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I really don't understand this notion that the American dream is dead. It really isn't.The American dream means different things to different people, but this is probably what it means to most people:Owning a decent carBeing a homeownerEarning a middle class household income of $70K–100KHaving decent health insurance (typically employer covered)Being married and sending your kids to above average schoolsSaving for your kids college educationHaving enough income and wealth for a comfortable retirementBeing able to go on vacation a couple of times every yearAll these things are achievable to the average American today. I know several people who grew up in poverty stricken or working class families and easily achieved this and even went beyond to become successful professionals and even millionaires.However, there are a few issues that make it difficult for people to achieve their American dream.A college education is becoming more and more expensive each yearThe cost of health insurance has become relatively expensiveThe cost of living in certain places is artificially high (SF Bay Area, certain areas of NYC, etc.)There is a savings crisis in AmericaMany people on the conventional left and right agree that most of these issues are problems, however solutions each side puts forward are radically different. People like me who are on the right, prefer solutions that involve changing incentives, free markets, and individual responsibility. On the other hand, people on the left prefer to expand the size and scope of government.Below are summaries of my solutions to each problem:Government interference into the higher education industry is precisely why the cost of a college education has risen much faster than inflation. Governmental interference with subsidized loans and excessive college support programs have incentivized colleges to raise tuitions rapidly and the number of unprepared Americans entering colleges is at historic highs. Approximately 54% of American students who enter college are unable to graduate in 6 years. The best way to solve this crisis is to eliminate the Department of Education, end federal interference in the higher education market, and end federal control of student loans. Additionally, state and local governments need to stop incentivizing higher education institutions to spend millions of dollars on lavish athletic and extracurricular facilities that have precisely nothing to do with completing a college education program that will help students get relevant and well compensating jobs. The overhead that universities currently have is notorious for being expensive and having no benefit. For example, why does the University of Michigan have 80 diversity administrators? Bureaucracy kills.Health insurance and America’s healthcare system are incredibly complex systems where solutions will not be easy or simple. However, the answer is absolutely not transitioning to a European style single payer national healthcare system. Health insurance has become expensive primarily because of government interference and the third party payer system it created. Prices are signals and there is literally 0 price transparency in the healthcare delivery market. The solution will involve scaling back government spending and regulation on healthcare while phasing out Medicare, Medicaid, and the third party payer system in general. Transitioning to a system of catastrophic insurance coverage combined with Health Savings Accounts is probably the best direction for the country.This is also because of state and primarily local government housing policies that make it prohibitively expensive to build middle income housing. The left’s misguided ideas on rent control, affordable housing, and so-called “smart building” policies are the primary reason that certain places have become too expensive for middle class and even upper middle class Americans. Leftist policies combined with supply and demand, rampant NIMBYism, and lobbying by HOA’s have artificially increased the cost of living in many places.The U.S. once had a culture of personal saving and investment. That still exists to some extent, but it has largely dropped off the map for many working and middle class Americans due to the excessive tax burden that payroll taxes place on them. Eliminating payroll taxes and transitioning to a retirement system of universal privately funded retirement accounts with a required savings percentage would be preferable to the current inadequate and redistributive social security system. Australia successfully transitioned from an American style pay as you social security system to a privately funded system over 10–15 years and we can do it too. Social Security is bankrupting the country and is a terrible deal for workers because of the piss poor returns and anti-saving mentality it creates. Combine that dependency on government programs and you have the makings of a catastrophically bad piece of public policy.Sources and further reading:Article, Essays, and Researchhttp://www.aei.org/publication/chart-of-the-day-century-price-changes-1997-to-2017/‘there has been a severe contraction in the quality of higher education’Are Sports the Reason Why College Costs So Much? | Generation