So i'm at a unique place , I moved from India to usa last year(visa-GC), i did my UG in India , working as a Construction inspector/ assistant office engineer in the civil/construction domain , my UG degree is in mechanical engineering.

I plan on going to grad school next year for fall 2025, PROGRAM- M.S in Mechanical Engineering , i know its late already but i took some time to make the decision.

My CGPA is 8.1 and i still have to write my IELTS which i'm planning to take around Nov 15, i'm working on my SOP and have the LOR's ready. Have 1 Published paper in my UG.

i have shortlisted some colleges , but it's very New York centric , i don't plan on writing GRE( most of the colleges that i have shortlisted have GRE as optional ) as i have another major license (FE) exam scheduled in January, I just wanted to know what are my chances of getting into these colleges.

1. University of Connecticut
2. Northeastern University
3. Stony Brook University
4. New York University
5. Stevens Institute of Technology
6. University at Buffalo
7. Texas A&M University
8. Binghamton University
9. Georgia Institute of Technology
10. Purdue University.

Any information/ advice will be of great help, thanks.

Does anyone know how long it typically takes to receive a decision from Rutgers New Brunswick for the MSCS Spring 2025 intake? My application was waitlisted about a week ago.

Hi everyone,

I just received my admission for the MS in Computer Science program at the University of Texas at Arlington for the Spring 2025 intake! 🎉

I'm looking forward to connecting with fellow students who also got admitted to UTA for the Spring '25 intake. It would be great to interact, share information, and plan ahead.

Additionally, I’d love to connect with seniors who can provide some guidance and tips on academics, housing, or any other aspect of student life at UTA.

Looking forward to your responses!

Best,
Chandrasekar Vasan

Hey there!

I am an international student and want to carry up a masters in business/ analysis/ data related field. I come from a top school in my country (Third world), my work experience and extra curriculars are great but my gpa is quite low (2.2/4). In my school that's average but I see most europeen unis requiring 2.7+ or even 3+.

Do you know any schools/ countries where I can find cheap masters with not much focus on GPA? I am planning to take GMAT and hope to score high.

By cheap I mean preferably less than 3500e a year, or with scholarships focused on overall merit.

Thanks!

Hi Everyone,

I am looking to go back to school for either a masters or phd program in Ecology in the near future and a good friend of mine also suggested looking at international programs. As someone who has also had an interest in living overseas at some point in my life this seems appealing at first glance.

I am still new to the graduate school process let alone the prospect of finding an international program, what are the first steps that I would need to take to begin this search and process?

Some background on myself. I am m31 with a bachelor's degree in Biology. I have worked various jobs since graduating but I have spent the last 6 years primarily working for USGS in an Aquatic Foodbase department. I have spent months in the field as well as years in the lab processing samples and training others to do so. I also helped design and lead the field and lab components of a leaf decompostion study which was published recently.

Any help with this or related information that might be useful is very appreciated.

Thanks!

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If I am applying to masters scholarships in public health / mental health / psychology, would founding a club that’s verified by national youth platform increase my chances?

I have already founded it and I am passionate it but I am asking to know if founding a club matter for such admissions , I also have extensive extracurricular activities and I have worked on 2 research projects and now doing the third without any publications, my GPA is high very good (82%) and I have done 3 years of clinical internship.

Can you tell me if founding the club would cover my GPA Can you suggest public health scholarships in any part of the world I can apply for that care about extracurricular activities?

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Hello, I am an international student from India and have got an offer from the UoPacific Stockton for MS in CS for Spring 2025, can someone share some insights about the program, the living and future in Stockton and the positives and negatives of UoP. Also opportunities that can be gained while studying there. As it is just an hour away from the Silicon Valley.

Basically the title.

Hi, I am recent bachelor engineering graduate from Tribhuvan University, Nepal with about 74% aggregate. I want to pursue my masters in Data Science or Analytics. I wont be able to pay for my masters and need scholarship or funded programme. What might be the countries or unis that can help me ?

My profile

-74% aggregate

-1 research paper

-multiple internships

I want to pursue my master's in Mechanical Engineering. I have a GPA of 3.60 and a GRE score of 323 (170 Quant, 153 Verbal). However, I do not have any research experience and have published no papers so far. But, I was involved in multiple academic projects during my undergrad.

I am having a hard time deciding on the college. I want to go to the best one, but given my profile I fear that I may end up choosing the too-ambitious one, or too lower the rank for my scores. As I have financial constraints, I should be wise about spending on the application fee and would need your suggestion on the list of best colleges that are almost sure to take me in.

