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Most schools let you modify submitted documents after submission if it is before the deadline, some after. If they don't you can message the department about what you would need to do. Schools also provide official pdf transcripts too that you can provide rather than scanning in paper ones (if you need to quickly get official transcripts and can't wait for your school to process the request). Some applications I submitted said 'official scanned' but the department page said unofficial were fine, I would just have to submit official transcripts if I was admitted. So check out each department's requirements. Worst case just email the department and ask what the best process is.

$27 per GRE transmission is ridiculous. Was really excited that 2 schools I'm applying to don't require official GRE scores sent (or don't take them at all).

Results search says that they do.

pythontutor to visualize python (or other languages supported) code to help you understand what is going on. Also you might help my research so... you know... <3

As someone who is in the thesis phase of my MS CS and will be going on to a PhD somewhere and has done some research projects... Pre-reqs for a math class does not reflect on the quality of the CS department at a university.

As billrach said, you might have just gone to usnews and picked the top 10 schools in CS and then called it a day without regard to your profile or your fit in the department. There are plenty of non-CS BS holders in MS programs (a friend/classmate of mine did her BS in neuroscience). But don't expect to beat BSCS people for spots at MIT.

Look at thegradcafe's survey for computer science and compare your profile to the people who were accepted or rejected. As for universities that teach AI, every single one in the USNews Top100 will have AI courses.

6 is not a lot, most applications use the same method of getting recommendations and mine all did it in less than an hour for 8 schools (you get an email when they are sent). I guess the person "in the field" doesn't quite understand this gauntlet as well as professors do. If you said 16 schools, yeah that is probably a little too much. 6? I would say maybe you need to add a couple more if there are other universities that are a good fit for you. Anyway if she can't handle 6 schools just include professors who can handle it.

A little confused because your other posts are about you applying to SLP... Anyway... first of all CS is not SWE, or more elegantly put by maybe Dijkstra (or maybe not but it still applies ) "Computer Science is no more about computers than Astronomy is about telescopes". The importance of a CS degree is not in you coding your projects, it is merely a tool to help you further and apply your knowledge. So it is possible to be a SWE without a CS degree, during my undergrad I had a few classmates that had been developers for years but were getting their BS finally for promotions (and their companies are paying). But you will have some issues... 1. Most job postings include the sentence "A BS/4 Year Degree in Computer Science or related field (Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computation, etc.)". Now I had an undergrad professor and his PhD was in Psychology but he was an AI professor which falls in the cognitive science realm. 2. You will be competing for jobs with people who do have CS degrees. These are people who have been coding for at least 4 years. They have coded at least one major project (capstone/senior design/whatever you want to call it) in a team of other developers (I will address this in a later point as it applies to your assumption developers only work with computers and not people). For places like Google you are working against people with CS degrees from Stanford/CMU/MIT/GaTech, for lesser desired companies you are working against every other Top 100 university CS graduate. Now if you are a great developer and you don't get filtered out (you get a tech screening) you can beat the above mentioned people during the interview and snag the job, but understand you are already at an experience disadvantage and a perception disadvantage. 3. Software developers work with people. A lot. You aren't dealing with computers, you are dealing with people who have wants, needs, desires and your job is to gather them and produce a product that satisfies them. We don't sit in moms basement, we have group meetings everyday and sit in each others cubes/offices/desks while working on problems. If you cannot deal with people you cannot work in development (other than making your own software by yourself). Before grad school I worked at a large tech company in development. I had to work with other developers, with managers, and with "the business" (or the client depending if your system is meant for external or internal use) daily.

1. They can and do. You normally have core classes (6-9 hours of them) but even those are chosen from a list of many (at NCSU you can choose AI, Networks, Queuing Theory, etc) and then choose other graduate CS classes to fill out the rest of your courses (also for you to pick). If you love AI, take only AI and algorithm classes. If you love security, enroll in those. In your case take ones related to SWE. As far as in applications I believe they match the professors in that area to your application. So if you say SWE then professors on admissions for your department that research SWE will look at your application. 2. Choosing other ones that interest you don't bind you to them when you are enrolled. Even PhD students change their interests while in their programs. So put software engineering as number 1 and if you don't see anything else related to it just pick some that interest you as well. Maybe even take one of those courses, you might like it.

