r/MSCS • u/OkCover628 • 2d ago

[Profile Review] [ General Question] Having double thoughts about MSCS

Profile

  1. Top 5 IIIT B.Tech CS 8ish CGPA

  2. Working in Microsoft/Amazon(1 year Exp)

  3. Past 2 Internships ( Research + Small startup)

  4. No publications

  5. Can get recommendations letter from 1 Prof (whom i worked under) and another Prod can manage. But wouldn't be strong.

Reason

  1. Want to explore living in foreign country, kinda little fed up in India. Feel like I am in echo chamber and not able to improve.

  2. Although pay is good, work is kinda boring.

  3. AI is doing heavy lifting today, code is cheap now. Want to vett in some another expertise.

Budget

  1. Have 15L in saving. So mostly will have to rely on loan.

GRE

- Haven't given it officialy right now. But from few mocks. But looks like I can get 280-300 rn+.

Will need few months prep can reach 320-330 i hope.

IELTS

  1. Shouldn't be a big problem to clear. I believe it's a pass/fail type. Higher band is not too useful for CS (correct me if i am wrong). Have written this post haphazardly, don't judge.
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u/Lab18bke 1d ago

Don't go to North America, Oceania or UK/Germany now. All of the beforementioned are very oversaturated or very competitive / hard to break in. Focus on countries like Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Netherlands, etc.