.letmeinplz//
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Difference between MS in CS and MCS program?
.letmeinplz// replied to Juna's question in Questions and Answers
Might depend on the program but in mine: MS is a research degree (you do a thesis), MCS is a course degree (you can do independent study if you want but you do more courses instead of a thesis) -
I think so for UMich at least, a friend of mine was accepted and is visiting there today as part of an admitted students event.
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Moving to Grad School??
.letmeinplz// replied to kayyyyy_'s topic in Speech-Language Pathology Forum
If you are fine with memory foam mattresses, Amazon can ship you one in a relatively small box (vacuum sealed). It is actually pretty fun to watch it transform into a mattress, like some kind of memory foam butterfly. -
I'm not bio (but this drama seems fun, maybe I'll do a minor in it), but for my field industry performs research on par with or even better than the top schools (MIT, Stanford) and even raids top schools to steal their professors (the CMU -> Uber raid). I don't really look into bio companies but I'd imagine the same occurs. Some people want to do work that impacts millions, if not billions of people AND get paid well in the process. Also a job at Microsoft Research or Research at Google or etc does require a PhD for their industry jobs so I'm confused by you judging people who are getting a degree that is required by the top labs they might want to work at. Also between this guy, YWEANG, and Musick I'm having a really good time this year on gradcafe FeelsBadMan
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Similar success story here, "low" uGPA and even just a "decent" msGPA and got into a PhD program at a top school for my major. Research (and the connections you make while doing it) is much more important than GPA.
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Try going to csrankings and select HCI conferences. Then look at each professor's website (the ones that publish in top HCI conferences), they usually will list where their MS and PhD students go afterwards.
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The department usually funds the students not the gschool, so if the department said "yeah you are funded" then you are probably funded. But as fuzzy said, we don't work for that school so we have no clue. It is probably a question better asked of the program.
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Your expectations are pretty spot on. You'll talk about your research, he will talk about his research and other research being done in the program. You probably won't be asked technical questions unless it is something in your research (and not something like "prove N=NP"). It will probably be 99% about are you a good fit for the program and can you hold a conversation about research. I wouldn't be nervous, you will be fine.
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Fall 2017 PhD Thread
.letmeinplz// replied to AspiringScholar17's topic in Criminology and Criminal Justice Forum
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Is "UoM" UMich? Anyway, yea I asked my MS adviser about what it means if I haven't heard from some of the schools (and others have) and he said if it wasn't a rejection I probably would have had some communication for them by now (interview, update, etc). But it is good news to have the POI reply to you, so I would still have some hope (he could have just ignored it if he knew you didn't have a chance). Also, since you obtained your MS from USC you should probably send feelers out to your adviser/other faculty you formed relationships with. You aren't rejected until they reject you , so don't give up now.
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CMU is amazing, but Michigan is pretty amazing too. So if you feel like you fit better with Michigan, I don't think you will have too many regrets. Also "(-) Overall prestige: I know it is petty but I went to college in the North East and not many people know that Michigan is a good school.", don't choose based on what 'people' know or don't know. Haven't heard of someone in CS who didn't know that Michigan is a great school. At the end of the day (4-5 years), the people hiring you for positions will be people that are well aware of how good Michigan is. Personally I would choose CMU, but I don't think you are crazy for wanting to pick Michigan.
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If there is no visit weekend (or if you are unable to make it), send professors you are interested in an email about possible RA positions. You should email the department about TA positions as well. When you said no funding for the first year, did your acceptance say without funding? Funding information may come later if not, probably another question for the department though.
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Not that I have a dog in this fight (or care) but he probably downvoted both of those due to the disparaging remarks about a school you obviously wanted to go to (you wouldn't have paid them otherwise). It is a pet peeve of many applicants here - like many of the survey rejections that have comments to the effect of "good I didn't want to go anyway", etc. Like I said, not that user so I don't know for sure, but that would be my guess.
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For wait listing they make their offers to admitted students and when admitted students reject acceptances they pass those slots onto those on the wait list. Your chance of making off the wait list depends on your rank on the list as well as how many reject their offer. Something I don't know (someone who has more experience with wait lists and admissions can probably speak better to it) is if the wait list is all prospective students beyond target seats or not. For example, a school who thinks they will get 50% of students to accept their acceptance might invite double the amount of seats (so 20 admits for 10 seats). Is the wait list composed of students 11-20 (and they are trying to prevent ever getting more than 10 students) or is it 21+ (in the event that the acceptance of offer rate is lower than 50%)? You certainly have a chance though, otherwise they would have rejected you.
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I updated my transcripts when I received my fall grades (GPA went up .2-ish). Some programs allowed me to just do it through the system (Harvard allows you to post fall grades post-submit, others allowed you to replace the transcript). For the ones that did not, I emailed the program with the updated information and received that they have updated my information for me. So if you think it will help your application, go ahead. That said, it is a little late in the process and I'm not sure how much it will help. Your case may be a little different though since you are switching from civil to compsci and you want to show that you are doing the work to get the required background.
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I was told after interview week(end) you will usually find out 'unofficially' in a few days after but the department/university usually takes more time to go through all the steps to finally and officially accept you.
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Check out csrankings(dot)org, select the areas you want, and see how USC's research stacks up (and get links to professors in that area so you can check them and their work out too).
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Probably a bug with their automated mailing, they only attached names in cc (no emails)?
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You won't be burning bridges if you are professional (don't be all "yo I got into MIT, why would I go anywhere else?" and you will be fine). Each application cycle they get emails from accepted applicants saying they are going somewhere else. The whole reason they accept more students than they have spots is because they know it will happen. Also I think "better fit" sounds better than "better compensation".
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Complete application now Incomplete Help!
.letmeinplz// replied to Catlover133's topic in Social Workers Forum
Just send in the required transcript. You still have a chance as they would have just rejected you for having an incomplete application if you didn't. That said, your dad sending an email might be seen as a red flag to be honest. -
Fall 2017 Applicant Profile and Admission Results
.letmeinplz// replied to b_brew's topic in Computer Science
Berkeley might be a little busy right now. Though check previous years of admissions and see if they only had 1 batch of acceptances or if they accepted people over time. -
Waiting till you make your decision is probably fine, just bundle it with your announcement of where you are going. One of my ideas was getting a city coffee mug (from starbucks, even though I don't like starbucks it is a pretty cool mug) with the city I'm going to (or if someone makes a school version, maybe that) so they will remember where I went when I left them :-(.
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I hope the decisions don't take as long to come as winter did in GoT...
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Possibly if they get more accepted acceptances than they expect they will just accept less the next year. For example, X University assumes 50% of accepted students to accept the offer for 10 slots, so they accept 20. If 15 accept the offer, the next application cycle may see only 10 people accepted (if they still assume an average of 50%) to get back into balance. For some programs that publish their acceptance/matriculation data you can sometimes see this happen (1 year will all of a sudden have less acceptances than normal, then the next year it will be back to the usual numbers). I doubt the university will rescind an acceptance for non-applicant related reasons.
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You can try looking at the professors' pages at each program for the outcomes of their students. Usually they list their past graduate students and what they went on to do (like: Don Quixote (Masters) - Company X, Mr. Mister (PhD) - University Y) so you can see if your job prospects are really worse at the school funding you or not.
