RobGood
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11 hours ago, thetemp said:
Agreed that Squirrel Hill, Shadyside, and Lawrenceville are nice places to live and have lots to offer, but they are probably the most expensive neighborhoods in the city. Lots of good restaurants and bars in each of those, but Shadyside and Squirrel Hill have the edge in my book because there are more bus routes and they have good grocery stores. Lawrenceville is probably more interesting though.
I highly recommend looking at Bloomfield. It's basically between Lawrenceville and Shadyside, but generally much cheaper. This is Pittsburgh's "Little Italy" and there's a nice mix of older folks who have been there forever and young professionals. I've lived in Pittsburgh my entire life and Bloomfield the last 5 years. I work in Oakland and can walk to the office or take a 10 minute bus ride (54). Plus there's an awesome and massive Italian festival every summer :).
I'd also suggest looking into Highland Park, Friendship, and Polish Hill (which will likely satisfy your desire for somewhere eclectic and with a sense of community).
I disagree slightly with the poster above regarding East Liberty, North Side/North Shore, and Oakland. There are some great areas of East Liberty and I know many people who live there. While there are certainly bad parts (i.e. high crime, crack houses, etc), sections are quite nice thanks to a ton of gentrification over the last few years. Stick to the areas that are closer to Shadyside, and avoid East Liberty near Larimer and Garfield. The North Side/North Shore are where the Pirates and Steelers play so there's a lot of action, but there are some nice areas (near the Mexican War streets) and I know that a number of graduate students and faculty live there. Plus the 54 starts its route on the North Shore and continues through Oakland. As far as Oakland, there are some fine places to live in North Oakland, but definitely avoid south Oakland unless undergrads, house parties, and slumlords are your thing.
I would personally avoid the South Side, but lots of young professionals and students live there. There are an insane number of bars here and it's pretty crazy on the weekends. I know some grad students who live in Greenfield as well (not as many amenities here as the other areas, but close to campus). Areas to definitely avoid: Wilkinsburg, Larimer, Garfield, Homewood, the Hill District, Mt Oliver, and South Oakland.
Hi, I am also looking for the apartment around CMU, and I will moving to Pittsburgh next semester. I found some apartment which has amazing facilities and the price is very attractive. The address is Peebles street and Kelly ave (I believe it is Wilkinsburg). It is next to the east side of Frick park. The map with a star label is the rough location of that apartment.
The concerns are:
1. it will be quite far away from the campus (around 20 minutes transit time searched by google map)
2. Will this area safe or not? This is my priority concern.
I do not care much about the restaurant or the entertainment nearby. I would prefer somewhere quiet. Could anyone give me some advice? Especially towards my second concern. Thanks in advance.
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5 hours ago, cocomomo said:
Almost in an identical situation, I have applied to mechanical programs with robotics concentration. CMU RI provides excellent opportunities in the field of robotics, I am sure you already know that. I know for a fact that MS Robotics has more research involved in the second year as compared to other programmes offered by Robotics Institute (think MSCV, MSHCI, MSRSD etc) having spoken to some graduate students there. Also for job/intern opportunities, atleast 200 people applying for same positions(you should have something unique to attract employer attention). A lot of people intern at the local startups, however they won't sponsor H1B visa in case you want to work there for a long time.
Having said that, MS Robotics is highly selective and is one of the best programme offered at CMU. Congratulations on your acceptance!
Thanks for your opinion! It helps. Any other thoughts?
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Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
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Why don't you apply for the robotics program at Umich if you would like to go for robotics after graduation?
By the way, I am pretty sure that Stanford has a higher rank in EE, but not sure about the ranking in terms of robotics.
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I am incredibly excited to have been offered admission at CMU and Univerisity of Michigan for both MS in Robotics.
My education background is BS in ME at Umich. I am an international student holding an F1 visa. I have many research experience in control. In my graduate school, I would like to incline my research interest towards control by using machine learning/ artificial intelligence. This means I would like to have some transition from ME towards CS, and this is also one of the reasons why I applied for the Robotics program.
After graduation, I don't know yet whether I want to continue for Ph.D. but I do know that I don't want a programming job.
Some of my considerations (I do not care about the cost or funding issues):
- Ranking (in terms of robotics, especially in the field of control or AI)
- Location: Pittsburgh vs Ann Arbor - Which one has more job/internship opportunities? Especially for a foreign student.
- Research opportunity
- Quality of graduate school
I would like to thank you for any comments.
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On 2/22/2017 at 10:52 AM, playfire said:
I just got the same email telling me to keep waiting. Recent admit has posted on the results page.
Hi Playfire, have you get any update? I am still waiting for the result.
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Any ideas about when will the result for MS be released? Thanks in advance.
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Are you all applying PhD? I am applying for master, and does anyone know whether Stanford will interview a master or not usually?
thanks
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Thank you so much! Btw, the video is really good!
Anyone else have some idea about this area? Thank you!