Graduate School Admission Results

Thank Jesus! Nigerian undergrad. Best graduating student in my department. No GRE. No research papers. No publications. 3 internships, none big tech but 2 reputable international names. Brilliant SOP. 3 great recommendation letters (I didn’t see them, but they must have been????), all 3 academic. Thank you Jesus!

Had interviews with professors in February, no GRE, and was offered a graduate assistantship that covers tuition + stipend + healthcare.

No mention of funding in the admission acceptance later.

T100 CS, 2 years in satellite research lab, 6 months cloud research yet to publish, 1 software QA internship, 1 defense swe internship, 1 upcoming swe consulting internship

Prior research experience with my advisor, 1 publication, 1 conference poster. Already have an MS

T15 US undergrad in CS, 3 research projects, 1 paper published, 1 rejected paper, 1 under review, 3 academic LoR (2 research profs & 1 prof from coursework), 2 industry internships

T15 US undergrad in CS, 3 research projects, 1 paper published, 1 rejection, 1 under review, 3 academic LoR (2 research profs & 1 prof from coursework), 2 industry internships

T5 Math UG. 6+ yoe as a quant trader at MM then HF. Spent 1 month on SOP. No GRE. 3 LOR (1 academic, 2 work)

2 research paper(1 ongoing), 2 research internship, 2 industry experience, 6 month ngo, finalist in tennis, and etc

3 researches no pub