3/1 I just got my UCB rejection from my dear ol Alex Aiken. Did anyone
else get a rejection/acceptance?
\_ I got into EE @ UCLA!
\_ UCLA is not a real school. :(
\_ what's wrong with ucla?
\_ http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/bcrank.htm
\_ These same stupid rankings say that Notre Dame is
a better school than Cal. --dim
\_ The undergrad rankings are pretty much bunk--
they're heavily weighted towards private schools,
because they measure things like endowment per
student and alumni giving per student. But the
grad rankings are a lot closer to the way graduate
programs are actually rated. Which is why Cal is
#1 overall in grad rankings. -tom
\_ hey tom, i wasn't aware you went to grad school
at cal. I wasn't aware you had an authority to
judge the cal grad (or even undergrad) learning
environment. Maybe you should get enrolled 1st.
\_ Gee, is US News enrolled at Cal? -tom
\_ tom would need to graduate before he enrolls.
\_ He didn't graduate?
\_ Do you actually believe that U Mich, UIUC and
Georgia Tech are a better schools than Cal Tech?
They've got UT Austin (a joke school) above USC
(the home of the ISI) and Princeton.
They've also got LA (tied with SB) and below SD,
which is obviously wrong.
\_ Texas has a fantastic aerospace engineering program.
That is the only field in which I have run across
Texas undergrads and PhDs, though. All of them very
bright. --dim
\_ With one exception, every CS/EE grad I've met
from UT Austin was exceptionally bad. These
people couldn't code a html web page, let alone
command: "I didn't know computers could do that."
understand theory and design.
One particularly exceptional MS CS grad from UT
Austin had this to say when shown the 'grep'
command on a sun: "I didn't know computers could
do that, regular computers [non-sun] can't do
that can they?" (He graduated circa 98-99)
Most of the others weren't much better (I've
worked with/interviewed dozens). The only
exception was a friend of mine who went back to
school after being a sysadmin for 8 years (2 yrs
at IBM, 6 at Nasa Ames).
I'm not sure about Aerospace, but thier MS CS/EE
program sucks (unless you want to learn vbscript
and m$ access)
\_ Maybe... can I get my MCSE?
\_ hey I applied as well and haven't gotten a letter. When did you
get your acceptance?
\_ 2 weeks ago
\_ I recieved my acceptance letter today.
\_ arrrrrrrrrrg I am crushed (still haven't gotten anything)
\_ YOU are crushed? _YOU_ are crushed!?
\_ must be one of those who are easily crushed.
\_ I've only recieved la. I'm still waiting for
usc, cornell and sd. There is still plenty of
time. Start worrying after April 15 (except
for usc, they are sometime in june)
\_ rejection from ucb and cmu this week
\_ Zero rejections. Zero applications. Got job, own home. Happy. |
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