Fall 2013|MS|Elec&Comm[VLSI/Embedded systems/Comp arch]|GRE 323|TOEFL 114| CGPA 9.75

10th Matric: 94.45% ; 12th stateboard:96.58%
UG CGPA: 9.75/10. Topper's grade in the college:9.88
UG College: PSG college of technology,Coimbatore
GRE: Took revised GRE; score 323(Q-166;V-157;AWA-4); score converted to old pattern 1360(Q-800;V-560;AWA-4)
Percentile score: Q-94%; V-73%; AWA-49%
TOEFL:114(R-28;L-29;S-27;W-30)
Dept./specialisation: Elec & comm - embedded sys/VLSI/Comp arch
Work experience: 2+ years at intel as Validation engineer
Papers: Published a paper in IEEE on Neural networks.

List of universities:
1)University of Texas, Austin.
2)Stanford university.
3)Texas A&M college station.
4)University of Wisconsin,Madison.
5)Carnegie Mellon, Pitsburgh.
6)University of Illinois, UC.
7)Purdue University, Indiana.
8)Arizona State University.
9)Georgia Tech.
10)UC,Berkley.
11)UC,LA.
12)University of Maryland,college park

Can someone please evaluate my profile and let me know if the universities listed are ok? Do let me know if i need to add any more details.

Try to get very good LORs and make sure ur sop stands out. tht will boost ur chances strongly in all the above unis. As for ur chances -

1)University of Texas, Austin - moderate (but not out of reach)

2)Stanford university - tough (mainly cuz of ur gre and just one IEEE paper)

3)Texas A&M college station. - moderate (more favourable that UT Austin)

4)University of Wisconsin,Madison - gettable

5)Carnegie Mellon, Pitsburgh - well within reach
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6)University of Illinois, UC - safe to moderate

7)Purdue University, Indiana - afe

8)Arizona State University - extrememly safe. much much below ur profile

9)Georgia Tech - safe

10)UC,Berkley - moderate to ambitious (they tend to be selective)

11)UC,LA - same as austin

12)University of Maryland,college park - slightly tougher than UIUC...


U could consider U michigan, columbia, UC Santa barbara, cornell......frankly i know a guy who made it through to MIT with ur kinda profile 2 yrs back. his CGPA was 9.72, gre was 1490 though and he had 2 IEEE papers. but he had LORs from his Boss at NVIDIA and from his project guide (who was from IIT)