University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Electrical And Computer Engineering Graduate School Admission Results

Worked with a UIUC prof for 1.5 years -- ended up writing top-tier paper without any help of MS/PhD students. Still rejected. POI emails me to do more work the same day I get the email. A**hole. UIUC can go fu*k itself.

Expected. Unsure what more a Master's applicant with little access to the research world can do. Being in a third world country where no research is done really puts me at a huge disadvantage.

at this point i don't even need to read the e-mail to feel the disappointment wrapped in it.

Did not expect much anyway. Congrats to those who got in.

This was unexpected :( From top tier Indian university, several first-author pubs, amazing internships, very high GPA (9.5/10) I think some contact to a POI was required for admits this season

Received the email this morning.

Did not submit GRE, 9.41/10, 2 accepted publications (AAAI and WCCI), and 1 pending at BJET.

Got a generic reject email from UIUC for the MCS program. My profile - 2 years of work experience, two tier 1 HCI conference publications, +9.0 CGPA, strong LORs and a decent SOP.

MSCS program. Will join Columbia I guess

Had hopes with this one. Well, there are more results to come - stay strong people!

Rejected :/ Tier-2 Uni from India. Decent profile, but kinda expected a reject from UIUC. Good luck with other decisions everyone

3.8 GPA, ME and CS at UIUC, 3 years research experience, 1 publication, 2 strong/1 average LOR's, strong SOP, 170Q/160V/5.5... Can't say I'm very surprised, the acceptance rate is usually 4% (or lower) for MSCS

Interview from POI. Area: Data Mining. CS undergrad from UIUC, 1 publication, strong LORs from undergrad advisor, research collaborator and SWE internship host.

Received an email from UIUC-MCS, my application is still under review, and they are expected to notify the decision by March 31, 2021. Maybe I get admitted? There are all rejs today.

***Not waitlist*** Just got an email from the admission office stating that my application (MCS) is still under review. Thank you for your interest in the Master of Computer Science program at the University of Illinois, for Fall 2021. Due to the high interest in this program, our admissions committee continues the review process to ensure a thorough review of all applications. Your application remains under review as of March 15, 2021. We expect to send a decision by March 31, 2021.

Expected :)) Seems like POI recommendation and interview was very imp in getting an Admit. Anyone applying to UIUC next year should consider emailing and talking to POI before submitting application.