Graduate School Admission Results

No interview

dual major, cs + bus. 2research, 1pub 2nd-author, 1 pub 3rd-author, 2 year TA, 1 ml startup internship.

4 pubs, 3 as first-author, JCR Q1 *3, JCR Q2*1. information theory

Interviewed in early Jan from POI. Received positive feedback and departmental recommendation shortly after. Acceptance notice was sent by the POI yesterday via email, and the official acceptance letter will arrive early next week. Fields are Human-Centered AI and NLP. Accepted with guaranteed 5-year funding with first-year fellowship.

This is for an MS in CS (for S&E). BA in Statistics from a Top 5 US public school, with all A's in CS courses like ds&a, OS, DB, AI, etc. No published research but a strong undergrad honors thesis in statistical machine learning, and a few decent projects in deep learning and computer vision. About 2 years of experience in startups and Big 4 consulting. Program-tailored SoP, though written in one night so not perfect. 1 LoR from a manager. The program targets engineering or science majors, but seems open to others with relevant experience or coursework in computing.

Received Admission for the early start program in summer term. So if i rejected the offer, would i still get admit in Fall term??

Work experience: 3 month internship | Research experience: none | GRE score not submitted

2 publications, 2 internships (8months total)

informal meeting from POI

Small state university 2 research projects with faculty 1 paper pending review Current university employee 2 Internships (NASA, satellite start-up) Senior project w/ USAF Military veteran No GRE

Received an email asking me to check the USC portal where a decision had been posted.