Harvard CS Masters Applicants

[rjjjjj]

Any Harvard CS applicants out there?

[puffin444]

Yeah I'm actually applying to the Ph.d program. It's hard to understand when they actually

respond with admissions decisions. The website says it only corresponds officially through mail,

but some Ph.D applicants appear to have received emails last week according to the results survey.

(Don't know if these are official or to all invited to the program). What's wierder is that they say

they make Ph.d decisions in early March, but the open house is March 9th. Whatever.

I think master's decisions are made in early March.

How competitive are admissions there (relative to MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, etc)?

It sort of looks like they just admit people to SEAS, but not necessarily to individual departments.

Does anyone have experience with the Ph.D or Master's program here?

[tdpoets]

applied, but no news yet.

[rjjjjj]

Overall SEAS selectivity is less than 10%. No idea about CS admissions in particular. There are hardly any Masters students (Only 18 till now), so that makes less than 10 selections each year i guess. I heard PhD is as selective as MIT/Stanford/UCB.

@tdpoets Did you apply for financial Aid ? What did you fill in Statement of financial resources form.

Edited February 17, 2012 by tanki768

[uclacolumbia]

Why does Harvard SEAS admit so few Masters students, but so many PhD students?

[rjjjjj]

MIT/Stanford/UCB (and other top univs) are highly research oriented. Even Harvard's CS has huge research impact. Therefore, they admit more PhD and very few MS students (MIT and Caltech dont even have terminal Masters for CS)

But I want to know how selective is Harvard's CS for MS. The hardly give info about MS selection process. Even their FAQ section concentrates on PhD only. Anyone knows a current MS student in Harvard ?

[uclacolumbia]

Stanford MSCS is not very research oriented. Just check out Stanford's degree requirement.

[rjjjjj]

I am not talking about MSCS in particular. I said the department is highly research oriented. Therefore these univs have more PhD spaces than MS.

[starmaker]

I applied for the PhD at Harvard. I haven't heard anything yet. A friend got an acceptance email last week.

[rjjjjj]

@starmaker What was his profile like ? And you got any idea about Masters profile who generally get in ?

[starmaker]

I don't know all the details, but he was a top applicant - senior at one of the tied-for-#1-ranked programs, high GPA, good research experience, glowing letters from famous profs in his subfield. He's also gotten into (among others), CMU, MIT, and UPenn.

I don't know anyone who has gone for the master's profile, so I don't know what sort of profile people who get accepted to that usually get.

[rjjjjj]

How important is Statement of Financial resources for MS. Its a must for Masters students

[rjjjjj]

Any Updates/News ?

[alexreg]

I applied to Harvard PhD programme, with fallback on Masters. Not heard anything yet... Not sure whether this means rejection or still considering. :/

[rjjjjj]

Havent been able to find anyone who joined Harvard SEAS, saw some admits last year but no one mentioned whether they enrolled or not. So, couldnt even find info about its program from seniors like general admission trend or suggestions

[illavaknus]

I got an admit to the Harvard CS Master's program for Fall 2012. Anyone else there planning to attend the Master's program?