Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It?

Post by g051051 » Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 3:07 AM UTC

gt565k wrote: post #41

vikascoder wrote: post #34

Current working professional and an OMSCS student here. It highly depends on the context. Biggest pros are: 1. This is perhaps the cheapest Computer Science masters in the United States from a premier school. The degree is exactly the same as offered to the residential program and the credits acquired are all legit and transferable to other universities. I had friends who transferred from OMSCS to a regular school an…

> The degree is exactly the same as offered to the residential program and the credits acquired are all legit and transferable to other universities. This is not entirely true. The online masters does not have all courses available. The on-campus masters has a much larger breadth of courses one can choose from. All things considered, for $7000, the value is phenomenal.

Post by throwaway170805 » Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 3:43 AM UTC

Post by chucksmash » Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 7:14 AM UTC

0xffff2 wrote: post #115

gt565k wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The degree is exactly the same as offered to the residential program and the credits acquired are all legit and transferable to other universities. This is not entirely true. The online masters does not have all courses available. The on-campus masters has a much larger breadth of courses one can choose from. All things considered, for $7000, the value is phenomenal.

Isn't the availability of classes an orthogonal question? When OP says it's "exactly the same degree" I read that to mean that the school gives you exactly the same piece of paper at the end, as opposed to giving you a piece of paper that has the word "online" on it. In other words, I read it as meaning that there's no way for an employer to know whether you completed the degree in person or online short of asking yo…

Post by learningram » Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 2:21 PM UTC

mindvirus wrote: post #2

I graduated from the program in December and I found it incredibly rewarding. There are a lot of great classes, and I learned a ton - in particular, the machine learning and reinforcement learning courses were top notch, as we're the systems programming ones. One thing I'd warn though is that you'll get out of the program what you put into it - so it's really up to you to choose classes that will set up your career t…

Post by mbil » Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 2:38 PM UTC

abhishekash wrote: post #187

mbil wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You pay at the beginning of each semester for the classes you'll take during that semester. It's not a lump sum.

So as a rough estimate if there would be 4 semesters , I would be spending roghly 1750 USD per semester . I know there would be some deviation. But is that a fair guess and financial planning ?