Graduate School Admission Results

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International with undergrad from UBC

Did not submit the GRE. Undegrad + Master degree in Applied Maths from top French engineering school. Applied ML internship in a company, Research Internship in an European university. Decent LORs. No publication. Hesitate between this and Berkeley MA Statistics.

Undergraduate minor in DS; research background in machine learning and computational humanities.

Very strong LORs, no internship, top undergrad business school student planning to transition to data science

internship experiences, decent LORs, no publication, research experience

The decision was just posted to the portal! Didn't submit the GRE

Domestic student

Canadian. Surprised I got in as I have little research experience. Vancouver is too expensive right now, so probably going to have to decline

As expected, because I have already seen classmates sharing the offers they received in the first round, and the results that were supposed to be announced by March 15th have been delayed, this situation is similar to what happened with UT (where I was later rejected). Throughout this journey, I realized that applying for Master of Arts programs in Canada is quite challenging for undergraduate students from mainland China. The main reasons are the limited quota for international students and the high standards for cultivating prospective doctoral students (similar to the MPhil programs in Hong Kong schools). Compared to the outright rejection from McGill's Thesis program, being placed on the waitlist by UT and UBC is itself an encouragement. Thank you, UBC, for being so supportive!