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Reminder to incoming fall 2021 admits (and anyone else who hasn't seen prior posts on the subject) - you can access O'Reilly

Posting this as I have seen a few questions recently on how to brush up on certain topics/subjects before beginning classes next week, or how to prepare for future classes. I know there's only 4 days until classes begin, but you can access a lot of resources through O'Reilly to best prepare yourselves.

Officially Registered

I just wanted to say a general thanks for all the knowledge contained in this subreddit. I am officially registered for my first semester in one of my second choice classes (seems Intro to Effective Commenting isn't a thing in OMSCS), and I have all you good people to thank for it.

Any Fall 2021 student with no time ticket and ga mail id?

Hello, I am fall 2021 student, last week I received an email that on 18th Aug you can start registering for the course. However till now I haven’t received time ticket yet. Anyone having same concern??

Got My Time Ticket - First Time Student - Info for Others

Info for people who are in the dark like I was. I did not receive an email to my gmail or gatech address that I got a time ticket (maybe you're not supposed to?). I went to Oscar > Student Services & Financial Aid tab at the top > Registration > Registration Status.

Less demanding classes that are still worth taking

Anyone have suggestions for a lower workload class that could be paired up/taken summer that is still valuable?

Machine Learning Spec

The machine learning specialization consists of the following courses. Passing five of these six is required, and with the revamp of DVA I may complete all six.

Five Elective Courses

The original version of this post "crossed out" various courses on the basis of my notes at the bottom of the post. Given the popularity of this page and the fluid nature of OMSCS coursework, I've decided to remove such explicit condemnations of courses. I feel that leaving that in would do a disservice to the program.

Comments from OMSCS Social Pages

The following blunt, poorly-formatted comments were very helpful in helping me decide on my course of study. I hope they are helpful to you as well. As I've commented elsewhere in this post, GA Tech OMSCS consists of a very dynamic set of courses, and things may have changed since March of 2018 when I originally did this research.

What are the degree requirements?

Thirty credits (ten classes), no thesis. Five classes come out of your specialization; the rest are free electives. The entrance requirements are pretty forgiving: you don’t have to take the GRE, and if your undergraduate GPA was reasonably high, you stand a good chance of getting accepted. (Whether you will graduate is another question!)

How hard are the classes?

They’re graduate-level computer science classes from a top program. They’re hard. But they’re not insurmountable. And the workload for all classes is not equal. For example, this past semester I took CS 6601 Artificial Intelligence and CS 6035 Intro to Information Security.

How is the degree so cheap?

OMSCS is cheap. Really cheap. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly cheap it is. In spring 2017, I paid Georgia Tech a grand total of $170 per credit hour for six graduate credits, well inside the limit of my employer’s tuition reimbursement policy.

Does the OMSCS model really scale?

OMSCS prides itself on having a “massive online” approach to education, and theoretically the costs are so low because the online program requires less overhead while reaching many more students than the on-campus option. This is only somewhat true.

Is there enough community?

Far from being stifled by the online format, the OMSCS community is one of the program’s strongest attributes. Any time you put four thousand computer nerds under stress, they will form their own information pathways, like neurons in a giant brain.