University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Mathematics Graduate School Admission Results

My first offer, very excited!!

The difference makers for me were my Letters of Recommendation. I had worked with all three of my letter writers (two tenured professors and one professor of practice). My other boon was contacting the professor I wanted to work with ahead of time. We had a really good conversation on Zoom about her work and how I was a good fit for her group. Having a high GPA, forward-focused SoP, and research-heavy resume, etc. were all helpful, but the above two were easily the difference makers here.

CGPA: 8.28/10.00, GRE: 325 (168 Q + 157 V + 4.0 AW), TOEFL: 108

Admitted with a fellowship nomination, otherwise there's TA funding for 5.5 years. I thought the email was a joke/spam!

3.5 years research experience, 1 industry internship, 1 publication in preparation, 1 presentation; didn't take the GRE. Best of luck to everyone!

Got an interview request on 01/06/21, advisor received email from department head on 01/06/21, got acceptance email on 01/07/21! Still have my interview left but probably will focus more on future co-working projects

Email from the director of graduate studies about my admission... so excited!!!

Interview to get to know me/discuss interests more. Hoping to hear back this week or next!

Interview mail from POI

Accepted even though my third LoR writer hasn't submitted yet? Also, another LoR was late. Email from program coordinator notifying me about acceptance and fellowship followed by PI congratulations. PI mentioned and complimented my publication so that probably played a large role.

YES!!

To the UIUC poster below, what subfield of Computer Science did you apply to? If you don't mind, could you share who offered you the interview?