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oh you did some course work in UCLA? That's why!.. j/k As one can see in the results, some got their acceptance/rejection last week. USC sends regular post mail, so make sure the address you put in the application is correct. Check USC ApplyYourSelf, maybe there's a message like "A Decision has been made, you will get it by postal mail service" ---> that usually means rejection. For me, I have already accepted another offer (I did my MS in USC!), and I am not putting any hopes on USC. Maybe you're on some wait list . I mean they could be waiting for others to response to their offers, and then maybe they send out new offers (hopefully?) I wouldn't think it would be too pushy to call, or email.. although I don't usually do that. I would ask: "Are decisions still made through late May, maybe early June?".. you know an indirect way to ask. They probably will not tell you that you're accepted or rejected over the phone. It seems that you may get an email if accepted, and a postal mail if rejected. Good luck, and please do update us FIGHT ON!

I believe USC send rejections through regular Postal Service. If I recall from my previous admission to MS in Computer Science (that was back in 2006 though), I got my acceptance through the regular mail service back then. It seems that now, I am not sure though, that USC sends rejections through regular mail, and sends email to accepted students. Good luck everyone!

I was shocked to receive a rejection after just one month of application, and an admit after two weeks of application!

You could do course work and finish your studies in 1 and a half years. Check out if the requirement for the degree have changed. However, going this track might not be the most helpful if you have plans for a PhD. Having a master's thesis (and publications) will definitely boost your PhD admission chances. USC has about 35% acceptance rate for MS, and 9% or less for PhD. You could cover the degree requirement and not learn much because you didn't really take "interesting courses". To me, the graduate database course did not really add much to my knowledge, but User Interface Design course (a course that wasn't offered in my undergraduate school) did greatly. You could choose a specialization in USC such as networks, game development, robotics..etc. If you go for any of these, then definitely it's worth it, especially if you were close to your professors, as they would help you with your recommendation for admission in the future for your PhD. I did my MS in USC, and I had friends from India who went on to get jobs in Microsoft, Oracle and other companies in the United States. USC is well respected, and have this "culture" thing going on with it aside from academics, so you could get a job in the US after graduation. This $53k cost might not just be for courses, but also living expenses. It's expensive to live in Los Angeles, and you want to live North of USC campus (costs about $750-$900 and is safer, patrolled by USC Department of Public Safety DPS) rather than west or east of campus (costs $500-700, not patrolled by DPS). Costs of groceries or restaurants are pretty much the same across the US, the only differences would be gasoline for cars and rent. Assuming you rent for $750, that's about $9000/year for rent. I do not know why didn't you try to apply straight to PhD as an MS degree might not necessarily be needed for that. In USC, MS student rarely get any funds from the school, while PhDs do. Good luck!

I still didn't get my decision from UC Irvine. I just got an accepted at Clemson, so it's not like my last hope now. It is not necessarily a rejection. They might accept some students so late, so keep your hope up.

0% last year. 0% so far this year. Those that got accepted 3point14 What have you done to improve, because I get the feeling that I will have to do it all over again next year.

They didn't ask for recommendation letters nor statement of purpose. They judge it based on GRE/GPA apparently. I believe they have a much higher acceptance rate for MS than PhD. Someone just posted (April 27th) on the "Search Result" that they got admitted for PhD in Industrial Engineering. Apprently, USC only inform people through regular postal mail. I don't why people assume that late decisions mean rejection... usually "No News, is good news", some admissions take long IMHO.

Since you live in LA, go to USC campus and ask. I got accepted with a lower GRE than your roommate to MS in Computer Science. My GPA was 3.27. Back then when I applied for MS few years ago, I got rejected by UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, and I got acceptance in USC, Washington University in St. Louis and Arizona State.

I did my Master's in USC. I remember their deadlines for MS were set later in June! USC didn't require recommendation letters or Statement of Purpose, so it was really all about GPA & GRE, in other words, a computer can make the decision! The weather in Southern California is awesome all year long, you would want to live there (although rent is very expensive)

It takes a little longer than the next month to get a decision from USC. I remember I got my admission to MS in Computer Science sometime in May/June, and I wasn't able to get the visa on time, so I asked them to defer the application to Spring semester. The deadline was set to June 15 back then (2006) I recall that they didn't require any recommendation letters or Statement of purpose for the admission, so it's really the GPA & the GRE and of course, the money. They rarely fund MS students, so many may not accept the offers since it's expensive to study in USC and live in Los Angeles. I don't know how it is with Petroleum Engineering though

From what I know from USC (being a USC graduate)... I believe USC uses regular mail for decisions. I have got my admission (back in 2006 by the mail)... and my rejection for PhD (sometime in 2009) by mail also. I don't remember USC delivering decisions online. So check your inboxes (the physical ones)

Someone just posted (April 19th) in the "Results Search" that they got accepted for MS in Computer Science in UC Irvine... You??

I'd ask my neighbors that I trust back home to check my mailbox. Maybe they will bring you the good news!

