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Even if this prof is your advisor, IMO what she did was unethical. Evals are supposed to be anonymous, so that evaluators feel safe to write anything they want without being swayed to write only positive things and fear of retaliation. If your advisor suspected that her evals were tampered with, she should have taken up the issue with the person in charge of them. She should not have put you in the awkward situation by asking you directly for how you rated her. Climbing up the academic ladder, most professors have learned to grow thick skin and should be used to hearing things that don't agree with them. Whether she learns from her evals and makes improvements is another issue, but it is certainly not yours to worry about.

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In my previous response, I used the terms tier 1 and tier 2 a bit loosely. Determination of school rankings is subjective depending on who you ask. Some will direct you to US News and World Report rankings. Others might say the top 25 or 50 schools based on various ranking agencies. Many believe rankings are dubious and don't matter. A school may be top tier overall but a specific program might not be as wonderful. Here's an exercise that may help you or be completely useless. Give it a try. Think of actors, then name one that is very well known and 5 movies where they had a major leading role. Repeat with lesser known actors. Of the movies you've named, rank them as good, bad, or neutral. Now replace actors with schools and name 5 leading programs at that school. It's silly but do you get where I'm going with this? Overall rankings don't necessarily say anything about the dept/program you are interested in, so you have to do research and figure that out for yourself. I can't answer your question about which tier 2 schools to apply to since I'm unfamiliar with cs programs. Top tier schools include both public (state) and private schools, so you'll have to do research into their cs program and decide for yourself. As for your question on pt/ft MS programs, you will have to check with each school that you are interested in. I've seen some threads with pt cs students in the forums, so you may want to search for these. Typically when you are awarded funding, outside work is prohibited. Every school is different, so you'll have to make some inquiries directly with the dept.

"The brick walls are there for a reason. They're not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something." - Randy Pausch Don't give up. Your hard work and persistence will pay off.

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For books, you can save a lot of money by checking them out from your local library. I was able to check out Princeton, Kaplan and Barron GRE prep books from my library and only purchased Nova for its extensive quantitative section. I did not take a prep course but was very disciplined in my studies. I studied for at least 1-2 hours each day and did well enough on my first attempt that I didn't have to retake the test. As for vocab, google GRE vocab. There are tons of free flashcards that previous test takers created online which I used to study with. Most of these were taken straight from the prep books.

In your case, no news is good right now. You're still in the running. Just hang in there. Good luck!

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As others have said, absolutely. I know my LoR writers professionally as well as personally, so my email was less informal than PrincetonOrBust's. These folks took the time out of their busy schedule to write your letters and are most appreciative to get acknowledgement in your success whether it is big or small. Also most are just curious about the outcome.

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psychdork - i admire your persistence and wish you the best. Good luck. Fiat Lux!

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I'm not exactly sure of what you are asking here. You can't or won't give up UT b/c of perfect academic atm and its reputation. Well, it's obvious to me that UT is not perfect considering you have not established a 'warm' relationship with your POI. You are going to be spending many years with this POI, and if you don't find the right fit, you'll head down a very difficult path to your degree. I am disappointed that as a woman, you would even make it publicly known that you contemplate taking an easier path/school because of your gender. What does gender have to do with your field of study? You are either competent at what you do or you are not. Gender is a non-issue here.