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From: neilfp@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Neil F. Palumbo)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: Re: grad admissions enquiry ...
Date: 27 Sep 92 18:11:23 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Temple University
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I think it is important that you consider which institution to apply
to based on your interests. Remember that much of the money offered
to graduate students is directly from professors who have research grants
in a particular area. If your interests do not coincide with the major focus
of the institution, then you have a much smaller chance of receiving money.
Good Luck...	
			Neil
From: fishkin@aludra.usc.edu (Stephanie Fishkin)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: ClinicalHealth Psych
Date: 29 Sep 1992 17:03:15 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

My friend is looking for some advice on PhD programs in this area.
Please e-mail me directly and I will forward her request about
info.  

Thanks,
Stephanie
fishkin@aludra.usc.edu

Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
Subject: Re: CS email address wanted
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 19:18:58 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Originator: clin@feedback.eng.umd.edu


In article <1ascjpINN220@hilbert.math.ksu.edu>, jxh@math.ksu.edu (James C. Hu) writes:
>be549@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robin Coose) writes:
>>Hi, I am a senior in computer sci.  Now I am planning to go to
>>graduate school.  I heard there is a list of those Computer
>>Sci. Dept's email address of those most famous univ.s.  If any-
>>one has the list, please send me via email at :
>>   be549@freenet.cleveland.edu        OR
>>    pherman1@crcvms.unl.edu
>
>If you are serious about getting into grad school, you may want to get
>the initiative to do some research on your own.  I recommend looking
>at the Peterson's Guides to Graduate Study.  In particular, you will
>want Volume 5: Engineering and Applied Sciences.  There is an
>extensive list of schools with graduate programs in computer science,
>along with addresses and phone numbers.  There are in addition a
>number of Full Descriptions, which are provided by the school, and
>many of those include e-mail addresses.

   Even if you do get the list of computer science dept's e-mail address,
there will be LOTS of them.   While you could, in principle, get applications
from all of them, you will (I am refering to the original poster by
"you", not James) have to narrow down the list.,   James makes a good
suggestion to that effect.   By looking at the Peterson's Guide (esp.
the stuff at the end), you will get some idea of what research interests
the faculty has.   I assume that you want to get a Ph.D. where you
will have to do research.

   Of course, this also assumes that you know what you want to do
in graduate school   Sometimes there are high caliber students who
don't have such a strong preference.  They have a very strong
background and great grades, and go to the best schools figuring
the reputation of the school will take care of things.  The
unfortunate thing is that this may be true.   It really depends
on how interested you are in some topic.  If anything will do, then
getting a highly reputed university may be a good option.

   I do think that an admissions committee (in general) prefers
students who do have more of a focus.  All things being equal,
someone who wants to do research in something specific ought
to have a better chance than someone who says that they just
want to go to graduate work.

    Other suggestions.  Get the school to send an annual report,
if they make one.  This usually lists current research and papers
by the faculty.  It also mentions facilities, and recent Ph.D.
stuff.   It's rather informative.  Also, try looking up reputable
journals in the area you are interested in and see which universities
the professors that publish are coming from.  Some of the best work
in certain areas may be from professors in universities that
don't have the most prestige.

--
Charles Lin
clin@eng.umd.edu
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: mef@cs.washington.edu (Marc E. Fiuczynski)
Subject: moving expense form?
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 20:55:24 GMT

Does anyone know if students, who have moving costs, can fill out the IRS
moving expense form?  The moving expense form is primarily for people who
are switching jobs and incur moving cost.  Moving to WA from NJ certainly
cost me more than a few bucks, and I don't understand why students should
not get a tax break.

If it is possible, does it hold for TAs, RAs, and people with fellowships?
Both TAs and RAs typically only work 20hours/wk, thus they are not
full-time employees.

Anyone know the answer to this?

Marc
From: fishkin@aludra.usc.edu (Stephanie Fishkin)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: Re: grad admissions enquiry ...
Date: 29 Sep 92 09:29:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: aludra.1aaosnINN1th
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <1992Sep27.181123.29873@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> neilfp@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Neil F. Palumbo) writes:
>
> 
>
>I think it is important that you consider which institution to apply
>to based on your interests. Remember that much of the money offered
>to graduate students is directly from professors who have research grants
>in a particular area. If your interests do not coincide with the major focus
>of the institution, then you have a much smaller chance of receiving money.
>Good Luck...	
>			Neil


Let's not forget that many researchers, especially in the social sciences
don't always have grants to cover the number of incoming grad students,
and that the stipend doesn't always cover all expenses.