I sent 4 to some schools that accepted more than 3, some said they would just read the first 3 and some may or may not have read all 4. If the 4th letter doesn't add anything that the other 3 haven't already said though, just go with the strongest 3. If you think all 4 are equally strong, the worse thing that is going to happen is they are only going to read 3 of them.

Our current (acting) CSC department head is not a man so maybe former. OP if you have any questions on NCSU I can try to answer them, the only other school I applied to on your list is GT so I can't really acceptance chances. But know that even though NCSU is Top 50 and not Top 10 in the US, there was still around 2400 applicants (I don't know the exact amount but I believe that is what they told us in orientation) and 10% acceptances from that pool.

This. Listen PhD will only be 4-6 years of your research career (I have professors who are almost 70 still researching so 4-6 years is nothing to the decades of research you will do after). Worst case you do hydro for 4 years and then can move on afterwards. Or you might enjoy something different than solar and might switch as well. Being open will most likely give you the most opportunity, "fit" is an important aspect of an application too.

Your SOP could be an issue, GRE and TOEFL could be another (if they don't know your school they can look at your papers/SOP/GRE to correlate with your GPA/coursework). Are you sure any of the schools you applied to do research in your field of interest? If it sounds like (in your SOP) all you want to do is solar stuff they might choose another candidate who's interests align with theirs. Contacting potential advisors is probably not the issue though, some schools even tell you to not do so as application season is busy enough without unsolicited emails (UC-Berkeley says "Does the department require applicants to contact faculty before submitting an application? No. Most applicants will not have any interaction with faculty prior to applying for admission." etc, etc.)

Your past is other people's business when you represent the program/"peoples". I doubt Jared will get a spokesperson job anytime soon. If you get caught in that lie you are going to be removed from yet another program, be honest (a quality humanity needs to cherish again).

This is assuming professors on the admissions board don't look at your transcript that they require you send as part of applying... They are looking at your grades in your field, not your grades in Beekeeping 101.

MIT CS does not use the GRE as an admissions tool. Top 15 schools weigh heavily on research and LORs. Read http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~harchol/gradschooltalk.pdf for more information on applying to top CS schools (section 3.0 on applying). An applicable quote from that paper for your question is Also, was your experience at a top 20 school so bad that only a top 4 CS school will suffice? What is your end goal after obtaining a PhD? A PhD is a big investment/gamble if you are still debating academia and research vs industry. Why not go into a MS first to get some research experience (which will make the top 4 more likely) and then decide if a PhD is right for you?

USAA is pretty great.

1. Are you still in NY? Could take a course as a non-degree student and then ask that professor for a LOR at the end of the course (of course, research that professor for their likely-hood of writing a good, positive letter). If not at NYU, maybe other universities too. That is, if you have already already exhausted all possible candidates you already have. 2. I like Magoosh, will probably retake next year for when I have to apply for PhD from MS with it as my main resource (and I'll actually use it more this time). I do have some other apps on my phone that are rated well by others but I can't speak to how good they are yet (GRE Prep by Varsity Tutors and GRE by Your Teacher as well as vocab apps that I don't recall right now because they are on my tablet which isn't with me). For verbal though, I would follow Magoosh's advice on just reading challenging things everyday. For math, practice is important.

I don't know about bio, but MIT says for PhD in CS "EECS will accept either the TOEFL or the *IELTS scores for the English evaluation test. For the TOEFL, we require a score of at least 600 on the paper-based test, 250 for the computer-based test, and 100 for the Internet-based test. We require a minimum score of 7 on the IELTS. We do not use the GRE test scores during the admission process--regardless of citizenship--unless you are applying to the LGO Program, which does require the GRE." Now I don't know if this applies to bio or if just EECS is revolting against the GRE (as all Unis should), but check the FAQ for your prospective programs for similar answers. Edit: Looks like MIT's department of Biology says this... BTW it says average 650 (which is a 163) but it is no longer 89% but 92%

Which post, I'll give you some feedback that I probably don't have enough experience to give but will give it anyway.

I seriously hope when a company, I don't know lets use a crazy research group like Skunk Works, looks at applicants they don't go "well this guy is really strong in relevant research, smart, etc etc but we didn't meet him at a conference and trade business cards! So we have to go with the person of less qualifications because he networked harder." I would be glad to not land that job if that is a major consideration in hiring.

You don't see a problem with mexican plates strolling around a state with heavy DHS/CBP/USBP activity? It might save them some time having US plates...