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CMU提供多個計算機碩士學位（MSIT），其中一個專業叫eBusiness Technology，簡稱eBiz，招生以非CS背景學生為主，是眾多轉CS申請人的夢校之一，多年來在一畝三分地裡被反覆討論。
昨天，地裡有同學轉發了CMU的郵件，這個專案被取消了。
Please see below for a message from Dr. Shamos, Director of the MSIT eBusiness Technology program. Your application fee will be reimbursed. If you need access to your application for any reason, please do so before noon today, November 20, 2017. The application system will be closed after that time.. From 1point 3acres bbsThe School of Computer Science and the Institute for Software Research have decided to discontinue the "MSIT in eBusiness Technology" graduate program as of the end of August 2018, after the graduation of the current class. The program has been part of the SCS portfolio since 2004, and it has shown growing success in educational accomplishment and in placement of students. There have been changes in the economic environment, however, and the learning-by-doing methodology of the program — which requires intense faculty involvement, with seventeen faculty members working to deliver the curriculum each year — is no longer financially viable. The decision was not made lightly in view of the exceptional academic quality of the program, its uniqueness in the world, the caliber of its faculty and staff, and the outstanding characteristics of its current students and nearly 1,000 alumni around the world. The program will continue in normal fashion through graduation. No new applications will be accepted.
看到這個訊息，很是感慨。從一畝三分地成立至今，eBiz一直是大家討論的熱點之一：從被嘲諷是CMU最水的專案（喜歡招沒有CS背景的學生、經常有新生不會寫程式），到被大家讚歎接近100%的就業率（Oracle保底、IT大形勢好等），到最終成為轉CS申請人的幾個頂尖選擇之一、申請難度暴漲。這些年來，eBiz幫助很多毫無CS背景的學生，實現了往IT行業軟體工程師的跳躍，真的造福了很多人，文中提到的接近1000校友，估計中國人七八百吧。
顯然，對於申請2018fall的同學們來說，這是個壞訊息。現在轉專業申請CS的人很多，並且逐年猛增，現在頂尖選擇又少了一個，原本指望被eBiz撈走的一百號人，得往下申請，壓力會層層傳遞下去。
親愛的讀者，你是eBiz校友嗎？什麼感想？
一畝三分地官方應用
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