TTPB: "We hope to send out final admissions notifications by the end of May. There is a small chance it may extend past that date." ... lol end of may is tomorrow, they're not sending out admissions decisions on weekends...

TTPB: Did the department get back to you?

ok guys, I just sent an email to them asking for an update... pretty sure I'm going to get a default response...not sure how much longer they think its ok to make us all wait.

Highly Competetive. They wrote - "In view of the large number of well-qualified applicants and the limited number of spaces available, the admissions committee must be selective in making its recommendations. The selection process is one of identifying those applicants who are best qualified for a specific graduate program, based upon a review of each applicant's file and number of openings in the graduate programs in that field. Your academic preparation and scholarship, letters of recommendation, expressed interests and objectives, and other supporting materials in your file have all been taken into consideration during the committee's review process."

TTPB: No chance, even if you have 340/340 4.0/4.0 and 12 IEEE papers UC Irvine wont respond

I have a gre 318( 166Q, 152V, 4AWA), toefl 103, gpa: 7.9/10 ECE. 3 IEEE publications. Do I have any chance in MS CS or MCS program?

MEng offered instead of MS

TTPB: Got an email that there is an update to my application. Logged in to the portal to see the decision letter.

TTPB: Which course did you apply for MCS or MSCS? How did you get the notification for the change in status of your application?

Applied in January, submitted last LOR in March. Still waiting for any response.

I'm waiting to hear from UCI and purdue too. But I'm pretty convinced it's going to be a rejection

Anyone still waiting on UC Irvine, Columbia and Purdue ?

Email to check portal. I have talked with the professor beforehand and I was (obviously) waitlisted. Machine Learning -GRE Q:166 V:150 -TOEFL:108/120 -Undergrad: University in small country(not well known) -1 NIPS workshop paper -3 recommendation letters from not very known professors(but all have publications in top venues) 2 of which are from another country and not affiliated with my Uni -grades not that high(and top % in my class) Is there a group for the admitted students?

TTPB: I think it is only for the PhD admission, not Master.

If they have already short-listed the students, then why they are taking so much time to give rejections.

TTPB: Is that only for PhD admissions?

TTPB: I talked with POI in March, at that time he said the short list already finalized. If you don't get admission around March, it's unlikely to get into their program.