Graduate School Admission Results

MS Robotics and AI (4 GPA), multiple IEEE papers, 1 paper in ICRA

It was a email for checking the update on the portal

Got mail from PI.

Top 10 CS schools in US, full GPA, 1.5 years TA, 2 years research experience (one ICLR accept), 3 strong rec letters (1 teaching + 2 research). No internships after first-year (could be the reason?).

Congrats to all admitted folk!

This was a long shot for me, I wasn't expecting much but I got into CMU MSCS anyways so I'm okay with this. Profile: math & CS undergrad at no name school barely top 600 school, 2 FAANG swe internships, 1 T1 research internship, 4yrs TA. Congrats to admits :)

I'm in shock... I applied mainly to PhD programs this round, and this was my only MS application and also my only acceptance (!!). I'm applying straight from undergrad at Berkeley with an unconventional interdisciplinary CS-focused background. I thought that that would be a turn-off but I guess they liked it? I also got a TAship that covers tuition plus a $12,900/quarter salary. I had 4 significant research experiences throughout undergrad, 2 were in CS but not super technical and all were CS-adjacent. I had 1 first-author paper at an ACM conference which won Best Paper, and I had another one in preparation at the time of the application (currently have 4 in prep, 1 under review). Did not submit GRE.

2 research papers 1.5 years TA

No email was received, status updated on portal. DR < 5 at Top IIT, 1 submission under review at ACL, no research internships.

GRE not required. Non-IIT/BITS/NIT BTech CSE from India, department rank 2. 3 internships (4th one ongoing) and 4 papers. Was a long shot! Congrats to all the admits!

Non-traditional candidate