Rejected at Delaware, Princeton, MIT, Chicago PME. Accepted to here and my local state school. (Close to family) One nth author publication, 2 years of ug research. Graduated from HBCU

heavily involved with DEI events, local state school, 1 year of research experience. Rejected at MIT, Princeton, Caltech. All it takes is one!

T20 US bachelors, full ride masters, 1 first author submitted, 6 co authored paper, 2.5 years of research, no interview

anyone else get hit with the MIT rejection then stanford combo

nternational student. (S korean) 3 first author publications (1 as sole first), 4 co-author publications. (All Q1) 2times IEEE conference presentation, 7 time domestic conference presentation (with best research award) 4.5 years of research experiences (3 year in undergrads, and 1.5 year in big guy lab in U.S.) 3 times start-up competition awards 3 years of full-funded scholarship 2 music album (14 songs as composer) published in streaming platform. GPA is bit low, 3.4/4.0