Fall 2021 Cyber Physical Systems
Has anyone who applied to this track gotten a decision either way? It’s pretty crazy how close we are to the start of the term.
Posted Jul 29, 2021, 5:27 PM UTC
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Nope. Nada. Still waiting. I sent a mail last week to the admissions contact - no response on that either.
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Hopefully you hear back soon. It took a few weeks for admissions to reply to my last email. Best of luck!
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I just sent an email saying I want a refund and to renege my application.. Just accepted a different school.. This has been a disaster.
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Just a life pro-tip, When GT contacted me after I posted some things on here and responded with "I can not guarantee you will be considered for admission this semester" I asked for a refund. They stated a "no-refund" policy.
I issued a chargeback via my credit card to GT and attached all of the documentation showing they hadn't processed the application, and got my money back. I received numerous phone calls from GT stating they were going to send me to collections for the 75 dollar application fee. I directed them to my attorney, but it is interesting to note they have zero problems communicating when they want to get money from you, but complete silence and incompetence when it comes to meeting contractual obligations.
Your best bet is to go to SANS for a couple of ICS-related certifications. SANS is more robust and respected that GT, and more widely recognized in industry. One thing I will say is that I will personally ensure that no GT Cybersecurity graduate winds up on my security team (I'm at a FAANG) after the experience I've had with GT.
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I understand your frustration (since I'm in the same boat), but vowing to take it out on GA students seems a bit misdirected.
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Allow me to provide you with the perspective of a hiring manager (me).
I was trialing this program to see if was worth anything (sending our own people to and/or fast-tracking applicants from GT for interviews).
If the application process was this atrocious and ineffective, the curriculum and instructional quality will not be much better. Because the curriculum and instructional quality is poor, I don't want a poor quality product (GT graduate) working on my teams. It's not personal, it's business.
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The application process lacked responsiveness therefore the instruction is bad? What a non sequitur.
This is the problem with degrees from for profit institutions like SANS: they don't teach critical thinking skills.
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Check out www.omscy.ga for the course channel listings.
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I haven't received anything other than the email last month informing us of the slight processing delay. The CPS track sounds exciting, but I'm really regretting my decision not to apply to Policy or InfoSec instead.