I'm applying for graduate school with the hopes of starting this fall. I'm going for a masters in statistics. I guess what I'm interested in knowing is how would you compare the workload between your undergrad and graduate studies? I plan on doing it part time as a have a full time job. Btw, love your channel and the content you post. It's very insightful to learn what a computer science PhD candidate does.
Hi! Love your content! Would you say in-person CS masters programs are more preferable to Online programs (ex: Georgia Tech OMSCS?) Can you talk about the general culture of MIT, especially the EECS dept? Compared to Stanford? is it common for grad students to pursue entrepreneurship alongside the program at MIT (or at Stanford)? I’m applying to CS Masters programs as a math major and your videos have been so so helpful!
undergrad was actually a lot harder, I personally find taking classes full time to be much harder than research or working a full time job, and in grad school I rarely took more than 2-3 classes at a time (compared to 3-5 during undergrad). also because I had a stronger foundation in grad school classes were easier to navigate! As for grad school with a job, I’ve taken summer school at times while I was doing an internship and one class on top of a full time workload is definitely doable, but two and you might be cutting corners at work lol. hope this helps!
hey, thank you for watching! I’m glad these are helpful 😊 I honestly prefer in person classes, being able to talk to professors and TAs in person (and in person office hours) are much more effective for asking questions and getting help! it’s really easy to slack off and not really learn the material with online courses and that has come back to bite me in the past. For the culture, I think MIT feels a bit more close-knit than Stanford. At MIT lab mates are really fun and are always really helpful if i ever mention a problem, they are always willing to stop what they are doing to help me debug, and it kinda goes both ways because that’s just our lab culture, it doesn’t feel as competitive as it was at Stanford. Maybe that’s just my lab, so if you are joining a group you should always ask the students what the culture was. Stanford didn’t feel as welcoming, however, I was in the EE dept for my MS at Stanford and not CS, and I wasn’t in a lab then and classes are very competitive, so that could be the reason I felt that way. It’s actually not as common as I thought it would be for people to be doing startups in grad school! For MBA students at Stanford GSB or Sloan, it’s really common but people often do MBAs because they are interested in that. There will always be a handful of MS/PhDs pursuing startups, but unlike mine, a lot are directly related to their research, but i think at Stanford and MIT there’s a huge push towards academia more so than entrepreneurship for CS/engineering. Even professors who have startups will encourage students to pursue academia.
That's crazy, the amount of progress you've made from undergrad, graduate, and eventually getting into MIT PhD. Right now, I'm just binge watching Stanford videos to gain an insight into how their CS department operates, but also your journey through college. I'm from community college and hoping I can apply to transfer this year for 2024.
Hey great content! I've been waiting for your video with great curiosity and will do so forever. MIT is utopia for me. It would be extremely helpful and encouraging if you could create a video where you can discuss how MIT prepares graduate students ready for the future. or how a person might cultivate the talents he or she possessed while attending MIT, particularly as an EECE PhD student.
nope, but submitting a workshop paper for ICRA in a few weeks, a full version likely on arXiv this summer pending release review by my sponsors! I also submitted a poster but those aren’t published anywhere
Thanks a lot for this great video! Can you give more information on how are supervisors allocated for new PhD students? Does MIT EECS has first-year rotations in different labs?
there’s actually no standard way in EECS, we don’t have rotations in this department like others do. but usually if you’re accepted you’ll have meetings with different professors during visit days, and one of them may offer you a funded position in their lab. however sometimes you are just given a fellowship for one or more years, but no funding offer from any of the advisors you meet with. however you will likely not be accepted without some sort of interest from at least one professor!
hey ifueko, found your channel while looking for phd admissions vids, this was super informative! I'm thinking of applying to mit. Do you know if mit eecs students can do internships while they do their phd, and is it common?
i did two internships during MIT, one was google and one was for a fellowship. many people do them, just not every summer, i wouldn’t have done the second one if not for the fellowship, and your advisor will probably suggest that once is enough lol
hey I am an international student who just finished with an undegrad degree from Electrical and Electronics Engineering, would I be able to apply to the PhD straight fully funded and finish in 5 years?
honestly i rarely understand the concepts fully when the professor explains it unless i know it beforehand. i feel like most people i meet are also like this and i spend a lot of time in office hours and reading and looking for videos/other online resources that explain it better, and sometimes the course material explains the concepts better. i do feel like you can teach yourself to be better at real time comprehension but i haven’t mastered that, especially not in the sciences
Hi my name is Stephanie , would it be possible to reach out to you via email or possible your contact number. I am currently in the process of applying and thanks so much for this video besides your tight schedule but I would like to ask you more direct questions about this program
@@fancyfueko thanks so much It isnt to review my application honestly, I just wanted to have a general insight on how this program is going for you at the moment and then if I do get in bt Gods grace , I do get to meet you and say you were part of the people who inspired me to get into this school :)
