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When I was still a prospective student for MSCS (back in Nov to Dec '11) I tried contacting them to arrange a campus visit and to get more information. I had the EXACT same issues with non-responsiveness from them. I sent multiple emails and made phone calls/left messages to several of the people whose jobs are to handle admissions and respond to prospective students. There were a couple professors/program directors who I emailed and I heard back from one of them 3 weeks later. I was only able to get through when I directly contacted someone higher up in admissions, whose name I had to hunt down in the GT staff listing. So I learned to not expect much on whether they'd get back to me. If you want to know specifically about your admission status, in general universities don't like to be bugged about it. Though they usually will still respond in some manner. I got my acceptance to the MSCS program a little over a month ago, which was quite late. I had thought they had given out all the acceptances and everything, at this point they should have told you accept/waitlist/reject.

The program is only 1.5 years (3 semesters). And I would get in-state tuition for one semester. It works out as ~$5k + ~$13.5k + ~$13.5k = ~$32k for the entire program.

Thanks for the reply. Those are the tuition costs for the entire program (3 semesters) at both schools.

Is an MS in Computer Science from CMU at $60k worth it over the same degree from GaTech for $30k? In terms of going into industry and job prospects, not research oriented.

I've been admitted to both CMU's professional MSE and GaTech's MSCS programs. I know CMU is the best around in CS, as well as in Software Engineering. I'm not sure if the CMU degree (since it's a professional degree and less selective) is worth taking over a degree in Computer Science from GaTech (which is very respectable at #10 nationally). The CMU degree will cost nearly twice as much as the GaTech degree (about $25k-30k more), and since professional MS degrees don't seem to be respected as much I'm not sure if CMU is worth that difference. I have enough money saved up that I would only need a small loan for CMU, but that's still a lot of money. I'd like to study software engineering since it seems it's very useful to industry, which is what I'm interested in. I can still take some of these courses at GaTech, but the specialization doesn't seem to be as strong as CMU's program in the field. Is CMU's MSE program worth it in terms of job prospects over an MS CS degree from Georgia Tech?

Well as long as I'm not the only one...hopefully they're just slow at sending out admits. Though I have to tell another program by March 30 if I'm attending, so that doesn't leave much time...sigh.

I'm still waiting on MSCS at GT. I'm starting to worry...

The out of state tuition for both schools is just over $40k, so that's pretty much a non-factor between the two. Although I'm sure LA is more expensive to live in than Atlanta, but I'm also considering studying at GT's campus in Europe for a semester or two. Anyone here who studied CS at GT have an opinion on their program?

I know GaTech is considered a top 10 engineering school. And from what I've read its CS program is ranked about 10th. Is GT really considered that highly by employers, I'm considering going for a terminal MS in Computer Science. How does it compare to USC? I'm looking for a specialization in Software Engineering, which seems to be a lot stronger at USC than GT.

I've been admitted to Master's programs for Software Engineering. I was wondering how much of a difference going to a higher ranked school is, especially after you get your first job coming out. For instance, I'm deciding between the software eng. programs at Carnegie Mellon and USC. CMU has a better reputation, but is more expensive. If I go to CMU and get an average job coming out, then if I look for a more ambitious job in a couple years or so, will employers still look at my degree from CMU as highly as a fresh graduate? Or is it the kind of thing where landing your first job out of grad school is really crucial and the biggest payoff from a MS program? After being out of grad school and working for a couple years, are employers going to care much where my degree is from?

Did you get into the MSE or the MSIT-SE program at CMU? I was just in Pittsburgh visiting the program the other day. I looked at UCI, but didn't apply there. I did get admitted to USC for CS-SE, but I still think CMU is a better bet.

any advice? I have to make a decision soon...

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I was accepted into CMU's MS in Information Technology-Software Engineering and USC's MS Computer Science-Software Engineering programs. I'm trying to decide which school to attend. Tuition is a bit higher at CMU, and I could get more financial aid from USC. I think living in LA would be fun, but I wouldn't mind Pittsburgh either. I know CMU has a much better reputation in CS, but for Software Engineering is CMU still way ahead of USC? Is it worth the money and effort going to a more rigorous school like CMU for a professional-oriented MS like software engineering? If anyone has experience or advice with this I'd appreciate it.

I was accepted into CMU's MS in Information Technology-Software Engineering and USC's MS Computer Science-Software Engineering programs. I'm trying to decide which school to attend. Tuition is a bit higher at CMU, and I could get more financial aid from USC. I think living in LA would be fun, but I wouldn't mind Pittsburgh either. I know CMU has a much better reputation in CS, but for Software Engineering is CMU still way ahead of USC? Is it worth the money and effort going to a more rigorous school like CMU for a professional-oriented MS like software engineering? If anyone has experience or advice with this I'd appreciate it.