<p>I am currently doing MS at USC. I am interested to go to Princeton or UCB for my phd.
Current gpa is 3.7. Its my 1st semester. Working on research projects but no concrete results yet.
How do you evaluate my chances? I can I improve them ?</p>
<p>What will help? - a good GRE: general and subject if there is any. and a couple of strong rec. letters. If you have a special field of interest, find the prof. in the colleges you want to go, see whether there’s anybody there doing that research.</p>