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Good evening everyone, pls is there anyone who’s going to Saint Louis University here

Zihno:
It will be almost impossible to get an MS in Computer science even if your bachelors was in Computer science.

What branch of computer science interest you? You can get into a Masters in Machine Learning, Information systems, Systems Engineering, Data analytics or Industrial Engineering more easily than MSCS.



No one cal say if your visa will be approved or not. You can try if you are sure you can genuinely afford the fees of the school you choose.

Do you mean almost impossible to get funding? Cos even with my non- cs background I still got 3 admissions

fearlessfang:
it would be hard to get an MS Computer Science without a computer science background.

You can get MS Information Systems.

Are you tired of petroleum engineering? I would advice you get a masters in same and take some comp classes.


MS information Systems don’t usually have much funding.

I’ve been working as a software dev for over 4years. Infact I’ve never worked a day as a petroleum engineer after graduation. Getting a computer science degree is what actually just makes sense for me since I want to continue in that line

Profile:
Bsc: Petroleum Engineering
GPA: 4.0/5.0
GRE: 333 (V-163, Q-170, AWA-4.5)
Work Experience: 4 years as a software developer
Travel experience: company-sponsored trip for a tech conference in France and Germany.

Here to my story, I applied to 8 schools for computer science Msc( about 5) and software engineering (3 schools). I got 4 outright rejection which I believe was due to my background, a lot of those schools want some kind of foundation CS courses which are missing in my transcripts. I tried to write a good SOP and leverage on my work experience but I think CS is probably too competitive.
The 5th school rejected me but referred me for admission in Informatjon science.

Schools I got rejections from:
NYU- computer science
Missouri S and T
Michigan Tech
Uni of Virginia

Then I got admission from 3 schools:
Northeastern uni- no funding
Stevens institute of tech (SIT) - 17k funding
Uni of New Haven- 20% funding (amount to like 8k)
I am thinking of going ahead with SIT but the total COA is 65k ( 44k tuition and 17k living expenses, another 3k+ insurance ). I am supposed to have make the admission deposit and request for I-20 but I would like to ask if I have a good chance of getting my visa approved with a deficit of about 38k.
Do you guys think I should reapply again next year and hope for better funding ( I am not so sure much would change in my profile cos I’ll still be applying for CS). I need honest advice.