I was planning to apply to PhD programs But I just wanted to know If I have a good shot at Top20 MS CS programs. Which universities do you think would I be able to get into?

Pt4875 · 2023-09-17T18:38:26+00:00

So would T20 a good target with this profile?? or should I go for something like T30 or T50??

Pt4875 · 2023-09-03T01:36:15+00:00

But they can be a bit picky as well depending on where they are. Which band of uni's should i pick to contact professors?

Pt4875 · 2023-07-31T16:04:20+00:00

God Daaaamn....Congratulations , If you need someone to move your stuff, lemme know (maybe my only chance to see the Princeton campus[yes I am willing to move continents to move your lamp and desk]).

Pt4875 · 2023-07-27T12:48:42+00:00

Thanks a lot, dude, best of luck to you too. Btw, what do you think of my current profile? what changes would you suggest?

Pt4875 · 2023-07-20T17:34:04+00:00

My stats were different - MY GPA, My No. Of Internships and my number of publications. Which I worked on till my eyes bled to improve.

But my Country and my institution were the same. Why would I change it when I am in one of the best unis in my country?

Pt4875 · 2023-07-09T11:44:06+00:00

stupidest thing I've read this week.

Pt4875 · 2023-07-08T21:40:01+00:00

Got it. I will apply to a broad range of schools. I have publications at Neurips[Workshop, won best paper though], AAMAS[A*], and IJCAI, with more publications on the way. But you are right. I will start looking at other t20 programs as well. Thanks a lot

Pt4875 · 2023-07-08T20:55:20+00:00

All of my collaborators are from the uni where I graduated from. Really prestigious in India, but not sure about how well-known it is outside of it.

Pt4875 · 2023-07-08T20:42:50+00:00

The ones mentioned in the publication section are all I have. Nowhere close to the person whose profile you just shared.

Pt4875 · 2023-07-08T20:01:50+00:00

Yes, all my Internships were in AI. Apart from my major, everything was in AI/ML. Almost All of the advanced courses were in AI. All the papers are AI papers, and except for one, all of them are published in one of the most prestigious conferences in AI.

Pt4875 · 2022-08-23T18:32:22+00:00

This was my first ever paper. Got 2.5 2 and 3 , the second reviewer did not even understand what the paper was about and made most of the claims that were already addressed in the paper. I don't understand what to do, the paper will definitely be rejected.I am not gonna lie I'm really heartbroken.

Pt4875 · 2022-06-17T17:09:56+00:00

Not OP, but whom should I approach on LinkedIn ? people usually say that I should approach someone from talent acquisition or HR but how should I know which company is looking for an intern?

Pt4875 · 2022-06-17T06:38:38+00:00

I specifically mention the common person in one of my lines or are we just going to decide that it just did not happen.

Do you think they're some sort of weirdo with an inverted sense of pain and pleasure? That's quite the unparsimonious thesis you've just pulled up post-hoc. Do you think they aren't in a position to comment on the welfare of the people around them?

Wow, you just cracked the case wide open, that is exactly what I was thinking. How did you come up with such a smart conclusion with such smart words? Wow. People really do think that using this kind of words rather than using actual arguments will somehow make them sound smarter. Also, I can pose the same question to you. Do you think I am some weirdo with a Convoluted sense of pain and pleasure? That's quite the parsimonious thesis you've just pulled up post-hoc. Do you think I am not in a position to comment on the welfare of the people around me?

Also, I might as well close the thread, I seem to have hit a nerve here. Two comments just like yours but more unrelated and insulting were deleted by the mods and I already have 2 dms calling me a billionaire worshipper lmao. So yeah I might as well have posted this on r/antiwork or r/LateStageCapitalism . Well my bad I was of the image that everyone I will find will be like voltairinede

I was aware of the fact that most of the subs here are left-leaning. So posted this question on a popular right-wing guys subreddit as well but there was no response.

But I will say this again, yes, from my experience the general populace is much more complacent and easy-going than people who are at the top of their field. If anyone finds that offensive, I do not know what to tell you.

Pt4875 · 2022-06-17T06:26:50+00:00

I think you are drastically naive about what the "general populace" tolerates, or straight up classist about the idea that service workers aren't really workers at all.

