MSE CIS. Spot in F22 class is only guaranteed until Feb 15

first rejection and it stings. i emailed the admissions director and they replied that they received a record number of applications and accepted 8% in the early round. good luck to all!

Engineering (non-CS) undergrad. No research experience or software engineering experience, but actively changing industries. Currently an M.S. Computer Science student at UT Austin. Best of luck to everyone!

1.5 years work experience

Got my first acceptance, Lessgooo!!

2 2nd author publications in average journals, 2 years of work experience. Tough season, good luck all.

Indian student from a Tier 2 college. 2 years of work experience and 3 research publications. Undergrad percentage 78.19/100.

Indian Tier-2 undergrad, 1.5 years of work experience at well known investment bank.

Decision Note "The competition was highly intense this year, and there were many highly qualified candidates."

Undergrad in Computer Engineering from India (9.26/10 GPA), 1.5 years work experience as a Software Engineer, 3 publications

Applied by the early deadline.

Delighted to receive my first offer!

Undergrad from a private university in India, GPA above 9, 3 A* conference publications, 1.5 years experience as a Research Assistant, 7 months (ongoing) experience at a MNC R & D, strong LOR from a well-known prof among others! Don't know what went wrong. All the best to everyone waiting for a result!

Graduated from one of the top 4 CS programs in the US. >= 5 years of work experience as a senior software engineer at top tech companies. LOR from well-known professors. No GRE Mediocre GPA Good SOP (tricky to say how good my SOP is but friends of mine who finished their Ph.D. in the same field did proofread) 1 Research during undergrad

Generic rejection email, wasn't expecting much but even so. Decent LORs, 6 months of internship work-ex, 3 research papers and 1 patent publication. Just too competitive I guess.