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Why Go To Graduate School?

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Why Go To Graduate School?

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  1. Why Go To Graduate School?

  2. Why get a graduate degree?

  3. If you are fascinated by CS and want to go deep then a graduate degree is the right thing for you.

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  13. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/index.html

  14. Economic Downturn

  15. Graduate Degree

  16. PhD Are you over-qualified as a software engineer?

  17. Survivor Warning

  18. Graduate Life is Fun • If you are here for the right reason, a graduate degree can be tremendous fun • You are a student, but can support yourself • You will work on interesting things • Alot of freedom, few obligations • think of yourself as a freelancer • “The only time in your life you will be paid to learn.”

  19. You Control Your Fate Yoda: Only what you take with you... Your weapons...you will notneedthem. Luke: What’s in there?

  20. Skills in Graduate School

  21. Perseverance

  22. Tenacity

  23. Cogency

  24. Brilliance?

  25. Apply to Graduate School

  26. Research

  27. Publish

  28. Recommendation letters

  29. Personal and Research Statement

  30. Grades (kinda important too)

  31. How to pick a Research Area? Luke: Is the dark side stronger? Yoda: No...no...no. Quicker, easier, more seductive

  32. Predicting the Future

  33. Interesting and relevant

  34. How to pick an Advisor?

  35. Graduate Degree at BYU

  36. Admissions Deadlines Fall 2011: January 15, 2011 Winter 2012: August 15, 2011 Graduate studies in Computer Science at BYU

  37. Master of Science Degree • Application Requirements: • BS in Computer Science or a closely related field • Provisional acceptance? • Recommended 3.25/4.0 GPA • General GRE Exam • 3 Letters of Recommendation • Letter of Intent • TOEFL Exam (ESL applicants only)

  38. Doctor of Philosophy Degree • Application Requirements: • BS or MS in Computer Science or closely related field • Recommended 3.5/4.0 GPA • General GRE Exam (advanced CS GRE score optional) • 3 Letters of Recommendation • Letter of Intent • TOEFL Exam (ESL applicants only)

  39. Recommended Qualifications

  40. Contact Information • Graduate Assistant • Shannon Källåker • 3361 TMCB • (801) 422-1472 • Fax: (801) 422-0169 • graduate@cs.byu.edu • Graduate Coordinator • Kent Seamons, PhD • 3366 TMCB • (801) 422-3722 • Fax: (801) 422-0169 • seamons@cs.byu.edu http://gradrecruiting.cs.byu.edu

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