Thank you for your application to the Computer Science department's graduate program at the University of Texas at Austin. We appreciate your interest in our PhD program. Today we are writing to inform you that our PhD admissions decisions have been made and the applicants we are recommending for PhD admission have been notified. Admission to our program is very competitive and we have many good applicants; unfortunately, we have to limit the number of students we admit. At this time, we do not anticipate recommending anyone else for admission to the CS PhD graduate program for Fall 2016. If for any reason that changes we will contact you. If you applied for "PhD or Masters" then you will hear from us again around the end of March / beginning of April regarding your Masters application. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors and thank you for considering our PhD program. Best Regards, Computer Science Graduate Office

Rejected or wait listed or whatever ... received the same email as mentioned below.

I received the same email as those mentioned by previous posters. Yah you could call it a soft let down instead of a cold denial. But what does that matter, eh? Also, does this email really mean waitlist :P

From the email received: "Today we are writing to inform you that our PhD admissions decisions have been made and the applicants we are recommending for PhD admission have been notified. Admission to our program is very competitive and we have many good applicants; unfortunately, we have to limit the number of students we admit. At this time, we do not anticipate recommending anyone else for admission to the CS PhD graduate program for Fall 2016. If for any reason that changes we will contact you."

Fuck you Austin !!!!!!!

To the reject posters below: Did the mail say admission denied or was a soft refusal as pointed out by someone else? Thanks

Rejected. To the below poster... specifically what did they told you?. How do you know you are in a waiting list?. They told me this: Admission to our program is very competitive and we have many good applicants; unfortunately, we have to limit the number of students we admit. At this time, we do not anticipate recommending anyone else for admission to the CS PhD graduate program for Fall 2016. If for any reason that changes we will contact you. Can I assume that I am in a waiting list?.

2 publications at 1st tier CV conferences (first author)

Did not have an interview neither received an answer from a professor who I tried to contact in advance. However, got accepted and this professor was mentioned as a temporary advisor in the accepting letter.

Said they'll contact me if anything changes.

Woo! standard rejection email all day!!!!

Got an email to check the website. First rejection, I really like to work in kumar lab :(

First Accepted, but no aid guaranteed...