grindian

If there isn't much of a different between going to Cambridge and a French school, I'd suggest you take the latter and spend the money you save, elsewhere You're an international student, but are you a non-Eurozone student? Getting employment in that case is pretty difficult, from what I gather. A close friend is going to Judge for his MBA but his goal is to just build a professional network, gain some business domain knowledge and return to home country

So are you asking if it would help if you did a job as compared to an internship? I don't think anybody interns for 3 years. As far as the "gap" you ask about, how is it a gap if it is relevant experience in your field of interest? It doesn't matter whether your internship or job is abroad or in your home country as long as it is relevant to what you want to do in future. If you feel that you can get a job which will help strengthen your profile and better your chances for a scholarship, go for it.

What's your question?

I took my recommendations from my supervisor and my immediate reporting manager also knew I would probably leave. They were cool with it. I'd told them from the day I started preparing for the applications.

Hi all, I'll be attending Stanford as well. I am part of the journalism program. Have you people found housing through the lottery or are you planning to stay off-campus?

Are you going for MS or PhD at Stanford? Have you tried talking to them about funding? Can they give you any? Try negotiating with them, if you can. See this for reference: http://prelaw-guru.com/blog/how-to-negotiate-scholarships/ Also, I'd suggest you take on a loan instead of using your father's savings. As an engineer you better chance of getting a job and your STEM period is longer

I have a very close friend in TU Delft. He speaks highly of the program. Job prospects wise, EU is a little unwelcoming to non-EU people. Let me know if you'd like to get in touch with him. Same country as yours, btw

Just be honest. You can't help it, so don't worry about it.

You can ask them to put you in touch with some students. Frankly you should've done this research before applying

Did you try and negotiate your funded offer with the unfunded one? Try telling them you cannot attend if you don't get funding. Try this: http://prelaw-guru.com/blog/how-to-negotiate-scholarships/ Sometimes, funding opens up after the acceptance deadline as well.

Some more info on funding, program interests, etc? There are many factors to consider.

I don't know about Edinburgh but Columbia is not really the top school for Computer Science. Many of my friends from engineering school went to CMU, UC Berkeley. Stanford, of course, is really good. I think it'd be better if you apply to some of these schools as well and see where you stand. Disclosure: I did engineering from India but am currently going to grad journalism school in USA. But I've written many essays for my friends so have some knowledge of universities.

It definitely means your chances are good. Have you any other offers?

School B it is. Forget School A.

Haha, no. I rejected them. And congratulations on NYU