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Hi All, I have this question - when taking the ielts reading test, can I take notes on the question sheet, for example, underlining keywords from the reading passages? thanks

PROFILE: BSc in CS from a leading school in a South Asian Country with 3.77 cgpa and in top 30 percentile of all students of my class ( :(( ). GRE 560v 800q 3.5a AGRE CS 770 (65%) TOEFL 28R 28L 22S 25W (103/120) 1 yr experience in a financial computing firm. Work also relates data mining and machine learning. 1 publication in AI/Machine learning. Applied at (in order of preference): UT Austin PhD rejected UIUC PhD rejected Rutgers PhD pending Ohio SU PhD admitted without funding U of Alberta MSc admitted with funding U of British Columbia MSc admitted with funding University of Rochester PhD rejected UT Dallas PhD admitted without funding UIC PhD admitted without funding UC Riverside PhD Pending Decided to go to Alberta to do some AI/ML :D

Upenn: Computer & Information Science / Research Overview ML - 3 faculty from CIS, 1 from EE Lyle Ungar is both in ML & DM I think this school is good for ML, not sure about DM. USC: ML - 1 faculty and his lab. DM - 1 faculty and his lab. I believe it is UPenn.

I would go to UPenn for ML or AI without thinking. But, if I think, I have to search a bit. Wait please.

I am trying to figuring out few things: Factor CS: UBC better AI: Alberta better Weather: Vancouver (UBC) better (warmer) Some said, Vancouver is big city, so job will be a lot, (if it even matters) Another important factor is living cost. One said Both are costly places. I believe UBC will still be costlier, though it not only depends on living expense, but also on the stipend they will provide, which I have to figure out more definitively. Where can I find listing of living expenses of US/CA cities? I applied UBC in Data Mining, possibly DM is very strong in there, isn't it? And, is ML/AI research scarce in there? If I plan for switching to a better school for ML+AI after MS, does Alberta still hold the preference?

Now, UBC has offered me admission with financial support for CS MS.

Thanks to you both. Can you provide a ranking of US+Canadian schools on AI and/or machine learning? Additionally, how to consider UBC against UoA with respect to CS dept and AI+ML separately? It will help me decide whether to wait for UBC or accept UoA.

uiuc requires it during application. uic requires it after admission. So, it depends on the school & program. Ask them directly. In fact, many gets admission without funding and some shows such amount somehow and flies there. But, to show such amount, you have to plan from a long time ahead. Why don't you apply for PhD? Is it not still possible to cut it short after MS (claiming MS during PhD, when required courses are taken) and go to industry?

Dear friends, My prolonged ordeal has ended at last with the MS in CS admission offer with TAship at University of Alberta. I applied in AI and machine learning there. I would like to thank you all in this forum for helping me out always, specially CalmLogic, who have never stopped helping more. I also got admission without funding (:P) at University of Illinois at Chicago, PhD CS. Applied in AI here too. Given that, I can fund myself, where should I go?

If you follow thegradecafe.com , you can tune your expectations. For example, X is still sending acceptances and has not started sending rejections. And Y has not yet started sending decisions. But, the sample is skewed for sure, rejected people are a more unlikely to post their results there.

Now I know the way. Mail at : gre-info@ets.org Subject: Write: 1. Graduate Institution code: XXXX Department code: XXXX 2. Graduate Institution code: XXXX Department code: XXXX 3. Graduate Institution code: XXXX Department code: XXXX 4. Graduate Institution code: XXXX Department code: XXXX I did it and the response was very fast. I got it done.

In my SOP, I am describing detail of my research work. Now, can I put the URL to my publication inside the SOP? Does it look good? Can I also put the references/citation of others works at the end of SOP? Is it allowable too?

Usually they are efficient at matching offline package with online application with almost zero error. From your part, what you can do to help them is, pay the fee online first, obtain any application number they provide and attach it together with your name and DoB in the package. Of course do not panic, if they do not provide any ID number. They are still efficient at it.

Thanks CalmLogic. And I have again come with a bizarre and intricate situation. Consider this scenario: In the application form, I can only put 3 recommender. I have specified that my recommender are X, Y, Z. I have requested online recommendation to X and added offline LOR of Y, Z and W in my application package. Now the questions are: 1. I could not mention about W in the application form as it allows only 3. How would they consider W's LOR? 2. Somehow X missed to recommend online. Then I have still 3 LOR but missing 1 LOR from a specified recommender. Will they consider my application incomplete? 3. If X fills the online recommendation 2-3 weeks after deadline, will admission committee accept my application package? If you are curious about why I am expecting such a bizarre situation, X lives in a different country now and I am trying to minimize my risks. Hope my situations will not grow more intricate in future.

Usually most programs allow exactly 3 LORs in their . Is it allowed to solicit more than 3 LORs? I am in a situation. One of my recommender is residing abroad (away from my country) and I fear there might be a chance that he misses some of the requests or he may be available after deadlines. So, I want to request online requests to him and send 3 offline LORs with my package per school. I am curious if there is a situation where this method I am taking may hurt my application. For example, as I am sending total 4 LORs, information of one recommender will not be possible to put or fill in the referee information section of the application system. Would that be a problem in your opinion?