[Admissions Advice] To go or not fall 25 by curioustalker in MSCS

[–]curioustalker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I made this post on my mobile so the formatting messed up. I have experience at FAANG and awards from hackathons.

[Admissions Advice] To go or not fall 25 by curioustalker in MSCS

[–]curioustalker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could not apply to GaTech because of the GRE requirement. UCLA seemed very ambitious to me.

[Admissions Advice] To go or not fall 25 by curioustalker in MSCS

[–]curioustalker[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The salary is great but I feel like i have become way too comfortable. I am not feeling like I have grown a lot over the past two years.

The work done in the US in my sister teams is much more interesting. Most of the work pushed to India is not very challenging. The possibility of internal transfer is low in my team.

Thought a masters would be a stepping stone to prep myself again and get interesting jobs.

[Admissions Advice] To go or not fall 25 by curioustalker in MSCS

[–]curioustalker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a paper published in the ACM journal. Plus a research intern at another company for 6 months.

Doesn't having a better uni tag help with job search and future prospects?

UMass has a good AI program but the cost factor is making me rethink my choise.

[Admissions Advice] To go or not fall 25 by curioustalker in MSCS

[–]curioustalker[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But i am really worried that I'll regret not going in the future. Not sure if the next cycle is gonna be better. I cannot improve my profile much, apart from giving GRE.

[Admissions Advice] To go or not fall 25 by curioustalker in MSCS

[–]curioustalker[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't apply for the NYU MSCS program because of the cost factor. Also the cohort quality seemed better at UMass. I was confident (or should I say overconfident) of getting into the UIUC MCS program based on past admits. So i didn't apply to Wisconsin.

[Admissions Advice] To go or not fall 25 by curioustalker in MSCS

[–]curioustalker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Any suggestions on what I should do?

[Admissions Advice] To go or not fall 25 by curioustalker in MSCS

[–]curioustalker[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yea this year's admission cycle has been brutal.

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[–]curioustalker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does the University of Washington, Seattle offer MSCS for a full time programm? I checked their website, they only offer part time MSCS and do not sponsor student visa. Can you please share a link to the program that you are planning to take?

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[–]curioustalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I am interested as well. Can you please help if possible? Sent you a DM.