Camila92

@Do_EE trying to remain somewhat anonymous, but: 3.6 gpa undergrad from a top state university in the US (double major, both humanities with very little quant) GRE: 165Q, 162V, 5.0AWA Am several years out of undergrad, during which I did a grab bag of things including time abroad, a fellowship/grant, and a couple different jobs in the US (one related to politics, the other to healthcare). Worked to complete pre-reqs on my own including stats courses and linear algebra at a local community college and then just spent a bunch of time learning some programming languages on my own. I honestly think writing a good essay got me most of the way there because I definitely don't have the strongest quant background: I just put in the time to catch up (doing the pre-reqs) and demonstrated I was willing to work hard and told them why I wanted to do the program. Hope that helps--best of luck to you!

Hi all, I am new to GradCafe but got into a few different programs and am torn between my options. I was wondering whether anyone had any insights. Admitted: Georgia Tech, MSA NC State, MSA UVA, MSDS U Chicago, MS in Computational Analysis for Public Policy (with a $20k scholarship) Waiting to hear from: Georgetown, MS in Data Science for Public Policy I am really only considering GT, NCSU and UVA because of the program lengths and cost (they're only one year while U Chicago and Georgetown are two). NC State is the most established/longest running program with a robust practicum project component, but GT is a "bigger name" and UVA is a solid program and just poured a ton of money into founding an entire School of Data Science. Thoughts? Anyone with experiences at any of the programs? Thank you all so much!