Graduate School Admission Results

scheduled interview with professor, and later scheduled 3 follow up interviews with the lab group

Wow. Finally off the waitlist after 5 rounds of interviews (3*30min + 2* one hours) with 2 presentations, I finally made it. With my mediocre undergrad GPA, been working in industry for 6+ publishing papers in top tech (FAANGMULA) to make it up, finally made it. This is 6 years of making. That 3 % admission rate is not impossible, good luck everyone, never give up, believe in yourself and you can make it. Admitted as Master (all Media accepts are master first then PhD) with funding.

I just know that I am rejected; no interview requests and an email to the PI indicated that they were looking for very few applicants this year and I wasn't the right fit.

A ton of research experience and papers at top conferences (1 first author, 3 other papers). Perfect GPA at Top-5 CS school. Great SOP and Rec Letters (professors with whom I conducted research). No extracurriculars really. FAANG internship.

Anyone know if interviews are always required for acceptance?

I had multiple interviews , However, have not heard anything from my research group. I applied to the NCB lab ? Anyone who got removed from the waitlist .

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To the poster below: Good luck to you! Hopefully we will hear something soon.

To the other Media Lab applicant: I haven't heard anything yet, although I have had my interview after beeing waitlisted... :-(