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Not graduated yet, I'm about at 40%. So far it's very interesting and well done from an educational point of view. There're some rough points still - you can se

Not graduated yet, I'm about at 40%. So far it's very interesting and well done from an educational point of view. There're some rough points still - you can see the classes were originally taught at the brick-and-mortar university and they have been "ported" to online, plus sometimes there're some glitches between different systems being employed, but the overall quality is astonishing, especially for the price. Probably an in-person MSc will be a bit better than OMSCS, but it will cost 7x-8x and would require people to move around the country.

plants 8y ago
That's about my experience too, having done only two classes so far. One of the largest downsides (in my experience) is never meeting/hearing from the instructors of the courses- the TAs are almost solely responsible for running the classes. I went to a large state school for undergrad, so lack of instructor facetime has not really been an issue for me. I've also found many of the udacity lectures to be so-so, but the GA tech projects really help to drill information into your brain and can be quite time-consuming.
- JBReefer 8y ago
  Yeah, people who think online ==== easy will not have a good time. I love OMSCS, I'm about to start HCI this summer. It's great because I have a mortgage and a career - the amount of debt to go full time would be staggering, and the cost of attending private classes would ruin my long term financial goals. Also, I just really like it.
- downey 8y ago
  I'm on my 9th class, one more to go. I found that Machine Learning had decent involvement from Isbell (he'd chat with us on Slack) and that Operating Systems and HPC and excellent professor participation -- they would hold weekly office hours (video conferenced) and were active on the forums. There were 1 or 2 of my earlier classes that did feel phoned in, though (but did have strong TA involvement at least).

plants 8y ago

That's about my experience too, having done only two classes so far. One of the largest downsides (in my experience) is never meeting/hearing from the instructors of the courses- the TAs are almost solely responsible for running the classes. I went to a large state school for undergrad, so lack of instructor facetime has not really been an issue for me. I've also found many of the udacity lectures to be so-so, but the GA tech projects really help to drill information into your brain and can be quite time-consuming.

JBReefer 8y ago
Yeah, people who think online ==== easy will not have a good time. I love OMSCS, I'm about to start HCI this summer. It's great because I have a mortgage and a career - the amount of debt to go full time would be staggering, and the cost of attending private classes would ruin my long term financial goals. Also, I just really like it.
downey 8y ago
I'm on my 9th class, one more to go. I found that Machine Learning had decent involvement from Isbell (he'd chat with us on Slack) and that Operating Systems and HPC and excellent professor participation -- they would hold weekly office hours (video conferenced) and were active on the forums. There were 1 or 2 of my earlier classes that did feel phoned in, though (but did have strong TA involvement at least).