Data Science Graduate School Admission Results

No GRE/GMAT, STEM but non-tech & non-business undergrad, stellar letters of rec and personal statements

Master's GPA 3.81, 1 paper published

Did astrophysics for undergrad @ UC Berkeley (top 5 programs in the world for the major), minored in Data Science, strong LORs (one from the Astronomy dept. chair), multicultural background, self supporting student, transfer student from a California community college. No publications, but did over a year of research under a postdoctoral student, and have plenty of extracurriculars under my belt. No GRE. Submitted application 02/05, did not submit video interview until 03/06. Got into Carnegie Mellon MS-DAS.

Dream school. Oh well.

International student but with a BSc from a Finnish university, GPA 4.54/5 under Finnish grading scale, 2 LOR from university professors, one research experience, no working experience, no publications. Need to pay full tution, no scholarship from Aalto

Internship at CERN, exchange year at MIT (though weak grades), first author publication in low-tier conference, some research experience outside of this. Was accepted to ETH though

From a top 20 university in Latin America and one of the top 5 in Brazil.