Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) Data Science Graduate School Admission Results

Chinese bachelor's in computer science. 1-year research experience at an EPFL lab. Several pubs. Probably decent LoRs. Also got admitted to DS and CS master's at ETHz.

Top 2% in bachelor's program, three strong letters of recommendation, decent motivation statement, two years of work experience, strong extracurricular activities and leadership roles. Came from a top 100-150 European university. No news yet for scholarship.

gpa 9.76/10, no excellence scholarship

Romanian student from University Politehnica, Timisoara. 9.36/10 ( romanian system ) . One year research assistant ( 2 subjects). One year and 7 months as a Machine Learning Researcher ( industry) . Several coding competitions and workshops. No publications. Good reference letters ( one from a former PhD student, actual professor at my uni )

Generic reject email.

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From top Iranian university/ two internships in Switzerland

Applied to EPFL for the second time. First time in the systems track. Second time in a database. 1 year experience in quant finance. UG in CS at an Ivy. Two academic research experiences. Idk. It is what it is.

1 First author publication from good journal, 2 Not first author.

Had 4 publications in top conferences (Systems). Undergrad and Master's from university ranked 200-300. No interviews as well. It is what it is.