School:
Top 50 nation, Top 40 CS
Major:
Computer Science B.A., emphasis in Computational Geography.
GPA:
Probably around ~3.4 by time I send applications in
Research:
2 units of independent research in Geography under a respected and well-known researcher in the field of computational cartography. I haven't started, but the goal is to use OpenCV and apply it to spatial analysis.
Teaching:
At the time of applying, I'll have two quarter of being an undergraduate "moderator" for the intro to programming class. Basically I provide students in the class after hours help with labs and homework.
Projects:
- A full featured todo list. A personal pet project of mine
- Contributing with a professor and group on a library used to automatically generate quizzes for the discrete mathematics course. Goal is to apply these methodologies to the intro programming course.
Interests and Goals:
Really, I just want to know more about CS and see if I'd be into research. I feel like my BA was a good primer, but I'd really like to dig a little deeper.
Letters of Recommendation:
I guess I won't know until I know, but I'd image they'd be a little better than average. I did well in all of the instructor's courses, and currently am in contact with them regarding projects, research, and the moderator duties I have.
As far as schools go, off the top of my head, I'm most interested in:
University of Chicago
USC
Stony Brook
Cal Poly SLO
The first three seem to have a good mix of applied and theoretical focus, and Cal Poly is relatively close to where I'm currently located, and is fairly inexpensive to boot. I should note that by time I graduate I'll have very little debt, which is why I'm considering schools with higher price tags.
Can anyone suggest some programs I should be looking at, based on my profile?
Thanks