akwok Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 hehe, I am hoping to focus on HCI as well, have you been looking at potential advisors? I agree with you on waterloo, I wanted to apply there because the school is really good, but the weather turned me off. Nope, I haven't really looked at potential advisors yet, other than having browsed through a few faculty websites. I will though, if I get in I guess this makes us competitors for the (assumed) few HCI spots! I really do wonder how many MS HCI applicants there are at UBC.. I've always thought of HCI as sort of a niche area of focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximKat Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 MaximKat and Vidman, could you please share your stats with us? BS and MS (graduating this year, GPA 5/5) in applied math from Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko Univ, Ukraine GRE 600V(pure luck :roll:)/800Q/3.5AW, GRE Subj CS 840, TOEFL 111=L30/R30/S24/W27 3 LORs: from my research advisor, from subdepartment head and from professor who trained me for international math olymp while in high school. I know that all of them are highly positive, but I am not sure how valuable letters from foreign professors, none of whom is known to admission committee, are. 2 papers in Ukrainian journals I have applied for PhD to 13 universities, UIUC is the only to respond till now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vidman Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 MaximKat and Vidman, could you please share your stats with us? I am a computer science/chemical engineering double major at a top 10 public university for chemical engineering. GPA: 3.8 GRE: 560V/780Q/4.5W 1.5 Years undergrad research in an engineering lab 1 engineering research paper, 3rd author 3 LOR, one from undergrad research adviser(in engineering), one from engineering professor, one from computer science professor I am applying to both computer science and chemical engineering programs. So far I am into: UIUC PhD Computer Science UMinnesota PhD Chemical Engineering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husky07 Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 why do the CS programs reply much later than other programs? shouldn't the CS departments utilize their knowledge of CS and make the computers work for them to finish this faster, hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timuralp Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 well, I don't think getting your last letters around the beginning of March is such a big deal. You won't be making a decision until April anyway (unless you cram in all the visits early)... I sent in my decision on the 7th last year, and by then had plenty of time to weigh all the options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leogk Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Congratulations to all guys who've got accepted !! To michigantrumpet : I've got admission from CMU CSD yesterday, too. Very glad to see someone in the same boat ! Do you plan to go to the Open House? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husky07 Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 I applied to CMU's Robotics Institute and COS PhD programs, has anyone heard from these two programs yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigantrumpet Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Congrats, leogk! The open house is over my spring break, so I'll definitely be there. What's your area of specialization within CS? Mine is systems software and hardware-software interaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leogk Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 My area is computer vision, machine learning, and data mining. I was a MS student of CMU for two years, so I'm very well aware of almost everything... I was told that this year they've got much more applications.... Congrat again to win a very tough competition !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 leogk & michigantrumpet, congrats! @leogk do you know if CMU has sent out all of the admits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leogk Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 To longhorn: Thank you! I have no idea (because I already left Pittsburgh one year ago )... But I don't think so. I guess this year CSD decision is so fast given their patterns for last several years. I know it's really annoying to wait for the result but you may need to allow them a few more weeks. Good luck to your application! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husky07 Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 leogk & michigantrumpet, congrats! @ leogk & michigantrumpet: could you please share your stats with us? @ leogk, michigantrumpet, MaximKat and Vidman: did you guys contact potential advisors at the schools you got into? if so, did you contact him/her before or after submitting the application? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigantrumpet Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 @ leogk & michigantrumpet: could you please share your stats with us? Q: 790, V: 690, AW: 4.0, CS: 790/900 (75th %) Top 10 undergrad program (dual-degree music/engr BMus and BSE); GPA: 3.83 LOR: 2 research advisors (~1 year of research for them), 1 instructor (course with major term project) Pubs: 1 top conference (3rd author), 1 minor poster session @ leogk, michigantrumpet, MaximKat and Vidman: did you guys contact potential advisors at the schools you got into? if so, did you contact him/her before or after submitting the application? Did not contact anyone myself. However, one of my research advisors did speak to a couple of professors on my behalf (without me asking him to!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leogk Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigantrumpet Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 leogk, very impressive cv! Since you got an MS first, how many years do you expect your PhD to take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leogk Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Well... After first MS degree in Korea, 5 year work at National Lab in Korea + 2 year MS at CMU (back to academia and change my field from ME to CS ) + 1 year work (Intel+Honda+MIT) + about to start PhD (I hope to finish it within 3~4 yr). I know it was a long and winding road... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbupz Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Congrats leogk and michigantrumpet... though I worry this means I didn't get into CSD at CMU since I haven't heard anything. In response to husky's question, I also applied to the Robotics Institute at CMU but also haven't heard any news yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defmacro Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Congrats leogk and michigantrumpet... though I worry this means I didn't get into CSD at CMU since I haven't heard anything. In response to husky's question, I also applied to the Robotics Institute at CMU but also haven't heard any news yet. Ditto. I also applied to Machine Learning, so here's hoping that one comes through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigantrumpet Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 It's definitely not over yet. From the acceptance e-mail: "(If you have applied to more than one program within the School of Computer Science, their decisions may still be pending.)" I'm not sure who posted that all the CSD decisions have been made, either. Care to share where you got that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Well... After first MS degree in Korea, 5 year work at National Lab in Korea + 2 year MS at CMU (back to academia and change my field from ME to CS ) + 1 year work (Intel+Honda+MIT) + about to start PhD (I hope to finish it within 3~4 yr). I know it was a long and winding road... You are definitely an inspiration for me I have been working for 3 years after my undergraduate degree, did my MS from UT Austin, working for the last 8 months, *hoping* to get into a good school for PhD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 It's definitely not over yet. From the acceptance e-mail: "(If you have applied to more than one program within the School of Computer Science, their decisions may still be pending.)" I'm not sure who posted that all the CSD decisions have been made, either. Care to share where you got that? @michigantrumpet, I have heard of similar things from my friends. If you look at the results search at gradcafe, the trend seems to be that all admit postings have been on one or two specific dates. After that, it has been rejects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husky07 Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 I think there is a misunderstanding here, may be the CS program acceptances are out but not the Robotics, LTI and COS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernard Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 For the past few years, the admit decisions were always in the first two weeks of Feb (usually around Feb 10-15). But this year people are starting to get admission at the end of January. Isn't this odd to anyone? And so far only 3 people are reporting admissions. There must be more to come on later dates... (I hope they are admitting in rounds this year.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husky07 Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Yes, hopefully that's the case, may be because they are getting more applicants this year (with the recession and all), admitting in rounds would make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigantrumpet Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Yes, my point was that programs other than CSD PhD have NOT necessarily started admitting yet. The CSD open house for admitted students is at the end of Feb, which explains the early timeline this year. They said we had to book flights by Feb 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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