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notyourregularnerd OP t1_j2rtlxc wrote

Reply to comment by MrAcurite in [D] life advice to relatively late bloomer ML theory researcher. by notyourregularnerd

Thanks :D I applied to ETH for this admission cycle, it's competitive so let's see what happens. Actually the Saarland advisor kind of circled me into accepting the offer. The offer was rolled out before I could see outcome of other applications 😅

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MrAcurite t1_j2ru24j wrote

I'm planning on applying to the ETH once I finish my MS, mostly because I think the whole "ask a professor to hire you" schtick might be easier than getting in somewhere with a more formal application, given my great work experience and fucking dogshit undergraduate performance. Also, it's a three year program with no coursework and an actually decent stipend, compared to US programs that might average five years and pay barely enough to eat or pay rent.

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notyourregularnerd OP t1_j2s3v9t wrote

Well asking a prof to hire you is the conventional way but both ETH and EPFL, along with MPI (IMPRS programs) are moving to US style of admission cycle of once a year. Especially for AI related stuff. I'm not sure about how much the culture of open hiring from a prof will continue, until you graduate. So keep an eye on admission cycle in December and plan graduation accordingly. Even good profs in other Europe academia are being on onboarded to ELLIS (a Europe wide US style admission call for AI PhD programs). You would want to check that too! whenever you apply!

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