Regardless of the reasons, yes, if you want money, you have to file
FAF's.  The forms may vary from state to state sometimes too.  If you are still
requesting info from schools, ask them to include Financial Aid information
in the packet of info they send you.  Otherwise, contact the FinAid dept at
the U's directly and ask them to send you the info.


Hope this helps!

Stephanie at USC
From: bdhall@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Brian D Hall)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: Re: Gripes
Date: 29 Sep 92 17:07:55 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

In article <92273.021311U15188@uicvm.uic.edu> U15188@uicvm.uic.edu writes:
>AMEN!!!!! I just spent three hours E-mailing a note to my best friend on this v
>ey topic. It is nice to see that we are not the only ones out there who are goi
>ng through this. How about:
>   pretentious professors

Hmmmm...  Never had this problem (yet)

>   stiffling 'parties'

A bit noisy?

>   a**holes who are jealous because you happen to not have writer's block!!
>   writer's block

Never had this :)

>   161.00 for books for ONE seminar

I wish I had it so easy

>   exploitation of your labor and talents

It's the way it works

>   ISOLATION from the rest of the world

In Chicago?!?!?!?  At least you have a CITY.

>   Not having a boyfriend

I need a girlfriend...  What are you doing this weekend? :) :) :)

>   Not knowing what I would do if I did because I am so busy all the time

Confusion becomes rampant

>   pretentious professors

You already said this :)

>   pretentious professors

See point about confusion :)

>   power-wielding pretentious professors

If he bothers you that much, get a new advisor :)

>(stop me before I injure myself)

Physically impossible (something about 140 miles)

>Tammy C (suffering) at UIC

Just remember:  If you are ever going to see a rainbow, you have to withstand
		  a little rain.
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Can I add a gripe?????  I can?  Goodie..... here's another:

Students that don't THINK before they ask me a question and assume that I will
   just GIVE them the answer.


  Brian Hall

P.S.  This post needs one HUGE smiley for the humor impaired:



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   Brian D. Hall
   (bdhall@ecn.purdue.edu)
From: fishkin@aludra.usc.edu (Stephanie Fishkin)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: Re: moving expense form?
Date: 4 Oct 1992 12:30:35 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <1992Oct3.205524.18855@beaver.cs.washington.edu> mef@cs.washington.edu (Marc E. Fiuczynski) writes:
>Does anyone know if students, who have moving costs, can fill out the IRS
>moving expense form?  The moving expense form is primarily for people who
>are switching jobs and incur moving cost.  Moving to WA from NJ certainly
>cost me more than a few bucks, and I don't understand why students should
>not get a tax break.
>
Alas, I do not think that you can file this form. If you call up and listen
to some of the requirements, you will find that you cannot deduct moving
expenses for grad school unless you are going back to school in order to
keep your present job.  There are no tax breaks for simply further
educating yourself.
I agree that students should get a moving break (I spent bucks going from
east to west).  The aforementioned may only reflect CA laws and not all
of the USA, but I'm pretty sure that it does hold for the Fed Tax forms too.
You could risk it and file, but then you run the risk of getting audited
for the next several years....  Often there are 800 numbers you can call
and someone with more knowledge of the laws of the IRS can answer this 
question for you.

>If it is possible, does it hold for TAs, RAs, and people with fellowships?
>Both TAs and RAs typically only work 20hours/wk, thus they are not
>full-time employees.
Ah yes, the lovely grad school double bind. You're not a FT employee and
as such are not eligible for benefits, but you still have to pay taxes,
pay for med/dental insurance, etc, etc...

SF

Newsgroups: soc.college.grad,soc.college.gradinfo
From: baba@sea.shearson.com (Baba Prasad)
Subject: Admissions Enquiry -- Ph.D. in Management
Summary: Moving from CS to Management Research
Keywords: Strategic Management, Technology Management
Organization: Lehman Brothers, NY
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 14:36:46 GMT




Hi:
  
   I'm planning to apply for the Ph.D. program in Management, specializing 
in Strategic Management, and I'd like some advice on this. First, let me 
explain my background. I have a BSEE (GPA: 3.4/4.0), and a Master's degree 
in Comp Science (GPA: 3.9/4.0). I took the GMAT and my score on that is 720
(99%). I have been employed as a Software Research Engineer for about 1-1/2 
years now, and I have been involved in the design of a distributed systems
infrastructure for financial applications. Here are my questions:

1. How happy/uneasy would management departments be about my technical
   background? How exactly would they view the fact that apart from three
   courses I took way back in undergraduate, I have not had any formal
   management courses? Would mentioning the fact that I am sitting in on a
   couple of management courses at Wharton help my application? ( Where, 
   incidentally, should I mention this--in the Statement of Purpose, or in 
   the list of courses?)

