afrisby@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Anthony J Frisby) (05/16/91)
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Grad School in AI near Philadelphia?
In a few month, I'm going to be moving from the Columbus, Ohio
area to the Philadelphia, PA area, and I am hoping to start grad
school in Comp Sci with emphasis on AI (especially natural language
processing).
I've narrowed my choices down to three schools that would be close
enough : Univ. of Penn, Univ. of Delaware, and Drexel Univ.
I know Univ. of Penn. has a very good Comp. Sci. program, and suspect
that it's AI program would be very good too. Does anyone have any
information about the AI program at Drexel? I've got some info on
Univ. of Del., and they seem to have a respectable AI prgram too.
Does anyone have an idea about how it compares to Univ. of Penn.?
My preference is for Univ. of Penn., but the cost there seems so
high! Any leads from grad students currently there as to how to
afford the tuition? From talking with the Assistant to the Director
of Admissions in CIS (e-mail), there doesn't seem to be many
opportunities open from the school (no Graduate Appointments waiving
tuition, etc.).
Thanks!
Jon C. Gilliam
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frisby+@osu.edu /^/+| )clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Chien-Hong Lin) (05/30/91)
In article <1991May16.150840.10690@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, afrisby@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Anthony J Frisby) writes: > -------- > > Grad School in AI near Philadelphia? > > In a few month, I'm going to be moving from the Columbus, Ohio > area to the Philadelphia, PA area, and I am hoping to start grad > school in Comp Sci with emphasis on AI (especially natural language > processing). > > I've narrowed my choices down to three schools that would be close > enough : Univ. of Penn, Univ. of Delaware, and Drexel Univ. > I know Univ. of Penn. has a very good Comp. Sci. program, and suspect > that it's AI program would be very good too. Does anyone have any > information about the AI program at Drexel? I've got some info on > Univ. of Del., and they seem to have a respectable AI prgram too. > Does anyone have an idea about how it compares to Univ. of Penn.? > > My preference is for Univ. of Penn., but the cost there seems so > high! Any leads from grad students currently there as to how to > afford the tuition? From talking with the Assistant to the Director > of Admissions in CIS (e-mail), there doesn't seem to be many > opportunities open from the school (no Graduate Appointments waiving > tuition, etc.). > First question -- are you accepted in the program at U. Penn? If not, it may be hasty to assume that you can just get in. However, if you are in, then the dept. should have said one way or the other whether you get money. I'm somewhat surprised that U. Penn wouldn't be able to provide support to its graduate students, but then I'm unaware of the way funding is handled at U. Penn. You should see if they offer teaching assistantships or research assistantships. RA's are typically hard to come by. At least, for the first year. I can't tell, based on this letter, whether you are currently in school, whether you did CS as an undergrad, whether AI was your specialty at the time. The more of those things that are true, and also whether you have done some research already, the more likely you are to get an RA. On the whole, its quite rare. Anther possibility is to get a scholarship though you might be late for the upcoming year. Then, there are way out options. You could get employed by U. Penn, and I'm sure employees are allowed to take three credits a semester. Or open a business. Go part time (some schools allow this, I don't know about U. Penn) and work part time. That's a more reasonable option. -- ____ _ / | __|_| clin@eng.umd.edu | | | harles | in "University of Maryland Institute of Technology" | _| \_____/ |_|\___/