6 published papers (1 in review), 3.5Yr research exp. 3 Hardware internships. Currently a full time Hardware engineer.

MEng ECE. Non co-op. No GRE. IELTS 7.5

I CAN'T BELIEVE I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS THIS FOR REAL AM I DREAMING OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE IT I GOT IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Top Canadian school. 3x summers of research in nanophotonics/plasmonics/electromagnetics. 1x industry internship at well-known semiconductor company. 1x strong LoR, 2x half-decent ones. Firmware/electrical experience through design team throughout undergrad. I got rejected from ETH quantum engineering, ETH computational science, and EPFL electrical engineering. Glad I made it here. I think I had a really strong statement, cuz my GPA is definitely on the lower side of the admitted people.

Did my undergraduate in a random no-name non-European university. Two publications in high-ranking journals. Two strong recommendation letters for which one of the professors did his undergraduate in ETH.

3 Industry Internships, 2 Research Internships (no Publication), 2 TA Positions, Top 5% from an average European university, good extracurricular activities, 1 LoR from well known Prof who has collaborations with ETH Profs, 1 LoR from the Dean of my study program I was missing prerequisites in physics and maths ( nearly 30KP) but got accepted without additional requirements Also got accepted at EPFL, will probably go to ETH though

Ignore WL. Still haven't heard anything from UCSB, does that mean rejection already?

Part-time distance program, Circuits focus

undergrad - iitkgp, masters - usc, publications, work-ex

Interviewed in January.

Didnt give GRE. Have 1.5 years of working experience at time of application. All my internship experiences are at startups.