Decisions, Decisions

[trickykitty]

Do I start planning and plotting to apply to grad schools in the fall for admission the following fall (2009-10 academic yr), or do I apply to UT-Dallas and take enough courses in computer science to qualify me for a second BS, looking at most likely 1-2 years worth of night courses but culminating in a CompSci degree?

I really wish someone would pay me to go to grad school. It's what I really want more than anything, but I'm so damned scared of those rejection letters or worse, the idea that I'll have to continue working full time while also trying to do full time at grad school. (I have no freaking clue how sollitaire pulls it off while also raising a child, and as such I worship the ground she walks on.)

I wish I weren't such a lazy person who enjoys having free time to myself.

Comments

[jdack.livejournal.com]

Better to try and be rejected than to not try and wonder what might've happened, right?

[trickykitty.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'll definitely take my chance at rejection. I'm just not sure if I want try my hand before or after getting some CompSci classes under my belt.

[jdack.livejournal.com]

Ah, gotcha. Conundrum..

Why not to an MS in CSE at UTA?

[vadania.livejournal.com]

If you're thinking of doing further CS study, why not apply for a CS graduate program? You may have some more leveling classes to deal with, but they'll be the same you'd do at the undergrad level, plus it would lead to a master's.

Just a thought. :)

Re: Why not to an MS in CSE at UTA?

[trickykitty.livejournal.com]

That's just it. The idea is to take the leveling classes before applying to a masters or PhD program, as a non-degree-seeking student. I don't really want my masters to be in CompSci; I want it to be in either Neuroscience or AI. I mostly want the programming classes for the same reason that I wanted a grounding in math and psychology. I know UTD is on my list of grad programs in that respect, but not for a CompSci masters degree.