Chance me for Stanford MSCS

Monal_Mahajan1
Wed, 01 Dec 2021 23:17:55 +0000

I’ll be applying next year(2022) for a part-time MSCS, I’ll be graduating in Spring of 2022. Here are my stats:

Undergrad College = Purdue University (Bachelors in Computer Science) (Purdue has extreme grade deflation, top 3% of students have GPA of 3.95 or higher, 4 year graduation rate is about 50% iirc)

GPA = 4.0GRE = 327 (Q = 168, V = 159) Will be retaking to make it 335+ over the next year.

Extra curricular = TA positions, I taught a for-credit course to a group of 40 students (a student-run course), Active in some clubs (no leadership positions). Will be joining Microsoft full time after graduating.

Research = Researching with 2 professors, published a paper under one.

Ethnicity = International Indian.

LOR = I interned at Microsoft the past summer and will be coming back to the same team, manager LOR will be very positive. 2 more LOR from professors, will be above average.

Some more extra stuff = Will be graduating in 3 years instead of 4. Had 2 internships at reputable companies. Took a very heavy CS-focused course-load, degree required 12 CS courses to graduate, I will have taken 20 CS courses by the time I graduate

In order to increase my chances, what would you recommend me to do? I’ve emailed professors from Stanford in order to do research with them and am hoping this will help. I’ll be joining Microsoft in the Mountain View, CA campus (chose this as I would like to be near the Stanford campus), so maybe this could help me in meeting with professors? I’m also hoping to start a club next semester for leadership experience as I have none so far.

Note: Will only be applying to Stanford, it’s been a childhood dream.