MS in Robotics | Programs, Resume, SOP, Scores | Shruti Gangopadhyay | CMU MRSD | GauriBot Talks!

On our fifth episode of GauriBot Talks!, we have with us Shruti Gangopadhyay, an incoming masters student in the Carnegie Mellon University's MS in Robotic Systems Development program. She prepared her applications in 2019 for Fall 2020 applications. In addition to CMU, she also got admits for robotics programs from University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and New York University. She talks about right from her first year in undergrad college, she started building up her profile and tried to cover a vast range of topics in robotics. She then give us some very useful insights into how to write a great SOP. Towards the end, we also discuss the importance of GRE, TOEFL, IELTS scores, CGPA requirements and how to get letters of recommendations.

0:00 Introduction
1:24 A dream come true!
2:00 Why masters in robotics?
3:05 Selecting universities to apply to
5:10 Applied universities and admits
8:30 Building the profile
15:05 Compensating for lack of work experience
17:23 Designing the Statement of Purpose
23:34 Mentioning technical details in SOP
27:17 Getting the SOP reviewed
29:11 Role of test scores and CGPA
30:46 High CGPA cutoffs for some programs
32:39 Getting letters of recommendation
35:55 Summarizing the dos and donts
41:30 Gyan Ki Baat!

Connect with Shruti here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shruti-gangopadhyay/

Let us know in the comments below who you would like to see as the next guest and what questions you would like to get answered around robotics!

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