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[Admissions Advice] NCSU MSCS or UCSD MSDS ?

As the title suggests, I just got my admit from NCSU MSCS today ... if not for NCSU , I planned to go ahead with SBU MSCS and was waiting for UCSD MSDS

UCSD MSDS admits are yet to be released but I have high hopes for UCSD, but a few well wishers are telling me to keep my spectrum broad and be glad that NCSU mscs said yes and just take it right away

A little background : I have a 6 month data science internship at a big company and now I am pursuing a 6 month AI internship at a big company as well, so it's very clear for me that I want to go into AI/ML/DS roles. I hate web development and am ok with SWE/SDE roles but I would prefer AI/ML/DS roles.
I understand how saturated the market is for the roles I want but UCSD is a brand name thats recognised worldwide, which would help incase I come back to India or plan to settle down in any other country.
I am genuinely confused.
so my honest question to you is, given no financial issues ( don't care if I need to pay a bit more for UCSD ) which one would you choose ?

Posted Feb 19, 2026, 3:21 PM UTC

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