International applicant. Full funding (four years) with a fellowship (only for the first year). Was rejected last year (also in UBC). Have two masters (Public Affairs from USA and Development Studies from my home country), one publication and one conference paper.

Received an offer on Feb. 3 of 18,500 Canadian dollars per year (~14,000 USD). Less than half of what I've been offered elsewhere in terms of stipend. They needed an answer by Feb. 5, so I declined.

TTPB: People that got admitted into UofT's Ph.D. CS program: Did you guys applied for the Ph.D.-Direct option or did you hold a master's degree beforehand? Also, what did it say under "Application Status" in the departmental form before it changes to "Accepted" or something like that? Was it "Complete" or was it something else? Finally, the person admitted into Theory track, congratulations!, can you please mention your PoI name? Initials would work :)) Thank you so much!

TTPB: For those who got acceptance from UofT, did you get the official letter or just confirmation from your POI. I have done the interview with POI, and he said he would recommend me to the committees, and the committee will make the final decision. I am wondering is this like a soft rejection? As from previous post, it seems that prof can make the final decision not the committees. Thank you!!

One of my top choices, so I'm just happy they consider me qualified straight out of undergrad! Hopefully a spot opens up for me in the coming weeks.

Theory

Had an interview with my favorite POI. After the interview, told me in an Email he would ask the admission committee to give an offer to me.

Had 3 interviews throughout Jan. with 3 of the professors listed in my application. Haven't heard back from any of them so far. One prof told me that first round admits come out from mid-Jan to mid-Feb

Does anyone get some face back from UT after interview with POI? Thanks!

Canadian student. Received an automated email to check the SGS website. There was a link to a decision document. No information about scholarship. 4 weeks to make a decision.

To the poster below, are you a Canadian citizen or permanent resident or international?

Comes with an acceptance to the subsequent PhD program, conditional on finishing the Masters with an A- average.

MScAC. UW mechatronics undergrad, no previous research experience, no papers, just co-ops and an interest in RL/machine vision.

Received an email on January 30 requesting an interview for January 31.

welp