OpportunityHow College Costs Lie to Us | Hayden PadgettWhy College Costs Are Rising | John HoodThe death of the healthcare marketAfter the ACASeven Social Security Myths | Charles BlahousThe Numbers Are in: Social Security Robs the Working Poor | Tom EddlemThe Case for Privatizing Social Security Just Got Stronger | Daniel J. MitchellWhy No One Is Even Talking about Raising Payroll Taxes to Fund Social Security | Brenton SmithWhy Social Security Must Fail | Dean RussellSocial Security: Just End It | Brenton Smith"Medicare for All" Isn't Medicare at All | James PethokoukisNo, 'Medicare for All' Is Still Not Plausible | Brian RiedlWhat It’s Like to be a Medicare Enrollee: 4 Economic Lessons from My Last Doctor's Visit | Warren C. GibsonAmerica’s Most Libertarian State Is…?More Evidence for Private Social SecurityThe Second Social Security CrisisThe Ever-Expanding Fiscal Burden of Social SecuritySocial Security’s Creeping Fiscal CrisisBooksHealthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It, : Michael F. Cannon, Michael D. Tanner: 9781933995106: Amazon.com: BooksRestoring Quality Health Care: A Six-Point Plan for Comprehensive Reform at Lower Cost (Hoover Institution Press Publication): 9780817919443: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.comIn Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on America's Health Care (Hoover Institution Press Publication): 9780817914448: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.comThe False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care (Encounter Broadsides): Sally C. Pipes: 9781641770033: Amazon.com: BooksThe Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money: Bryan Caplan: 9780691174655: Amazon.com: BooksInside American Education: Thomas Sowell: 9780743254083: Amazon.com: BooksGoing Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much: Richard Vedder: 9780844741970: Amazon.com: BooksThe High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs: John F. Cogan: 9781503603547: Amazon.com: BooksFalling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do About It - Kindle edition by Charles D. Ellis, Alicia H. Munnell, Andrew D. Eschtruth. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt, and the Entitlement Crisis: Michael D. Tanner: 9781939709745: Amazon.com: BooksRent Control: Myths and Realities--International Evidence of the Effects of Rent Control in Six Countries: Milton Friedman, Walter Block, Friedrich A. Von Hayek, Basil Kalymon, Edgar O. Olsen: 9780889750333: Amazon.com: Books

Oh boy, I’ve got some ideas. And a lot of these will be unpopular, so when I run for president, I’ll have to remember to come back to this answer and delete it.So… what would President Vert do in the White House?Gut regulations on small businesses. Waste dumping regulations are important, as are financial regulations. But for the life of me, I can’t figure out the logic behind some of the regulations restricting small farms and stores. It’s gotten to the point where sleazy lawyers drive around looking for minor violations of regulations on things such as ramp steepness and distance from other buildings, and the slightest violation can lead to a frivolous lawsuit. Small business owners are then forced to settle out of court in order to avoid paying exorbitant legal fees. It’s ridiculously unfair. Just scrap it all.Double the education budget. While we’re at it, stop funding schools based off of property taxes. That’s a recipe for disaster. I’d probably smash teachers’ unions while I was at it. This would hopefully attract younger, better-educated people to the profession, and raise the bar for education nationwide.Bust up union laws. Sorry, but when you are legally required to join a union in order to work at a grocery store, and that union actively prevents you from getting a raise for doing more work solely because it wants to protect its older members, your best option is to just quit. Mandatory union membership should be illegal. It should also be illegal for public-sector unions to support presidential candidates. That essentially funnels tax dollars straight to Super PACs and campaign committees.Simplify the tax code. And by ‘simplify’ I mean remove every extraneous loophole in the corporate tax code I can find. No need to raise taxes— just make sure that they can’t stash their money in the Cayman Islands, and we’ll be getting the 30% they should be paying rather than the 10 to 15% they actually do.Move towards energy independence. I would build nuclear plants in the Midwest, which would create jobs and power entire cities. Building these plants near a fault line (like in my home state of California) would be a terrible idea, so I’d tailor energy sources to fit each state. With no earthquakes, hurricanes, or tsunamis, states like Michigan would be perfect for nuclear power. Wind and solar would play a role, though nuclear would be the main focus. In the process, I would begin to put pressure on Saudi Arabia, telling them to start to democratize their government or risk losing a valuable ally. As our dependence on foreign oil plummets, they should be willing to make some major concessions.Explore geothermal energy in the west. This would likely get me a lot of hate from the nature lovers out there, but using geothermal