How hard is it to get admitted if you went to a state school? What are some things that would help for admission? The things I thought of were: GPA, Internships, Research, Winning programming competitions like ICPC. Background: I’m currently an undergrad at a mid-tier UC. I have a high GPA and good internships and would like to pursue a MS while working. Side Question: Does SCPD admissions weigh research experience as heavily as the normal MS?
SCPD seems a good way to go, but you will need to maintain a good gpa
Stanford MSCS has a reputation as a cash cow for the school and not very competitive to gain admission to (statistics are online somewhere). I doubt coming from a state school is an issue if you've got decent grades.
Especially if you like research, apply for funded PhD programs instead and focus on an area with industry applications with an advisor you like. After two years you can let companies convince you to leave with your MS.
I heard if you do a bunch of SCPD coursework and get those profs to write you recs it's not very hard.
Are they doing it as the NDO (non degree option)?
Yeah usually towards one of the certificates