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I think your profile is excellent. They don't look the GPA apart from the ranking in the class. In CS, UIUC is within the top 5 so you are not moving out of your own cycle. Having LOR from known professors (particularly to professors working at schools where you are going to apply) is extremely helpful. With respect to your first question, yes, UC Berkeley offers M.S for anybody (qualified) regardless to the origin of his undergraduate degree. The only thing you need to concentrate on is the statement of purpose. Write something they like and good luck

Those big schools ask a simple question: where are you from? and then look at the qualifications one has. I think >80%tile on the GRE Q would be fine for any school. 3.6 as a GPA and its meaning greatly depends on where from your bf got his degree

was that rude? i think this was supposed to be very useful btw, the rude guy was not me

well, i am not Canadian and have no experience for the specific question but generally you will be taxed for the remaining part of the stipend by the US government (I've 22.5k a year stipend which turn to $18k pa after tax.

:roll: no relation. 3.2 is not that bad too.

Did any of you had any problem with the admission office through the application time? I feel I was mistreated by their arrogant responses to my emails. Anyway, I will not attend to Purdue

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I have just accepted the offer of the University of Minnesota. Anyone did so too?

Good question and sorry for writing to you late. I am a security guy. The world needs no security at the moment. Any other question?

i think the NLP group at Columbia is better (I've no evidence but a friend of mine have just selected it over other schools including Wash.)

it depends on the area you will be working on but if you see the ranking only, GATECH is ranked a little bit higher than UMD

I believe UIUC is better particularly if you want to have a good job after graduation.

Most US schools went into the bad custom of delaying their announcements this year. Did you hear from them so far?

They seem not with the first tier of schools in their country. It's the first time to hear of them as well.

I didn't receive any reply with such contents because i didn't apply to Georgia Tech (nor rejected by any school). I just was wondering why professor, who contact applicants once admitted and offer RAships, get angry when a student turn their offers down? Doesn't the student has the full right to decide on the better offer for him?

Yes, that's what that means. If they have some problem with your documents, they will call you back.

For the job market only, the second will be more appreciated.

to the Ivy league school

if your ultimate goal from academia is to have a master's degree only then i'd recommend you to keep working

what do you mean by deposit? i suppose i don't need to pay anything. though, i didn't accept their offer yet.

here I am. post whatever you want to know and there shall be somebody to answer.

i forgot to say that in most cases you have to consider that, unless you are exceptional and can do things will with that excellent professor, a school with a great name is always good ++

it depends on what you want to do next. if you want to assume career away from school (industrial for instance), big name is better choice. if you want to go for a ph.d. at a bigger place (than the big place you are considering), excellent professor can lead you well.

thank you all. i am thinking and trying to select the best among the options i had.

I feel that this kind of things happen only when applying for public schools. I've applied, in two sessions of admission, for several public and private schools and had some of naughty treatment mostly from public schools. I don't want to generalize but that was the case with me. any feedback?