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I am currently in CIT593 and I am doing very well at least on paper. This last part of the course has been difficult to manage with working full time. It’s been very stressful and hard on my mental health but at the same time, I am doing very well grade wise. Also, everyday I see headlines and social media talk about AI and also poor job prospects. And it may only get worse…even if passion for CS is the answer…will I be able to even pivot to a CS career? It’s disheartening and I feel like I am “burning myself in the ground” for little payoff. CIT593 has an assignment and a quiz every week plus a final project and a closed book midterm and final. There is no curve. So there feels very little room for error. It’s quite unforgiving work wise at times (although I have a 102 in the course so far—this probably will change after the final). This course feels like it was developed only for full time students rather than full time workers and career changers. It’s frustrating. I can’t spend the next two years living like this. So I’m considering dropping out (which is a blow to my ego). But at the same time, I have to take care of myself and really think about why am I in this program? Who or what am I doing this for? At the end of the day, I just want to be happy and be there for my family. Sorry for the rant, I’m not sure what I’m expecting to get out of this post..it’s just helpful to talk it out.

Hoping to gain some insight to prepare for graduation next year. Nervous given the state of employment in tech. Looking for general temperature check especially for those that did not do internships / don’t have tech work experience

Now that it appears they are using a rolling application process, does anyone who has recently applied have any experience with how long it has taken to receive a decision?

Hi there,

I'm considering applying for the MCIT (MAS-CS) program. This program expects students to have a certain level of quantitative capability. Can you help take look at these courses I took and let me know if they meet the admission requirement? These courses were taken at Boston University. Thank you!

METCS546 Introduction to Probability and Statistics 

METCS669 Database Design and Implementation for Business 

METCS544 Foundations of Analytics with R 

METCS688 Web Analytics and Mining 

METCS555 Data Analysis and Visualization with R

Hi everyone,

I received already the results and I was conditionally offered an admission through the Computer Science Graduate Certificate pathway for Fall 2027 cohort.

I’m a little confused about how the certificate-entry route works compared with being directly admitted to the master’s program. I’m hoping current students or others who entered through the same pathway can share their experience.

A few questions:

1. Course support: Do certificate-pathway students receive the same level of support from professors, teaching assistants, academic advisers, and student services?
2. Community access: Do students in the certificate pathway have access to the same student community, networking opportunities, discussion groups, career resources, events, and channels for asking questions?
3. Transition to the MAS-CS: How difficult is it to meet the requirements to formally transition into the master’s program? Are there common challenges or courses that students should prepare for?
4. Student status and experience: Are certificate-pathway students generally treated the same as directly admitted MAS-CS students, or are there meaningful differences in access, registration priority, or the overall student experience?
5. Career and alumni resources: At what point do students gain access to Penn’s career services, alumni network, and other university-wide resources?

I would appreciate any honest feedback, both positive and negative. I’m trying to understand whether this is primarily an alternative admissions pathway or whether the experience is substantially different from direct admission.

Thank you!

I’m considering applying for the UPENN MSE-AI online program. Anybody who’s already graduated from this program or is currently a part of it, what’s your experience been like? It would help to decide on whether I should apply. I’m already working as a SWE with not much AI exposure but looking to transition to a more AI focused role.

I majored in biomedical engineering from NUS with a GPA of 2.6/4.0. I have done an introductory course to programming (D) and 1 or 2 quantitative math courses where I scored a B. How can I improve my chances of getting into the program? Should I do GRE to make up for my GPA or complete the MOOCs? Or both? I only have about 2.5 months left.

Also, I’m currently working as an AI Engineer working on training multilingual LLMs with a few publications. I have working experience of about 5 years. Hopefully this might help?

Any honest opinion is welcome! :)

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URL to the program site: MSE-TI Online - Penn Engineering OnlinePenn Engineering Online