Was rejected from PSU-Park, and was forwarded to PSU.hbg from Park. Does anyone know how is the hbg.psu CS program ranked against that of PSU-Park, which is 28th ?

No interview; $21, 520 per year (RA)

I talked with a professor there who told me that I was on a "likely to admit" list.

ms gpa 3.75 from case western reserve uni.

From a top 10 undergrad school, but UPenn AI is top notch as advised by my profs. Decision made within 2 days of me completing the application. What can I say? Marvelous efficiency!!!

as expected..

UW-Madison triple majors in CS, Math, and Stats graduated in three years

I had to call the Graduate Director, he was very polite in his rejection. University of South Carolina made no effort to contact me regarding their decision.

2 professor development happened last week of May, one said he has no funding, so discussed thesis-based master's option, the other took his sweet time to schedule a call and finally got on a call on June 10th, stating his interest to hire me as a PhD student in his lab and offering TA. He gave me a task to write a summary on one of his projects, while working on it, on the same day, i received a reject. I have filed for appeal. Please suggest what more I can do.