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I wanted to understand what it realistically takes for a bachelor’s student at ISI BMath to get into top universities abroad for masters/PhD in Math/CS (MIT/Stanford/Princeton-level places).

What kind of profile do successful students usually have?

How much research/project work did they do?

Were publications common?

How important were grades/rank?

Did most people do internships or REUs?

How strong do recommendation letters need to be?

Do professors/assnt. Professors give strong recommendation letters?

Also, how common is this path in practice at ISI?

I wanted to understand what it realistically takes for a bachelor’s student at CMI to get into top universities abroad for masters/PhD in Math/CS (MIT/Stanford/Princeton-level places).

What kind of profile do successful students usually have?

How much research/project work did they do?

Were publications common?

How important were grades/rank?

Did most people do internships or REUs?

How strong do recommendation letters need to be?

Do professors/assnt. Professors give strong recommendation letters?

Also, how common is this path in practice at CMI?

Predicted score?

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Someone told me that there's a lot of flexibility in terms of course and electives selection.

You can go above the required number of credits and if deeply interested in some field, you can just take up the course and sit with PG students.

Is this true?