gre of 325+, toefl of 115+, UG marks in top 2 percentile of university, internships at core industry, publishing tht has extensive reach as well as stellar LOR and SOP.

ok.i want to know about the acceptance rate for carnegie mellon,cornell,.is getting into dese really tough..i haven't seen students talking about mit nd harvd..re they too ambitous?

the better the uni, the tougher it is to get in. simple logic :) if one could get into MIT, Cal Tech, UIUC and CMU then they would prefer MIT -> cal tech -> uiuc -> cmu...so for top 20, its always a hunt....the other thing is cost. MIT, Cornell, CMU etc would be expensive....u wisc, U marland, NCSU etc would be cheaper....acceptance rate would be around 10-15% maybe....

I strongly suggest u get in as many publishing as possible. cuz even if u touch 80%, if ur univ topper has 89 ir 90, then ur UG percentile will not be in top 1%....try to get in NGO or community service work....I helped with blood donation camps, Organ pledging, Old age homes, Corporate social drives etc, and it helped my canadian admits (which require more all round prodile than US)....

Try to have as much as possible and ur admits would be very good.

I m seeing to.apply to canadian universities as well.how r the placrments out there in canada and us as well?how much a fresher earns thre after passing from a A level uni.?

Right now, jobs in US are very tough...I finally chose canada after speaking to many ppl in the US (some family friends are profs in various B schools). They suggested Canada...not tht the US market will falll. by 2015 or so it should start picking up. But generally its tough now.

In canada an engineer can earn atleast 67000 dollars a year...But u can get ur immigration done in 3 yrs. By default if u graduate from a canadian school u are eligible to work and immigrate there....in US it takes abt 8-12 yrs to get ur green card...

Job security is higher and as a canadian citizen u are exempted from visa. U will get a visa-on-arrival status....Also, u are eligible to work in US.

and 67000 was the lowest salary in ottawa as provided by the employee salary accounts dept....the canadian lowest is 55k (in some small city), the average in toronto, ottawa, vancouver etc is 70k and can reach upto 90k in abt 5 yrs....

my aim is to settle down abroad.in us I find it quite difficult.but in canada how much tym.it will take.to get a PR,wat.is d.possibility dat i'll get it?salary wise canada and us r.on a same side..

In canada u can get a PR in about 2 yrs in states like manitoba or Saskatchewan...then u gotta stay there for 2 yrs and later can move all over canada. this is an option ppl use if they dont get good jobs.....but generally u can get PR in abt 3 to 4 yrs....the advantage is tht in Canada ur student visa is extended upto 3 yrs after u finish MS. In US its just 9 months...so in canada u can work and pay off ur loan with student visa itself.

canadian.uni. also require gre scores?wat is.d score requirmnt to get into.top canadian uni. like uni. of toronto or british columbia?do I stand any chance?

GRE is not necessary. But advisable for intl students...ur admissions can be done without them too....gre doesnt have a big role like in US.

wat wud recommend for ms- us or canada in terms of uni.,placements,pr?

In current scenario, Canada definitely.

I found that Canada is a bit more expensive than us.is it true?
How is the university do Montreal?
And which university unwill be heading to?

On the contrary! Canada is much much cheaper....BUT Vancouver or Toronto will be as much as a leading US city in terms of cost of living....of course, university of Toronto or British Columbia are top notch!....I'm going to univ of Ottawa. My tuition per year comes to 13k "Canadian" dollars....

Average expenses in Canada can range from 380 to 600 Canadian dollars per month.

Do I have a chance to get admit in university of Toronto or British Columbia?

Tell me how is montreal?

Kinda tough. Toronto and British Columbia are equal to ur top 15 US univs....and Montreal is a good univ. Bilingual.

If they dnt give much preference to gre score,how do they evaluate a profile?wich factors do they give impotence for admitting an interntnl student?

You mean importance :-P :-D

And well I always felt gre wasn't a big test of ur ability....and Canadian unis will use ur gre but its not compulsory...

And they'll evaluate u how every student should be evaluated - undergrad marks, sop, lor....that's wat tells more about u than gre

how much I improve my profile so dat I stand a chance in uni. of toronto or brtsh columbia?

Universities for MS in VLSI in USA

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Originally Posted by GoldyKatal

Want to do ms in embedded or vlsi after my b.tech in 2014.i m going to 3 year.will give gre in january,aiming at 320+ in gre.have 2 years to improve my profile.
I want to get admission in top 20 universities like ucla,purdue,stanford,Texas austin.
My profile till now is.
3 sem aggr.- 77%. Waiting for 4 sem result.
Training at Delhi transco limited and brics,Kanpur.
Will do internship at NTPC next year.
projects-spin led,led display,lfr,dtmf and will do some gud projects in remaining 2 years.
Will join IEEE and try to publish paper.
Extra curricular- National level volleyball player,winner aT zonal,interzonal and state level tournaments.
2 tennis ball cricket national,winner at zonal level.
Dramatics in republic day parade at raj path on 26 jan.
Olympiad in math and geography.
Best sportsperson of d school.
Join NGO for social service.

How r my chances to get into top 20 uni. If I improve my aggr. To 80% in 2 years?

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Same things as how u decide to improve ur chances at US univs....but try to email the profs in advance.

If a give gre in jan and if a person gives gre in July.does it makes any difference that a university will prefer a more fresh scorer?how much time is sufficient for gre prep to get a good score?

jan to june wont make a diff.....and they wont prefer a person with newer scores as long as its not 3 or more yrs old....suppose ur gre was june 2009 and someone else is june 2012, the uni will tend to sway toward june 2012. they'd wanna knw why u dint write it againg...it WONT spoil ur chances, but it will make them wonder. u will still be considered though

How do I calculate my gpa out of 10 and cgpa out of 4?suppose if I have an aggro. Of 79 or 80% and topper is getting around 85..

gpa system is lot different from percentage...,u state ur score in percentage to the univs. they will tc of the rest....as for GPA out of4, tht conversion is complicated. not everyone can do it. dont worry abt it.

in ur sop be sure to mention the topper's mark...(usually applications will have this column seperatelt itself. if they dont, then write it in ur sop)

I have a doubt..I dropped one year to prepare for engineering exams after my 12..does this have a bad effect on my profile?if yes how do I compensate for this?

If I show dat I have worked for 9 months during dat period,so my query is dat will they ask thatwhy did took a job after 12 and at what post were u working?will they inquire about all these things?

Well if u show work experience, u'll a least need a work certificate....that's an issue.

I will show them a work cert.
But do they ask questions like y did u work after 12 or without too much knowledge how could u work or at post u were working?

M waiting for ur reply..

They may....but give it a shot anyway. No other go

My genuine reason is dat I dropped to prepare for iit..I went to kota for my preparation..if I tell them my genuine reason..does this affect my profile?

Ummm cant say actually...some may not mind it, but some ppl may wonder why u took a year off (well u cant expect them to knw how tough JEE is)...but its best u mention it

If I have good overall profile does this one thing hampers my chances of getting into top universities? I m giving a genuine reason..

How do u find gre?is it easy or tough?how difficult is to score above 320?