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As the end of the school year approaches for some the emails start going out over large listserves calling for applications for honor societies. While the large important societies have strict requirements (Tau Beta Pi (engineering) Beta Gamma Sigma (business) .....) that if you get asked to join it is such an honor one usually says yes. The smaller subject area ones do not have such strict requirements. Is joining these subject area societies important for the graduate application process or are they just needless collections of lapel pins and other graduation day accessories? Example of requirements to join (from my inbox this morning with the area replaced by the word subject): Requirements include: * 3.5 GPA in subject and/or subject-related coursework AND successful completion of 6 hours of subject and/or related coursework Or 3.5 Overall GPA * Junior or Senior or graduate class standing * Membership of the International Subject Association (This requires a $35 fee) * Completion of attached application form in X days

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Potentially Off Topic: But this made me remember a grand PHDComic on the same topic. I just hope I don't regret my future plans of graduate study later.

I am definitely waiting. As rather nice it is coming out again right before I apply next year. Even if I have 2/4 schools I am planning on applying to already decided on. Hopes Stony Brook is in the top 50 for CS. Either way I am planning on applying there.

The FASFA thing is very formulaic. Or at least it seemed that way when I was in undergrad. My advice would be to call the financial aid office at the schools you are looking at to see what FASFA aid you could expect. I also suspect that money directly from the FASFA would not change much from school to school. I could be wrong. However what most likely would change between different schools is department aid and scholarships based on FASFA related need. Not sure if this second part applies to grad students as most are already starting with some amount of department funding. Naturally it could be different for grad school, but I think the advice of calling the financial aid office may still apply. Good Luck.

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In my practice for the analytical writing section I have found that if I get a decent first paragraph in the first 10 or so minutes the rest of my attempt goes well. Naturally to prepare for this complicated section of the exam more than 10 minute drills are necessary, but I felt it might be a decent way to practice. Hopefully this random idea I had will prove useful for others practice efforts. So in this game I will post a topic once a week or so. With others either posting their own drill results, or constructively comment on others results. GRE Analytical Writing Section : Prompt (from ETS practice materials): Six months ago the region of Forestville increased the speed limit for vehicles traveling on the region’s highways by ten miles per hour. Since that change took effect, the number of automobile accidents in that region has increased by 15 percent. But the speed limit in Elmsford, a region neighboring Forestville, remained unchanged, and automobile accidents declined slightly during the same six-month period. Therefore, if the citizens of Forestville want to reduce the number of automobile accidents on the region’s highways, they should campaign to reduce Forestville’s speed limit to what it was before the increase. My first paragraph: The argument suggests that Forestville residents should campaign to reduce the speed limits on its highways as a recent increase of its speed limits has created a 15% increase in the amount of accidents on its highways. The basis of this argument is due to comparing the speed limits in Elmsford, which have remained unchanged along with its accidents decreasing slightly over the same time period of the change in Forestville. The problem with this argument is it has very little information comparing Forestville to Elmsford in a way that justifies the comparison as a basis of an argument to change things in Forestville.

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I have no idea of either program. However maybe posting this in an area where it is related to the major of the program would help. As until I goggled it I had no clue what the Brown Prime program was, even if that is a site I can admit to having spent hours skimming the computer departments of. As in this area of the forum every major is looking at it making it less likely your thread will be noticed. Good luck. If your going on name alone I would say Brown being clueless about other factors involved. However that isn't much help.

There is an older thread on the same topic : I found the number a lot higher than I initially thought they would be. Though I must admit considering I am applying next year to schools it has certainly made me look at schools very carefully.

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Now this may be off-topic considering this is the computer science sub-forum but in alot of schools the boundaries between computer science and computer engineering is blurred. One area this applies greatly in my research into schools for graphics and virtual reality related programs. So in my investigating of schools I have been looking at both departments. Of course there are differences in these fields of study as far as there historical backgrounds. It appears to me that Computer Engineering in most places split from the Electrical Engineering departments with Computer Science splitting from the Math departments. However it may help you to look in both departments. With engineers caring more about getting something to work and mathematicians having a natural desire to optimize algorithms into working better. Naturally both departments focus on both implementation details, and optimization of previous research. However maybe by expanding your search you can find something that fits your interests. However I will say both of these things in my opinion are important to be researched.

In addition to the ones named above some that came up in my web skimming are: Stony Brook University UC Davis Anyone else notice how thin the line between computer science and engineering is when looking at graphics programs? Which has made me take up the habit of looking in both departments.

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I find the lower gpa's inspiring as I am not much better than a 3.0, and it makes me feel as though I have a chance next year. Even if they are rejects I feel as though I am not the only one crazy enough to apply. *** You know you have a low gpa when you find it inspiring that people with around your gpa are reflected on the admissions result board.

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I also love my macbook pro. Though I would look into what types of computers the people in your lab/group are using, since there may be a program you need to run. In my personal experience from working in a computer lab years ago about 1/(10 or 15) Dells is a lemon. No idea if they have improved since, but in my experience Mac's are more reliable. Plus you don't have to worry as much about the viruses that are rampant on college campuses. Unless things have changed in the last couple of years running a packet analyzer on a college network is rather scary. Naturally running Linux also solves this problem, but isn't as user friendly when one starts using it. Though the user friendliness of Linux has been improving consistently over the years.

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