2. My reason for going into Management Strategy is as follows: Working at
   Wall Street, I became very interested in the use of technology as
   a competitive strategic tool. Moving on, I began to look at the 
   investment decisions made for R&D funding. Working with intangible factors
   (or factors that cannot be quantified) added a challenge to the strategic
   planning and strategic choice of option, and I became interested in developing
   models for the strategic planning and choice processes. Most importantly, 
   perhaps because of _my_ nature, I am very attracted to the ecletic nature of 
   management research. I feel an excitement about management research that I did
   not feel about CS research, although I did good work there, and even got three
   papers out of my MS research. I have been working with a Professor at the Wharton 
   School on technology management and its importance in corporate strategy, and this
   has only confirmed my attraction to research in management.

    Now, the question is: If you were on the doctoral admissions committee of a
   reputed management school, how would you view my statement above? Would you be
   willing to offer me admission right away, or what other info would you look for?
   Or would you feel that I'd better apply to departments like Decision Sciences, or
   Management Science which are more more math oriented, or even to engineering
   departments like Industrial Engineering? 
   I know that the decision will vary depending on the school, and since I am not
   very exposed to management schools' admission policies, your response will help
   me get a more real feel for my chances. 
 
	I am not very sure that the responses this posting would generate is of
   general interest, so I would appreciate your sending me e-mail. Thanks in advance.	
   I appreciate your help.

--baba

Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: mef@cs.washington.edu (Marc E. Fiuczynski)
Subject: how frequently to post CS grad email list
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 00:35:33 GMT


Hi,

How frequently should I post the CS grad email list to this group.  It
seems that it expires too quickly.  How about bi-weekly?  Any other
comments for the email list are welcome.

Marc

Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: burtle@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (William J. Burtle)
Subject: tax considerations
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 02:40:25 GMT

while we wait for the stipend taxation bill to progress,
has anyone looked into tax deductions that can be taken
NOW under current tax code?  

I do not know any definites yet, but I'm looking into such 
things as travel expenses for job interview, moving expenses 
for new job, home as primary office for employer, job-related
expenses not covered by employer, etc.  most of these are
shaky since (a) most assistantships are 20 hours a week
(i.e., not full time), and (b) most expenses are also (and
often primarily) school expenses.

I'd love to hear from anyone who has taken these deductions,
or found evidence against ones that they cannot take.

..bill burtle

-- 
William Burtle
University of Illinois
  at Urbana-Champaign
burtle@uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad,soc.college.gradinfo,alt.grad-student.tenured
From: eiverson@nmsu.edu (Eric Iverson)
Subject: Re: H.R. 4418 : Letter Writing Campaign
Organization: Computing Research Lab
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 20:30:30 GMT


The letter makes use of the term "scholarship."  Does this include
conventional financial aid like ta-ships and ra-ships or is it limited
to aid with no work commitment attached?  If I sound clueless about
this, I am.  I usually just bundle everything up and let my dad sort
it out.

--
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Computing Research Lab
Box 30001/3CRL				Life is something to do when
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Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001			-Fran Lebowitz
VOICE: (505) 646-5711	
FAX:   (505) 646-6218
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: geigel@seas.gwu.edu (Joseph Geigel)
Subject: Re: tax considerations
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 19:45:21 GMT


In article <BvDE3F.Js0@news.cso.uiuc.edu> burtle@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (William J. Burtle) writes:
>while we wait for the stipend taxation bill to progress,
>has anyone looked into tax deductions that can be taken
>NOW under current tax code?  
>
>I do not know any definites yet, but I'm looking into such 
>things as travel expenses for job interview, moving expenses 
>for new job, home as primary office for employer, job-related
>expenses not covered by employer, etc.  most of these are
>shaky since (a) most assistantships are 20 hours a week
>(i.e., not full time), and (b) most expenses are also (and
>often primarily) school expenses.
>

    I'm not sure how it works for RAs and TAs, but for fellowships
    where no "employment" is implied in the agreement, you can deduct
    anything remotely connected with your research that you pay for.
    This includes tutition, books, fees, supplies, software, etc.
    Plus, there's no special forms to fill out.  You merely report
    the amount of your stipend not used for the purposes metioned
    above.


