Graduate School Admission Results

I am just thankful to god for his immense support. I was not expecting much to be honest after the interview.

To the EE guy below: thank you. I had one combined interview but I had before that a skype conversation with my professor.

2nd interview in Turkey on 21st Feb. To the poster below, congrats on admission to EE, did you have 2 interviews or just a combined one? thnx :)

Official Offer

The money is good but I decide to choose Ivy school

Got unofficial acceptance email from Professor.

to the post below Information science. BTW, they didn't tell me there would be a 2nd interview. Decisions will be made in first 2weeks of March.

first interview on 28th january. waiting for second call.(to the kaust amcs post below ,whats ur specialization?)

After a long drawn out application and being personally interviewed in D.C. I have been rejected

Just got the invitation letter this morning via e-mail. KAUST gives a full scholarship covering tuition fee, housing, relocation and traveling, insurance and base stipend.

To the computer science poster don't be sad. Even I applied to more than 10 schools got some admits but no funds. I just have single fully funded offer. I would advice you to knock professor next time. It really works and lot of your peers would advice you otherwise but dont listen to them. All the best and do not give up hope. Cheers :)

Screwed.....................................what shall i do ,i dont know......Its been 3 years and 6 months after my graduation......Got several admissions but with no fundings....KAUST was my last hope this year...it is been rejected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....really become mad...............No satisfaction .... i have become almost mad......hopefully leaving studying..pray for me.

straight rejection today. Didn't get call for any interview.

Finally got a response to one of my emails. "The interview committee is still reviewing your application, but you should receive a decision within the next few weeks." I have a feeling I'm going to graduate before they let me know

To KAUST posters below: it's weird, it seems like I'm the only person hearing back from KAUST within a business day. If you guys ever got communication from a specific admissions person and not from the generic admissions@kaust.edu.sa email, you should try to use that. I contacted them around April 1st and they replied the next day that they're planning to release all decisions by end of April. Given their track record, I'm not trusting it though. To the person asking if KAUST is worth it - from all the sources I've read on it, students there are very happy and a good 50% of masters students stay on for PhD. On top of that they give you a lot of money (did you last year's $75K a year awards?). But yes, it's a new university and their admissions process is notoriously frustrating.

I am becoming ver annoyed at KAUST's communications. I have sent them emails with no responses, their phone number for administration office just rings. I have tried calling their number multiple times with no luck. I tried calling other numbers and the only time someone picked up they immediately hung up the phone. I am beginning to wonder if this school is really worth waiting to hear back from. If they cannot even answer the phones in the admin office how can I blindly trust their educational program. Has anyone been able to get ahold of these people??