Applied directly to the program and heard back today at 1:30pm PST!

Hello, anyone here who was called for an interview? It’s been almost a month since its deadline and it’s radio silence from their side. Should I assume I have been rejected?

I am applying for a Masters in Engineering Management and I noticed that the maximum word count for each of these is 3000 words. After doing some research online I found that the average word count for these are typically 500-1000 words.

If the maximum word count is 3000 should I strive to get at least 2000 words? I do not know if I can get that many words into each essay without being redundant and adding unnecessary filler.

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After getting the initial email about being waitlisted I responded thanking them for the update. Now is about the time they said they would reach out to me to see if I made it off the waitlist. Should I email them expressing my continued interest in the program?

I applied for meng program in January and till now the admission portal still says ‘awaiting decision’🙃🥲 Has anyone in the same situation?

Hi everyone!

I'm currently a third-year psychology major, and though I'm not sure about applying to a master's immediately after graduation, I have strong feelings about humanities/philosophy degrees rather than psych.

I'm not super interested in research, though I'll be getting some research experience next year just in case. A lot of the psych programs (Masters or PhD) don't look very appealing to me due to the research requirements/ heavily neuroscience-focused (still considering therapy-related paths). I'm super drawn to the humanities MAs I've seen and it genuinely excites me to think about applying to these.

I would be interested in teaching adjunct/ at a CC with this type of degree, probably getting an additional job as well. My questions are 1) is this a bad idea? should I stick with psych because it's more stable/I'll have my bachelor's in it? and 2) what are my realistic chances of getting into a humanities graduate program with this unrelated background?

Thanks in advance!

Is anyone studying at TUM, any branch of biology? How’s the research environment there?

Got admit from UCR Robotics and NYU Mechatronics and robotics. Interested in medical robotics. UCR Syllabus is far more diverse than that of NYU. But I think NYU Robotics has better medical robotics faculty and research . But is NYU worth the triple amount of tuition ? ( i recieved 8k USD scholarship from NYU though )

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Asking because I know when you are applying for a corporate position, you are expected to “network” your way into the application, rather than just sending in your resume. Of course, I know that the academic and corporate worlds are very different. But, I have heard several people say that they have reached out to faculty and that helped with their applications. Is this true, or will faculty just be annoyed that you’re bothering them?

I'm going to the United States for my Master's, and my parents are terrible financial co-applicants on paper. Hence, any educational loan I apply for using their details as my co-borrower/ co-applicant will be rejected.

My brother works as a data engineer in Canada and earns around 85k-90k CAD. He does have an Indian bank account. He's been working since 2023 Jan. Can he be a co-applicant for my loan? I am looking for a non-collateral loan for 60 Lakhs INR total. Please help if any of you have gone through this process please, it's about to be May and things are going to get incredibly hectic.

Pls forward any whatsapp group link for MS ECE in USC. Would love to connect with you all !!

I’ve applied to three MSW programs, 2 I’ve already gotten into and both got back to me in a pretty timely manner. Hunter was originally my top choice program but I’ve heard it’s pretty competitive, so I tried not to get my hopes up. After nearly 3 months of hearing nothing from them (emailed twice asking for a timeline of when they were releasing decisions because another school gave me a deadline to accept - never got any response) I finally got an email (to my junk - I would’ve completely missed it if I hadn’t checked) inviting me to an interview. I knew this was a possibility since I’ve been doing my research on Hunter but I didn’t realize it was 2 hours??? For a group interview?? And they require a writing sample to be completed the day of?? I’m not super worried because I do have other options if all else fails but I’m a little annoyed at this whole process. It feels like a weed-out. I almost didn’t even want to go through the interview and very nearly withdrew. Still I’m kind of nervous. Has anyone been through this interview process?

I have received acceptance for ms data analytics engineering in northeastern university, vancouver . I just want to know if its good or not as I am unable to find much information about it. Please help

I'll be joining college for undergraduate soon in India. I'll be doing Btech in computer science and I want to pursue Astrophysics/ Astronomy academia later on after my undergrad. I want to go to an ivy leauge for my master's and then PhD. I would like to know what kind of profile I have to build in these 4 years? What extra curricular should I do? What volunteer work? Should I join any sports?

My goal after masters is become a research engineer or ML engineer or Data Scientist in industry. Im open to exploring a PhD as well. I’m majorly interested in Machine Learning and its applications. I currently have admits into the JHU MSE CS program and the MSCS program at NYU Courant. Given the CLSP’s strength in NLP at JHU and Courant’s strength in ML i am quite confused on where to go. Any comments are welcome. Note: i have relatives in new york so my living costs would reduce

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"Hello everyone! I'm thrilled to share that I'll be joining Suffolk University this fall 2024 for my MBA program. I'm Somesh from India, and if there's any fellow Indian with a spare room, I'd love to connect. Looking forward to an exciting journey ahead!"

Hi All I have got acceptance for Upenn for their MSEd program.(STEM OPT) I am about 9 years of work ex in Education -Project Management. However the cost of attendance is nearly 100,000 dollars and my kid (3 years old) will also accompany me.

I have got 15k scholarship,but rest I need to take a hefty loan.

Do yoh think it's worth spending this much for 1 year program. Are there enough opportunities in Education technology companies at US? are the companies okay sponsoring visa .

Hello everyone! I recently finalized UT Austin as my university for pursuing masters and I am looking for groups/channels for people who will be joining me in Austin this fall. Please share any resources that you know of to connect with each other! Thanks!

