MIS has been a popular course for which many people apply to the US from India. We were lucky to have someone who had applied to an MIS course give out their SOP to us. Here is what it looks like. The SOP has been structured in a way which brings out why the candidate would be such a good choice for the program in MIS at CMU.
“Every person is born with an innate flair, the moment your realize it you become a great person”. It was at high school, that my fascination for electronic gadgets coupled with a desire to be a skilled programmer, prompted me to choose Computer Engineering as the major for my Bachelor’s Degree.
During …

Management of Information Systems is a course which is pretty popular among a lot of foreign students in the US. We had the chance to meet an MIS graduate from CMU’s MISM program - Sudeep Agarwal. Sudeep works for Oracle now and has taken the time to talk with kaalEDGE.com and shares his experiences from the CMU program in MIS and his insights from the application process.
1. Can you tell us about your background in India - undergrad education, etc.?
Before MIS, I worked with Oracle India for 3 years. I did my undergrad in Chemical Engg from BITS Pilani.
2. Which program did you pursue and at which university in the US?

I got my masters in Information Systems Management …

CMU has many varied sub departments within its CS and EE departments. One such department in LTI - which is the Language Technologies Institute. What goes on here? What sort of students make it here? And what are the funding opportunities for students who come for a Masters or PhD? We spoke with a current student - who wished to remain anonymous for this post. We had a couple of questions for which he had very interesting reponses which might prove helpful to a lot of prospective students. Here is the interview:
1. What course are pursuing at CMU?
Masters in Language Technologies. That means learning computer
languages and techniques to make a computer understand your languages.
I am working on automatic translation …

We had a brief conversation with Sudipti Gupta who is pursuing Masters in Information Systems Management at Carnegie Mellon University currently. We talked to her about what MIS is all about, the career opportunities after it and what is the difference between an MIS and MS. Here is Sudipti with her views.
1. What course are engaged in right now and where?
Sudipti: Masters in Information Systems Management at Carnegie Mellon University
2. Why did you decide on MIS as your next move in your career after BTech in IT?
Sudipti: Didn’t want hardcore technical jobs, but more on management and consulting side.

I actually think that I am quite an emotional human being. But usually I try to hide that from people. But somehow I couldnt control emotions after i watched this lecture given by CMU Prof. Randy Pausch. I personally think that this lecture was the best I have ever seen. A brief back ground on the story - Prof. Randy Pausch is one the nation’s leading authorities on Virtual World Technology, an expert in HCI and Software Engineering.
He was recently diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and has about 5-6 months of good health left. I think everyone has a lesson to learn from his talk. He gave a talk in a series which was called - “the Last Lecture” - if …