Chances of getting into Harvard, Caltech, Berkeley, UCLA, for CS grad school?

Thomas_1
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:01:31 +0000

I don’t know anything about Harvard’s or UCLAs CS PhD program, but without explicit research experience (and preferably recommendations talk about it) you won’t have a shot at Berkeley or Caltech. An exception may be if your recommenders explicitly talk about your “potential for research” in the field you want to get into.