plants in states like Wyoming and California would help decrease carbon emissions, and might even have the added bonus of decreasing the pressure building up in places like the Yellowstone supervolcano. The truth is that we don’t know whether this would have the desired effect, but so far no one knows because we haven’t tried it yet.Fight climate change. I would mainly do this using my energy proposals listed above. Democrats should realize by now that arguing about global warming is a losing battle. Therefore, I’d frame this as a fight for energy independence, and emphasize how shameful it is that we have to buddy up with Venezuela and Saudi Arabia to meet our energy needs. Perhaps as sea levels rise, states like Florida will be a little more willing to listen as they realize that insurance companies are refusing to insure their waterfront properties.Combat the opioid crisis. Crack down on over-prescription and declare the crisis a national emergency. I would also try to get emergency funding to hospitals that serve rural areas and attempt to de-stigmatize getting help.Smash unconstitutional gun laws. For whatever reason, the federal government has allowed states like California to pass legislation that severely inhibits second amendment rights. I would threaten to cut off federal funding for highways and other infrastructure to states that refuse to obey the Bill of Rights.Start a nationwide infrastructure program. Highways, bridges, dams, and roads all need repair. In my own county, which ranks as one of the most affluent places in the country, the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge is a poorly made, dilapidated eyesore that will likely collapse come the next earthquake. The state of California has chosen to skimp on earthquake preparedness when it comes to bridges, instead investing in a multibillion-dollar bullet train. Simply put, we need to be smarter about what we choose to build (that means no long, useless walls either).Honestly, just look at that piece of junk.Term limits, term limits, term limits. Impose 12-year limits on senate and house members— senators can be elected twice, representatives six times. I would also attempt to amend the constitution and rotate supreme court members out. They would each serve 18-year terms, and a new justice would be appointed every two years. Hopefully this would be a step towards depoliticizing the court, giving every president two appointments per term (justices who die in office would be replaced for the remainder of their terms).Guarantee paid maternity leave. Well, I had to do something for the left here, and this is certainly a hot-button issue. While I’m at it…Open more Planned Parenthood offices. It’s criminal that states like Arkansas can get away with having only one or two Planned Parenthood buildings. It is absolutely nobody’s business to decide whether or not a woman chooses to have an abortion— plus Planned Parenthood offers quite a few other useful services.Legalize marijuana, prostitution, and gambling nation-wide. Oh boy, now we’re into the big ones. Politicians fear these three subjects, as endorsing their legalization implies an endorsement of the activities themselves. The truth is that marijuana will probably be legalized soon anyway, and legalizing prostitution would make the profession far safer for everyone involved. Another place where the government has no business stepping in.Change affirmative action laws. Affirmative action is like putting a band-aid on a chest wound. It’s our way of pretending to do something about the problem without actually tackling it head-on. America is about equality of opportunity, not equality of result— therefore, I would slowly remove affirmative action laws while simultaneously targeting impoverished and inner-city schools with extra funding. The idea here is to produce the most well-educated and well-prepared generation of African-American and Hispanic students this country has ever seen. Education is the silver bullet that kills crime, poverty, gang violence, and all sorts of societal ills. If this works correctly, we won’t need affirmative action anymore.Let the states work on health care. Rather than implementing a nationwide health bill like Obamacare, I’d set a minimum baseline (which would protect people with preexisting conditions, for instance) and then allow the states to decide how much they want to do from there. If California wants single-payer, it can have it. If Arkansas wants to do nothing, let it do nothing. I think we can all agree that the individual mandate was a terrible idea, but the states are free to try it so long as the voters approve the plans.There’s nothing wrong with having fifty different plans.Prioritize student loans. We should be lessening the burden on students who are working towards engineering or programming degrees. Nobody should get loan forgiveness for their $100,000 in debt for their basket-weaving degree, but education should be more affordable for specific degrees, which would hopefully guide students into more lucrative professions. I would also try to de-stigmatize community college as an option, because getting a transfer degree is a smart move in a world where student debt can weigh people down for decades.Prioritize immigration. Similarly, we