Excellent Mahesh, very very good news of course. More congratulations are in order, and more disclaimers from me as well. I do think I play some role in these matters, but mostly it involves convincing each of you that the people at these places like CMU, etc. are not all that different than you and I - it's often a question of attitude and where you have come from - students who start off in elite schools as undergraduates tend not to be so afraid of places like CMU, etc. but the rest of us are usually too intimidated. But, in the end, it's often the students who come from the less well known schools that do the best, because they do not have the arrogance and resultant laziness that sometimes comes with a priviledged academic past.
Sorry to put it so bluntly, but some of the most inept PhD students I have observed come with splendid pedigrees and the attitude that they are better than the rest of us. Usually they are not. :) So, it is all about attitude, it is about asking questions about what you are doing all the time, having lots and lots of doubt about yourself, your work, your results, always questioning everything. If you put yourself through that sort of scrutiny all the time, you'll eventually go crazy, but you'll also do very good work. This is perhaps why I am the way I am with all of you sometimes, and while I know it is frustrating, it is also really the only way to do very excellent and interesting work. Congratulations again! Ted On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Mahesh Joshi wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Echoing Anagha's note, I too had applied for PhD > programs in a few schools and am happy to inform that > I have accepted the offer of admission from Language > Technologies Institute at the Carnegie Mellon > University. I have been accepted into the Masters in > Language Technologies program and intend to continue > on for a PhD. > > CMU is certainly a fantastic and fun place to be and I > am really excited about it and looking forward to > going there. At the same time I am sure I will miss > UMD in many ways. I would like to take this > opportunity to acknowledge the crucial role played by > UMD and in particular Ted in shaping up the students' > careers. Not having a degree from a school like IIT > from India (Indian Institute of Technology), an > average student such as me could not have imagined > getting into CMU. But the numerous things that I have > learned from Ted directly or indirectly has made it > possible. > > Thanks, > Mahesh > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > -- Ted Pedersen http://www.d.umn.edu/~tpederse Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nlpatumd/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
