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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by birdyrooster on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @01:38PM (#26240972)
Here is another one: Why do I need to complete a bachelors degree in order to join a CS master program? Why can't they test or interview folks into master's programs? Schools are precluding themselves from good candidates that didn't see the value in bachelor's degrees (often for the reasons found in this thread).
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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by chrisseaton on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @03:28PM (#26242460)
> Here is another one: Why do I need to complete a bachelors degree in order to join a CS master program?

Some masters programs let you join with no bachelors. I have a masters and PhD in CS but no bachelors in anything. It wasn't any kind of special programme and I'm not any kind of gifted student either (my grades were quite low.)

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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by birdyrooster on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @04:39PM (#26243245)
Every school that has tried to get me to consider their masters CS programs (despite not realizing I don’t have a bachelors) so far has rejected me on the basis that I don’t have a bachelors. Definitely curious where you went.
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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by foolinaround on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @04:12PM (#26242950)
oh i did not know that! Which college is this? US?
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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by piperswe on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @11:17PM (#26246519)
Looks like University of Bristol. In the UK, it's common for universities to offer undergraduate masters programs, which are basically the regular 3-year bachelors program with another year tacked on for the masters education as far as I can tell.
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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by LargeWu on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @02:06PM (#26241435)
I suspect willingness to complete an undergraduate degree is a strong signal to masters' programs. The 4-year degree is itself part of the test for the master's program.
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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by fossuser on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @02:28PM (#26241678)
Even if you have a BS, you'll still need to get recommendations from professors you likely have not talked to in a decade (and also take the GRE).
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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by beastman82 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @02:34PM (#26241778)
I suspect this is not generally accurate. I have an MS in CS and had neither recs nor a GRE score
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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by wikibob on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @03:37PM (#26242549)
Where did you go?
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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by fma on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @04:47PM (#26243329)
Georgia Tech's Online Master of Science requires neither GRE nor letters from professors. I got my letters from my former managers. Of course you can get them from professors, if you want...they want letters from anyone who can vouch for your competency and ability to complete the program.
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