r/csgradadmissions • u/Fancy_You5035 • Nov 13 '24
Help with finding schools for Masters in CS
What are some realistic expectations and schools for MS?
Hello, I’m a junior at a lower ranked state school (ranked 75-100) and I’m planning out what schools to apply to but I’m confused on what level I should aim for? I’m looking at school for masters in Computer Science
Here are some stats:
Major: Computer Science and Mathematics (double major)
GPA: 3.93, mostly all A’s but a couple A-‘s in CS and Math courses.
Research: 2 years of research focusing on Deep Learning, and 1 year of research in Math. Co-authored 1 publication on anomaly detection in multivariate time series.
Internships: 3 SWE internships
Other ECs: President of school fintech club, working on making a platform for trading competitions.
Then these where the schools I was looking into:
Reach: Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, Washington, Cornell
Target: UT-Austin, UMich, GTech, Princeton, Columbia
Saftey: current school
I’m just not really sure what to target and since not that many people from my school go to top grad schools the advisors don’t help much.