U Penn is a great school, I'd take the offer in a heart beat. My undergraduate GPA is 3.27, and I would like to have a look at your Statement of Purpose because I am jealous as hell Congratulations for getting somewhere. Trust me.. professors get their PhD at Cornell, and join USC as professors, and vice versa. My collegue graduated from Cornell and tells me about his friends: Dr. Bhaskar Krishnamachari did his PhD in Cornell, now works in USC as an associate professor. Stephen Wicker finished his PhD in USC, now a professor in Cornell. When you're done with a PhD from U Penn, you could be working in schools that are ranked higher or lower than where you graduated from... It's what you do, and who you work with really, not just a name of the school. I'd take the offer, and be extremely happy with it. I have tried to get anywhere back in 2010 and did not succeed to secure a single admit!!

I am interested in Human Computer Interaction. I have done my Masters in University of Southern California, but I did not do any research, or create good relationships with the professors over there, which was my mistake. I sent an email to UC Irvine (April 9th) asking about whether my file was complete, since it shows that it wasn't complete. They told me that it will be reviewed but they don't have official TOEFL, but I can waive the TOEFL because I finished an advanced degree from an American University.. They also told me "The admissions committee is currently reviewing applications and will notify applicants between March-May 2012."

Maybe it is a rejection and maybe not. Rejections are quick. If some people already got rejected, it's because they didn't pass the first screening, sorta speak. It's faster to send rejections than to send admits. I am not having high hopes. Does UC Irvine send notices by the Email or by the regular mail? I have already got the rejections from UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt by mail, and they all seem like generic emails.

I didn't get anywhere last year. What made things worse is that three universities lost my documents, and claimed to have never received my GRE! This year I may or may not have better luck. It will not be the end of the world.

My PhD in Computer Science application is still under review too as of today, I have high hopes on this, since I have friends in Southern California, and I know the area very well. People tell me that "no news" is good news. It's easier for them to reject you than to admit you.

I have a friend who graduated with a GPA of 2.8 out of 4.0 from Saudi Arabia. He is now doing PhD in the University of New South Wales in Australia. I have also met friends with a GPA lower than 3 who got into USC. Schools like UC Berkeley in their graduate application website ask you for your GPA of the last two years, so if it is high, your lower GPA will be overlooked.

You can have both of them write you letters of recommendations! Most schools ask for 3 letters. Ask "Option A" to write you a good letter and not use a template letter saying that you got B+ and you were in the top 10% of the class. You can give him an outline or a set of questions or points that his letter should consider. Maybe ask him to talk about your personality, your hardships, your potential...etc

USC Viterbi school of engineering. Viterbi is one of the pioneers of cell phone technology You are lucky to have gotten admission from both schools. I have a Master's degree from USC I graduated in 2008, but I would have probably went to U-Penn because the area is cheaper in the university is equally good. Looking back at my USC days, I do not regret going there. I have had great time there, and made a lot of friends.

I am from Saudi Arabia and had a BS in Computer Science. My scores & GPA were "lower" than yours and I got admitted back in the year 2007 to "Arizona State University" & "University of Southern California" for MS (I have also got admitted to Dalhousie University in Canada as well). I have had Indian colleagues in USC who also have lower scores & GPA than yours, and they got accepted. This is not to say it is a guaranteed admission. But USC does have a relatively high admission for MS (+30%?), but much lower admission for PhD (9%?) USC is an expensive private univesrity, ASU is a public, cheaper university from what I heard. Most of my purchases from Amazon.com were shipped from Phoenix, AZ (close to Tempe, AZ) so that's a motivation for you

USC is a better school indeed. I have finished my Master's degree in USC. I loved it. I have been around the Syracuse area, driving from Buffalo, NY through Ithaca and then to NYC. I didn't like it very much. But that's just me! Money was not an issue for me, as I was on a scholarship from my employer in my home country. But if I have had found an admission from an equally good university in a cheaper place (say Georgia Tech, University of Wisconsin-Madison... etc) I would have definitely ditched USC, because I was only getting $1300/month from my government, and I used to pay $750/month to rent a room in a two bedroom apartment. When you talk about an expensive city, usually you worry most about rent and gasoline (if you're planning to have a car). Usually, groceries aren't that expensive, and are comparable to most cities in the United States. I lived in the Augusta, Georgia area (on the border with South Carolina, on the South Carolina side). Rent is much cheaper than California. It's like $400 or so. But grocery wise... or if you compare Burger King vs Burger King or Starbucks vs Starbucks, it's almost the the same price regardless. Keep in mind that USC is also an expensive university, and it's not easy to get assistantship for Master students. I love Los Angeles and Southern California the weather is awesome year long. Not too hot not too cold. Syracuse is in upper state in NY, which is frigid in the winter. I don't like cold weather and wouldn't live there unless I have to (my country is a hot arid desert)... But if I was in your shoes with the same condition, I would just go to Syracuse. I wouldn't want to stretch out my budget, and with both universities in the top 100, I would go to the cheaper one if I didn't have much funds (or if I want to save my money). I have a brilliant friend who works in my department as an associate professor. He went to an average university "University of Alabama-Huntsville" (Ranked 190 in US News). He told me his story : He went for a cheap city and cheap but reasonable school to finish his PhD because he didn't have a lot of money. This is my first post, I wanted to give you the best of my knowledge. I will be applying for PhD in Computer Science myself, so good luck to the both of us!