I am truly confused by this one. I got a status update email from GA Tech saying that my current status is "Waitlist", as in I am deemed a "good" candidate but I would need to be offered funding by a Professor in order to receive an admit.

I have previously never come across such an admit offer before. Waitlist usually means that you will get an admit in case people back out from admission. What should be my next step of action here? Of course I will start reaching out to professors of interest and try to set up a call with them to try and and get a funding offer. But I am very baffled. Positive update since it is not a rejection, but unheard of. Especially since I had applied for a masters and not PhD.

Anyone else facing a similar thing? Any suggestions?

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I got accepted into a computer engineering program (ms+phd) at a decent but my undergrad was in a different engineering field. While going through the pre requisites of the grad level courses, I found that I lacked a lot of the undergrad level pre requisite courses. I'm hoping to get advice from someone who was in a similar situation.

Hi everyone!! I’m looking to do my MS in the USA in data analytics and applying for fall 2025 As of now I’ve been only able to get information about rutgers and ASU Please suggest some good universities for the above degree It would be really helpful Thank you!!

Anyone here going to ASU Poly campus for any kind of graduate program?

Looking for apartments so, if someone wants to share their apartment or looking for a new one then, please DM.

If any groups have been made then, link that down too. Thanks

I applied way back in January 15th, 2024. Haven't heard back anything yet.

Kindly let me know if anyone has received any decisions good or bad. Also another request is if you have other offers and not choosing SMU, kindly decline the offer so aspirants like us can have a chance!

Arigatou gozaimasu. Thank you.

Hello all!

I am the first person I’m my family to ever receive higher education so I need some help with understanding the grad process.

A little background: I was originally accepted to a political science program in Jan. After much thought and consulting with professors/peers, I decided environmental science program was more appropriate for my goals. I reapplied to the environmental science program and received a letter from the director saying “that after reviewing your application we have recommended to the university graduate programs” followed by “please find attached the official letter of admission.”

However, after a week or so of my acceptance letter being send to graduate admissions for processing, my information on the portal still says political science. I got in contact with someone from the grad admissions office and they said that my application is still under review and a final decision should be made in next week or two.

I’m confused! One email says admission, one says recommended for acceptance, and one says application under review. Any thoughts?

I am a US citizen bearing a valid US passport but I completed my undergrad in India on student visa. I will be returning to US after 24 years and all these years I lived in India on visa. This was due to some familal issues. I recently got OCI too but that’s for entry in India. Now that I am returning to my country for masters, do I need any extra document?

I-20 is for US visa which I don’t need, has anyone of you been in same situation and can help me out please.

Though I care for accounting accreditation in the following, it’s not a deal-breaking priority as initially I was planning on doing CPA but since my desire is to study in UK, I’m now open to doing a region relevant certification. Do take note that I am accepted for the pre-masters course for the following programmes. I got the following:

University of Glasgow MAcc International Accounting & Financial Management (Triple Crown)

University of Sheffield MSc Accounting, Governnace & Financial Management (Triple Crown, ACCA)

University of Exeter MSc Accounting & Finance (CIMA, ACCA)

Newcastle University MSc Accounting, Finance & Strategic Investment (Triple Crown, ACCA)

Pending applications:

University of Birmingham MSc Accounting & Finance (Triple Crown)

Durham University MSc Accounting (Triple Crown)

Education: NIT (one of the top 10 ranked) Mechanical Engineering B.Tech (2021-2025)

GPA: 9.0 /10.0

Internship: Summer intern in design at one of the labs of DRDO.

Research: Machine Learning (CS Department) and Robotics (Mechanical Department) from the home institution

Papers Published: 1 (machine learning related) (second one is under review, related to 3D printing)

GRE: 317 (Verbal:153, Quant: 164)

TOEFL: Yet to give.

Competitions: ASME EFX Student design competition

Skills and Projects related to: Design (SolidWorks), Analysis (ANSYS), Robotics (ROS2, Gazebo, Electronics), ML and AI (Python, TensorFlow, OpenCV, Matlab)

Institutions in mind: ETH Zurich, EPFL, TU-Delft, CMU, NUS, KTH, UMich (Ann-Arbour), TU-Munich

My goal is to apply to masters in robotics and related degrees and also want to engage in cutting edge research. Moreover, I would be grateful if anyone can tell me about their personal experiences in the mentioned institutes and the countries.

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About a month ago, I had committed to Georgia Tech's on-campus MSA program after being waitlisted for the MIT MBAn program. Was fairly excited as Georgia Tech had been my dream school. However, this week I was notified by MIT I got off their waitlist and offered a spot. I love Georgia Tech, but I feel like passing up on MIT would be missing the opportunity of a lifetime. However, both schools are amazing and Georgia Tech would be less of a financial burden. Was wondering if anyone could think of the pros and cons of the situation and which school may be the better choice.

I have offers from UMass CS and UWM MLSP, but I'm torn on which one to pick. Here are my considerations:

• Both have similar fees, but UWM offers assistantship opportunities that could cover my expenses.
• I want to keep my options open for both machine learning (ML) and software development engineering (SDE) careers. However, if I choose UWM, my chances of pursuing SDE decrease.
• Given the current job market, if I don't secure a job after graduation, repaying loans will be a major concern.

I also have some specific questions:

• Can MLSP students at UWM avail assistantship opportunities, especially since it's a professional 16-month program?
• If I opt for UWM MLSP, would I still be eligible to apply for SDE roles during internships and job searches?
• UMass doesn't offer TAships for MS students. Is it feasible to personally reach out to professors to secure a TAship?