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by 43920 1351 days ago
I have a preference towards Germany (I did a short-term project working on research at a university there recently), but would be open to somewhere else as well.

My grades from my undergraduate program are good (4.0/4.0 GPA); it's possible my grades could decrease a bit, but I don't expect them to drop significantly in the future (although you never know).

I really do want to learn CS better; I think the opportunity to do that would be good. But the expense / opportunity cost is high enough that it does seem like more of an economic question of "will this help me get a better job?", which there doesn't seem to be a good answer to.

> At least where I am, the level of CS teaching in Universities is not as good as in the US (at least my limited sample of known people/universities).

Would you mind saying where that is? (I can email also if you don't want to here)

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The nice part about Germany is, that you don't pay any tuition fee there (except Baden-Württemberg). So doing a Master's there is a lot cheaper than in the US.

As for CS, it is possible to work there with a BA, but generally speaking, you will earn more money and have more job opportunities with a MA.

I would have no problem to tell you in private. It is a sensible topic to do it here.