------------------------------------------- Name: Giridhar Kulkarni College: IIT Guwahati University: IIT Guwahati Branch: Engineering Physics with minor in Mathematics Field of Interest: Particle Physics/ Cosmology (Theory) Degree Goal (MS/PhD): PhD GPA/Percentage : 7.52 Toppers Percentage (or GPA): 9.04 Your rank in your class: >10 -------------------------------------------- GRE (Revised general): 318 [ 154(verbal) + 164(quant)] (not yet recieved) in AWA GRE Physics : Scores not yet recieved (expecting >900, based on Mock tests) IELTS : Overall 6.5 (Speaking-6.5) --------------------------------------------- Internships: 1) May-July 2014, IAS Summer Research Fellow, Phenominological Supersymmetric models in Particle Physics, at Dept. of Physics, IITB 2) December 2013, Attended conference Knot theory & its applications at IISER Mohali -------------------------------------------------- Submitted or Accepted Publications : None yet --------------------------------------------------------- Projects: (If applicable) 1) Thesis : Strong CP problem & Axions and its implications in cosmology (current) 2) Reading project : Differential Geometry & General Relativity (IITG 2013) 3) Reading project : Topological Quantum Computation (IITG 2014) --------------------------------------------------------- Recommendations: 1) Professor, IIT Bombay (Internship guide) - Strong 2) Assistant Professor, IIT Guwahati (btp guide) - Strong 3) Assistant Professor, IIT Guwahati (project guide) - Moderate 4) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Maths, IIT Guwahati (course instructor) - Moderate -------------------------------------------------------- Misc Achievements: 1. Fellowship, Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore (SRF) 2. KVPY final round -------------------------------------------------------- Shortlisted Universities: 1. Univerisity of Washington, Seattle 2. Indiana University, Bloomington (for Mathematical Physics) 3. SUNY Stony Brook University 4. Syracuse Universiy 5. Univeristy of Connecticut 6. Univeristy of Utah Besides this, Im considering to apply to some places in Canada and Germany. ------------------------------------------------------- Im seeking answer to the following through this profile evaluation - 1. Should I retake TOEFL/IELTS as it might hamper my chances of getting TAship? 2. Should I retake GRE (gen)? 3. Is any of the choice mentioned above too ambitious to pursue? 4. Any suggestion on choice of universities are always welcome
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 15:37:55 +0000
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