Never even received an email, I happened to see it when opening the portal in the morning.

Was heavily involved in ICPC

MSc CS (Thesis)

10+ publication Interned at McGill + 3 more places Work Ex : 1yr data scientist

CGPA: 3.63/4.00; 2x publications at mid-tier IEEE conferences (on LLMs, Multi-Agent Systems, Agentic AI); 1x Q1 journal paper under review No GRE, TOEFL: 91/120 No funding offered — will have to decline if no RA/TA position is available. Research-oriented profile. Originally applied for a direct PhD and was interviewed for one, but ended up receiving an admit to the Masters in Computer Science (MCS) program, which isn’t even thesis-based. Somehow, the committee believes MCS is a good fit... hmm.

4.0 at state school. 3 research labs, 1 first author, 2 internships. 1 LOR from alum. Plan to accept.

B.S.E.E. at Kennesaw State University GRE not taken due to being optional (and they say don't submit a score if it's optional) Applied at the last second. Waited so long I had to submit before my references even had anything turned in. Did have a bit of research experience as part of senior project.

UCSC 4+1 CS MSE. Current UCSC undergrad and only 1 LOR required.