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From: hss2@doc.ic.ac.uk (Harpreet S Sandhu)
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Subject: MASTERS in COMPUTING SCIENCE in USA
Keywords: INFO req'd on MASTERS in Berkeley, CMU
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Date: 22 Mar 91 11:36:12 GMT
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Hi All !!!

I am a British student currently on a BSc Computing Science degree at Imperial.
I am planning to go to the States to do a Masters in Computing Science next
year.

I'm applying to Berkeley and maybe CMU.

I would be grateful if anyone could answer the following questions, specific
and general:

1) How competitive is it trying for a place on one of these courses ?

2) What is the social life like for graduates ? (esp. Berkeley)

3) What is the course like - intensive/ok/boring ? ( esp. Berkeley)


Also, on the off-chance, would it be a reasonable to assume that one needs at
least an upper-second class (2.1) degree (British degree system) to be accep-
ted?

I would appreciate answers to these questions and also any other info. that 
anyone on a Masters course may think is relevant.

Thanks,

HARPREET