Hi Everyone,

Can you please tell if my categories of universities are correct based on my profile. Looking for MS in AI Research oriented for 2026

• Bachelors: KIIT University | B.Tech in IT (THE 601-1000)| 8.04 CGPA
• PG- Diploma: CDAC Pune | PG Diploma in Big Data Analytics | 73.8%
• TOEFL: 100 (may just improve)
• GRE: Planned on 25th (should get 320+)
• GATE: Planned on Feb’25
• Work Ex: 6 months as Software Trainee working on NLP. Now looking for JRF and Research Associate positions
• Internship: 8 months as a Data Science Intern
• Projects: Several advanced Computer Vision Projects
• Research Paper: 2 in the works as a sole author
• Basic knowledge of german

Dream:

• ETH Zurich
• EPFL
• NTU
• NUS

Moderate:

• TU Munich
• MBZUAI
• TU Delft

Easy:

• TU Berlin
• LMU Munich
• RWTH Achen
• University of Bonn

Feel free to recommend other universities

Do we have any universities in USA which offers specialization in robotics as a choice for masters in computer science?

I am looking forward to apply for Masters in Artificial Intelligence or Robotics for spring but i am really confused and concerned about job opportunity after my graduation. I kindly request whoever completed Masters or perusing masters now could suggest some good university with available level of job opportunity.

Many of my peers have told me that this may not be a good time for doing masters if your goal is to earn more money eventually because of the US Canada economy being down and the job markets being bad for atleast next 2-3 years. Then taking up a huge education loan with the very high interest rate currently, is gonna put up a lot of financial pressure if it you don't get a good job after graduating.

Also, US elections are coming up in November which will affect the visa and immigration laws.

I have already given my GRE and TOEFL exams and was planning for January 2025 intake. My reason for doing masters is that I've always wanted to gain deeper knowledge (since my Bachelors was in Electrical, not CS) and do research and if all goes well I would wanna do a PhD eventually as well. Also, I have been working professionally for 4 years now, and I wanna make a bigger career jump next, both in terms of designation and income. So I thought getting a Masters degree will help with that as well, increase my skills and credibility if in future I decide to start a venture.

I don't understand economics and markets and all very well. So that's why I'm putting a post up here.

I have given my GRE and got a score of 312 (153 Verbal + 159 Quant + 3.5 Analytical). My TOEFL exam is in a few days.

I am not happy with my GRE scores and would like to give the exam again, mostly by the end of June. I wanted to know if it would be too late to start sending out applications to Universities by then or not. I know that for Spring 2025 (Jan 2025) intake, applications have started in June.

Anyone has used WES and had their documents sent by email? My university doesn't have any agreement with WES for any of the electronic methods they mention (SFTP, API, etc.) so email is the only option in my case (postal mail is expensive and slow). However, I have been looking for the WES' email address that my university should send the documents to and I haven't found any address so far, not even in the FAQ. Does anyone know what is their address?

I'm from India. My_qualifications: Completed first year of MSc physics, BSc physics with 8.357 CGPA, both at the same central university. Completed 6 month intern project, 1 paper may get published soon (in condensed matter physics).

My question is, should I apply for MS this year or wait and apply for PhD next year? (In context of job, seats availability, scholarships...)

Which is easier to get?

Which will cost more? (Do even PhD cost money?)

I am a 3rd year Computer Engineering student at a tier 2 or 3 college in India

Following is a gist of my profile:

My_Qualifications:

• 10th - 87.40%
• 12th - 92.50%
• Avg GPA - 8.9
• GRE - 320+
• TOEFL - 108/120

Courses done:

• Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
• Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate
• EC Council - EHE
• EC Council - NDE
• Some small courses

Internship:

1 internship as Research intern in TCS in Software Development

Publications:

One research paper proposed in conference - results not released yet

Preparing another research paper

LORs:

• 2 good and unique LORs - one from research internship and another from Professor under whom i wrote the research paper.
• 1 normal or a good LOR.

I am applying in this September for FALL 2025 admission.

Review my profile and suggest me for development.

I am opting for cybersecurity or related domains since it is what I like and second is general Software engineering domain.

Please someone guide me towards getting myself on a right track or improve my position from here onwards. I do have my dream to go to Standford for MS, and I want that your guidance might help me achieve it. I know my profile isn't great for getting accepted into Standford but it's important that I try my best to hold no regrets. Also suggest me some colleges that would be fit for my profile if possible.

:) :) Thank you <3 <3

So I am nearing the end of my senior year. I am graduating from a top 20 university in the U.S. and I am considering going to the UK for law school. I was just wondering how people who were on financial aid afford to live though? All of my undergraduate studies were covered by grants and scholarships but I do not know the process of how it works abroad. Does anyone have any idea? Or experience?

