(Ignore the waitlist) Did anyone apply to the MS/PhD program? There is no update on my application page. I believe that's a rejection.

Thought I had a good chance after getting into the programs at USC and Columbia, but its all good. Good luck to everyone!

TTPB: Is there anyone who knows what "recommended for admission" means? What is the difference between that and just normal admission?

TTPB: (I think we'd better move our discussion to the forum) My guess is: works in universities are just not that well managed as we thought. The director of admission might have told the person to "send those rejection next week plz", and he/she might just decided to take another 2 days off and pretend haven't seen that. Or, a professor who was asked to make a decision was just busy writing papers and keeps forgetting about it. In short conclusion, it's really the least important thing for them to send a rejection letter to a already rejected student...

TTPB: I agree with you, we are competing for a small number of spots. However I'm a bit confused because I was neither rejected nor waitlisted yet, whereas some people were already rejected or informed of waitlist. Why do you think some students weren't put on a waitlist even though it's likely we are competing for the spots that other students deny?

TTPB: Still waiting here. Well I think we need to have a reasonable expectation. At this point the thing is pretty obvious: we are basically waiting for admitted students' rejection to get into. Who will reject a PhD offer from Berkeley? Most likely it's someone who has better offer at schools like MIT or Caltech. Since those schools are more selective than Berkeley, it's natural that only a very small portion of the admitted students will do that decision - plus, there are tons of people like you and I are competing for this small opening. Anyway... good luck to all people out there still waiting!

Anyone still waiting on decisions?

I still did not hear anything from TAMU. Neither did I have an interview. Are there any acceptances yet to come or is it too late now?

Got interviewed at early January. I have already accepted another school. I was going to reject CMU anyways.

Applied to the PhD program. Accepted to the M.S.

Looks like a lot of waitlisted results are out. Most probably it will be a rejection for me.

Admission office mailed the UIN. Created netID and waited 24 hours just to see the rejection. A simple email would have sufficed.

Did not receive any funding till now. Are they going to release funding decisions at once or is this some kind of soft rejection for me? Does anyone have any update from the department?

Math major who took some engineering courses. Combination of good grades in Math/Physics/Engineering Courses and good LOR from my engineering dept probably helped most.

TTPB: They did the same last year. They put all of the applicants on the waiting list to reject them later on 30th April/1st May, LOL.

Applied to the CMU-MPI joint Ph.D. program. Got notified today of being placed on the waitlist today. Note: "Applicants on the waiting list are not ranked. The final decision will be based on the information in your current application. We are unable to consider additional information in support of your application. If you have been admitted to another university and have an enrollment deadline prior to April 30, we encourage you to enroll in that program."

"After careful consideration of your PhD application for Fall 2021, we have decided to place you on the waiting list for admission." Surprised it was not a full on rejection when I saw the first line! Tbh very unexpected but gives me hope from this killer application cycle, not sure if I will get off the WL though. They said notification on status by April 30th

Professional MS in Mechanical Engineering (non-thesis), submitted app a few days before deadline of 2/15/21.