To the Cornell NLP acceptance below, Congratulations! for your acceptance. If you don't mind asking, Do you have publications at top tier NLP conferences? just wondering is it impossible to get accepted without prior publications?

Just face-to-face interview. I'm in Atlanta. The professor said they will begin reviewing applicants in this week and will finish on two weeks.

Official acceptance notification through e-mail. System and Networking area.

Received unofficial acceptance notification from a professor in Cornell NLP. Had an Interview early this month.

One publication (first author). POI emailed me. Area: Scientific Computing.

Official notification. Did not go to UMich for undergrad. No interview.

with POI, specifically Rina Dechter

Got an offcial acceptance notification from the univerity admission. No interviews -- guessing they consider Umich undergraduate (I did my undergrad in Umich) in a different pool.

Cryptography. No interview.

Unofficial email from a POI saying that official notification will come from Cornell soon. Area: vision/graphics. POI replied to contact before but no interview.

Received a generic letter of admission. No word of financial aid, they said it will be sent separately.

Received a generic letter of admission. No word of financial aid, they said that the info on that will follow. First school I heard from, I'm happy!

Received unofficial email from a POI that I will receive the offer very soon. Area: Theory

To the post below: yes, it's an official notification from the CIS department

To the UPenn posters below, is the notification official?