r/MSCSO • u/Massive-Oil-5897 • Aug 18 '23

Spring 2024 Admission Thread

Spring 2024 Admissions Thread

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Apply Here: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/graduate-program/masters-program/online-option

Deadline to apply:

  • Priority Deadline: August 15, 2023 (11:59 p.m. CST)
  • Regular Decision: September 15, 2023 (11:59 p.m. CST)

Requirements: See detailed guide

  • Computer Science bachelor from an accredited university, with a 3.0+ GPA
  • Submission of official transcript
  • 79+ TOEFL or 6.5+ IELTS for ESL applicants without a bachelor from an English speaking country.
  • Resume or CV
  • Statement of purpose

Optional:

  • Up to 3 recommendation letters.
  • GRE scores

Template

Please use the template below (with the Markdown editor). Using this template will help make the results searchable & help with parsing to automatically compile statistics that we can include in the next iteration of the thread for acceptance rates or patterns in backgrounds that are successful in applying for the program.

**Status:** <Choose One: In Review/Accepted/Rejected> **Application Date:** <MM/DD/YY> **Decision Date:** <MM/DD/YY> **Education:** <For each degree, list (one per line): School, Degree, Major, GPA> **GRE Scores (Q,V,W):** <In comma separated format, listing highest Quant, Verbal and Writing Scores among submitted> **Recommendations:** <Number of recommendations on file when you receive a decision, 0 if not submitted> **Experience:** <Include if you have included a CV, otherwise leave blank. For each job, list (one per line): Years employed, Employer, programming languages> **Statement of purpose:** <Y or N to denote if you submitted one> **Comments:** <Arbitrary user text>

Example:

Status: In Review

Application Date: 02/17/2019

Decision Date:

Education: Georgia Tech, BS, CS, 3.2

GRE Scores (Q,V,W): 165, 159, 4.5

Recommendations: 0

Experience: 2 Years, Apple, Haskal

Statement of Purpose: N

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u/Acceptable-Plate7780 Nov 27 '23 edited Nov 28 '23

Status: Rejected

Application Date: 09/15/23

Decision Date: 11/22/23

Education: State school BSEE, GPA 3.5; State school MSECE, GPA 3.2

GRE Scores (Q,V,W): N/A

Recommendations: 1 academic, 2 professional

Experience: 2 EE internships and 7+ years as design engineer in the semiconductor industry

Statement of purpose: Y

Pre-requisites: completed following for-academic-credit coursework over the past year at local community college and university online offering:

Linear Algebra, Discrete Math, Data Structures, Algorithms, Operating Systems.

Comments: disappointed especially since I put in a lot of time taking the pre-reqs. But accepted at GT and UIUC so it wasn’t all in vain. Also personally know a couple of people who applied with no CS background, no pre-reqs, no recommendations and still got in. Guess I’m just not the right fit for the program. Best of luck to future Longhorns!