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Ahh, yeah. I suppose I am sort of lucky. I have two classes at the moment, and neither have tests/reading. Each one has a pretty involved homework due once every two weeks, and then a big project due at the end. So far, I have been taking a full day each week to do the homework and get back to the lab. The next homeworks look a little bit more lengthy though, so I bet balance will be shifted a little bit as this semester goes on. That was half the reason I joined the lab so early in the first place

Pretty good... Joined a lab on the first day of classes and have been working in it double time 7 days per week since the start. Got my name on a paper 2 weeks in, and am now running with my research. Very cool lab, and classes are quite interesting, but I will need to change my habits and start taking 1 day off per week to do something else. So far I don't mind since the work is very exciting, but I'm sure the stress will creep up on me!

Headed there for robotics in fall. I was out of the country for the month of march during visits and never got a chance to go. I think my only chance before I actually come in fall semester will be late May, so I guess I will have to check out apartments then. If anyone is looking for roommates PM me! I'm trying to find a place close enough to campus that I can bike, and I don't know anything about the town yet.

It's risky, of course, but CMU is leaps and bounds above other robotics programs to the extent that the risk is worth it. Of the ~20-25 MS students per year in the past couple of years, roughly 50% apply to the PhD program after their MS, and roughly 60% of those are admitted. I'd bet the other 40% have few problems being admitted to other top 10 schools. Of the other 50% headed to industry, a good chunk are picked up by Google and Microsoft who are willing to pay some hefty starting salaries. Not bad options in the least. Especially for such a short program.

I'm in the same situation. Admitted to MS robotics at CMU vs. funded PhD at Gatech. I'm headed to CMU because, honestly, summer internships with companies that hire out of CMU will make back whatever crazy debt you get into before you finish a PhD 6 years down the line, and CMU is THE leading robotics research school. That's what I want to do with my career, and money isn't going to stop me from that. In addition, the program is short (1-1.5 years) and has given out tuition waivers in the past. Worth it IMO

Yeah def. I have not heard from Stanford yet. I'm not sure what's taking so long but I'm leaving the country with no internet for 1 month in another 3 days, so hopefully they respond soon!

Just got waitlisted :/ I'm the "asdljfasdkfl fingers crossed!" post.

I don't think any of it means anything. The first one sounds like they just want to make sure people don't get tossed out because they forgot a letter or something, so they probably check with everyone to get all components of the application before even beginning to review. The second email sounds like a generic email to the whole applicant body, stating that they are taking longer than expected. I don't think either email means anything significant about your application in particular.

I don't think it's a preliminary round thing; my acceptance to the same program was a different letter. I think this is a waitlist, but I'm not sure why they wouldn't just say that. To me it sounds like "if anyone else doesn't accept, professors will look through this list that we just put you on and find someone they like, which may be you!".

Wait list at MIT is a sad place to be. 99% of people with offers will take them I fear, meaning the wait list might not matter. D'oh well, I'm happy with the other schools I applied to anyways.

Well they haven't even released waitlists yet. I think they've done their individual student reviews and are going through them as a committee one day at a time now, so each day we will see a few accepts and then a lot more rejects for that day. At least I hope that's what it is... maybe I'm just blissfully ignorant about the whole process.

I don't know what to think :/ It seems strange that 4 troll admits would pop up on results at once even if it is 1 person posting them. I hope that's the case though. I don't think I can wait another week to hear!

Probably headed to Pittsburgh at this point. I'm from central California, so the biggest change will be the weather. Time to buy a jacket and throw out the flip flops :/

Weird! I was about to post this exact same thread in another day or two, but about robotics and for a master's degree. All of my friends and parents are recommending that I go to Stanford because it's close, has a big name, has good weather, and will look great for finding jobs. On the other hand, all of the people from the robotics place I interned at last summer (who actually know about CMU) suggest I go to CMU, and that it is far better than any other school for CS/robotics. I've heard Stanford has some difficult quals (they aim to make it so that 50% of students pass their first time, and 70% of students pass by their second time). After all of the research I've done, I'm leaning towards CMU because they have more professors dedicated to the topics I want to study, but it's really hard passing up the name, prestige, weather, and entrepreneurial spirit of Stanford. In any case, this is the biggest 'first world problem' I think I've ever had.

I applied for robotics/adaptive control/computer vision. Did not hear yesterday, so hopefully they'll release the remainder today or Monday. I think our interest lie more on the side of computer science, when most of the acceptances yesterday looked like they were EE side.