received on March 15

Unbelievable! but still can't quite decide between Stanford and CMU

2 international pulication, accepted after 6 phd rejection

finally after 6 phd rejection

Graduated from top Canadian university with above-average GPA and several years of industrial experience. Had taken one NDO course at Stanford before (got A-) and got V730/Q800 before applying in 2010. Thought that was good enough but was rejected on the first try. Took two more Stanford NDO courses (got A+ on both) and took 2 months off work to volunteer on an academic research project last year and re-applied. Finally got in. To those of you who aren't so fortunate this year but are determined to re-try - despair not, take more courses and perseverance will deliver!

From a French top-ranking university. No publications.

I had 1 published paper in a mid-level conference and went to a mid-ranked state school. I think it really helps to have 800Q instead of 790.

Expected, standard rejection letter.

Undergrad from a "big-four" college. Had good internship experience, and did a senior thesis for research. No published papers.

This is literally a dream come true. I was incredibly lucky to have gotten into CMU, Princeton, UCSD, and UC Berkeley. Time to start making a decision! By the way, for anyone in the future who is worried about a low GRE Verbal score affecting chances of admissions -- DON'T! I thought a 460 Verbal would ruin my chances at top programs, but apparently all of the programs were able to overlook it. Best of luck to you!