TTPB: I was accepted to the Connective Media program and I also had a hard time choosing between the two. The biggest difference is the length as you mentioned. The MEng program is 9 months with no option to extend. This means you'll be looking for a full time role as soon as you start with no internship opportunities. The CM program is 2 years and obviously has an internship opportunity which is a HUGE pro as you can imagine. Further, the CM programs lets you take a ton of CS courses and you'll probably end with around 2x times CS credits as an MEng student. Also, the cost can be alleviated somewhat via scholarship. I received a $30,000 scholarship and I know others have received up to $50,0000. So for me, since I think internship is extremely important, the CM program was a no-brainer.

I'm a little confused about enrolling in MEng CS (Ithaca) and MS Connective Media (Cornell Tech), are there any obvious pros/cons? CM is very expensive but is an amazing program. While MEng is also great, its a 9 month course and is really fast paced.

What a kind(?) and strange rejection letter! I would feel bitter if I weren't already accepted into my top-2 preference program. Now I can move on without looking back at Cornell :)

Expected as the interview was not by a POI and though not bad, wasn't great either.

BS from a relatively unknown university. 3.95/4.00 GPA. Interests: CV, ML theory. Pubs: Top conf (2nd author), top journals (3rd), avg conf (1st*2 , 2nd*1), avg journal (5th). LOR from h index: 45, 20, 10 No GRE. Work: RA intern 5 months, RA 6 months. A large number of national-level competition wins. Some international wins. Applied on 15/12/2020. No interview. Rejected on 04/03/2021 (DD/MM/YYYY). Congratulations to everyone accepted :-)

The first school who interviewed me.

Area AI/ML. 3.97 gpa, 166V, 169Q, 5.0A, math and CS dual degrees from top 20 US university, 3 years research, previous pubs, current pubs submitted, received national undergrad awards. Anyone think it's funny how AI is supposed to be encouraged this year for NSF GRFP applications, but it's almost impossible to get accepted into a grad program in AI?? People are going to get the fellowship but not be able to use it anywhere. Gotta laugh at this brutal year.

Track: Theory

Wow.... i can really dance..

3 pubs, 1 first author. Area: CV/Graphics. Strong LORs but admissions really are a game of chance

4.0 undergrad GPA, GRE 165/170/5.0 (Q/V/AW). Area: ML. Several publications but mostly in applied venues. Got into two other top 10-ish schools though so I'm happy. Question: I see "generic rejection email" mentioned on here a lot. Is there ever a non-generic rejection email? They all say the same thing—due to the high number of applications/COVID, we had to reject many qualified applicants, best future wishes, blah blah. Can you actually infer anything from these messages about how close you were?

Fook them. I have an offer from Citadel for 500k a year. No one cares.

The nicest rejection I got. Will definitely reapply next cycle :)) Love you Cornell -- even if you don't love me back

I already have a nice offer from a decent school but this really sucks. Cornell was my top choice and I always dreamt of coming here.

Bit of a strange rejection letter lol

BS in Electronics and Telecommunication, GPA: 3.0; MS in Electrical, GPA: 4.0; 3 papers and 3 submitted. Area of interest: autonomous systems, computer vision.