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    2014 Fall
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    MIT AeroAstro

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  1. Hi,

    I'm in the same situation you were 3 years ago: interested in robotics and choosing between MIT AeroAstro SM->PhD vs CMU RI PhD.

    I see from your profile that you went with MIT. Would you be able to tell me how you came to this decision? Is it true that qualifying exams are used to weed out students from the Phd program? 

    What was your offer from MIT like? I am offered a funding by RAship which is guaranteed for the first year and likely to continue for the rest of the degree given I "maintain satisfactory academic performance and research progress". Do you ever feel as if you are in danger of losing funding?

    Lastly, are most SM students RAs? How is balancing coursework with your research?

    I would appreciate any info/advice you can give :)

  2. Cool. Looks like I'll be in Ashdown as well. I'm set on the research side too (actually been working off and on in the group for a year or two now). Anyone else? There have to be more people going to MIT.
  3. Hey everybody, I'm interested in robotics, particularly mobile robot perception and navigation (computer vision, SLAM, planning, etc.), and was recently accepted into MIT (AeroAstro SM->PhD), Carnegie Mellon (Robotics Institute PhD), and Georgia Tech (Robotics PhD). (By the way, this was my second time applying to grad school. I tried my senior year of college and got into 0/12 schools, so goes to show you to keep trying.) Although my background isn't in AeroAstro, I've been leaning towards MIT because the AeroAstro department there has a strong autonomous systems progam and I have an existing relationship with an AeroAstro professor. However, I've heard some (admittedly vague) rumblings about the department that make me a tad nervous. One specific thing I've heard is that the quals process is brutal and is used to weed out students from the PhD program. I've also heard that if you have a choice between MIT EECS and AeroAstro, you should always pick EECS (because the EECS department is just better in general?). Can anybody here comment on these perceptions? MIT AeroAstro was my first choice, but CMU RI and Georgia Tech are awesome as well (just attended the Georgia Tech visit and was very impressed). Also, if I wanted to go into academia in robotics, would having an AeroAstro degree hurt me at all (versus a robotics degree from the other schools)? My research interests are very much on the CS side of robotics. Thanks!
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