MangoGuyyy

Hi, I got accepted into CMU and UCSD with slightly different programs. Can I: 1. Enroll in CMU and defer my UCSD application to Winter Quarter of the same year (push back by one quarter). Once I finish CMU Fall quarter, I discontinue my education and start learning at UCSD on winter quarter and after for rest of my master's education. OR 2. Accept offers from both CMU and UCSD before April deadline, go to CMU for the fall semester while doing a Leave of Absence at UCSD for fall quarter, then after fall semester, discontinue at CMU and start my education at UCSD during winter quarter. Is this legal or allowed? I know this must be really weird as why someone would just one to go for a semester and continue at another school, but I have thought this through, I just want to know if this is feasible. Thanks

Hi, I have received offers from both Computational Biology MS from Carnegie Mellon and MS in Machine Learning and Data Science from UCSD. Both are top programs but CMU is #1 literally in CS, AI, and Comp Bio overall (csrankings.org, USNews). Ofc UCSD is still top 10/15 or even top 5 in certain areas, and the program is only at most 1 year which is nice, while CMU is almost 2 years. Also, pitssburgh's weather looks pretty bad. I'm aiming for a career path in being an Applied Scientist/Researcher in Machine Learning domains like Genomics/Brain Machine Interfaces, very intersectional. CMU Comp Bio will obviously provide me that bio training, but I also want to at least focus 70% of time on ML (just in case I want to change domains to something outside of bio).

Same question, I got an interview a month ago, and still haven't heard back from them