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Yay! I got my application in before someone posted it to Hacker News. I might actually have a chance now.
by fintler 13y ago
Yay! I got my application in before someone posted it to Hacker News. I might actually have a chance now.
- smoyer 13y agoMe too ... I was a lousy student (in the early '80s) and then scored well on the Comp Sci GRE in 1990. I'm wondering whether they'll see the change I recognized in myself during that span.
- ojbyrne 13y agoI'm curious about your GRE comment - I took the GRE in 2007, and did well, and thus would like to include it in my application, but ETS says GRE scores are only valid for 5 years.
- smoyer 13y agoBut other than Coursera and employee development, those GREs are the last academic record I have. You would think my transcripts from '85 would be even less relevant with that line of reasoning, but that might be exactly what keeps me from enrolling.
- ojbyrne 13y agoFWIW, You can retake it relatively quickly.
- smoyer 13y agoIf I knew this course was imminent, I might have but the Computer Science subject test was discontinued (see the note here: https://www.ets.org/gre/subject/about?WT.ac=grehome_gresubject_130807 https://www.ets.org/gre/subject/about?WT.ac=grehome_gresubje...)
- thaumasiotes 13y agoI don't see a note on that page. What did it say?
- zeckalpha 13y agoThe GRE, yes. The CS GRE subject test, no.
- jeffreyg 13y agoI'm surprised they recognize GRE scores from that long ago. Anyways, good luck and if you don't get accepted try taking a couple of graduate-level courses somewhere else, or maybe there as a non-degree student if they allow it. Doing well would show your current academic capability, which is probably more meaningful to admissions.
- jskonhovd 13y agoI am just finishing up my SOP and I noticed the posting. I hope I still have a chance.
- timdorr 13y agoBased on the wording on the page, it doesn't appear that time is the most important factor in qualification (other than meeting the deadline, of course). I'm sure they're looking for quality applicants, considering this is a "pilot" run of the program, to give it the greatest chance of success.
- fintler 13y agoThey're using rolling admission -- so if they come across 100 qualifying applications before they encounter yours, it doesn't matter how good you are (they bump you to a future semester).