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you might be able to make a stronger case by doing very well on Computer Science Subject GRE test

Carnegie Mellon's ECE department has admission cycle for PhD program starting in spring semester. The deadline is 10/15

at Berkeley this year was very competitive for two reasons: 1) Too many came last year. They admitted 10 and 7 came. 2) Budget cut. (no surprise)

Microsoft used to have something called Research Software Development Engineer, basically a Research Assistant in Microsoft Research. That's definitely research related, and would help you prep for graduate school. Unfortunately they are not hiring anymore thanks to the economy... Other than that, regular software engineer job to make UI or web application probably won't help.

But the one i got says I'm rejected for PhD but they MIGHT consider me for MS program since I indicated so on my application. That happens after people who applied directly to MS program are considered...

hey guys, just wondered if anyone know what are the chances that someone who got rejected for the PhD program gets accepted for the MS program at Stanford. how difficult is it to obtain research funding as a MS student?