Thread: Profile Evaluation : Fall 2013, Electrical Engineering

Hello Everyone,

I am planning to do my graduate studies in US in Electrical Engineering (especially in Control systems/Robotics/Artificial Intelligence).
Please evaluate my profile below & let me know the probable universities that i can get into.

Undergraduate CGPA : 9.26/10 (Top CGPA :9.48)

GRE: 314 (V-151,Q-163)

TOEFL- Aug 26th

Projects :
1. Controling & Stabilizing algorithms for a quad-rotor using ARM based controller.
2. Avionic systems : Servomotor controls for air borne vehicle, GPS Interfacing.
3. Around 3 MCU based projects during undergraduate.

Work Experience:
1. Intern for 4 months in Cisco Systems : Worked on “Real Time Protocol Multiplexing“ to Multiplex multiple RTP streams of voice and transmit it over a single network.
2. 1.5 years work experience in Cypress Semiconductors - PSoC Applications Engineer (Embedded systems)

Applying to some of the following universities based on my course requirements:

1. UC Berkeley
2. UCLA
3. UCSD
4. Geogia Tech
5. Caltech
6. Purdue Univ
7. Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor
8. USC
9. Cornell Univ
10. Univ of Illinois - UC
11. Univ of Texas - Austin
12. Texas A&M Univ
13 .North Carolina state University
14. Univ of Minnesota
15. Carnegie Mellon Univ

Thanks in advance,
Raj N

1. UC Berkeley - ambitious

2. UCLA - ambitis (but better chances than berkeley)

3. UCSD - gettable (very good chances)


4. Geogia Tech - moderate

5. Caltech - ambitious (at par wit ucb)

6. Purdue Univ - at par with gatech

7. Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor - a little tough

8. USC - well within reach

9. Cornell Univ - moderate


10. Univ of Illinois - UC - tough

11. Univ of Texas - Austin - ditto


12. Texas A&M Univ - tough again


13 .North Carolina state University - moderate (but better chances than gatech etc)

14. Univ of Minnesota - ditto


15. Carnegie Mellon Univ - moderate...


safer options would be - u washington, ohio state, john hopkins, UCSD.....moderate would be - rutgers, penn state, columbia....gettable ambitious ones could be - UCI, northwestern, U wisc, v tech, UCSB...