Greetings r/gradadmissions_intl,

I am an international student that got into a few US (Georgia Tech, Purdue, UT Dallas, Boston University) and a few Canadian (University of Toronto, UBC etc.) universities for my physics undergrad (Applied Physics at Purdue and GT).

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I currently have enough money to fund at most 50k USD (~67k CAD) per year (quite the stretch but yes), and am very worried for the future: i.e. can I get a job in Canada/US as an international with a bachelors in Physics?

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If I do indeed need a PhD in a specific field, it might be incredibly hard for me to fund that too.

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Would appreciate inputs from anyone on this, and any advice you'd have for me on the college search. Cheers!

Hi,

I'm. in the process of shortlisting unis in germany for masters. I'm a Computer engineering graduate hence the preference for computer sci.
Can someone share some info on the pros and cons of going for applied computer science or is computer science better when it comes to long term goals where employment is the main factor?

I dont know German yet but I will be learning soon and right now I'm looking at english taught programs.

Additional question : I've been looking at Master @ IBM program and was wondering if someone had more info that what they advertise online?

1. What kind of support does the school provide to students in the Master@IBM program? How was the interview process and the difficulty level of the questions asked?

2. Have you had any opportunities for hands-on experience or projects with IBM during the program and is it more technical based or administrative or a healthy mix of both?

3. How is the course experience?

4. What were the stats to get into Hector

Thanks!

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Thanks!

Hi!

I'm currently looking into obtaining a master's degree and came across Global Business School Barcelona. I was wondering if anyone on here is currently attending or has completed one of their programmes and what you think of it (so far).

Hello everyone !

I'm a South Asian looking to study masters in France in CS/IT/relevant programs where it will be fully taught in English in schools/institutions . I have a undergrad CGPA of 2.82/4(passed in mid 2022) with no research and publications and an IELTS score of 7.5 but no French language credentials. I have been doing a tutoring job in a tutor centre ever since. I have some questions and confusions regarding the whole process :

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1. Which should I apply for ? Ecole, University, or other institutions where my focus will be on the professional sector/industry ? How to find those programs on the internet ?(Campus France doesn't include all of them some say.)

2. Is it possible to get into any low/mid tier Ecole, University, or other institutions even with this score ? I have a maximum budget of 7500 Euros for tuition fees per year(considering it will be a 2-2.5 year study at most)

3. My country is not on the Etudes en France list. Some say I can apply into 7 programs maximum if I apply to the concerned institution directly to their website online. Is this true ?

4. Will my study gap cause any problem here ?

Please help me with as much as info and suggestions you can provide quickly as the deadlines are looming. Thanks in advance.

Hey,

my friend is from the US and she would like to get her master's degree in Germany. The university doesn't want to allow her to apply though, since she didn't write a bachelor's thesis to get her bachelor's degree and that's a part of the application criteria. However, she told me those aren't very common in the US. She fully completed her bachelor's degree in the US. Has anybody been through or encountered a similar situation? It's pretty weird to be honest.

Hello everyone.

I have a question that I've been looking around the internet for a little while now. So I want to live and work in Europe permanently, right? Well I'm looking to start over there by going to graduate university, specifically in Germany due to the low cost.

One of the universities I've had my eye on is the University of Cologne. And it has a couple different degrees, specifically Masters of Science in different business topics (Analytics, Marketing, Supply chain, etc.) It also has an International Management (MIM) program. However, it doesn't have a just general MBA program.

I was wondering, having worked for the past 3 years, would an MIM be worth it? The internet has generally explained that MIMs are for those without work experience and just getting into the working world.

For some background, I graduated bachelors with a degree in the arts of psychology, but haven't used that. So I don't really have a background in business outside of working in the stock business realm for the past few years. Meanwhile, a bunch of these Masters of Science degrees seem to expect a business background.

Just looking for some help or if anyone might have some good explanations/ideas.

Thank you!

I'm a Non-EU citizen(South Asian) who wants to study my Masters in Europe in CS/IT related subjects. I have a low Bachelors CGPA(2.82 out of 4) in CS which I completed in the middle of last year. I gave my IELTS on January this year and got 7.5 . Been trying to get out of my country but I couldn't do it finally due to some financial, personal and family related problems. My budget in total over my Masters period is 12500 Euros and I want to stay in Europe permanently upon completion of my study.

Considering all the informations above which countries in Europe should I be prioritizing ? My shortlist includes Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, France and Spain for now. (I chose these countries as they are the only European countries with their respective embassies present in my country.)

I need a quick solution as the application deadlines are ticking. Please help me with as much as information you can provide.

Thanks in advance.