Email from the professor I wanted to work with asking for a quick zoom interview this week

Got interview invitation one week after submission.

EE and AE double major, 1 AIAA Student and 2 SPIE Conference Publications.

The IME (EEIS) program for students outside Japan. Twelve research paper (two first-author, seveal second-author) including top conference (IEDM and VLSI) in my master period. I am disappointed and confused by the selection criteria.

3 interviews. 2 from preferred PIs.

I have 2 patents and have worked as an Engineer about 4 years. I don't have a GRE score. If your GPA is not that bad, you will see admission letter.

2 interview invitations. both through zoom. both mentioned in SOP and preferred professors from my application

Interview requested by POI. 5 first author papers at top AI/ML conferences.

Received an email that notifies decision and ask to me check website Although I believe I am not a competitive applicant, but I made it :)

Got an acceptance letter, but no info on any financial support, RA,TA positions etc.

Had Interview with PI last week. Today official mail from the department. Admitted !!

15 first author papers published in ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR and 12 first author papers in AAAI and AISTATS. 4000 citations total. Bad profile overall.