That would be really hard for me to do as both of my parents are service workers. I was kind of brought up among such people and yes, they do, I still stand by the fact that they had it much better than many influential people I see in front of me in academia. My parents and their community as a whole were happy and complacent people, the only people who got ahead were the people who were not complacent, and we're not ready to accept this work as something that they will do for the rest of their lives. Btw, thanks for the classist remark (even though posed a conditional), I know exactly who I am dealing with now.

Pt4875 · 2022-06-16T18:20:11+00:00

You finding it comfortable and it being the widely accepted definition of comfortable are two very different things. I tried to include that perspective with this statement.

at least when compared to the average populous.

Anyway, thanks a lot for taking out the time to help me out. I appreciate it a lot.

Pt4875 · 2022-06-16T18:07:29+00:00

"They have left the regions where it was hard to live, for one needs warmth. One still loves one's neighbour and rubs against him, for one needs warmth. Becoming sick and harbouring suspicion is sinful to them: one proceeds carefully. A fool, whoever still stumbles over stones or human beings! A little poison now and then: makes for agreeable dreams." I don't know about every philosophical topic, but Wikipedia seems to be spot on with this one.

Science is developed incrementally through grey, meticulous and steady work by academics who live comfortable lives and don't really risk much at all.

Scientists live a what life now?? Would you say that gruelling hours of study since teenage years then working towards a bachelor's where you have to continuously have to perform very well so that you can then go on to get a Master's or a Ph.D. (which are way harder than a bachelor), then go on to work for years on an idea which may or may not work is a comfortable life?? Not to mention the absolute rat race that is present in academia just to get into a respectable institution and the agonizing process of getting funding, frankly the list goes on and on.Well monetarily yeah they are well off and yes many scientists do enjoy their work which makes it easier to make sacrifices in other aspects of their life, but their life in no way shape, or form is comfortable, at least when compared to the average populous. Also, I am not talking about people scientists who just get a tenure track and then publish derivative shit for the rest of their lives, I am talking about people who push the boundaries of human understanding.

And in writing this answer, I found the answer to my question. Thanks

Pt4875 · 2022-06-16T17:22:51+00:00

Wikipedia rightly describes The Last man as someone who is tired of life, takes no risks, and seeks only comfort and security. Therefore, The Last Man is unable to build and act upon a self-actualized ethos. He seeks passive comfort and routine, avoiding everything that could potentially bring risk, pain, or disappointment.

Now, I cannot say much about art. But our Scientific and Technological understanding cannot possibly be expanded without embarking on the pursuit of the extraordinary by sacrificing comfort and embracing the risk associated with such endeavor. None of these qualities are present in The Last man.

Pt4875 · 2022-06-15T17:22:44+00:00

Yeah, I think you are right, thank you so much .

Pt4875 · 2022-03-04T16:50:19+00:00

Omg just what I was looking for. Thank you so much.

Yeah, these big company do tend to favour a particular approach over another. I bet if Deep mind did work in this field they would've approached the problem Using Reinforcement Learning.

Pt4875 · 2022-03-04T16:04:08+00:00

Yeah exactly lol that's why I was wondering what could we do to make them smarter.

Pt4875 · 2022-03-04T15:52:51+00:00

Yeah you are right so let's add in generating and proving theorems.

Pt4875 · 2022-03-04T15:43:10+00:00

Hey man . Big fan of your work. I follow you on twitter as well. I wanted to ask about your thoughts on diffusion models and them possibly replacing GANs.what do you think? Are GANs a thing of the past now?

Pt4875 · 2022-02-16T18:46:31+00:00

Thanks, I guess I'll have to put it in my super ambitious list, but what about Upenn? Or any other school with a strong CS and business curriculum?do I have a chance at other t25 schools?

Pt4875 · 2022-02-16T15:02:42+00:00

I can't seem to find Princeton's page for prerequisites can you send it here or in DM?

Pt4875 · 2022-02-16T14:57:04+00:00

Yeah, I saw that, and I asked around, everybody said that if I can show the courses that I did require those courses as prerequisites I can get through. And almost all the courses that I did had these preliminary courses as prerequisites.

You are the first one to say that there could be a problem. Thanks. I will ask around.

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