Interview with prof stated in SOP

MSCS(DS) track; applied at 3/12/2022; CGPA: 9.7; TOEFL: 104; 2 research papers; exp: 1.5 years in ML/AI(internships); 4 great open source ML projects; 4 good-great LoRs; pretty good technical SoP focusing on multimodal fusion & geometric deep learning;

MSCS(AI) track; applied at 3/12/2022; CGPA: 9.7; TOEFL: 104; 2 research papers; exp: 1.5 years in ML/AI(internships); 4 great open source ML projects; 4 good-great LoRs; pretty good technical SoP focusing on multimodal fusion & geometric deep learning;

Applied on Dec 15, admitted to the MS in Artificial Intelligence program today. Got an email today saying decision letter is available with link to the portal, letter dated Jan 18. International student, doing my undergrad at a US university. GPA 3.865, TOEFL 118, didn't submit GRE. No previous industry internship but a few undergrad research experiences plus one conference paper, stated in my SoP that I want to pursue research. 2 LoRs from profs who supervised/mentored my research.

Two POIs reached out to schedule a Zoom meeting

The POI mentioned in my PS contacted me throught wechat.

No word on Funding yet.

Received an email from POI for an interview

I had mailed the PI, got a reply that he wanted to talk.

connected by a prof not mentioned in the application

Surprised by the early admit!! Thanks to this, I was able to save some application fee for other universities. 2 research papers (co-author), 1st award in AI project competition.