Graduate School Admission Results

ETHZ Internal applicant, change of Master's programme

Non CS background from top 5 university in Greece. 2% of the graduating class and member of the founding team of a startup.

Among best french engineering schools for CS (top 1-5). Top 10% with GPA rankings. 1 very very strong LoR, 1 classic LoR. I think very strong SoP. No research internship, although nobody in France has one at this stage. Some research projects.

I just want to say, don't listen to the admission office. He's there to discourage you. I called the CS admission office asking about the paper works and he said "our admission process is very selective, your chance of getting in is very low" He kept saying that 3-4 times, even though I didn't ask him about my chance. I have a low GRE score, but my grade is very high (almost the top 5% of my class) and my work experience is related to their research. The professor that wrote me a letter of rec has some close contact with ETH professors too. Maybe that helped me get in. I'm from the US btw.

avg German uni, top 5%

From the top university in New Zealand. GPA: 8.9/9.0 (Top 5%)

RWTH Aachen University, top 5%. Internship at medium-sized company and research internship that started after application. Strong LoRs from thesis supervisors. No GRE.

BS in CS at a reputed Asian university (GPA 4.05/4.3). 2 research exp + 1 top conference paper (1st author), 2 SWE internship at global firm, currently a full time SWE for 2.5 years. Also accepted by EPFL. Can't believe I get in!! But as I recv another offer with tuition waiver + living expence from TU Delft, it's hard to make the decision Q__Q Good luck for thos who are still waiting!!

RWTH Aachen University BSc. CS, top 5% deans list, exchange semester at ETH Fall 22/23, internship at a global firm

No name Uni in Germany, Top 2% GPA, Scholarship at German Scholarship Foundation, 1 FAANG Internship, No research papers. FUCK YEAH :D

Non-EU, 1.2/1.0 from TU Berlin, at least one good letter of recommendation, relevant work experience as student RA, no publications at the time of applying, ESOP requested. Rejected at EPFL though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Good luck to everybody who is still waiting!

1.2/1.0 GPA from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (approx. top 4%) in Germany. 1 R&D Internship at an Automotive company, 1 Part-time job in industry, 3 teaching assistant positions, 1 exchange semester at a no-name uni in Ireland, a scholarship from German Academic Scholarship foundation and extracurricular activity in a student society. SoP was decent but nothing extraordinary. 1 LoR from Lecturer in Ireland, 1 from supervisor during TA and 1 from head of the student society. No publications and no research experience.

Weak SoP, didn't talk about myself enough. One LoR from my thesis and internship supervisor. Another letter from a fairly known professor with whom I did extra curricular stuff. A third letter was also sent.

1.8 from TU9 (Germany)

B.Sc with 1.3 GPA ("ausgezeichnet"), 4 teaching jobs at Uni, no publications. Was rejected from both direct doctorate and M.Sc.

3 strong LoRs, strong motivation letter, IELTS 7.5 (R: 9.0, L: 7.0, W:7.0, S:6.5), several extracurricular experiences in Data Science, and won several local competitions. ESOP requested (I think it means they still have to give me feedback for the scholarship. Can someone please confirm?)