Reassure me?

[mgmuscari]

I applied for a Ph.D in Computer Science at:

Rutgers (my ugrad alma mater)

NYU

Columbia

U. of Toronto

Carnegie Mellon

My stats:

Ugrad Deg: BS Comp. Eng. (honors) w/ CS 2nd Maj (honors)

GPA (Cum./CS): 3.2/3.8

GRE: 790Q / 650V / 4.0W

GRE(CS): 650

Work Exp: ~2 yrs @ an IT powerhouse

Research: Ugrad research @ Rutgers CS

I've already been rejected from Columbia... Did I shoot too high here? :|

[frankdux]

you'll get into all those schools with full funding!!!!!

**runs away**

[mgmuscari]

you'll get into all those schools with full funding!!!!!

**runs away**

Thanks for the reassurrance! I'm practically going nuts every day at work waiting to hear back.

[Yellow#5]

I think it's a tough year, that's all. You didn't shoot too high, it's all a crap shoot.

(but yours is one industry where lay-offs might be driving people back to grad school)

Hang in there.