[Profile Review] Fall 2027 | MSCS / AI

Hey guys,

I am from India, and I want honest reviews on my profile - MSCS / AI - Fall 2027 - Non-thesis.

My profile:

**Education:** Integrated BS + MS in Computer Science from IIITDM Kancheepuram.

**CGPA:** 8.1/10 overall. My CS-focused GPA is around 8.6–8.9, with the overall CGPA being brought down by design/humanities courses.

**GRE:** 324 (Q167, V157, AWA 3.5)

**Work Experience:** 3 years professional experience + 1 year internship experience. Worked mainly on backend systems, designing multiple end-to-end microservice architectures.

**Research:** No formal research publications.

**Competitive Programming:** Codeforces Expert (max rating 1682), solved 1200+ problems.

Other achievements include Google Hash Code (World Rank 1676, India Rank 298), Reply Code Challenge (World Rank 302) and HackerEarth DSA Contest (Rank 10).

**IELTS/TOEFL:** Planning to take it soon.

I'm particularly interested in serving side of AI. I made a ~3 months long clone project of how platforms like chatGPT, Cluade works to explore this field.

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### University shortlists that I'm planning to apply.

**Ambitious**

1. UIUC - MSCS Professional

2. Purdue - MSCS

3. Georgia Tech - MSCS

4. UCSD - MS in Computer Science and Engineering

**Target**

1. Texas A&M - MSAI

2. UMass Amherst - MSCS

3. UMD - MSAI

4. University of Wisconsin - Professional MSCS

5. NYU Tandon - MSCS

**Safe**

1. ASU - MSCS

2. Stony Brook - MSCS

3. Virginia Tech - MEng in Computer Science

4. SJSU - MSAI

Is my ambitious list fine, or are they something completely out of my reach?

I'd like to see if my list is practical for my profile. Any suggestions are welcome.