[錄取] UT Austin CS MS, CMU RI MS
感謝留學版的討論風氣和心得分享文,小弟上周退伍QQ
這邊也來提供一下個人背景及申請結果供各位參考
Program:
2014 Fall MS/Meng/PhD in CS/EECS
Research Interest:
Computer Vision, Machine Learning
Admission:
CS MS, UT Austin
RI MS, CMU
Rejection:
CS PhD:
UCLA, Stanford, CMU, MIT, Berkeley, U Washington, Princeton, UT Austin,
UCSD, Columbia
CS MS:
Stanford, CMU, Columbia, USC
Decision:
CS MS, UT Austin
Education:
MS in Electronics Engineering, NTU, 2011-2013
GPA:4.2/4.3 Ranking:22/138 (16%)
BS in Electrical Engineering, NTU, 2007-2011
GPA:91.27/100 Ranking:20/230 (9%)
Test Scores:
GRE: 1450, V650, Q800, AWA3.5
TOEFL: 105, R29, L26, S22, W28
Honors and Awards:
NTU Outstanding Performance Scholarship
Novatek Scholarship
Champion of Track 2 in KDD Cup 2012, as a team member
Design Completion Award in "2012 Integrated Circuit Design Contest"
Presidential Award (2 times)
Research Assistantship
Teaching Assistantship
Publications:
1st author IEEE Conference x 3
3rd author IEEE Conference x 1
Nth author KDDCUP Workshop Paper x 1
1st author submitted IEEE Conference x 2 (1 got accepted later.)
Letter of Recommendation:
1 from NTUEE, Advisor of master's thesis, Vice President of NTU
1 from NTUEE, Advisor of undergraduate research and T.A.
1 from NTU CSIE, Advisor of KDD Cup 2012
1 from NTU CSIE, Advisor of undergraduate research
1 from MediaTek, Supervisor of summer internship
Research and Work Experiences:
Summer Intern in MediaTek
Two years of graduate school studies in Computer Vision
One semester in KDD CUP
Three undergraduate research topics
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心得:
CS正夯,就連MS的錄取率也很低,以UT Austin為例,MS申請人約1000人,錄取90人
CS博班錄取率低於5%吧,我想台灣出身能申請到Top 20 CS PhD的人應該是四大資工
本科系的Top 5%,真的是競爭激烈啊。
(Top 5%是一個廣義的解讀,成績Top 5% or 有牛Paper in Top Conference)
再來就要靠關係了,台灣教授剛好有朋友在那,或是先去國外念個碩,有當地牛教授
的推薦信和關係。
Studyabroad版的資訊充足,版友熱心,除此之外,也建議多去大陸論壇或網站看看
,特別是一畝三分地,www.1point3acres.com,裡面有選校、落點、各種分析,從
申請學校、選專業、找學校、找實習、找簽證、找工作、留在美國都有討論。
還有一個關於CS出國的投影片跟演講超級激勵人心,分析完整,在Youtube上有
是台大資工曹盛濠學長的分享,從留學到在美就業 - - Step by Step教戰。
關於學校(抱怨):
USC:MS標準神秘啊,感覺越來越挑了,當保底要小心,學費貴,愛錢,CPT似乎也很凹
,拒絕信用平信寄,七月才收到,猛的哩
Cornell:根本不拒絕的哩,GradCafe一堆人都說要自己寄信去問,猛的勒
Columbia:CS MS會在4/15時說我要考慮收你,明天再交一份碩士申請SOP過來,小弟我
在國軍水深火熱,還要偷渡滑滑才看的到信,從哪生這份文件啊...
真的屌,4/18就收到MS拒絕,當碩班保底要小心被陰
CMU:CS博班和教授真的神,真的屌,但碩班Program超級多是開來賺錢的,
CS相關Porgram有二三十個吧,申請難度和品質參差不齊。
可以認真全部申請一遍,非常花錢,申請費很貴,但很有機會可以有CMU保底。
關於兵役(抱怨):
能不當就不當吧,小弟我是政戰預官少尉輔導長,時間和生活品質以國軍算好的了,
但還是可以搞到要死人一樣,在裡面弄申請累個半死,放假出來也累個半死。
最好是弄個停役、驗退或一般替代役,榮譽都是假的,在外面充實自己才是真的、
朝九晚五吹冷氣才是真的、退伍才是真的。
感謝:
感謝留學板各位先賢先進的幫忙,提供各項資訊和分享,希望小弟的個案和心得有
幫到大家,往後在美國找工作等情報有機會再彼此分享。
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