should be giving priority to immigrants who are highly educated and want to work in this country. I would make the immigration system a lot easier to navigate for people who can make major contributions to our economy. I would also allow more work visas to migrants working in states like California, where a good portion of the economy depends on immigrant labor. To throw a bone to the right on this subject, I’d put laws in place to ensure that immigrants who never paid into Social Security can’t start taking money out of it when they reach retirement age.Make institutional changes in the police force. Yes, police violence is often exaggerated, and yes, most police officers are well-meaning people who serve their communities with dignity. But I’m of the opinion that any unwarranted police violence at all is too much. The profession sometimes attracts people for the wrong reasons, so I’d probably try to implement some changes in the screening process for personalities. I’d also encourage body cams as a way to protect civilians from police violence, and to protect officers from false accusations. It’s a win-win, really.Change child support laws. If a man makes it clear that he does not want a child, and that he wants no part in raising the child, he should not have to pay child support if the woman decides to go through with the pregnancy anyway. I cannot fathom the logic behind this. It’s analogous to forcing a woman to give birth because her husband wants a kid, even though she doesn’t. It’s ultimately her decision, but she should not make it off of the assumption that the man will pay up regardless.Do not send US troops into the Middle East or Ukraine. Pretty self-explanatory. The furthest I’m willing to go here is to ensure that if Putin starts moving into eastern Europe again, he’ll find himself facing a lot of soldiers armed with American weapons. If the resistance is strong enough, he could find himself in the midst of a Vietnam-level quagmire.Start paying down the debt. All of my infrastructure and education funding amounts to a mere fraction of the budget. Cuts must be made somewhere, and they’re going to have to come from welfare spending. I might even have to get the government involved in an industry at this point (internet service, perhaps?), but that would also put a dent in tax revenue. To tell the truth, this might be the most difficult goal on this list. Even the self-described “deficit hawks” in the GOP voted for Trump’s ridiculous tax bill, proving that they couldn’t care less about the national debt. And even if I do manage to end up with a budget surplus, the GOP will want to give it back to Americans in the form of a tax cut, and the Democrats will want to funnel it into Medicare or Social Security. What a nightmare.I might add more to this list as I think of things. For now, I doubt I’d be able to fit this into two terms, much less one.

* CS and IT world has changed a lot. New degrees have emerged. I am going to add data from 2017/18 admission season by October 2018. Till then promote and share this answer.*Let's set your thinking first.The Grad School Statistics We Never Hadhttp://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2017/05/16/university-rankings-are-fake-news/Academic Rankings Considered Harmful!Where you went to college doesn't matter. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/06/where-you-went-to-college-doesnt-matter-this-is-why?utm_content=bufferbb6ab&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=bufferMany students start their college research with rankings. That’s all well and good. You’ve got to start somewhere. But overall there is NO ranking system, NO acceptance criteria, no matter how perfect, is going to be able to tell you what university is best for your future. Graduate program prestige is a touchy subject for many people. I recommend that students look holistically, by looking at many rankings and university prestige, cost-benefit analysis, curriculum, post graduation job status, research fit, reputation of advisers etc. Of course you’d like to attend the program with the most prestige. But what if that prestigious university you’re in love with is price gouging? What if you’ll have to set back your life plans to be able to afford tuition, never mind the cost of living?Holistic view of the ranks:Look at different sources before settling in one ranking method.Research interests, fit with the adviser and adviser's reputation in the field (I cannot stress enough how important this is to any PhD applicants. #1 priority over anything. PeriodARWU: Academic Ranking of World Universities in Computer Science - 2015 (Helpful to PhD applicants: based on citations, research, impact factor. Much better than USNEWS for science, tech, CS ranking)NSF grant: Universities Report Highest-Ever R&D Spending of $65 Billion in FY 2011 (Helpful to PhD applicants, refer Table 3; Gives you an idea about research expenditures of the school - you want to end up in a college with continuous supply of fund)National Research Council: NRC Rankings Overview: Computer Sciences (Helpful to PhDs, sort by 'Research high'. This shows the quality of research.) Page on phd.org is derived from the NRC ranking.Microsoft Research rank: Page on bit.ly (Click the link or Copy