Grad School Changes @ Stanford, MIT, Berkeley?

[MTsoul]

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@Katatonic

“I’m really there just for the thrill and to see if I could do it.” I think you need to really think about this statement more so than all of your stats and such. Also, aren’t full-scholarships much rarer for Masters degree programs than Bachelor’s? Besides, if you’re looking for the ultimate thrill and challenge (emphasis on challege), why not go for the Ph.D where you don’t have to pay to go?

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<p>Are you saying Masters is harder to get into, and PhD is harder to finish? Then I think in my case, Masters sounds more tailored to my need. Surely I can’t be the only person in the world who wants to go into a Masters program for the sake of it.</p>

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@tx2000

you sound like a d-bag

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<p>I am a d-bag.</p>

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@dd2200

Graduating in 2010 with 3 grades skipped makes you what… 14 or 15 years old? If you graduate with a BS in 4 years, you’ll be 19? I doubt grad schools would admit someone that young, much less with full scholarship. Your motivation for grad school shows you are not mature enough to succeed in that kind of setting. Hopefully as you grow older your motivations (or plans) will change.

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<p>In Canada, most people enter university at 19. Your calculations are a bit off. What is your reason that makes you say grad schools not taking young students?</p>

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@bernardzhu

If you don’t have this intention, I’m afraid you are left with Stanford, which is notoriously hard to get admissions.

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<p>Perfect.</p>

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@dhlawrence

Seriously though, I think the other posters have hit the mark. 1) You come across as a complete idiot, 2) Judging from your post alone, you have almost no chance of getting into these programs with full funding (don’t you generally pay for a masters?), 3) You could stand to take a few courses in improving your social skills. Yes this is the internet, so maybe you are really different in person. If so, that would be great.</p>

<p>You sound like a smart enough guy, but I don’t think your parents did you any favors by skipping you ahead 3 grades. If you want real advice, get research experience. Get more research experience. And get good letters or recommendation. In the Ph.D. these are the critical components of an application and I think it is probably the same for the Masters. Basically, find the area of C.S. you want to study in graduate school and get involved in it as soon as you can.

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<p>So nobody gets funding for these Masters’ programs? Somebody must have. What’s their secret?</p>

<p>It seems like there’s more to it than “get research experience” as advice. Why? I’ve obviously thought about it, and I’m not opposed to it. My reason for not having that as my preferred choice is because research seems way too much of a risky investment. 20 years of it is spent with low (at least not high) pay, begging for funding, only to get tenure which still doesn’t pay much. Sure the place in society is pretty good, but I’ve seen how some of my classmates treat professors.</p>