juanmesh
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I am a new graduate student (PhD, international), and I have the option of opting out of a pension plan. I have no intention of remaining in the US beyond my graduation (in about 5 years). Are there any benefits of paying into the plan? All thoughts/opinions welcome.
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1 hour ago, fernandes said:
Well , that's great to hear about R.
And I also don't know much about map and reduce, and I also don't know how useful it could be in my research area. I think I'd better wait and see if I will need to use those tools before I actually start learning them.
I'll keep learning Python then. And I'll let you know if I have any other suggestions for your Web app.
Welcome any further suggestions. Thank you.
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3 hours ago, fernandes said:
Oh alright. I know people from several areas who use R and say that it's really important for data analysis, so maybe one day I'll need to learn it.
I have also looked into Data Analysing tools like MapReduce, but I'm still unsure if I would use it for research in the future. Do you know anything about it?
And yep, I liked that joke haha. Exactly how it feels like sometimes.
I know what map and reduce are. I just don't know what MapReduce is in relation to anything, though I'm quite possibly the only one in my department who doesn't know what it is.
R is quite easy to pick up, actually that's not true. In my opinion, if you program in other languages consistently, you don't ever pick up R, but it's just easy to use.
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6 hours ago, fernandes said:
Exactly. And no, not really. I just really think that programming and web developing are really neat skills that I want to have in the future. And I also catch myself thinking how I could automate boring stuff I do with programming. Is it a necessary skill in your area of study?
My background is information systems so yes. But going forward, I'm moving into education, quantitative evaluation specifically. I wouldn't say the programming is all that useful (say except R programming?) but online visualisations are useful for communication, and the ability to automate data collection, and pre-processing is useful.
Automation is always a great tool and python should be able to give you what you're looking for. There's an automation joke in an earlier post on the first page.
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4 hours ago, fernandes said:
Don't worry, you have done a great job.
Thanks for sharing some info with me. I'll work on my programming skills so I can maybe work on something similar in the future. I've been learning python, but I know so little about web frameworks and programming languages for the web.
Thanks. But your background is Mech Engineering? Is general purpose programming a useful skill?
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6 hours ago, fernandes said:
Good job mate! Did you use Python for doing it?
Also, I have a suggestion: it would be nice to narrow/approximate the average calculated value to two decimals only.
Great suggestion - DONE! Normally, and you might be able to tell, my sense of what things should be presented as is almost non-existent.
Here's a link to the github repo - https://github.com/stonegold546/gradcafe-school-admission-results
The actual code is in Ruby, web framework is Sinatra. The visualisations are JavaScript but I couldn't write JS to save my life - it's actually OS code from Highcharts.
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5 hours ago, AhmedMA said:
juanmesh,
This is just too awesome! Thanks! I really appreciate you taking the time to add the functionality. Now I can get a sense of how reliable my inferences would be.You're welcome.
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4 hours ago, AhmedMA said:
Yes, I think I should not apply to schools that accept an average gre score higher than mine, though as international application I am already not so sure which schools I should apply to.
Is there a way I could know how many samples were used to generate the statisitcs for each search? For example, if I search for electrical engieering, the app says it used data from the most recent 20 pages of search results. Since some applicants submit their scores and others do not, I cannot simply multiply the number of submissions per page by 20 and expect to the result to be the number of samples used. Is there a way I can know the sample size used to generate the statistics?
Thanks
Done! I think.
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@AhmedMA Well, I'll try to add that this weekend, maybe tomorrow. It shouldn't be so difficult for me to do this. Maybe a summary table below the graphs.
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5 hours ago, AhmedMA said:
Thanks a lot! That would help me choose which schools to apply to.
You're welcome. I'm not sure what you mean though. You mean you might consider it as a filter for which schools/departments your GRE scores might work at?
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11 hours ago, kaykaykay said:
nice. department would be a nice addition!
How would this work?
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5 hours ago, Sketchitar said:
Why did we mutilate the English language? I swear Americans are why learning English can so difficult for people, we spell it all differently than the rest of the English speaking world. Thank you @juanmesh!
Haha. Your spellings are generally easier though: -or as in color, odor; -og as in dialog, catalog in terms of how the words are pronounced. I think the differences are not your fault; it just happens that right after the different standards emerged, the British taught a particular set of spellings to everyone they colonised. And English remains relatively easy in comparison to most languages. For one, it has no tones - the same word pronounced in many different ways still has only one meaning.
