请教：WISC CS EPIC-RAShip申请

最近在申请申请他们家的这个奖学金，虽然只是半奖，可还是想尽全力试一试，有人有经验么？还请赐教！~谢谢先！也非常欢迎同在申请这个的同学一起讨论。
唉...给他们家某个老师发了好几封邮件，可木有被搭理，有点绝望了...

回复 1# ysyilan


    建议你申请教授的RA，而不是这个EPIC的。另外，怎么没看到你报这个学校的ad？而且，这个EPIC就相当于全奖——免学费、医疗保险，$1w6生活费！

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回复 2# hitony


谢谢hitony。

我和他们家一个老师联系了几次，他一直没有答复我（这个事情上我有点固执了！）感觉现在再找其他老师要RA有点晚了，正发愁着不知道该如何继续找其他的人要RA，不知你可有建议？

我确实没有报AD，在收到这个AD之前，我收到了N封拒信，当时相当相当的绝望，一度想放弃了，等我回过神来，大家都报完他们家的了。。。

回复 2# hitony


    I'm in Wisc right now for the welcome day, you are right, EPIC is not the best choice for ones who wants to do research. However, since RA is not that easy to get in the first semester, EPIC is not a bad choice.
    And TA could be another good choice for funding. It is very likely to get at least a TAship in the spring semester.
    If you really want to be a RA, try to talk to the faculty. If professor thinks you are not currently the good fit, just take his/her class if there is one in the fall. That might help.

回复 3# ysyilan


    See 4L.

回复 4# samljw


    Hi Samljw, thanks for your reply from Wisc.

   As you are a MS applicant, I suggest you choose UCSB rather than UWM, since in CA you may dig more useful info than in Wisc, a big farm. You may get some advice from [http://www.1point3acres.com/bbs/ ... 7964&highlight=].
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   GL.

回复 5# samljw


谢谢samljw的建议。其实我也知道RA比较合适，只是我家境一般，不太可能拿着AD去米国。

回复 7# ysyilan


. 1point3acres    明天EPIC是第一个rolling的deadline了，先把它申请到吧。虽然在录取信上说的是三分之一申请Epic的人得到了录用，实际上Epic基本只看你的编程能力，只要达到标准都会录取的，所以几率远大于三分之一。然后你就有了全奖加约17000的生活费，你懂的。
    这两天和wisc的学生交谈，最大的感受就是学校自由的学风，在你自己选择ms还是phd，或者想换方向上，非常宽松。最坏的情况也只是交第一个学期的tuition fee。按照一个印度研一学生的说法：“I haven't seen anyone who doesn't get funded." Still, 你懂的。

回复 6# hitony


    Unfortunately UCSB rejected me... TvT... Wisc is kinda the best I could get.

回复 6# hitony


    Wisc might be a "big farm", but not Madison. Madison is actually pretty fancy. It is more like Berkeley in CA and Austin in TX.
    To tell the truth, I did my undergrads in SoCal. Comparing the city of Madison to some big cities such as San Diego or LA, I just cannot pick a favorite. I mean, getting a master in Wisc can still be pretty worthy.
    One thing to add is that the completion time for a CS PhD in Wisc is averaging 7 years.