GPA 1.02/1.0 - BSc from University of Technology in Austria - 1 strong and 1 exceptional LoR - teaching experience

Notified via mail that my application is no longer under consideration for CS, and I can switch to Information Science or Telecommunications. Surprising decision, but applying late might have hampered my chances.

MCS. Undergrad from a tier 2 college(Vit/manipal/srm). 4 internships. 1 review paper. 0 work experience.

No name startup internship, 1 yr undergraduate research experience (no publications). Had to check portal to see rejection.

BS pure math from HK, 1 exchange 1 research no paper, rejected without interview

Please decline your offer, if you do not want to study at Utah. I am in wait list since the interview.

Interviewed twice with the PI, still rejected.

2 summer research @ Purdue and MSU, 1 co-first author @ AAAI, 1 co-author @ Computer Games conference (ACG). Undergrad from a top 60 LAC. Rejected from Stanford, UIUC, UC Berkeley (damn this year is so tough). No GRE.

One professor invited me to join his lab but my research interests did not align with the lab so I declined.

2 Internships, 1.5 years of work ex. as an SWE and 3x research papers (1x Journal, 2x Conferences) from a Tier-II Indian University. Received an unofficial rejection mail from the Comp. Sci. Graduate Admissions Committee after I enquired about the status of my application.