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If you put this nicely in your SoP I think you have a shot. Definitly check websites if they have a hard cutoff. Some schools may not look at your application with such a GPA. Also some schools have required undergrad courses. Definitly check if you fullfill those requirements. Is your work experience relevant to computer science? This would be a big bonus especially for a masters program.

Thanks czesc! That helps a lot

I currently live off campus as an undergrad and don't really like it. I would prefer to live in a dorm or some house I share with other people, than being alone in an apartment. What do you mean with isolated? I thought I will spend most of my time on campus as a graduate student anyways.

Thanks for the link! The cooperative housing looks really cool. I think I will apply for that too but I am afraid there are only a few spots for graduate students.

Hi All! I was accepted into Cornell Ph.D. for Computer Science. Can somebody give me infos on (on-campus) housing? Thanks! PS: Started a new thread so it doesn't get confusing.

The last and only time I've been to the US was in 2007. I have never seen Ithaca in my life. That is all. However you are right. Taking such a long trip for a few days will be painful and as long as I don't have any alternative admits I will most likely accept the offer anyways.

I would like to meet the facutly I work with for the next ~5 years before I enroll that is all. Problem is that Cornells visit days are during the week and I start working fulltime as a thesis student. This is part of my studies so I don't know if I can just leave for 2 days.

I have an exam on march 13th and start an internship in the beginning March. So I don't really know if I can take of during my second week. Think I will contact them and ask for another date. If I change my mind I will message you.

Got an acceptance from Cornell. Still think this some kind of mixup...just cannot believe this.

I don't want to be rude but you should really learn how to google stuff like this yourself. Normally, the graduate schools have a list of degrees they accept. For example here http://gradschool.unc.edu/admissions/instructions.html ("A note on foreign degrees").

Studying and taking exams (Winter semester is not over yet in Germany )

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In Germany the bachelor is usually three years. But you are right, requirements for foreign students might be different.

For example university of Saarbruecken has an American-style graduate school: http://gradschool.cs.uni-saarland.de/ I am pretty sure that most TU9 Universities also have programs in English. For example I am considering applying to this one: http://tu-dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/fakultaeten/fakultaet_informatik/sysa/se/master/?set_language=en&cl=en

May? Is that a typo? Hope that my programs don't take that long

If you want to go to Ireland, Trinity College has a high reputation. There is also a lot of IT industry in Dublin, but cost of living is rather high. When you consider Europe you should really look into countries that have no tuition, e.g. Germany. A lot of schools here offer Master programs that are only in English. I don't really think the language problem is that intense as you describe it. In my last job I had a colleague from Prague. who didn't speak German at all. He was a good software engineer, that was what mattered You could also consider doing a bachelors degree in the US. Maybe they will transfer your credit and you can finish it in a year (like people coming from a community college)? And then you can persue your masters. Not sure about that though as I am not American, maybe somebody else can comment on this.

Does this differ from institution to institution? I am doing a lot of internships in my undergrad studies and I think it has benifited me a lot. There are also small projects that I brought to my schools from my employers. I would really like to continue this in my doctrol studies as I want to go into distributed systems and networks, which is very practical field imho.

I have no idea about job prospects, but I think that orangeglacier is right. One years is really short if you really want to learn practical skills. However, if you bring some prior experience you should be fine. Programming is something you can easily learn by yourself, however it takes a lot of time.

My personal homepage got hits from about 5 of the institutions I applied to. Haven't hear from any of them but at least it seems like I am being seriously considered (or at least passed some first GRE/GPA filter). Maybe that raises your mood

Heard nothing yet from UIUC either, if that helps.

Thanks! That is what I thought too.

I envy you. I cannot concentrate at all when I don't get enough sleep. My usual day is something like this: college (classes and research) from 10 to 6 and then I usually study at least until 10. Of course, there are also evenings I spend with my girlfriend or friends. That always depends on my current workload. Often, I also do a lot of work that was left over from the weekdays on my Saturdays and Sundays. However, this resulted in my social life more or less vanishing

Hi, I scored a nice internship at a big company for the spring/summer. I wonder if the programs I applied to should be somehow notified about it. The internship is in my field and may result in a publication (I will work in the research department) and definitely in a thesis (here in Germany you usually finish even your bachelors degree with a short thesis), so I think it would look very good on my application. I updated my personal homepage but I doubt that the admission committee will notice it. Does it make sense to contact programs that far into the admission process? Thanks!

Of course it has. From what I have heard on this forum, normally, international students are very expensive for a department because the tuition is much higher than for residents. If you have already secured funding you don't have this disadvantage -- assuming it covers the tuition cost.

Complexbongo: Do you know if international students are invited to the visit weekend at JHU too? Haven't heard anything yet from Johns Hopkins yet.