[Admissions Advice] MCS UIUC (Urbana on-campus) vs MSCS Northeastern (Boston) — real talk from current students/grads

Accepted to both for Fall 2026, genuinely stuck. Looking for honest input from current students/recent grads not rankings debates. **Background:** * Indian applicant, Fall 2026 * 1+ years as C++ systems engineer (enterprise backup, distributed systems) * Target: AI/ML infrastructure engineering, systems, or distributed systems roles * Open to FAANG, AI infra startups (Databricks, Anyscale, Scale), or HFT systems roles * Partner doing MS Finance at Boston College — long-distance is a real fact

[Admissions Advice] MCS UIUC (Urbana on-campus) vs MSCS Northeastern (Boston) — real talk from current students/grads

Accepted to both for Fall 2026, genuinely stuck. Looking for honest input from current students/recent grads — not rankings debates. **Background:** * Indian applicant, Fall 2026 * 1+ year as C++ systems engineer (enterprise backup, distributed systems) * Target: AI/ML infrastructure engineering, systems, or distributed systems roles * Open to FAANG, AI infra startups (Databricks, Anyscale, Scale), or HFT systems roles * Partner doing MS Finance at Boston College — long-distance is a real fact

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Ray Serve Upgrade Delivers 88% Lower Latency for AI Inference at Scale - mexc.co

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