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sinerged

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  1. Thank you all for the answers! As it happens, I also discussed this with a friend who just finished his PhD, and he agrees with the consensus shown here that there is lots of flexibility when it comes to the time spent in the lab, specially by the end of the year. He actually advised me to just assume I was going to have some free days in December. In the end I've decided against asking the advisor about the winter vacation time, and I'll just buy whatever option seems cheaper for the trip uni-home-uni.
  2. I read that the university policy is one day vacation per month. Since I'm starting in August, I'm wondering if it is possible for me to take 4 days in December which combined with the Holidays would give me enough time take a short trip back home. The graduate student coordinator said that as long as my advisor is OK there is no problem. But I'm worried about asking him and causing a bad impression since I haven't even started yet. The reason I want to know in advance is that, if I get a positive answer, I would buy a return plane ticket together with my ticket to the University, which is much cheaper than buying two one-way tickets.
  3. Where do you got this information? And if true, do you have any idea of when? Buzzport is still showing "No Decision Has Been Made" for me.
  4. Hi, it's very likely that I will accept an offer to enter UMass CS PhD program. However, it might be more convenient for me to defer admission until Spring 2013 (if possible). I know I should ask the department directly, but I have this paranoid feeling that the only event of asking will bite me in the future. Specially since the contact they gave for asking questions is one possible advisor. Should I ask him about deferring admission?
  5. Admitted: UMass, UCF Rejected: CMU, UW Seattle, UPenn Still waiting (most likely rejects): GATech, UMIch (all PhD)
  6. @finknottle My status in Buzzport is still "No Decision has Been Made"; by now I don't have much hope of having been accepted. @tanki768 I applied for UPenn CIS PhD program on December 13, and got the decision (Not Accepted) a couple of weeks ago.
  7. Still waiting for those two. Got answers from CMU, Washington, UPenn, UMass, and UCF.
  8. I was admitted to UMass PhD program for Fall 2012 with an assistantship for 12 months. They also invited me to a Candidate Friday in March 2 I'm wondering whether this type of visits are worth the effort travel, specially since I'm in another country (at least a 7 hour flight). Additionally, they gave me the email of the Recruiting Faculty contact and said that I could feel free to ask him any questions about my admissions. Do you know of any questions I should avoid? Or a list of Do's and Don'ts?
  9. I just had a paper accepted for a conference and in my applications I listed its status as "In Review". Should I inform graduate departments of the recent change? If so, what is the best way to do so?
  10. Well, that is kinda the point. Not sending subject test scores doesn't necessarily hurts you, but sending low scores might. I'm trying to figure out whether 74% is considered a low score.
  11. I've read some people claiming that anything below 85% can actually hurt your application. But maybe that's only a concern for the most prestigious schools and not really so for Top20 and below
  12. Yeah, that's true. But my reasoning could be wrong. It's not like I'm an expert in admissions criteria for Top20 CS schools.
  13. I got Raw 780 and 74% percentile. Should I report this score? I think it might be helpful since I am not a CS major (though I have a master degree in applied computing) and I come from a pretty much unknown university. Any thoughts?
  14. I got Raw 780 and 74% percentile. Should I report this score? I think it might be helpful since I am not a CS major (though I have a master degree in applied computing) and I come from a pretty much unknown university.
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