Got an email ~ 12:30 AM EST about my update, was not expecting this LOL Application: no GRE, good essays, 3 internships, a little research, relevant clubs, and a whole ton of luck

Reject without interviews. 2+ first-author conf papers.

One A* conference paper as a first author, had preliminaries with POI.

Berkeley Undergrad in MechE, with 3.29 GPA, 5 YoE in Tech as a robotics engineer in the Bay Area

Berkeley Undergrad in MechE, with 3.29 GPA, 5 YoE in Tech as a robotics engineer in the Bay Area.

Berkeley Undergrad in MechE, with 3.29 GPA, 5 YoE in Tech as a robotics engineer in the Bay Area; Applied to their Ph.D but offered a M.S in MechE - Human Computer Interaction. Not taking the offer lol applied to Tufts for fun with a copy/paste of my SoP for Princeton PhD. (International student on F-1)

Have a master's with a 3.85. Was interviewed on 04/03 (Got a call the week before requesting the interview).

Have a master's with a 3.85 GPA and was not interviewed.

It has been almost a month. Has anyone received any updates regarding the waitlist?

Received the email, but the portal status has not changed yet.

Strong leadership in extracurriculars, no research published, work experience and research experience in nanofabrication, senior capstone focused on computer architecture; area of interest: Computer Systems - Hardware Systems

I think contacting the professor in advance is more important.

No GRE, no research experience. 2 SWE internships and 2.5 yoe as a full-time SWE.

9.15+ GPA at the time of application from a top IIT. Wanted to really attend this uni, and I think I had a very strong background to succeed here. Looks like the admission committee could not be convinced for whatever reason but I am convinced that I will be a great computer scientist one day.