                                   -- jogle
                                      geigel@seas.gwu.edu

-- 

                            -- jogle
                               geigel@seas.gwu.edu
From: be549@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robin Coose)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: CS email address wanted -- II --
Date: 6 Oct 1992 07:18:18 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Sorry, I made a mistake about my email address:

   be549@cleveland.freenet.edu

Thanx a lot

Rob
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 08:35:36 EDT
From: <LKH104@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject:    Graduate Programs in French

I am looking for informationon graduate programs in French.  I am currently
an M.A. student at Penn State and  am planning to move to Madison to persue
a PhD in French pedagogy.  Any information about the Univeristy of Wisconsin
would be helpful.
Thanks,
Lara
From: be549@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robin Coose)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: CS email address wanted
Date: 6 Oct 92 07:02:01 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Hi, I am a senior in computer sci.  Now I am planning to go to
graduate school.  I heard there is a list of those Computer
Sci. Dept's email address of those most famous univ.s.  If any-
one has the list, please send me via email at :
   be549@freenet.cleveland.edu        OR
    pherman1@crcvms.unl.edu

Thanx a lot.


Rob
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: aeretana@eos.ncsu.edu (ALVARO ENRIAGE RETANA)
Subject: INFO on LSU's MSEE Program 
Keywords: LSU, MSEE 
Reply-To: aeretana@eos.ncsu.edu
Organization: NCSU
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 04:11:37 GMT

Does anyone have info on LSU's MSEE program?

Please let me know or post it.

Thanks.

Alvaro.
-- 
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Alvaro
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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thursday, 1 Oct 1992 00:46:59 CDT
From: <U15188@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: Re: Gripes
 <92273.021311U15188@uicvm.uic.edu> <1992Sep29.170755.4381@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
 <1992Oct1.030115.13649@news.vanderbilt.edu>



In Re: distant single grad students from Cary......It works for me.
By the way, I found this grad gripe session to be therapeudic even though,
like I wrote in a letter to Brian Hall......In all fairness, there are as
many positives as negatives. For the first time in my life, I am doing
something I really love to do. Also, my work may one day save a life or two.
It's all worth it.                           Tammy C.

The parties do stink, though.
From: jxh@math.ksu.edu (James C. Hu)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: Re: CS email address wanted
Date: 6 Oct 1992 10:50:17 -0500
Organization: Dept. of Mathematics, Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: hilbert.math.ksu.edu

be549@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robin Coose) writes:
>Hi, I am a senior in computer sci.  Now I am planning to go to
>graduate school.  I heard there is a list of those Computer
>Sci. Dept's email address of those most famous univ.s.  If any-
>one has the list, please send me via email at :
>   be549@freenet.cleveland.edu        OR
>    pherman1@crcvms.unl.edu

If you are serious about getting into grad school, you may want to get
the initiative to do some research on your own.  I recommend looking
at the Peterson's Guides to Graduate Study.  In particular, you will
want Volume 5: Engineering and Applied Sciences.  There is an
extensive list of schools with graduate programs in computer science,
along with addresses and phone numbers.  There are in addition a
number of Full Descriptions, which are provided by the school, and
many of those include e-mail addresses.
-- 
James C. Hu (jxh@math.ksu.edu), 1804 Denholm Dr., Manhattan, KS 66502
I speak for me, the whole me, and nothing but for me.  So help me me.
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: bartels@gmd.de (Eric Bartels)
Subject: Infos wanted on Computer Science in OXFORD or CAMBRIDGE (UK)
Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 13:58:21 GMT

Hello everybody out there !


Does anyone has information on the Computer Science departments at
the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England ?

Or does anyone know an email-adress where to request information about
PH.D. programs at these schools ?


thanx in advance,

Eric , Dept. of CS, University of Bonn, Germany

P.S.: I'll post a summary if necessary
From: cb705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason K. Green)
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: Re: Changing names of the student body (poll)
Date: 6 Oct 1992 21:09:01 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: cb705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason K. Green)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, msaletni@jade.tufts.edu (Michael J. Saletnik) says:

>I'd like to take an informal poll, if you don't mind.  How many people
>have seen their college or university, sometime in the last 4 years,
>change the title for new students from "Freshmen" to something else,
>such as "First Years" ?
>

I'm at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln.  Last year, our student
government, led by a few left-wingers, including the current president
and VP, changed "freshman" to "first year student"  People weren't crazy 
about it, but they let it slide.

This fall, it came to the left-wingers' attention that the registrar's
office was still using "freshman" because their definition was based
on credit hours instead of semesters of attendance.  Accordingly, a 
resolution was introduced to change everything to "first level", 
"second level", etc.

This time people really balked.  In the same newspaper issue as the letter
explaining the resolution was a staff commentary (written by yours truly)
suggesting that it wasn't the best of ideas.  The prevailing attitude on
campus was, "don't you people have anything better to do?"

Yesterday morning, the resolution was soundly defeated (something like
4-34-8)  We sophomores, juniors, and seniors are safe... for the moment.

>

-- 
Jason K. Green
cb705@cleveland.freenet.edu - Cleveland Freenet
jkg4286@hobbes.NebrWesleyan.edu - Nebraska Wesleyan University