Computer Science Graduate School Admission Results

I was given an offer for the Masters program instead......well. I HAVE my masters

Formal interview. However, the advisor is ghosted after the interview.

Reject without interviews. 2+ first-author conf papers.

dual major, cs + bus. 2research, 1pub 2nd-author, 1 pub 3rd-author, 2 year TA, 1 ml startup internship.

No interview.

Strong TA experience (but speaking TOEFL is 23), little work experience, no research experience. US uni rank is mid.

169 Quant GRE

Had double masters degree in CS(from Germany+Bangladesh). 1st MS-3.3, 2nd MS-4. No publications btw. Also, 5 years of professional experience. Got rejection today.

No GRE. Strong LORs. One of the professor who promised to write a LOR for me happened to be promoted to be the department chair a year ago hahaha.

Your application for graduate study for the Fall 2025 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science program in the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been carefully considered by our Graduate Admissions Committee. We regret to inform you that the committee is not recommending you for admission to this graduate program. Please note that the school policy is not to communicate the individual reasons for its decision. We hope that this decision will not discourage you from pursuing your future academic and career goals.