paste the link, Click the field of your research on left, In the middle pane click 'see more ' in top organizations in [your field], Choose '5 years', and then sort by 'North America' or your continents).CSrankings.org, a ranking based on top-tier publication output of CS faculty. Unlike US News and World Report's approach, which is exclusively based on surveys, this ranking is entirely metrics-based. It measures the number of publications by faculty that have appeared at the most selective conferences in each area of computer science. However , this does not capture all top conferences for a particular field , so the ranking is based only on top 3–5 conferences. So, there are flaws in rankings particularly in algorithms, systems, HCI etc. But all rankings have them. Good as a preliminary filter to find faculty working on each field at each school.And finally, USNews Computer Science . Unfortunately many applicants and early career assistant professors use it as a primary filter. Comparing schools based only on USNews rank is a common mistake by PhD applicants. Academics don't look at this ranking highly. This is the baseless , subjective, and perception based, yet most common ranking system out there. Be careful.QS University rankings: Page on topuniversities.com [The research methodology is mostly subjective based. I recommend using this only for Masters and Business programs, not for PhD). In all honesty, QS and THE rankings overvalue European universities. But no one actually cares about it.(CAUTION- academic rankings are bad) Academic Rankings Considered Harmful!Do I want a Masters or a PhD ?For those who want to go on to graduate study, the first decision is whether to pursue a master’s degree or a PhD. The master’s degree usually consists of additional coursework and will give you a stronger foundation of the same sort you had as an undergraduate. Getting a PhD. is a MUCH LONGER/MUCH HARDER commitment (often five or more years), the core of which is an independent research project leading to a doctoral dissertation, and job in academic institutions or research fields.Is it easier to get admitted as a Masters compared to a PhD?It depends how you define "easier". There is no 'yes' or 'no' answer to this. Generally speaking, all applicants should be aware that the selection process is comprehensive and rigorous for PhD admission compared to Masters since there are generally fewer slots for PhDs, and Masters slots are typically not funded (vs most PhD students being fully funded).Money and degree?Sadly in today economy the ability for a student to pay full tuition has become a factor in some admissions decisions. MBA is notoriously known for “rich gets it all”. But this has definitely been the case in CS and IT in University of California, Georgia Tech, which has seen a rise in admitted applicants. In today marketplace, more and more schools are paying great attention to full paid Masters applicants that explained why so many campuses are packed by international students. This puts deserved and talented students behind the wealthy ones.Masters programs may be easier to get into if for no other reason than because you can pay tuition. Eg, University of Southern California, Georgia Tech Masters, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard (extension schools, professional school, and few Master degrees), Dartmouth, Cornell, Stanford, CMU etc. If the question is whether or not one's ability to pay can overcome deficiencies in one's transcript, the answer is "usually" no. The college will not allow an unqualified applicant to get in, but if there are two candidates, and one is high need (smart) and the other is not (slightly less smart), all other things being equal, the full pay student may be the one getting that fat envelope. This is one of the reasons why you see more Master students than PhD students in any schools. PhD programs are more difficult to gain acceptance to because you also receive a salary, health insurance and somebody in the nebulous world of academia pays your tuition (training grants, PI's grants, fellowships etc). The bar for any PhD school is much tougher than bar for any Masters. Example, it may be equally harder or if not more, to get into a top 30–35 PhD school than Masters at a top 5–10 school. Admission is overly critical and competitive at PhD level, and being able to pay tuition has no influence in PhD admission process. Industries and Academics also look very highly of PhD candidates compared to Masters. In some sense, Masters is an advanced bachelors.To confirm my statement look at the data below.