Thread: Profile evaluation for MS in US

Hi All ,

I am Sankar , working in a reputed EDA company for 5+ years now .I want to do part time Masters in ECE Integrated Circuit Design at UT Austin from next year onwards . The admission process/criteria for part time and fulltime students at UT Austin is however the same .

My profile would look like :

1. High School (School Topper - 94 % )
2. Pre Degree ( 89 % )
3. B Tech Electronics and Communication from Cochin University ( Topped in few semesters . Overall GPA = 8.4 . Topper grade is 8.6 )
4. One publication in IEEE conference .
5. Five plus years experience in relevant VLSI / EDA field in implementing and running tools on Power Integrity , Signal Integrity , EMC/EMI , ESD , Package/Board Analysis etc
6. GRE score :
Quant : 800 ( old format ) 166 (in new format)
Verbal : 470 ( old format ) 151 (in new format)
Analytical Writing : 5/6
7. Expecting very good recommendations from company leads and professors .

Please let me know if my profile looks good for UT Austin .

Also I am a bit worried about low verbal score in GRE . It is 470 in old format and 151 in new format . Could you please suggest
if i need to retake my GRE . Will it affect my chances ?

Thanks,

Sankar

Hi

You have an excellent profile except GRE. UT Austin looks for toppers in every aspect i.e Academic, GRE etc. and it is slightly biased towards IITians but it won't be a matter of concern in your case because of your 5 year work ex. Relevant work ex is a big plus. But if you are sure of obtaining 325+ in GRE with 166+ in quant, you can retake GRE.
With this profile, it is difficult to get through (only because of GRE).

Regards