I am a student in NSIT, Delhi. It is a prestigious government college and is ranked 2nd after IIT Delhi in Delhi (for those who do not know what NSIT is). I have just finished m first semester and I am very confused on where I stand. I have done a lot of courses like Harvard’s CS 50 AP, Microsoft Speech Analysis, Udacity’s Computer Vision from Georgiatech, Bolt IoT, Machine Learning A-Z, Machine Learning by Andrew NG and many more. I have also built 2 individual projects on NLP- one is a replica Google Translate with an added feature to pronounce the translated text and the other is a virtual assistant like Siri or Google Assistant. I am also working on 2 projects with professors which I cannot disclose as of now. I got my GPA today for this semester and I was kind of shocked and disheartened. I got a 7.8 GPA. I am doing a lot of extra course and research work but I fear my GPA will hold me back from getting into the top US masters college like Stanford. Can anyone help me understand my position? (PS. the highest GPA in my batch in first semester is 9/10)
To give you all a better idea, I am in Computer Engineering Branch of NSIT, and I intend to pursue a career in AI.
Please go to the admissions website for Stanford and other schools. That information is readily available online.
https://gradadmissions.stanford.edu/applying/international-applicants
You don’t appear to have the required coursework yet; it looks like you’ll have to study for several more years before considering an elite campus like Stanford. They also don’t provide financial aid for international masters candidates.
FWIW: “Google translate” already provides pronunciation of translated text. That’s nothing new. I think you really need to focus on course work; extracurriculars will only get you so far. Grades, GRE scores and courses-on a school transcript-are what open the door to US graduate schools.
I think that you have probably spread yourself too thin. You are trying to do too many things at the same time. In university you need to focus on your classes and on your grades.
You probably right now should just focus on getting stronger grades. You will have time to expand your experiences after you get your bachelor’s degree.
My grades as an undergraduate student were marginal for a top university such as Stanford, even though probably 3/4 of my grades were A’s. I think that I got into Stanford for my master’s degree partly because of the research work that I did after getting my bachelor’s degree during a two year gap before going back to get my master’s. References and test scores helped also. You do not need to do all these things at the same time that you are an undergraduate student.