***acceptance rate does not translate to how good a school is in research. Acceptance rate is a factor how many students applied to how many slots are available. But that does show overall strength of the program. YOU be the decision maker***------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MIT EECS, MAThe admission rate of applicants to EECS at MIT is approximately 6%. They only have one application process and it is for the Master’s/PhD combined. There is no separate Master’s degree application.Acceptance Rate: 6.4% , 2778 applications and admitted 180 applicants for 2014-2015Source: Emailed [email protected], CAMS: 667 applications, 123 accepted, 92 enrolled (18.4% acceptance rate)PhD acceptance: This past year we had 692 applicants to our Ph.D. program. We accepted 71, with about 50 of them taking us up on our offer. Now 10% might not seem like terrible odds as compared with, say, getting into Stanford as an undergraduate (7% admission rate). But those 692 applicants were already a somewhat self-selected group.Acceptance Rate: 18.4% (MS), 10.26% (PhD)Source: http://cs.stanford.edu/newsletter/past-newsletters/2011(Look for admissions statistics section)Princeton, NJAcceptance: 11 % They do not have statistics for computer science alone.Source: Look at graduate admissions for school of engineering and applied science: A Princeton Profile . Also emailed at [email protected] Tech (CS/HCI/OMS), GASource: Graduate Admissions - Table 4.3Page on gatech.eduAs you can see from first link, the admission rate is around 19% - 30%.PhD in GTECH is way harder than Masters to get admission. Impossible to compare quality of applicants at these two levels.Regular Masters CS with thesis option: As you can see that GTech Masters program is not as competitive to get into (Refer to IInd link). There are 3x to 5x more Masters students than PhDs at GTech. That is a quite significant difference and should tell something about quality of PhD students vs Masters students to get into. Email source says PhD admission rate is 10%.Masters in Interactive Computing/HCI: Total applicants: 350 applicants, Admit: 100 admits, and Enrolled: 50 . Only 50% enrolled. About half of students in Interactive Computing track; the rest are divided among the Psychology, Industrial Design, and Digital Media tracks. The acceptance rate is somewhat lower in the Interactive Computing track, but not significantly. Usually unfunded admission in Masters.Acceptance rate: 28.57%Source: Emailed [email protected] Masters: They also have an online Masters in CS program with Udacity. Acceptance Rate for OMS CS: 50% - 60%[Their on-site/in-person program is ranked top 10 by USNews, NOT the online program]Source: Emailed [email protected], ILEach year the Department of Computer Science at Illinois receives around 1500 applications for the MS and PhD programs and admits around 130 recruits between the two programs.Acceptance Rate (MS + PhD combined) : 8.66%Source: Application Evaluation ProcessWisconsin-Madison, WIAcceptance Rate: 20% (MS + PhD combined)Enrollment rate: only 36%Source: http://grad.wisc.edu/education/academicprograms/profiles/229.pdfUT-Austin, TXMS/PhD: ~ 20%. Nearly the same as Wisconsin Madison (MS + PhD combined)Source: [email protected] replied back they are as close to the numbers ~15-20%.Purdue, INFor Fall 2014 we had about 1112 applications for about 82 slots. For Fall 2013 we had about 980 applications for about 54 slots.Acceptance Rate: 7.3% (MS + PhD combined)Source: https://www.cs.purdue.edu/graduate/admission/process.htmlPurdue also has a CIT (computer information technology) degree with very high acceptance rate and a late deadline. But you may be required to pay a lot as a Masters.Harvard, MAAdmits about 8%-9% of applications across their graduate programs. They do not offer admission into the masters degree in Computer Science- at this time they only admit into their PhD program.For the class of graduate students entering in Fall 2014, SEAS received more than 2000 applications across all Ph.D. and master's programs and accepted just under 10 %Source: Emailed [email protected] Mellon University, PACarnegie Mellon overall is hovering around 15-20% (MS + PhD combined). Surprised (too many CS specializations)?? However, the School of Computer Science PhD only is about 6.8% (2012 Statistics: 5071 applicants, 345 admitted, 138 enrolled)The thing you have to note is that every computing specializations within Carnegie Mellon School of Conputing has different requirements and thus different acceptance rates.The admission intake is pretty high at Masters level - a bit higher than peer schools. Is Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science easier to get into thancomparative programs at top tier schools?Tip:CMU Heinz is relatively very easier to get into for Information Systems degree (but does not enjoy as much reputation as CS)Few (not all) masters programs at CMU are easier to get into for no other reason than because you can pay tuition as long as you meet minimum criteria for admission.CMU has a INI school focused at information technology, networking, security and technology management. Very good job placement but you may be paying atleast USD 80k-120k for your masters without any scholarship.Penn State CS / IST, PAabout 800-1000 applications for fall semester; about 50-75 applications for spring semester. We accept about 30-50 students for fall and about 6 for spring; most of these are PHD students.Acceptance Rate: 6.25% (fall, MS + PhD combined) ; 12% springSource: Graduate Admissions and emailed [email protected] Science and Technology department: Penn State has a highly reputed interdisciplinary department- CS, Sociology, and Psychology mixed together.M.S. Program | College of Information Sciences and TechnologyUniversity of Pennsylvania CIS/CIT, PAPhD in CIS/CIT : 448 applicants to the doctoral program, 50 candidates admittedAcceptance Rate: 11.16%Masters program in CS : 752 applicants, 