Might for low GPA in international students.

Interviewed with POI in late Dec. 5-year Bachelor degree. 4 first-author papers in decent journals. Just enough speaking score in the TOEFL. I thought I butchered the interview, and my GPA is mediocre (ranked among the top of my school though) but lucky enough, I passed. Just no word to describe my happiness right now.

Received an email from the director of admissions at 3:30PM PST. Hybrid visit day.

Electronics UG from IIT Kharagpur. My research is in Robotics. Had one workshop publication at ICRA, and some other papers in submission.

I saw a couple of acceptances for Cornell on gradcafe tody, so I thought I would know the decision today. However, I just got an email from a non-POI asking to do an interview.

They said in the email “ We received an extremely large number of applications and not all acceptance letters have been sent out yet”

Not interviewed. Anybody heard anything from them?

Thought I had a pretty good fit

Interviewed with top choice POI mentioned in Statement of Purpose on 2/3 (received invite on 2/1). Very positive interaction and an excellent fit overall.