Undergrad asking for ideas-Please Help

[ralphey]

Personally, I was able to get funded for my Master's by a mid-tier school (Bowling Green State University) in their CS/OR department. The funding was not much (~$8K per year!), but then again, it's a mid-tier school, and for a Master's.

I would say as a general rule that your chances of getting funded for a Master's are LESS than for getting a PhD. Of course I've seen many instances otherwise (check http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php) and you'll see some Master's being funded, even a few with fellowships (typically the most prestigious type of funding).

For your last question, not quite sure how to answer it! There's tons of variables involved in this process - maybe you like one school's location, or another school's particular faculty member, or another made a good impression on you (as you say, Stanford), etc. I could go on and on.

I think I could be of more assistance if you restated your question.

[JKRIS]

The strength of the department matters more. Also, I want to reiterate that while PhD student have more funding, it is unlikely for masters students not to get funded. I remember at Wisconsin, almost every engineering graduate students I met had an assistantship of some sort and most of them were there for masters. I suggest you get in touch with these universities to find out what you are doing.

While telling someone you went to Stanford may sound nice - you might want to consider why the other programs are rated higher for the field. You may have advantages coming out of Georgia Tech that Stanford could not give you.

[neo_dude]

thanks again!
this might sound sound off topic here, but im really enthusiastic and eager for something like this to happen-Heres what it is about :

Test magic is like THE place where outstanding students interact and help each other out. Many have experiences which other members could use and a lot of people who've been here have got into top-notch Universities and in top programs. Harvard, Stanford, MIT...u name them!
As we all know, the core of most business programs is Networking--building connections with people to get the work done. Thats the ultimate thing they teach in business schools and eventually skills which every person must have to be successful at their jobs. Networking gives you everything-- inside knowledge of whats going on where, tips in making plans and decisions, helps in promotions in jobs and countless other possibilities.
Just imagine if we all from TM formed our network--stretching out continents-- LBS,Insead,Harvard,IMD, IIM's , we will have an edge and such a huge advantage on our side. Instead of people just preparing for their tests here and then taking off, we could continue our network which presents tremendous opportunities in future. Where else can we meet with such brilliant people.
If you get admitted into one Univ. u'll have contacts with people ONLY from that Univ, BUT we on the other hand will know people from the Univ we are in AND ALSO have contacts with FUTURE LEADERS of tommrrow.

5 or 10 years from now, who knows who will be where. If we'r networked, we know what each others profiles and capabilities are and could make use of them in our future endeavours. For example, lets assume I became the Director of GM and JKRIS become a noted economist, i could have a chat with him and use his advice in my job. Also, we maybe playing different roles in the same company or industry.
Maybe Erin can start a different forum or section for the alumni of TM (people who started off here and are in big colleges) can post stuff about their classes, research, job prospects when graduating, maybe help one out to get in touch with prospective employers, provide recommendations?
we could even collaborate on projects.
Networking is Everything! what do you guys think?


p.s: ill post it in another topic too so it becomes visible.

[JKRIS]

Networking is Everything! what do you guys think?

p.s: ill post it in another topic too so it becomes visible.

Spoken like true Industrial Engineer. Let's see what the others have to say...