Icydubloon

Take it a 3rd time. I doubt your score will increase significantly though.

If you know, it helps tremendously when writing your SOP and telling your story. If you don't know, that's okay too. Most students switch research areas within the first couple years. It shouldn't hurt you. As long as you didn't hop around 3 different labs in 1-2 semesters, you should be fine. However, the best is to tie your research in a different field with your intended, future area. Also note that machine learning is the most competitive and popular CS research area at the moment. If you're interested in ML but have not taken an AI class or done research/projects in that area, then yes, I would say it would hurt to say you're interested in an area but have nothing to prove your interest.

There is no CS subject test. The closest subject is the GRE Math, which is not required.You're better off studying for a perfect GRE quant than studying for the GRE Math for CS.

Welcome to the real world, where everyone wants your money.

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Send one now and send the second one as soon as you can. You cannot do anything better than this.

Yes

Agreed. Many people think their opinion and views matter, when in reality, they don't.

This. (I hope) One of my recommenders missed a deadline and I think the school has closed all LOR request links. I'd rather not lose $170...

10/10 would read again

I'd rather get paid $130K as an entry level data scientist (computer science/statistics) than get paid $120K as a tenured professor... If you have the opportunity to do what you love AND get the money, why not?

Do you have a chance? Answer: Yes.

Send the official report.

One school told me that PhD decisions start going out the last week of January.

This is too generic -- you can say this about any university. I would cut this out.

30% chance

2.0 or 3.0

You said two, very broad subjects: artificial intelligence and data management. What specifically are you interested in? Robotics, data mining, distributed data management, query optimization, autonomous vehicles, schema design? The people reading your application have strong backgrounds in math and computing. Being specific will get them more "excited" about your SOP. The more specific you are (while taking into account the school's research areas), the better your SOP will be. Hope this helps.

I can review it as well if you still want feedback.

Your quant is a bit low. 46% of CS applicants score a 160+ while 20% score above a 165 on the quant. Your verbal is good though.

If your GRE AW is 4.5 or higher, you will be competitive for the schools you listed. GREs are usually used as a filter for the graduate school (not the department for which your applying). Yes, your department looks at the GRE score too but it's mainly a filter to make the graduate school happy.

CV focuses on academic achievements and research with some mention of job activities. In the UK, the "1-page resume" is actually called a CV. The resume on the other hand is generally 1 page and lists your education, work experiences, technical skills, and maybe publications. The focus of the resume is bullet points describing what you did in past jobs. A CV is more of a list of what you've done, you could say. Yes there is some overlap between the two but this is the best way I differentiate between a resume and CV. If you're applying for a thesis-based MS or PhD, send a CV. If you're applying for a professional program, then send a resume. That's my advice.

Say something such as "Because of this experience, I have an increased desire to become active in Stanford's teaching activities. I can tutor undergraduates, etc. etc."