Free Computer science masters at USF?

lgreenl
Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:07:49 +0000

So I’m nearing graduation and I was looking over my options. I’m primarily a public health guy, I double majored in public health and statistics at USF. Im currently involved in some very cool statistical/epidemiologic research and my professor offered me a TA position after I graduate.
The thing is I don’t know how I feel about getting my biostatistics degree from USF. I’d like to move on to a better school so I’d have a chance at getting my PhD from a top school (e.g. Harvard or UC Berkeley).
If I got a computer science degree from USF it would be free, it’d only take a year, it’d allow me to publish a few more papers before moving on, and it would actually teach me useful skills. Alot of my future research ambitions are in things like neural networks and statistical simulation.
I do question the quality of USFs computer science program, and whether it’d make me a better candidate for a biostat degree at a better school. Thoughts?