CS Masters at top 5

Graduate School
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My two cents -

  1. I'd say it's even better if your S can get great LORs (w/ waiver) from top-notch professors from Math/Stat departments.
  2. Make sure that he would take as many advanced math/stat courses as possible with truly outstanding performance.
  3. Paper published and/or as top award winner from international competitions (e.g., ICPC)

In addition, aim to get 990 on GRE math subj test. Remember he’s competiting with the best of the best minds of the world for several hundred seats at top five CS programs (i.e., MIT, Stanford, CMU, UCB, UIUC/Cornell/Caltech)

Good luck to him!