Got an email, no interview

MEng Full-Extended Program w/ Robotics emphasis, 3.7 as last two years GPA

Accepted to MEng. in MIE

2 first author, 2 second author submitted articles to international journals. My background was not strongly aligned with Profs in the program, but I had interest. I got a generic rejection letter. No interview.

Research experience at Harvard and Stanford.

2 years of research in my school, 3 summer research experiences, and 1 paper.

Formal interview 2 weeks ago. Generic rejection from the website.

Expected coz I did not get an interview

Interviewed back in January with two professors who said that my application was "extremely impressive". The rejection letter was generic and very short. The impression I get is that since the school is so flush with highly-qualified applicants they can afford to only admit students with research interests that closely match a professor. Disappointing, but we move on.

No GRE