University of Washington Computational Linguistics Graduate School Admission Results

Background: BS in Linguistics & French from University of Wisconsin, 4 semesters of Russian, some Ukrainian, some entry level comp sci courses- I spent the last year taking several courses online to strengthen my math/comp sci, completed training + practicum in Language and Literacy therapy for children w/ dyslexia, interested in working with alternative/augmentative communication devices (previous experience working w/non verbal individuals w/ autism). I believe my background working with children with disabilities and interest in assistive technology was big in my favor.

relevant courses: 4/5 foreign languages, some stats / machine learning / computing

Since I've gotten mostly rejections, even being on the waitlist is a pleasant surprise! Here's to hoping enough people decline to give me a chance!

Undergrad degree in linguistics from UCLA (3.96 GPA, department honors). One research paper, unpublished. Lots of post-grad classes in math and comp sci. I think the strongest part of my application was my essay, because I made sure to show a) that I was a good fit/invested in UW specifically, and b) what I wanted to do with the degree, in relation to my professional background.

C.S. Major with a class in NLP and some foreign language experience. Hopefully will get an offer in early May >.

BSCS, BSEE. Some graduate level machine learning courses. Work as an NLP engineer.

I previously posted that I am on the waitlist. Today they invited me to interview--apparently other waitlisted students will be interviewed as well, but taking it as a good sign!

Anyone not intending to attend, please notify them asap!

No research paper. 1.5 years work in NLP. I got a D in NLP course in my undergrad. Nice break after 4 straight rejects. F*** you UCSD.

IIT Bombay, CTS R&D research intern , 5 research projects in NLP, 2 international papers. If anyone is not planning to take the offer, inform them ASAP please! To the other waitlisted people (posters below): Is there any redundancy of waitlisted posters? Congo to those got selected and to those who got waitlisted, do not loose hope .

Majored in Linguistics and minored in Computer Science, with trainings of Algorithms and Data Structures. Having one research paper but not in the field. Taken an undergraduate level computational linguistics course. Knows Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and English. Able to code in Swift, C++, and several other programming languages. Worked as a indie app developer. Can't actually figure out why I am rejected. :(

2 flagship conference papers, 2 top journal papers, had a CS master degree, 1+ year research exp in US universities, two reference letters from universities and 1 from industry.

Undergrad in CS. 1 national paper. Few projects in NLP. To everyone with the admit, if you're not planning on attending, please let them know soon.

Undergrad - IIT kharagpur Work ex- 2.5 years Some NLP projects and online courses. People who are accepted and are unwilling to join this program, please inform the university as quickly as possible.

Background: BS & MS(by research) in CS, with a graduate thesis on machine learning. 1 research paper(2nd author) in a top-tier big data conference. 1+ years of NLP experience at a US healthcare firm. Studied German for 2 semesters (undergrad). Knows Sanskrit(intermediate), Hindi(advanced), and Telugu. Really can't figure out why I wasn't accepted.

Linguistics BA, CS Minor++, Arabic, French, Bislama, Persian, English, Work part time as a programmer

Not surprised. BA in Linguistics and Chinese, lived abroad for 6 years working, but weak comp sci background. Was encouraged to apply for their certificate program, but will just accept one of the other offers I have.