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@Sketchitar That's the way the rest of the world spells defense :). I believe the GRE accepts both variants.
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2 hours ago, Warelin said:
Any chance of you including Subject scores in the data? =)
I could but I figured they're not reported very much, maybe I'll add it this weekend(?) Subject scores are typically within the 200 - 990 range, right? Or it's not always this way?
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On April 11, 2016 at 4:02 AM, BeckyB said:
I just accepted my offer of admission! Is anyone here looking for roommates?
Yet to accept my admission - offer should be forthcoming in a few days - but have absolutely no idea how accommodation works. Oh and I'm an international applicant, will most likely be turning up at OSU.
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4 hours ago, svent said:
I don't know what QM is, but if you get into a software engineering job after school at some point, this looks like a nice project to have on your resume, regardless of how many people use it.
Maybe, feels really light but yeah, I'll definitely list it somewhere. I'm working on something that's a lot heavier, and I feel it's much more interesting. It visualizes data too but for actual classrooms - the Canvas LMS system.
QM is quantitative methods. I should be joining the Quantitative Research, Evaluation and Measurement (mouthful) program within the Ed. Studies program at Ohio State. My background is Information Systems, but don't plan to work in it. Hope to use the skills I've learned though, they're always a great plus, even if it's simply for productivity, like automating basic tasks.
Here's a related xkcd joke for "programmers"
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22 minutes ago, svent said:
I agree. Sometimes people will enter UC San Diego, sometimes just UCSD. Some people have even mistakenly entered San Diego State. To be honest, I don't really have any use for it myself. I already know where I'm going, and don't expect to ever read the results page again.
Yeah, there's this idea that programmers have: trust nothing, absolutely nothing, that comes from a user.
All right, might still add it in case folks want to look over the raw numbers themselves. I built this when I kept looking through the results page. I'll probably go there once more to enter my results when my waitlist turns to a rejection at this one school.
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24 minutes ago, svent said:
I see. Probably a good tool for most schools, but if there's a reasonable chance of results pulling in multiple schools, I'd analyze the results manually. (UA/ASU, TAMU/UT, UPenn/PSU, etc.).
If you were to search for "Pennsylvania", you'd get results from multiple schools.
The major issue is the survey results are entered by human beings so at times, respondents simply write "Penn".
I could very easily create an option to release the results (downloadable as a file) after some of the pre-processing I currently do. Is it something you'd be interested in?
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2 minutes ago, svent said:
Pretty cool. How specific is the search function? For example, does Texas A&M include all the UT Austin, UT Dallas etc. results? Does University of Arizona include Arizona State?
I don't really know. I simply transfer the search parameters to the grad cafe site; so whatever they're using is what I'm using. But based on my experience, I'm guessing Texas A&M does not include the other schools.
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6 minutes ago, hpgenomix said:
this is sick
lol
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The search parameters are pretty much the same as grad cafe's.
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On March 7, 2016 at 1:09 AM, geographyumd said:
Who's all coming to Ohio State in the fall? I'll be joining the Geography program as a doctoral student.
I just might be joining you . Should know for sure in a few days.
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22 hours ago, juanmesh said:
I believe the minimum accepted Q score is 130, V score: 143. Median Q is 154, V is 157. Min AWA is 3.5, Median 4.5. This is based on Grad Cafe survey data (maximum 500 Masters & PhD results, but probably a lot less so could be total gibberish) but these scores are only for Masters degrees.
I built this https://grad-cafe-visualizations.herokuapp.com/ app to visualize Grad Cafe data. I searched for "student affairs"; degree: Masters.
Sorry, here's the right link - https://grad-cafe-visualizations.herokuapp.com/
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I believe the minimum accepted Q score is 130, V score: 143. Median Q is 154, V is 157. Min AWA is 3.5, Median 4.5. This is based on Grad Cafe survey data (maximum 500 Masters & PhD results, but probably a lot less so could be total gibberish) but these scores are only for Masters degrees.
I built this https://grad-cafe-visualizations.herokuapp.com/ app to visualize Grad Cafe data. I searched for "student affairs"; degree: Masters.
As a foreign student, should I opt out of a pension plan?
in IHOG: International House of Grads
Posted · Edited by juanmesh
Thanks @Beals @TakeruK. It appears two issues are important for someone in my situation: ease of withdrawal; and matching funds from the school. I will clarify these with the school and pension agency, then decide. Thanks very much.