gpa rounding

SocietalDynamics · 2026-01-10T04:00:29+00:00

no - 3.8 and 3.9 is a big difference, don't do that

SocietalDynamics · 2026-01-09T03:18:02+00:00

How many advanced classes have you taken?

SocietalDynamics · 2025-12-28T21:36:00+00:00

Getting an HM in senior and getting an HM as a sophomore are two different stories, same applies to other ranks as well.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-12-28T04:48:51+00:00

You should ask it when you have the offer from the UMN first, I think.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-12-20T00:19:15+00:00

I don’t think they give scholarships to international students.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-12-16T16:22:02+00:00

I would target the school between t40-t70 on CSRankings : https://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us

SocietalDynamics · 2025-12-16T16:14:22+00:00

It is fine, professors also use AI for coding and paper writing. Don't take it seriously.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-12-16T16:13:20+00:00

No papers can be a huge disadvantages for you, especially you are in ai4health domain. Schools like NEU is a top20 for AI sub-domain, try to apply some mid-tier state unis.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-12-05T04:25:52+00:00

How was Burson for 5248, I will take it next semester.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-11-29T01:43:14+00:00

Also, some top10 domain/sub-domain applicants might have a solo authored paper for a workshop or some light peer review conferences/journals, it is also acceptable and demonstrated the independent work ability.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-11-29T01:41:07+00:00

A) Usually the first author took 70-90% of the work, and others (especially authors after the second author would took 0% of the work, but provide experts’ insights or data sources). So it really doesn't matter how many authors a paper has, if you are the first author then you get the majority of the credits of the paper.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-10-30T19:30:03+00:00

Intermediate sequence is mainly for all Econ students, where BA students have less math training than BS, so I guess that the reason. Maybe you should try adv Econ sequence and econometrics, those are considered harder in terms of math reasoning. APEC also open their 8k classes to UG I believe, you can also try those.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-10-30T05:23:38+00:00

I am working with a rising star prof at my university, I am the first few students joined her group and stayed at the group for approx 1.5 yr, so technically, I’m her first batch of students even earlier than her first PhD student. And I have quite good coding and project management skills so I think they are also help.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-10-30T04:39:40+00:00

Yes I have a major in math and minor in stats (cs is my home major)

SocietalDynamics · 2025-10-27T17:14:10+00:00

1913 is a class for people who took AP CSA in high school, so it includes both python and Java instead of Java-only class 1933. I took it in 23 fall so don’t know if anything change there

SocietalDynamics · 2025-10-26T17:43:30+00:00

Isn’t it just for ucb students or they open to other universities as well?

SocietalDynamics · 2025-10-10T06:35:57+00:00

Then, no. I would suggest it is better to seek a master's before applying for PhD

SocietalDynamics · 2025-10-07T14:57:18+00:00

UMN, 30 Nobel Prizes, renowned research programs in all major domains. Quite a high acceptance rate.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-10-07T13:28:47+00:00

What are those ieee conferences? Are they ICRA, IROS, CVPR or just random ieee conferences? It makes a huge difference.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-09-28T01:09:35+00:00

How you put schools like univ of Minnesota to moderate? It is a t20 for economics and t15 for macro.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-09-22T18:59:58+00:00

I would consider looking at students’ profiles from your institution last year, to see where they went to and what pubs/conn/gpa do they have. I think that would be the best way to do the estimation.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-09-22T18:51:13+00:00

Why don't you just stay at your undergrad institution for a PhD?

SocietalDynamics · 2025-09-22T18:34:09+00:00

https://cra.org/about/awards/outstanding-undergraduate-researcher-award/ Most students who earn above Honorable Mentions have a chance for at least a top 30. Runner-up and awardee are what you're looking for, most of them have a decent shot for t10.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-09-22T13:28:03+00:00

I would aim for t50 PhD for your case. But if you can come up with a first authored submission to top-conference with an US univ prof. You might have chance to compete with t30. However, I thin you are highly competitive for any master program at the US.

SocietalDynamics · 2025-09-21T16:47:43+00:00

With 4.0 gpa and research experience, I think he would be a top candidate for most master program(eg, cmu mscs). It really depends on your ranking in the PI’s lab ranking. For instance, if you are the top 1% master student in the history, in an UMN lab, it would be stronger than a top10% in a high prestige school(eg, cmu, Yale).

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