Got accepted in the Digital Arts concentration. No interview. No GRE, GMAT, or IELTS and a 50% tuition scholarship. Received an email to check the portal

Gen-ai track. Toefl 102. 2.13 email notification (maybe pass the committee) - 2.17 poi interview - 2.27 offer

cv/cg track. Toefl 102. One preprint paper (joint-first author)

Interview in early Feb. No GRE. Received rejection letter last week.

I am a master's student in another department and have a long-standing working relationship with the professor who will serve as my advisor (TA 3x + research collaborator). Sub-field is computer vision/multimodal AI.

Interviewed in early Feburary.

Masters already done and GPA in Masters was 3.6

GRE not submitted

Canadian student, undergrad from a different university

Tier-1 (IIT) non-CS, FAANG 1.5YOE, competitive dev projects + multiple open-source programme participation + leadership position at clubs during undergrad