Old Man & the C(S)
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I'm also working part time at my old company. Telecommuting is much more viable now. It doesn't hurt to ask...especially when compared to the $7 supplemental jobs on campus.
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<bump> some else probably needs this tonight.
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**Bump**
Reviving this great thread and I'll tell you what I did.
1. Obsessed as to the meaning of being accepted into a program but not the graduate school.
2. Jumped through every administrative hoop they could find.
3. Texted the word "in" to my wife and walked back to my desk vibrating.
4. Nodded incoherently at my coworker who knew what was going on.
5. Called my big LoR writer, left message.
6. Skipped out of work at lunch.
7. The LoR writer called back.
8. Informed everyone using most methods of communication known to man, ordered from least understanding to most understanding while I propagated war crimes on a bottle of absynthe.
9. Attended (was driven to) a nice meal with my wife and kids.
10. Had a huge backyard party complete with inflatable bouncy house that weekend.
11. Phoned it in at the office for the next four months. ;-b
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If you are worried about the money, don't be. I commend you for being pragmatic. I've never heard of a grad student starving to death. You can survive with a change in lifestyle. It will suck financially and continue to suck for years, but you get by. From what I've heard and seen, being broke is not the hard part, heck some people wear 'being a broke grad student' like a badge of honor.
Look on the bright side, if you have been debating with yourself every day and really have no clear feelings about the merit of of your pursuit of a PhD these guys will torpedo you on the interview and you will be able to keep your cool job.
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This is the one I just got to celebrate. (just the imagen not the text).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Musashi_ts_pic.jpg/220px-Musashi_ts_pic.jpg
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I took this from another post and hopefully you can give me an estimate of what schools I should apply to.
I'm in my first semester of a masters program and I changed the area I want to pursue my PhD (based on a long talk with my advisor and colleagues). I've been doing research in computer science. Since I make/evaluate educational technology and my Masters will be in education, I thought a PhD in Education, concentration on technology in the classroom would be a better fit.
GRE Score: 1200 (retaking and shooting for 1300 to 1350)
GPA: 3.36 undergrad 4.0 so far in Masters
Work Experience: at the time of application one to two years as a parapro or as a researcher
Undergrad Institution(Public, Private, Ivy, etc..): private (tiny)
Research Experience: (at time of application) 3 years, multiple publications (conferences) in another field first author 3rd tier 2nd author 1st tier and potentially a first author in Education
Applying for PhD or Masters: PhD
Program: Educational technology
What Schools Are You Applying To: Top 10? Top 25? Top 50? UTexas? Rutgers? UC Irvine? George Washington? UFlorida? Syracuse?
Acceptances:
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Sorry to hear that Old Man & the C(S). Hope it will work better next year (you're re-applying next year, arent you?)
Probably not to an R1, but yes. This was the test year, next year the family can move.
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/45763160/Worldwide-Masters-Programs-in-HCI-IxD
I'm not sure how old it is.
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I got a no today. But it was delivered in person and then time was blocked out to work on my future plans.
If you get into Georgia Tech there is one professor with a lot of class. I hope you get a chance to do some research in that lab.
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Uhmm I dont think 3.36 is too low. It is kind of lowish, but it is not low enough to exclude you from anywhere. 3.36 is not abysmal. Is ur UG GPA 3.36 or "it drops just below 3"?
If the latter was the case, then yeah it is kind of low.
Although, given your research experience and the fact that the committee knows you, I think that'll be enough to tip the scale your way. If you address all of these issues in your SOP (GRE, age, etc) , I think you'll be fine.
Im optimistic for you
. Hopefully you applied to a LOT of programs . That'll increase your chance of acceptance (not just you, everyone really).The truth of the matter is I attended 4 different undergraduate universities. If someone looks at every grade (and they asked for the transcripts) in 1990, I partied enough to get on academic probation. Grades from this millennia are much better, but still not straight As (I got 2 Cs but it was in religion).
This year is an attempt at the big time. GT (and CMU and U-Dub) will get $50 in application fees next year, if I don't get in this time. This thread opened a great discussion with my wife (thank you
). Here is the new plan, I will spend more effort learning about and meeting folks at top 11-35 universities. I will probably end up leaning more toward Education than CS (although any bridges/cross disciplinary programs you folks are aware of, please let me know). The down side is I'll be hanging out on Gradcafe less . -
To be honest with you, I think you stand next to zero chance to get into a Ph D of any of the top 30 schools.
The work that you work on might be very good, but there are high risk factors written all over your profile.
Your gpa is too low, your reputation seems to come from 'local source' as you mentioned, you graduated too long (the 80s) ago,
and how would a study in Ph D help you if you can do well in the current situation that you are already in?
