Problem Grad School
Background Information
You and your partner have a friend from China, Harry Liu, who has been
thinking about coming to the United States to get a Master's degree in
computer science. It's his dream to study at either Stanford or MIT, but
he is so pessimistic about his chances of being accepted or being able to
afford to attend school in the United States that he has never bothered
to investigate his chances.
In order to give him encouragement, you and your partner have decided to
investigate the Stanford and MIT websites for him to see which school, if
any, he might be able to attend. Although you're both friends with
Harry, you know different things about his academic background, financial
situation and research interests. As a result, you will each find
different pieces of information about each school to share with each
other when you meet online.
Pre-Task
Before you meet, will need to visit the MIT and Stanford University
websites. Please do not spend more than an hour looking up the answers
to the questions.
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- If you are Partner 1, click here.
- If you are Partner 2, click here.
Task
After investigating the Stanford and MIT websites, you and your partner
will have 20 minutes to chat online to share what you know about
Harry and
information about each school. By sharing your information, you will
need to decide which of the two schools is the best one for Harry to
apply to. To do this, you will need to find which of the two schools
fulfils most of his needs. After you have to come to an agreement,
you will need to write a brief email for Harry explaining which school is
better for him. Email this explanation to totoro2@dolphin.upenn.edu.