Ignore waitlist. just got the following email from coordinator. sharing this info because many applicants are getting depressed about the admission decision: Good afternoon, Many of you have emailed me regarding your status to our PhD program. At this time, faculty have not chosen your application for admission. They are still reviewing applications and will hopefully finalize their decisions soon. As soon as they complete their reviews, I will email you all regarding the final decisions. Thank you for your patience....

Longshot school

American citizen but did my undergraduate from India.

Computer Engineering at an average Italian university (University of Florence) Concurrent full-time programming school (École 42 Firenze), where I was the first to complete the Common Core curriculum (many personal projects) Research experience with a preprint on arXiv Startup member (AI) Other experiences (course representative, piano teacher, etc.) and small prizes/hackathons

for the Chicago campus (MCS degree)

1 year research experience at a highly prestigous institution, 1 submitted paper for an A* conference, 2 strong LORs

So happy. Got an email to check the portal.