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jacobwarsx

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  1. I don't know if this is outside of the norm, but I gave my recommenders a few USB drives with their names inscribed on it. They seemed quite happy and I know they are using them; I am handed files in them sometimes :-) A cheap and techie gift for a techie group of people :-)
  2. Chill out man. EE & CS are like brother and sister! Notice how these departments co-exist (happily I hope :-)) as EECS in many of the top schools (ie MIT, UC Berkeley, etc)? I would be mad too if it was a History major asking his question here, but its just EE.
  3. CMU Robotics Institute (RI) is March 26 - 28th.
  4. I was interviewed before the admission, but I think it's because while my research is related, it's not directly in line with theirs. I just feel this was the reason as I did not see too many people post about interviews from Cornell.
  5. First, thanks for all the feedback and the best wishes! @newms: I was wondering if you knew which schools followed the above procedure. @bhikhaari: While I am sure of the program I want to attend, I only applied to programs that were strong in my particular area of interest (down to the sub-field of the sub-field) which is why I feel it would be extremely worthwhile to network with them even though I wouldn't be attending. However, the time and denying other people admission is definitely not a nice thing. Will have to figure this out esp if more admits show up :-)
  6. Just wanted to hear how much value you would associate with visiting schools that you don't plan to go to. At this point I have got into my top choice school (MIT), and there is no way I am going to another school (as my wife is there). I was talking to my friend and he said I should withdraw my applications from other schools as I have already made my decision. And there is no point in wasting time of Professors/their adcomm, and I can allow spots to go to people who need them. On the other hand, I was thinking that it might be worthwhile to meet Professors working in a similar field/around the schools to get a better idea of overall research direction, and to build contacts. Further, I've already paid the application fee, why waste it?:-) And after I decline the offer, someone off the waitlist can get in anyway. The other places I currently have offers from are UT Austin, Cornell, UIUC, and waiting to hear from CMU RI, UCB, Caltech, and Harvard. Any thoughts on this? Thanks in advance!
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