Dont let them fool you. Uchicago is just a brand.
Chicago's MAPPS is Low IQ
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You don’t know what you’re talking about. MAPPS isn’t free but it lets people take very advanced courses that they didn’t take in college, which makes them better prepared for PhD programs. The program lists outcome statistics on their website - how many masters programs do that?
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You don’t know what you’re talking about. MAPPS isn’t free but it lets people take very advanced courses that they didn’t take in college, which makes them better prepared for PhD programs. The program lists outcome statistics on their website - how many masters programs do that?
Every decent one zhang.
Also you can take phd students as a non degree student or you know, just look up the schedule and show up to class.
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Another delusional post. Sure, work in a lab (for example) can also be helpful but taking some math on the side? Here’s another idea: skip college, start a job, and read some textbooks in your free time.
You'll do you application better if you work a real job for a year and take some math on the side.
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Did you even earn a PhD? Opportunity cost. Is the bump worth what you could have done with the year and 80k you sunk in the program? Sloppy thinking.
Even if you don't get into a top PhD, you still have a masters from U. Chicago which is long term valuable in the job market. Promotions, mid-career jobs.
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Another delusional post. Sure, work in a lab (for example) can also be helpful but taking some math on the side? Here’s another idea: skip college, start a job, and read some textbooks in your free time.
You'll do you application better if you work a real job for a year and take some math on the side.Probably a good idea for many people and if it weren't for the highly inflated signaling value of college, fewer people should enroll directly in universities costing tens of thousands of dollars. If one is not mature enough to be a top student, going to a community college or doing an apprenticeship for a few years before attending college makes sense (or skip college altogether). For the really smart and self directed students (like Chris Olah), taking a handful of relevant courses at a university makes more sense than wasting 4 years.
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Did you even earn a PhD? Opportunity cost. Is the bump worth what you could have done with the year and 80k you sunk in the program? Sloppy thinking.
Even if you don't get into a top PhD, you still have a masters from U. Chicago which is long term valuable in the job market. Promotions, mid-career jobs.
If you can get into an investment bank's graduate training program or a F500 leadership development program, obviously do that.
If you were unlucky with corporate recruiting or don't interview well or something else and don't have a prestigious job lined up out of undergrad, then a masters makes a lot of sense.
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A master's degree may make sense, but does a nebulous master's from UChicago? In most cases not.
I'd be willing to bet you could get a MA in data whatever from directional Midwest state uni, and not only pay less, be able to do so part time, and come out with salary prospects that are not appreciably different from MAPPS. The brand ain't worth that much. A MAPPS degree also sends a different signal. Either this person is desperate, independent wealthy, or just made a poor financial choice.
Did you even earn a PhD? Opportunity cost. Is the bump worth what you could have done with the year and 80k you sunk in the program? Sloppy thinking.
Even if you don't get into a top PhD, you still have a masters from U. Chicago which is long term valuable in the job market. Promotions, mid-career jobs.
If you can get into an investment bank's graduate training program or a F500 leadership development program, obviously do that.
If you were unlucky with corporate recruiting or don't interview well or something else and don't have a prestigious job lined up out of undergrad, then a masters makes a lot of sense. -
The only case where it might make sense is if you were an Asian discriminated against by top schools and are PhD caliber, but your undergrad "brand" is insufficient to get you there. Still, it is better to go to a funded research masters that is a rung lower.
Also, UChicago's masters program in CS is known to be glorified coding bootcamp so even for those in the know, the UChicago "brand" for masters programs is weak.
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Some of the posts here basically say something like, if you want to get a job doing xyz, then here’s a cheaper path toward that goal. But a MAPPS student might not want to be a banker, data scientist, or whatever it is that you aspire to. S/he may like studying whatever and be able to afford the price of a Chicago education.