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  1. @pudgySaw one acceptance posted on the GradCafe survey
  2. It is mid of January already and I have not received any interviews requests from my applied schools. Should I consider this silent rejects? I know that 10+ years ago most applicants went into the CS PhD programs without interviews because the video call technology was not common as today's. Hence, I wonder if there were applicants accepted into the Computer Science PhD programs without interviews in the recent years?
  3. From my experience applying "top schools" CS Masters for Fall 2015 and 2016 programs, I believe that the most significant factor is the research/paper/publication you have done during in your undergraduate years. Then follow by SOP, GRE, GPA, resume and etc. What I believe personally is that most of the top schools want their Masters students to continue their research and interest areas from the undergraduate years, not counting from zero. If you change your interest or research areas from your undergraduate years, your chance of being accepted is quite low. But if you have a very high GPA and GRE score and quite good essay, that could compensate. Nevertheless, if you are not applying for top school, the research/paper/publication during the undergraduate years might not have a major effect on the decision.
  4. I have received the email from USC Viterbi. "Statements of Intent to enroll in the fall 2016 semester, which begins August 22nd , 2016, should then be submitted as soon as possible and no later than July 1, 2016. Please note that the Viterbi School of Engineering does not require a commitment deposit." Hope this information helps some people.
  5. I am admitted to USC master of science in computer science. Does anyone know that what is the deadline to submit the statement of intent since I'm waiting for Northwestern MS CS result but it seems to be very late.
  6. Yeah, I applied for MS in Computer Science at UMass. I'm also nervous right now because I haven't heard back from them and it seems that some people have been accepted to this program already.
  7. Wish there will be good news for us. Alert! SPIRE Downtime February 17, 2016 SPIRE will be down for maintenanceFriday, February 19th beginning at 5:15 p.m. and will be available again Saturday morning by 9 a.m.Please note transcripts cannot be processed during this time.
  8. I have encountered this problem too. In the FAQ it says we should do so. However, when I submitted my application to the program, I received an email with " PLEASE DO NOT MAIL YOUR OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS UNLESS WE CONTACT YOU TO DO SO. " Nevertheless, before I submitted the application, I had sent the official transcript to the school already because I read from the FAQ that suggested me to do so. And, from the Stanford application portal website, my official transcript status is still "Received (Not Official)."
  9. As far as I know, most schools do not allow the uploaded documents to be updated after the application is submitted. However, I found out that, there are a few schools that urge the students to submit their applications as fast as possible and let the students update the documents later. If I remember correctly, USC is one of that. I think if you cannot login to the application form to update your documents, you should contact the admission office and ask them case by case, depends on the school. Wish you luck.
  10. I'm wondering that is it okay that test score sending from ETS arrives after the deadline of the application ? My credit card runs out of cash limit so I have to wait for today to send those score. But most of the deadline are Dec 9th and 15th. I'm afraid that the score will not arrive in time of the deadline Thank you.
  11. I don't think it is a problem at all. When I asked my manager and my professor to write LoRs for me, they requested my documents such as my SOP, Resume, and Transcript. Moreover, it is their right to copy and write anything in the LoRs. You cannot stop them to not coping your sentence(s) in the SOP "unless" you are in the process of writing the LoRs.
  12. Hi Akurniawan, First, do not take my comments seriously. I haven't been successful in applying into Graduate schools yet. I think your SOP is quite good. But I think you should add some specific details and examples such as your projects during your time at school or at work. I think those examples and details would back you up firmly that you really have knowledge in that field (Machine Learning). In addition, make sure that your essay contains no grammatical error ( that doesn’t has a brain ). Find an educated native speaker to check your essay. Good luck.
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