OTOH, when I transfered institutions between MS and PhD, what I learned from the process (on the administrative side) was that the only hard/real requirement was that I *pay* for 30 credit hours of research study. Call this a cautionary tale, in that you need to check out their academic AND administrative requirements ahead of time. More than likely, there will need to be some expenditure.
>> matriculation requirements are often a form of making sure they get their >> fee, one way or another, notwithstanding the words in the catalog about the >> value (which is real) of shared experience and interaction with other >> students. (of course, in CS these days, based on observation of my >> daughter's roommates at JHU, your only interaction is with your computer in >> your dorm room as you grind out the assignments late into the night) Friendly word of advice on this: find an advisor (Masters or Ph.D) who publishes with a frequency greater than 1 paper per year. >> another word of advice (from my father's PhD chairman, of all people): Find >> an advisor who is not a recently minted young buck out to prove himself by >> running all his advisees through an even more rigorous course of work than >> he himself performed. Get an older, wiser, more administratively savvy >> advisor who understands the real purpose of the program is to push people >> through with basic competence and the ability to acquit themselves well >> under pressure. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