135 candidates admittedAcceptance Rate: 17.95%[No Aid for Masters "cash cow' masters program]Masters program in IT: 331 applicants, 58 candidates admittedAcceptance Rate: 17.52%Source for all above: Graduate Program Admissions Statistics[No Aid for Masters "cash cow' masters program]Brown University, RIPhD: 300 applications to our PhD programAcceptance Rate: 16%Masters: About 375 applicationsAcceptance Rate: 22%Source: Emailed [email protected][Masters in CS is relatively easier to get into even though it is an Ivy - a "cash cow" masters program]Cornell University, NYPhD: About 11% for the fall 2015 for both CS and iSchool eachSource: Emailed [email protected] University, NYPhD: 710 PhD applicants and 53 admits for fall 2015 Acceptance Rate: 7.46%MS: MS is relatively easier to get into, higher acceptance rate and does not have financial aid. 'cash cow' masters program.Source: Emailed admission committee at [email protected] Ann Arbor(CS/iSchool), MICS/CE: 618 PhD applications for 64 slots. Masters is higher acceptance rate.Acceptance Rate: 10.35%Source: Computer Science and EngineeringInformation Science: 8.27%Acceptance:145 PhD applications for 12 slots - 5 years averageSource: Rackham Graduate SchoolDuke University, NCPhD and MS about 17 % (As you can see the GRE and GPA criteria for Masters admission is lower than peer schools)Source: Computer Science - Duke UniversityDuke Graduate School (more statistics)Yale University, CTAdmission rate of PhD: ~20% (according to an email response) but the link below says 12%Masters: MS program is course work only and unfunded.Source: Department of Computer Science - Yale University in New Haven, CT - Graduate Program Information at Petersons.comAlso emailed cs office at Yale.University of Washington (CS/iSchool/HCDE), WACS: Over 1400 applications and admitted 150 students. Only 56 PhD students in 2014-2015 cohort. Over the past 10 years or so, the acceptance rate has been about 10%.Graduate School StatisticsEnroll rate: 33%. Typically about 1/3 of the students they admit end up comingSource: grad-admissions@cs.washington.edu---------------------------------------------------------------------------------HCDE (recently established program): For fall 2015, there were total of 86 PhD applications that admitted 7 students.PhD Acceptance rate:8.13%Master’s program received 484 applications and admitted 93 students. Acceptance rate: 19.21%Note: Heavily design and UX oriented, and prototyping based----------------------------------------------------------------------------------iSchool:Admit rate for the PhD program is normally around 15-20%Masters (MSIM) programs are less selective and does not enjoy much reputation. Their masters is a cash cow. However, their PhD is competitive.Acceptance Rate: 23% for MastersSource: Page on uw.eduUniversity of Maryland, College Park (CS/iSchool), MDAcceptance Rate: Overall about 20% of applicants are admitted, and about 1/3rd of them enrollSource: Emailed [email protected] for Prospective StudentsiSchool PhD: ~20%iSchool Masters: See below.iSchool MIM: over 600 applications and admitted just over 100 applicants: 16.66%iSchool HCIM: accepted 60 out of 111 applications, 54.4% [Easy Safety. Do not rush because of the Maryland name. Make sure you check available courses, TA/RA opportunities and industry reaction to this degree]Source: Page on umd.edu and emailed [email protected] Berkeley, CAFor EECS overall, not broken down by degree: "3100 applicants for about 100 slots". Their yield is probably high. They also say the MS CS program "admits very few students."Overall PhD and MS combined: <5%Source: Facts and figuresThey also have an interdisciplinary iSchool. Lower acceptance rate compared to their CS department due to the interdisciplinary nature and high demand of the program. Admits only 5–8 PhDs per year out of several hundred applications. Ph.D. Application InstructionsUniversity of Southern California, CAAcceptance Rate: No [email protected] responded that they do not have that statistic available.[Probably one of the easiest schools among top tiers, to get into for Masters with full pay.]University of California Davis, CAAdmission to the Graduate Group in Computer Science is highly competitive. On average, we receive over 1,000 applications for admission and generally admit the top 10%.Acceptance Rate:: ~10%Source: Prospective Graduate Students - Computer ScienceUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CAAcceptance Rate: 22%Source: Page on ucla.edu(The new data suggests acceptance is lower than this)University of California, San Diego,CAAcceptance Rate for MS: For fall 2015, 900 MS applicants, acceptance rate of 7.5%,Acceptance Rate for PhD: 375 PhD applicants with an admission percentage of 19%(Notice the higher PhD acceptance compared to Masters. This is because UCSD is a top tier research school and usually focus more on PhDs)University of California, Santa Barbara, CAAcceptance Rate: ~ 10% for PhDs. More for Masters. We receive around 400+ PhD applications per year and admit between 30-50 students. Our goal is to have roughly 20-25 students join the program each Fall.Source: Frequently Asked Questions for UCSB Graduate AdmissionsCaltech, CAAcceptance Rate: Still searchingJohns Hopkins, MDAcceptance Rate: Still searching