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comet360 · 2007 September 29th, 09:29 PM

Hi Calmlogic,

I would first like to thank you for spending time to answer my query in such detail. I was wondering if I could trouble you more with some more questions that I can't get answers.

1.
Given that funding is not a concern at all, on the logic that it is possible to earn the money spent in pursuing a masters degree within a year or so of employment in the us, what are my chances of admission to top 10 or 20 ranked universities ,specifically, which ones.
Also myself being an international student (Indian), I have assumed that given that I complete my masters from a top ranked university with decent academics, the prospects of working in the us with a good pay are very realistic or close to 90%.
So is it not true then that it is better to pursue MS from a reputed university without funding, than to do so with funding but increasing the chances of not obtaining a job with a good pay or not obtaining a job at all.

2.

• I am more interested in courses that focus on preparing graduate for the industry.

• CMU INI offers two courses which are highly suitable but with exorbitant tuition fees
• Also Carnegie Mellon - School of engineering offers “Engineering and Technology Innovation Management MS program”- which is a 1 year accelerated MS, the problem being that it start from Jan .so application deadline are totally different.
•The attractive campus recruitment statistics make these programs very lucrative for me.

Can you guide me regarding other MS programs that are of similar nature? (i.e. Courses dealing both with MS CS and Management).

3. What should be my probable list of colleges that I should be applying to? (MS in CS and MS in a course similar to that mentioned in (2)).

2007 September 29th, 09:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
comet360 I JUST got here. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4	Hi Calmlogic, I would first like to thank you for spending time to answer my query in such detail. I was wondering if I could trouble you more with some more questions that I can't get answers. 1. Given that funding is not a concern at all, on the logic that it is possible to earn the money spent in pursuing a masters degree within a year or so of employment in the us, what are my chances of admission to top 10 or 20 ranked universities ,specifically, which ones. Also myself being an international student (Indian), I have assumed that given that I complete my masters from a top ranked university with decent academics, the prospects of working in the us with a good pay are very realistic or close to 90%. So is it not true then that it is better to pursue MS from a reputed university without funding, than to do so with funding but increasing the chances of not obtaining a job with a good pay or not obtaining a job at all. 2. • I am more interested in courses that focus on preparing graduate for the industry. • CMU INI offers two courses which are highly suitable but with exorbitant tuition fees • Also Carnegie Mellon - School of engineering offers “Engineering and Technology Innovation Management MS program”- which is a 1 year accelerated MS, the problem being that it start from Jan .so application deadline are totally different. •The attractive campus recruitment statistics make these programs very lucrative for me. Can you guide me regarding other MS programs that are of similar nature? (i.e. Courses dealing both with MS CS and Management). 3. What should be my probable list of colleges that I should be applying to? (MS in CS and MS in a course similar to that mentioned in (2)).