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		<title>Prove you&#8217;re a programmer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That was the major question for an interview I had yesterday. An interview where the only clear direction I had was that I would be doing a 15 minute presentation for. So, I, was expecting an interview focused on my communication skills. And a lot of it was. And then there was the &#8220;prove you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement of Purpose</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s past the halfway point of the semester. Soon, I will be sending off applications to HCI and related graduate school programs. From faculty mentors, I have received mixed opinions on whether to write a general or university-specific statement of purpose. Unlike the personal essay for undergraduates, the statement of purpose is better with focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A different sort of admissions letter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I got an email from Berkeley. Today, Riverside contacted me.  Their email is quite a bit different: We received correspondence that you are interested in our Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Program. The first place that you should check out is our website: www.cs.ucr.edu &#60;http://www.cs.ucr.edu/&#62; and see what we are all about. Second, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSF GRFP</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NSF GRFP is one of the competitive fellowships for graduate students in the sciences. Providing a nice stipend and tuition for 3 years, many students entering the first year of graduate school or in their first year apply each year. This fellowship  focuses on intellectual merit and broad impact of supporting a particular student. (The [...]]]></description>
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