Rejected
I just got my rejection letter from Information Security Track
Education: B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Egypt with GPA 2.6
Experience: Worked as technical support Engineer in RSA Security for two years and 3 years working as Incident Response analyst in global practice in NetWitness and currently switched to red teaming.
I have these certificates
eCIR – Certified Incident Responder, CRTO – Certified Red Team Operator, CRTP – Certified Red Team Professional, eWPT – Web Application Penetration Tester, RHCSA – Red Hat Certified System Administrator, PCNSA – Palo Alto Networks Associate and Penetration Testing path by HackTheBox Academy
Recommendations: 3 Recommendation
One from my current manager which is the global practice director
Two from ex colleagues working now in Fortinet and GuidePoint Security
Comments:
-Shared an official statement from my university that English was the medium of instructions during the whole academic years.
-Explained in my SoP why my GPA was low during college time and that I have gained more knowledge and experience since then.
Even tho I had two internships after my graduation one in cybersecurity and networking while the other one was focused in offensive security and penetration testing and was during my full time job
Not sure if it's related to my GPA being low (which I can't change unfortunately) or there is something else
I am thinking of applying for the next intake; is it worth to reapply again?
if so what should I consider this time to have a better acceptance rate