said they would have decisions by end of January

Had the honor of being rejected by this prestigious institution of higher education. BUT I've already been accepted elsewhere, which is a relief. Good luck to those that did get accepted!

3.5 years research experience, 2 publication (1 first author), Strong LOR

Due to a strict enrollment ceiling imposed by the University and our finite funding capacity, we were only able to offer admission to 8% of our applicants

3 years in materials characterization lab in home country plus 2 summers abroad. 4 publications, 2 as a 1st author in conference journal. Some national and international awards

To the poster below asking for more information about Berkeley interviews and acceptances: I was interviewed on January 5th, no acceptance yet, my area is Theory.

@ UC Berkeley Interview and Acceptance, and MIT Acceptance posters: Can you also mention some meta-details like Area (Theory/Systems/AI-Machine Learning)?