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<li> Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Computer Science - EECS)</li>
<li> Georgia Institute of Technology (Computer Science)</li>
<li> Stanford University (Electrical Engineering) Comment for both MS and PhD</li>
<li> University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (Computer Science)</li>
<li> University of Texas at Austin (Computer Science) Comment for both MS and PhD</li>
<li> University of Washington (Computer Science)</li>
<li> University of Maryland College Park (Computer Science)</li>
<li> Purdue University (Computer Science)</li>
<li> John Hopkins University (Computer Science)</li>
<li>Ohio State University (Computer Science)</li>
<li>University of Wisconsin Madison (Computer Science) (Electrical Engineering)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (Electrical Engineering)</li>
<li> Cornell University (Computer Science)</li>
<li> Michigan State University (Computer Science)</li>
</ol>
<p>Hi, I’m a fellow applicant in biosciences. In my opinion (and from friends’ experiences), I’m almost sure that you would need an internship/experience in the U.S. to get admission to MIT or Stanford.</p>
<p>Besides that, the other schools you have listed are not out of reach I guess. Good luck!</p>
<p>I agree with gtugce, internship or a research experience/involvement with a very reputed lab (as regular student at least) is very important.</p>
<p>750 in quantitative is also a huge disadvantage since you are applying to engineering schools. I have seen people got rejection from Ohio state, purdue, UIUC and UMass with GRE 1400+.</p>
<p>picking 3 low ranked + 3 medium ranked + 3 high ranked schools will be a safer strategy.</p>
<p>Admissions to a US/UK PhD program for a Pakistani student will almost certainly require a MSc from a reputable Pakistani university. I suggest NUST or GIKI, UET Lahore etc for such a program. Then apply for a PhD, it’ll increase your chances many fold.</p>
<p>PhD don’t require MSc and there is no difference whether you have MS or BS degree when you apply for PhD (Even Georgia Tech has mentioned that if you wanna apply for PhD don’t apply for MS - see this link <a href=“http://www.cc.gatech.edu/future/doctoral/phdcs/admissions[/url]”>http://www.cc.gatech.edu/future/doctoral/phdcs/admissions</a> ). On the other hand many universities don’t even have MS program e.g. MIT. What people are looking for is research potential. I know a girl from GIKI, without any experience from US (though she had an internship at Ireland) getting admission in MIT. </p>
<p>Regarding GRE Score, GRE score is not given a very high value during the admission process. People with 1500 (Q: 800) got rejected. That’s why some schools don’t even require GRE. What matters is your research potential and the best thing that shows it is your research publications.</p>
<p>So, kindly just tell me about my chances of getting admission in these schools only if you are aware about the acceptance rates and some of the students admitted to these schools. As, I have already applied, suggestions will not do any good for me and I am well aware of all the facts about GRE scores and admission requirements. I would like to know that how much my research will help me to get admission in the above mentioned schools.</p>
<p>It would be good to know from the people who are already studying in these schools.</p>
<p>You should be asking professors at those schools these questions. Nobody here is on any graduate admissions committee, and hence nobody here has any idea what chance you have of getting admitted to those schools.</p>
<p>I think UKDude was referring to foreign equivalency degrees. Most US (and UK, evidently) graduate programs require the equivalent of a US four year degree to matriculate. Because educational systems differ from country to country, some international bachelor’s degrees must be supplemented with a master’s degree. If you obviously won’t get such a degree by the time you enroll, then you will be rejected.</p>
<p>I always advise international students to make sure that their current or pending degrees meet their desired programs’ requirements. Applying to graduate school costs too much money to blow it by not having the correct credentials. </p>
<p>As for your chances, you should learn soon enough. As Polarscribe says, none of us can possibly gauge your chances.</p>
<p>Are you willing to indicate to which schools you were admitted, and which you are attending? For many people on here that information is very useful.</p>
<p>I got admission in the following 3 schools, first two with full funding and the last one with funding decision pending. I am going to UIUC.</p>
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<li><p>University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (Computer Science)</p></li>
<li><p>University of Maryland College Park (Computer Science)</p></li>
<li><p>Ohio State University (Computer Science)</p></li>
</ol>
<p>This forum helped me a lot in getting there.</p>
<p>People are asking questions, and they expect that everyone else say “Yeah, you’re definitely admitted to those schools.” <== this is my statement</p>
<p>Ivy doesn’t mean everything, particularly beyond undergraduate. Yes, they often do have great graduate programs but if you apply or attend a school “because its an ivy” then you’ve probably overlooked some great options…MIT, CMU, Berkeley, UIUC, CalTech, Wisconsin, Northwestern…etc. Not saying that the ivies don’t often provide great options, but they rarely are the only schools that are top quality. Sometimes, they are actually relatively weak compared to other public and private schools for specific areas of study.</p>