SingaporeGuy Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 anybody applying to toronto, mcgill, ubc or waterloo?
SingaporeGuy Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 how difficult is it usually to enter Toronto?
bernard Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 U Toronto is the toughest school to get into in Canada, especially so for CS. But Canadians are an exception! I read somewhere that U Toronto has about the same admit rate as UT Austin.
SingaporeGuy Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 oh i see, how about UBC and MCGILL?
bernard Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 No idea since I didn't apply there. Both have good CS department though.
kuntal Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 applied to both waterloo and toronto. no idea what sort of treat is waiting for me.
SingaporeGuy Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 did you apply to the MS or PHD program? i applied to the MS program. i am really very keen to go Toronto
SingaporeGuy Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 good luck to you. please keep me updated if you receive any news from toronto or waterloo.
kuntal Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 both of them seems like the slowest on the earth for processing admission documents
SingaporeGuy Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 i agree with you totally.haha. you applied to a total of 15 schools? which other schools did you apply to?
kuntal Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 ahh...actually i didn't really intend to go that far...but all those talks about economic crisis and predictions of massive cut off in the budget really shakes your confidence as an international applicant. end of the day i found out somehow i just kept adding new schools on the list!
SingaporeGuy Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 me too! and now i regret not applying for more schools which country are you from?
jino Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 [rant]Would have loved to apply to UBC, but they require MS applicants from the Philippines to already have an MS degree [/rant]
SingaporeGuy Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 really? that's evil so which schools did you apply to?
jino Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 USC, UC Irvine, UC Davis, and NYU. Masters as well Good luck!
SingaporeGuy Posted February 19, 2009 Author Posted February 19, 2009 yes, with tuition waiver and funding! but they require me to reply by 2nd march, what should i do? i think some US schools are still giving out letters after march
kuntal Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 hey..congrats. march 2nd seems like a confusing deadline. even other Canadian schools are less likely to come up with a decision by that time. did you contact them?
SingaporeGuy Posted February 24, 2009 Author Posted February 24, 2009 hey i was accepted into UBC master in CS today. which is a better school for graduate studies? mcgill or ubc? which is a better field for AI/machine learning?
husky07 Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 Congrats, I think UBC has a stronger CS department, and the weather is MUCH better in Vancouver. I saw some ranking of the CS departments in Canada and I think the only university that beats UBC, when it comes to research, is U of Toronto.
SingaporeGuy Posted February 25, 2009 Author Posted February 25, 2009 yes, i agree with u. i am waiting for toronto too. between mcgill and UBC, it's quite tough to make a decision
akwok Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 I am still waiting for UBC (MS, HCI) -- the only school I applied to. Hopefully I'll hear something soon, I'm dyin' over here! :cry:
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