Graduate School Admission Results

Human-Computer Interaction track. Non-CS undergrad (Economics) from an average institution. 3.6 GPA. Average GRE quant score; above average GRE verbal score. 5 years full-time work experience as a Software Engineer at Disney, Amazon and PayPal. Strong letters of rec from tech execs at well-known companies (1 CTO, 1 Tech SVP and 1 Engineering Manager).

Received the email around 1:00 PM. Applied previously but didn't get in -- today feels like a dream. Multiple years of work experience at a FAANG, undergrad in Canada.

Debating between here, Harvard CSE, and Columbia CS

I think Stanford does release a wave of admits first and then rejects based on previous years posts on gradcafe.

Does anyone know if Stanford sends out admits and rejects separately? I've not received any update yet. I assume that means I'm rejected

Can we please stop with the fake posts.....

1 published paper in top ML conference. Strong academics/GRE. Strong LOR all from industry contacts (~7 years work experience). I think what helped the most, however, was an unusual SOP. My background is doing software in public sector/nonprofit. Long-term goal is to improve government. Lots of extracurrics that show this (i.e. serving on city committees). My SOP about my public sector goals may have been unusual compared to most applicants.

IIT Bombay – One publication in top 75% journal

TTPB: thanks for the invite link :)

TTPB: Stanford usually releases MSCS admits in March no? Seems too early for an acceptance.

TTPB: Congratulations!! Do you mind sharing your undergrad University?

1 NLP Paper (NIPS), Interned at FAANG Research

Interviewed by NA. Interests really matched and the interview was good.

Low income student, went to state school because it was my only option financially. Won my university's undergrad CS prize, 5 pubs in mid-tier AI conferences (3 first author), and graduated summa cum laude. My letter writers were probably not "prestigious" enough? Not sure. Not sure what else I could have done given the opportunities available to me...

5 papers and 2 posters. international, FLI student. area: HCI. academia is a place only for the privileged kids.

ML theory, 3.72 GPA, 2 publications under review

Strong LORs from well known faculty, 1 pub in a mid-tier journal, top 20 CS program for undergrad. 3.97 GPA, high GRE, and many projects in AI/ML area.