Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It?

Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by throwaway98767 on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @01:08PM (#15020107)

Can you elaborate a bit on what was said for the SCPD program "not being worth the time and effort"?

(Googler here) I took ~4 classes, and they all seemed to be of high quality (applied for the full MSCS, but didn't get in, unfortunately). What are some of the opinions you've heard here?

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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by local_minima_ on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @01:34PM (#15020389)

(Googler also). I've taken 4 classes and it was very worth it, and that generally seems to be the sentiment on a per-class basis.

I believe the typical complaint is about the additional classes required to just round out the degree that are not as useful to one's chosen sub-field in CS. Can't give you my personal opinion because I'm not there yet.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by throwawayaug15 on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @02:38PM (#15021042)

Here's one Googler who says he regrets doing it:

https://garymm.blogspot.com/2016/07/i-regret-getting-masters...

Look for discussions from the author, I can't link it here.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by chris11 on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @05:47PM (#15022973)

I'm curious, do you know why you weren't admitted? I've gotten the impression that GT was wanting to make the course relatively available to the public. Is it still selective?

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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by tdhoot on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @09:29PM (#15024295)

I think he's saying he applied for the Stanford MSCS and didn't get in, not OMSCS.

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