Jump to content

alice

Members
  • Posts

    31
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by alice

  1. << I thought each school had separate quota for MS and PhD, no? Yeah, but it comes down to finding a prof, and many profs say : "I am only looking for PhD students." Good luck! I'm sure you can find something if you really want.
  2. < Haha, no. I would say the real "applicants of the year" don't waste their time on gradcafe thanks!
  3. Perhaps try MS in Canada? There are some good universities (Waterloo, Toronto, McGill, etc), you will focus on research (Waterloo requires 4 courses for MS), and the pay is decent.
  4. I only applied to (very) few top schools for PhD; in worst case will do MS first (at my alma mater). If you do great research, then it should help. But keep in mind the standards are higher for MS applicants - if they don't finish PhD, the university can't even award a Masters since they already have one. I have been looking into MS at top 10-20 schools (in CS), and had a hard time finding a funded research MS. (now Stanford seems to offer one, and yes I think it's slightly easier to get in). However, many schools specifically say they strongly prefer PhD applicants. Also, below the top 4-5, I saw either (1) non-funded MS (2) plenty of coursework (like 7-9 courses) and a tiny thesis, which doesn't help that much with getting into PhD. You may do your own research on the topic, this is just what I found.
  5. CS and C&O.
  6. I'm wondering how you computed your GPA, since we don't use 4.0 scale at Waterloo. What % would 3.5 be? I also have a first author paper. But I spent 5 co-op terms in industry, and I'm not sure how much R&D work counts for PhD admissions. Good luck.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use