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Although having licenses for EndNote etc. the best thing i ever did was switching to Latex, especially because I often need to use math operations in my works. The two good things about latex are, that I can define my on style and latex will do the rest for me and secondly I can just put all quotes in a big txt file, where I can put in the data I need/want.

Hey, I will start a Master in engineering at Columbia University this Fall. I already have two bachelor degrees and I am just 22 years old. My problem now is that I will have to figure out where I wanna work after Columbia or if I wanna go on for a Ph.D. I already talked to a lot of companies and have a lot of ideas and I definitely wanna do a Ph.D.. I just do not know if I want to do my Ph.D. straight after my Master, if I wanna do it in corporation with a company or if I wanna go into one of these programs where u sign up for 4 years, whereof u work two years and get the other two off by full payment to do a Ph.D. Furthermore I also know the companies I could imagine working for, but they are more than two To sum it up, I am already pretty sure what I wanna do, but not when and where. Unfortunately I never had time to do a lot of internships because I had to write all my tests (10-15 every semester) in the end of my lecture-free time. That was just how our system worked. Thats why I feel that some time-off could really help me to figure out what to do after my Master. I wouldn't sit around, I would spend the time on internships in companies I really could imagine to work for (not just do an internship to put it on my c.v.) I also don't feel that this semester off would hurt me, as I would still be done with my Master at 24 and as it is sth. I can easily explain to everybody. So before talking to my professor, is this even possible in the US, is there sth. special I need to say? Is it a problem that I would have two winter semesters instead of one winter and one summer semester? Thanks a lot for the input

Hey, i did my undergrad at the TUM (engineering - robotics). I guess I can answer most of your questions. Usually we use a point system to evaluate our applicants. If u want to you are free to leave me your Skype name via PM and I can try to answer all of your questions this evening.

Hey, I am just wondering what this sentence means? Option 1: A letter from your bank in your own name with the exact amount of the balance(s) in your account(s) on the date it is written. The Personal Funds - Readily available liquid funds only in checking, savings or money market accounts or certificates of deposit (time deposits) that mature in less than one year. balance(s) must be sufficient to meet your expenses for the first year of your studies. The letter must be dated within the past 3 months. Is it enough that my bank sends a letter which says that I have no problem to pay for xx dollar in the next year? To be honest I do not feel that good sending them my whole account information.... Thanks!

hey Hitman, check your pm

engineering. But I only need to do have of my credits in engineering so I think I will visit some business lectures as well.... Why did u pick German btw? It is not a very popular language is it? If u need help with it, I am happy to help

haha I am German and I will attend Columbia this Fall, but I will not be in the German program

Yeah its first in Germany and 4th in Europe.....so it def is not a bad school! Money isn't the problem. The master costs about 42.000 dollar for the 30 credits and living in ny isn't much more expensive than in munich for me. So overall it is "just" 30.000 euro more than munich. I also have to admit after Columbia I will prob go to a consulting or investment firm. I have the feeling Columbia is not the best place for research, although the program isn't ranked that bad, but it's great for getting you a good job in business?! But I haven't accepted the offer yet so I am open for every kind of input. As I said for me its hard to evaluate how much I can profit from Columbia, as everything happened so unexpected. Edit: I forgot to mention that I already did my undergrad at the Technical University of Munich

hey, i am from europe so i cannot tell u what asian companies think but if we talk about good business schools in london we usually name the LSE. Even I do not know UCL and I usually no most of the popular universities.

Thanks to both of u! @dedicateddan: What do u mean by "paying tuition might be an offer though". Do u mean a company might pay my tuition? And do u refer "If you were to apply to schools..." to the time after Columbia - in case that I will go for an Ph.D. or MBA - or do u suggest to wait for another year?

I will prob go. haven't made my decision yet, but everybody urges me to go ^^...

Hi, I planned to apply for a Ph.D. but after consideration I delayed my application bc I wrote 2 (Mechanical Engineering and Business) Bachelors in only 2.5 years and thought I would need to do more research. So my plan was to do the Master at the Robotic Department of the Technical University of Munich (I am German) and to go to the Carnegie Mellon University for 8 month to publish and research (I already have both admissions) and then apply for a Ph.D. But as my professors already wrote all my LORs I just applied for a Master at Columbia University just because I did not want to tell them: Well u spend so much time on my recommendation but now I do not need it anymore..... Long story short yesterday I got accepted to Columbia and now I do not really know what to do, especially because I did not even consider the option. So right now I try to figure out how much I can and will profit from a Master in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University? How hard is it to get a well paid job afterwards if u come from an ivy school? As I have 2 degrees I could imagine to work in Consulting/Banking or to write a Ph.D. and do research. Overall I am just lost and I need to make a decision till April the 16th so there is not much time left, because I just did not prepare for this situation. So thanks for every kind of input!

hey thanks so far. I applied for the mechanical engineering department.

Hey, I have a little problem: I planned to apply for a Ph.D. but after consideration I delayed my application bc I wrote 2 bachelors in only 2.5 years and thought I would need to do more research. So my plan was to do the Master at the Robotic Department of the Technical University of Munich (I am German) and to go to the Carnegie Mellon University for 8 month to publish and research (I already have both admissions) and then apply for a Ph.D. But as my professors already wrote all my LORs I just applied for a Master at Columbia University just because I did not want to tell them: Well u spend so much time on my recommendation but now I do not need it anymore..... Long story short today I got accepted to Columbia and now I do not really know what to do? How good is a MS from Columbia (My field of interest is robotics) and how hard is it to get a good job? How likely do I get into another good Ph.D. program after my MS at Columbia? How good is the school itself? What would u do? thanks a lot! Oh and i forgot: My second bachelor is in business-corporate finance. So I could also imagine to go into consulting or banking after my MS. (I know these two subjects differ a lot but its an option)

Hey why don't u just ask him? I mean if u work with him anyway u should know him well enough to just ask how far he is.