Does global certifications help in getting into MS in US universities?

agnit · Post by **agnit** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:53 pm

I am already OCA(Oracle certified associate) and SCJP(sun certified java programmer) certified. Now I am looking forward for the OCP(oracle certified professional). Will these certifications help me in getting into US universities for pursuing masters ( M.S ) in computer science. I have got 1160 in GRE. quants-780 verbal-380. gpa-3.2

ric123 · Post by **ric123** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:42 am

GLOBAL certifications dont mean anything these days ;)

TraderJoe1976 · Post by **TraderJoe1976** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:46 am

The certifications will not help you get admission into MS. But, the certifications and work experience will help you to get a job after MS. There is very great demand for Java / J2EE developers in USA.

agnit · Post by **agnit** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:30 pm

@TraderJoe1976
Do you think that apart from the global certifications I can get into a decent enough university for pursuing MS in Computer Science???

TraderJoe1976 · Post by **TraderJoe1976** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:38 pm

Well, you see the key thing is that you have not specified whether you did Bachelor Degree in Computer Science. For MS admission, they do not care about your work experience and they do not care about the certifications. But they do look at your academic transcripts and determine whether you have taken all the undergraduate computer science courses which are prerequisites for the MS computer science courses. If you have these courses on your Bachelors transcripts then you will get admission into MS.
For job they don't care about your degrees. The 5 years work experience and the SCJP certifications are more valuable than your degree.

dotnetguru · Post by **dotnetguru** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:49 pm

agnit;399313@TraderJoe1976
Do you think that apart from the global certifications I can get into a decent enough university for pursuing MS in Computer Science???

There are thousands of universities and any one can get in to MS in US as long as you have bachelors or 16 years of education and a degree with GRE and toefl.of course some univs do not even require toefl.

For me decent enough univ is where you do not have to spend lot of money to do masters with some tuition waiver either as Graduate assistant/research assistant/teaching assistant. also, Masters in computer science is over rated if you have bachelors in computer science. that is all my opinion.