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thanks for the responses--i'll be pondering over this over the next few weeks..

most of my decisions have come in, and now i'm in a bit of a dilemma.. due to funding issues, my choice of schools really lies between getting an MS at Umass amherst or a phd at northeastern. i mostly applied to MS programs this year, with NEU being the only phd. the thing is, i don't know if i want to do a phd or not yet. it sounds interesting, but i dont have enough research experience to know if ill enjoy it enough to complete a phd program. my intention was to do an MS first and then pursue a phd if i felt it suited me the MS is not funded, but because i'm an mass resident, umass with living expenses is going to cost me about 40-50k for the whole degree. sounds cheap compared to other schools i know, but thats like all my savings from 4 years of penny pinching. on the other hand, as with most phd programs, NEU offers a full tuition waiver and stipend. UMass MS better reputation gives me the chance to find out if i want to do research or not before committing to a phd possible that i may be able to get an assistantship after i enroll NEU PhD guaranteed funding may save time if my ultimate goal is a phd? (if i get an MS from umass first and then decide to do a Phd, won't it take longer?) would probably get more attention as a phd student here than as a MS student at UMass id really appreciate any input you guys have. thanks!

have you spoken with any professors from UNC? it might be a good idea to ask them about this. they might be able to tell you whether or not you should be concerned about funding after the first year

i think theres still hope.. if the application deadline has been extended to the end of this month, there must still be some space left. good luck!

i got the acceptance email today as well. applied way back in november. i guess they *are* doing rolling

based on historical data, nyu results should start coming out this week. columbia usually would have started responding by now, but it looks like they've extended the MS application deadline. i'm guessing that means we'll be waiting until april

wow 27k is a lot i think it also depends on whether it's a 9 month or 12 month assistantship

they got admitted to the MS program? i know there are some PhD admissions, but i haven't heard of any MS ones yet

i'm curious as to how all of you kept all your school info (gre scores, transcripts, application deadlines, links, emails, etc) organized during the application process i set up a local wiki for info like schools, deadlines, links; and a dropbox account for files like transcripts and my SOP. it worked pretty well for me. whatd you guys do?

congrats! thats a great dilemma to be in

thanks for the advice! i havent had the call yet, but ill let you all know how it goes

weird. just got an email from columbia asking if i still wanted to be considered for the MS program (i applied to the MS program). did everyone else get this too?

i have an phone interview with a prof for a research position this fall as an MS student. any thoughts on how to prep? thanks

anyone attending the umass open house today?

awesome thanks for the tip!

northeastern (3/15), brown (5/31), and upenn (6/1) are all still open. but as you probably already know, with quotas filling up, the admission committees are likely to be more selective at this point

a long overdue thanks for the info! just curious, where do you get this kind of info from? are you just up to date on AI research activity? or is there some website that you can find out frequently cited researchers? thanks again!

congrats newms! given your status as the most active poster in the forum, im sure hundreds of people around the world were just waiting for you to get your first accept

cool script. had to make some changes for it to work on chrome (plus i wanted to remove the phd entries instead of ms ), but works nicely now

just to clarify, you can't choose individual scores to send.. its either all general test scores or all subject test schools: http://www.ets.org/gre/general/scores/send

does anyone know who some of the more well known AI professors/research groups at Umass amherst are? thanks in advance

out of curiosity, which other schools are offering aid for MS? from the portions of the emails that you posted, it sounds to me like faculty members will *not* be contacting you about research interests anymore. i think your questions about TA procedure and contacting professors would best be answered by someone from their computer science department good luck!

hi dilgau. congrats on the admit! i would contact a few different people from the department and ask them each for their unofficial opinion on your chances of landing funding after the school year starts. at least that would give you an idea of how much risk you are taking by enrolling without guaranteed funding. do you have any other schools that would be an option? if not, then it might not be so difficult a decision.

just curious, what constitutes a eyebrow raising verbal score? i agree that having a killer verbal score would make one stand out, if not just for the fact that it means the applicant put a lot of effort into studying. i think dallas is just trying to say that it's not a dealbreaker to have an average verbal score if you are competitive in the other criteria. this seems to be especially true in computer science, where international students make up a large percentage of the application pool

congrats! random thoughts: i think upenn is a little cheaper (5k per year i believe) if that makes any differencephilly and providence are very different cities--you might want to read up on them both or maybe even visityoure probably better off with a general CS degree if youre not looking to go into gaming specificallyalthough brown's cs dept is smaller, that also means you get more attention from the faculty and get to know your peers better than in a larger dept personally, i would choose brown. i know a few people that went to brown for their MS. they all really liked it, and they all ended up with great jobs after graduation. on the other hand, i don't know any upenn cs grads so i can't really compare fairly based on that criteria. check out this thread--a brown phd student talks a bit about the school, dept, and area: