<p>Hello,
I am an Undergraduate Freshman in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign moving into my Sophomore year. My hope is to maintain a 3.5+ GPA through college and was interested in the graduate admissions policies at the top level graduate and Ph.D programs in Computer Science. My current credentials include TA-ing an intro level Computer Science course and programming for a research team in an interdisciplinary field. I was wondering what the graduate level admissions policies were for this field. I was planning to look into the GRE this oncoming year, and was wondering what subject tests might be required (including a timeline for GRE, subject tests and applying).</p>
<p>Son has ME and HCI undergrad and CS grad. He found that great recommendations, high standards, and selection of professor who he wished to trained under matter more than school and grades. Interview was also very important. He was declined at 4 of 5 top MS "interdisciplinary CS programs" even with very good undergrad work. But was asked to reapply at one of the schools on a mix up.</p>
<p>Check this out:</p>
<p>It is, in fact, aimed at people who are applying to top CS PhD programs. The author has been involved in admissions at three of the top 10 programs.</p>