Portal initially showed "On Hold - Action Needed", they wanted my TOEFL scores. Sent them on the same day, got official notice on Mar 26 :)

UIUC MSCS

CS Bachelor's from a top IIT. 8 months working in Big Tech. No publications. Good LORs.

1.5 years of experience at Microsoft as SDE. I can understand that my GPA is quite low compared to other applicants. No research output but solid 2-3 projects in undergrad.

Was expecting this, only 3% acceptance according to email

International student with undergrad degree from the US. 2 publications (one outside of CS, one for a data science workshop), 2 years of undergrad AI research, 2.5 years of work experience as a software/machine learning engineer. Received results in email itself.

International student with undergrad degree from the US. 2 publications (one outside of CS, one for a data science workshop), 2 years of undergrad AI research, 2.5 years of work experience as a software/machine learning engineer. Received an email saying that I should check the portal, and the results were there.

TA scholarship for 5 years on the condition that working with one professor. No GRE.

Applied for a second postgraduate degree; undergraduate and first postgraduate degrees are both EE.

MSCS