Admission to U of Waterloo (MS/CS) ! Some confusions !!!

[endlessdream]

Hi !
Today's 3rd admission! I applied to MMath program at Waterloo. The detailed financial support for the 1st year is given as bellows:

David R. Cheriton scholarship : $10,000
TA/RA : $26,121
International Masters Student Award: $4,368
Total : $40,489

However, there is no indication of tuition waiver. So I'm not very sure, how much does it stand reducing the tuition fee. The admission letter states something confusing: "For international students we provide additional funding equal to the difference between tuition fees charged to Canadian Residents and International Students".

Thanks for your response on this regard.

[MDK]

Congratulations dude, I am really glad to hear this.

So I'm not very sure, how much does it stand reducing the tuition fee

Well, the International Masters Student Award would reduce your tuition fee so that it would be as the tuition of Canadian Students. Then you would pay for the tuition using David R. Cheriton scholarship. This leaves you with 26k that you earned from TA/RA which would definitely cover all your life expenses.

BTW, Did they mention any deadline for Accepting/Declining the offer? since I am still waiting to hear from them

[endlessdream]

Hi MDK,
Thanks for your response. Yes, I feel 26K is much more than I could expect!
The deadline is April 16.

Best wishes!

Originally Posted by MDK

Congratulations dude, I am really glad to hear this.

Well, the International Masters Student Award would reduce your tuition fee so that it would be as the tuition of Canadian Students. Then you would pay for the tuition using David R. Cheriton scholarship. This leaves you with 26k that you earned from TA/RA which would definitely cover all your life expenses.

BTW, Did they mention any deadline for Accepting/Declining the offer? since I am still waiting to hear from them

[w_guy]

wow awesome. Waterloo is difficult to get into. It is the MIT of Canada. Awesome school, awesome place.

Is it your first choice?

[tdca]

Did anyone apply to the systems science program at Waterloo? More specifically, have any applicants received a response?

[pagfloyd]

hi endlessdream, i also got an admit in waterloo's mmath ms-cs fall 2008 program. i haven't yet received the official communication from the university but a professor who would be my supervisor at waterloo informed me about my admit.

Could you tell me, how did you receive your official communication - by post or e-mail?

P.S. You got the david cheriton schol! tht's great - i heard generally only phd candidates are considered for it.

[pagfloyd]

@all:
any impressions on eth zurich versus waterloo [i might get full funding in both, so leave tht out of the equation]? I've got admits in both and now i am in a super-dilemma.

[tabman]

Could all of you who got into Waterloo please share your academic profile like GPA, GRE, TOEFL etc. ?

Thanks

[deadcoder]

Originally Posted by pagfloyd

@all:
any impressions on eth zurich versus waterloo [i might get full funding in both, so leave tht out of the equation]? I've got admits in both and now i am in a super-dilemma.

Hi pagfloyd,
did you apply for Excellence scholarship at ETH-Zürich?? Without that it's not possible for international student to get full fund for their Masters program..... their maximum scholarship doesn't cover all of the expenses...

and considering that factor.. you should go for U of Waterloo.. it's a great university...

[pagfloyd]

hey deadcoder, thnx for your post.
assuming I am getting full financial support in both the universities, which one would be better in terms of joining the industry after MS? [a recent salary survey suggests switzerland has the highest avg. pay for sw eng. and canada is just behind the US at around 8 or 9].
IT Pay around the World Survey 2007: Switzerland pays the highest salaries followed by Denmark, Belgium, UK and Ireland