Aug 13th, 2006
Masters in US
The Academic Fit
In selecting schools, the most important aspect of any school is its academic fit — that is, how well-suited the school is to the research you want to do. If you’re a prospective grad student in, say, philosophy, then it’s certainly a good idea to find out where the leading philosophy departments are; but to have a really good graduate experience, you need more than just a respected department. You need individuals on the faculty who share your research interests, and who will become involved in your work and involve you in their own. The importance of finding professors to work with varies according to your degree ambitions. If you’re looking for a master’s degree to round out your education or give you that professional edge, then the overall quality of the faculty may be more important to you than finding the ideal mentor. If you are decided on doctoral work and an academic career, however, then the specific research interests of professors become much more important. In either case, graduate work will always be more profitable and enjoyable if there are professors in your program who will take a personal interest in what you’re doing.
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Hello,
I have already applied to five universities for fall 2007 for MS in CS program.
GRE: (Quant-560,Verbal-260, Analytical-3.5)
TOEFL CBT: 247
Acads: 51.22%
Mumbai University
I would be thankful to you if you can suggest me same safe, cheap and good universities where i will surely get an admit.
Thankyou
Regards,
Preetu Singh
Hi there,
To be frank, your profile is not that strong. But I would still encourage you to apply to USC. Agreed that it’s exensive but then if you want cheap unis with this profile then it’s tough….u gota look at the really lower ranked ones……say some around 60+…….u can apply to clemson, or some of the SUNY unis…..try at syracuse or drexel……and how come u wanna apply at this time……most of the uni applications are already closing….so be quick……
Hi Parag
Im very much interested in pursuing an MS degree from UCLA,
my profile is
btech CSE,NIT Trichy,7.8/10 gpa(absolute) topper:9.2/10
work experience in motorola of 1 1/2 years
1 IEEE international conference publication in wireless networks.
working on a research project in wsn’s .
may achieve 1 more international publication till november’07.
couple of curriculum projects .
im thinking of applying in nov07 . i heard that a lot of research in wireless networks is going on in ucla,ucsd,ucsb and ucb.so can you guide is my current profile so able to get in any of these univ’s ?? if no what more should be added to get into uc’s … thanks a lot
by the way i forgot to tell you my gre score
its 1420 , 680(v) 740(q) ans 3(awa)
by the way i forgot to tell you my gre score
its 1420 , 680(v) 740(q) and 3(awa)
dude……u got a great chance……and ucla is awesome in this field…..and great research going on here…….apply and i will give u names of some profs…….so mail those guys….and try to publish as many papers as poss and as do real good projects…that will help u get aid here……u can contact me on my cell no if u need any help…..will be more than happy to help u…..all the UC’s are great…..esp ucsd….great work……rem, only apply to top schools with ur profile……u will get thru some of them…..
Hey thanks for such an encouraging reply. from everyone ,whom i asked abt these ucla’s, all said dont apply or beware bcoz these are very very ambitious .parag ,if you dont mind,can i get your personal mail id as well as phone number ,as i think you would be an apt mentor for me during apping process.
you can mail me at ” wsn_tech@yahoo.co.in “
u can find it all on my website……ckh it properly man…..neways….2082830753…….email is parag.b.mehta@gmail.com
actually i want to know what part gpa plays
in admission, my gpa is kind of low 7.9 (topper
9.2) my gre is 1350 awa 4 want to aaply for spring 2007 1 yr work ex in tcs not in the domain as i apply i want to apply in vlsi or sp
i dont have many credentials as well
one course in image processing
one course in fpga @ iisc
please comment on my chances to good univs
and suggest some univs matched to my profile
i am a bit busy off late………will get back in touch after a week…….sorry for the delay man…….will def help u out……..
Hi Parag,
Firstly would like to thank you for this help.
I am student from vjti mumbai univ. 2005 passout BE computers final year score 66.6%.
my gre score is 780 quant and 590 verbal.I have 2 years of work experience.
would you guide me for getting admission to cheap and reputed univ. in us for masters in computer science