Lastly your GRE is just way too low for the quantitative part. Most schools don't look at your application if your quantitative GRE is below 700. (at top schools, it's probably 750)
Having said that, I don't want to discourage you and if you can get to 750+ on GRE quantitative, you will have some chance at some school in the 25-35.
People that I know judge applicants when they see application with sub780 on quantitative part.
You are kind of in my situation since I have done work that has way better results than that of people in the academia and industry,
it played considerable part into making a few people becoming multi-millionaire (but not me
) so I want to do it myself nowand the sole purpose of my graduate studies is to be able to do my independent research.
PS: If it makes you feel better LOL
I still got rejected from my top choice even though my stats, undergrad school's reputation and other things are quite good.
Well, they still think I am not good enough sigh..
Just to show how very important it is to get a text-book style profile with near perfect stats..
Just an FYI, I graduated in 2010 after 15 years off and I'm first author on my paper but I completely agree about retaking the GRE.
With one valid positive response and one valid negative response, it's funny, I'm back where I was before I joined gradcafe. The original advice I received was that they seem to admit a few weird choices every year. Let's hope you are one of them.
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Ujjawal, I'm going to step on your post a little because I'm not brave enough to start my own "what do you think about me?" Plus if I hide this here, it is less likely someone who knows me in RL will just happen to stumble by (and I can easily be identified by the following) and mildly abuse me for worrying.
Negatives...
Non-CS undergrad 3.36 from a top 1200 (?) school - taking into account grades from the 80s, it drops just below 3
600 Quan 610 Verb
Positives
I'm published at a minor conference for the work below.
Letter of recommendations from two local rock star professors (one especially shiny letter) and a rock star post-doc
I've worked in a lab at this school for about a year (as a volunteer) for one of these rock star professors who knows everything that follows.
I've developed a solution that is currently registering at about four times better than anything that's been published (if I tell the metric, then it will really be clear who I am). We are running experiments that are leading me to believe it is closer to ten times better.
I've recently been a finalist in a contest comparing solutions from all over campus (physics, chemistry, psychology, etc) and all of the finalist (except me of course) were senior PhD students. Much of it was their thesis work.
I'm in the process of having a patent awarded for this work.
Whadda you think?
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Dang Closetgeek, you are just plain good people.
thank you
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ice breaker
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control issues
for Caffeinated woo hoo
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Golden Monkey, I wish you the best of luck I can as a competitor.
Seriously though, I hope they let both of us in. We'll get lawn chairs, put them in technology square and yell at the kids to stay off of our lawn.Summer_reader, you are simply cool. Thank you for the nice reply I have now loaded for the interview committee.
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lacking humility
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Hi Everyone,
I got the PhD offer from both UIUC molecular and cellular program and Emory biological and biomedical science program.
Emory has a much larger program and it has its own hospital. So I think if only considering the program Emory should be better.
I'm now concerning about the prestige of the two university. Since I'm not in US, I'm wondering which one is more famous. To be honest, I heard a lot about UIUC but little about Emory. I think this may due to the famous engineering school of UIUC.
Another thing is the location. I haven't been to UIUC yet but I heard that it's in a "corn field" and cold in winter. But I also heard that Atlanta is not a safe place to live. However UIUC should be quite safe.
P.S. The stipends offered are not much different considering the living cost.
Can anyone share your opinion about these two, considering their prestige, location, and so on?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I can't speak to either program, but I live less than two miles from Emory. It is surrounded by one of the nicest areas in Atlanta. With that said, you will want to live relatively close to campus, because especially to the south of I-20 is not the nicest area. But homes in Decatur (30030) zip code should keep you in good shape.
If you
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It could just be that this professor is your initial contact, who will guide you through your first year, while you have the opportunity to seek out an advisor during that year. I agree that you should ask the department or check out their website to see if they have information about how the process works.
The scenario newms described is exactly what happened to my colleague this last year. You got in!
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I'm not sure if the visiting weekend is for the whole College of Computing. I received an invitation for the School of Interactive Computing's visit weekend
Sorry, I forgot your screen name closetgeek. You were the someone I was talking about (grats btw). Since RIM seems to be across different schools (ECE, IC) and ECE got their answers out quite some time ago, it is likely the HCC notifications are completely different. I haven't heard anything from applicants on campus, but that email got me stressed enough to cast a wider net.
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evening shade
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Ok, I've just gotten a group email about hosting a visiting student on my couch and officially cracked.
Visiting weekend for Georgia Tech, College of Computing is Feb 27&28th. I saw someone in Robotics got an invite but has anyone heard from the HCC program?
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I think it means Person Of Interest
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Yup OLD man & the C(S)
Hey you, it'll be okay
in Waiting it Out
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