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Hey guys, I know you all probably read a ton of threads like this, but I really need some light regarding this whole application process and how my chances would fair.
So about me, I'm from Brazil graduated from a Federal University in Electrical Engineering with a 7.97/10 GPA (I know this doesn't sound like much but it was actually the 3rd highest of my class), then I went to Korea where I got my MS at KAIST in transportation engineering, where I focused way more in research than classes, so I got a 3.5/4 GPA, but as a result, also have 2 first author journal publication (one of them is an IEEE journal).
After my master's, I stayed in Korea working as a contract researcher in two labs at KAIST (worked in AI, got an international patent (not pending, already awarded) ), and finally returned to Brazil last year.
Since then I worked as a lead research scientist at an AI startup for 6 months and have been working as a senior data scientist for over a year at one of the biggest health care companies in the world. Also, as I said before I'm from Brazil, so maybe there is some diversity factor that might increase my chances?
I wanted to go to either CMU or Chicago because since this would be a huge investment I wanted to make sure that it will be 100% worth it. Oh, and I have a 154/168/4.0 on my GRE and 111 Toefl. So yeah, I may not have the summa cum laude grades but I guess I have an interesting background. Would this be enough to apply to a top program? Or should I aim a bit lower?
Thank you very very much
So about me, I'm from Brazil graduated from a Federal University in Electrical Engineering with a 7.97/10 GPA (I know this doesn't sound like much but it was actually the 3rd highest of my class), then I went to Korea where I got my MS at KAIST in transportation engineering, where I focused way more in research than classes, so I got a 3.5/4 GPA, but as a result, also have 2 first author journal publication (one of them is an IEEE journal).
After my master's, I stayed in Korea working as a contract researcher in two labs at KAIST (worked in AI, got an international patent (not pending, already awarded) ), and finally returned to Brazil last year.
Since then I worked as a lead research scientist at an AI startup for 6 months and have been working as a senior data scientist for over a year at one of the biggest health care companies in the world. Also, as I said before I'm from Brazil, so maybe there is some diversity factor that might increase my chances?
I wanted to go to either CMU or Chicago because since this would be a huge investment I wanted to make sure that it will be 100% worth it. Oh, and I have a 154/168/4.0 on my GRE and 111 Toefl. So yeah, I may not have the summa cum laude grades but I guess I have an interesting background. Would this be enough to apply to a top program? Or should I aim a bit lower?
Thank you very very much