Hw Important is Research

Graduate School
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<p>Hi
I'm from india planning to do MS in computer science(Currently im in d sophomore year of my electronincs and instrumentation Engg course) I wanted to enquire abt a few things:</p>

<p>Firstly, since i want to go to graduate school right after college, how imp is d research experience- I'll most probably end up with 2 summer training programs with good companies and one project which we are supposed to do in d senior year. Is that enough or i need to do something more??</p>

<p>Also i'v read somewhere that Masters students are used only as cash cows and getting funding for a master's degree is very difficult: that too for an intl applicant.Is that true???</p>

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<p>The short answer to your question is research experience is useful but usually won't matter much in the admission for those terminal/professional masters programs. Yes, masters-level funding is extremely limited for international students. A better strategy (if you really need aids) is to make yourself competitive for admission to PhD programs, do your required works to earn a masters and then quit. Should you pursue the later route, you will want to complement your industry experience (2 summer internships) with some solid research experience. </p>

<p>Similar questions have been asked in the past. Just browse through the forum.</p>