Rejected without an interview. Here is the email: Today we are writing to inform you that our PhD admissions decisions have been made and the applicants we have selected for admission to the PhD program have been notified. Admission to our program is very competitive, and we received many good applications; unfortunately, we have to limit the number of students we admit. At this time, we do not anticipate extending further offers of admission to the CS PhD graduate program for Fall 2021. If for any reason that changes, we will contact you. If you applied for "PhD or Masters" then you will hear from us again around the end of March / beginning of April regarding your Masters application.

Profile: International (Developing Nation) CGPA: 3.68 / 4.0 GRE: N/A IELTS: 7.5 (R: 8, L: 8, S: 8, W: 6.5) 3 Conference Papers (1 Top-Tier: Related to Computational Robotics, 1 Mid-Tier: Related to Classic AI, 1 Average: Related to Computational Fluid Dynamics) Total Research Experience 2.5+ years Total Work Experience: 2+ years 2 Strong LORs, 1 Moderately Strong LOR Highly Focused SOP Message Received From UT: "... Admission to our program is very competitive, and we received many good applications; unfortunately, we have to limit the number of students we admit. At this time, we do not anticipate extending further offers of admission to the CS PhD graduate program for Fall 2021. If for any reason that changes, we will contact you. ..."

AI/ML. BSc (bad GPA) and MSc (good GPA) from international, unknown uni. 2 first-author top-tier publications + 1 unrelated publication. 4x excellent LORs, 2 of them from well-known profs. POI reached out and asked me to apply.

No interview

Research area: Theory. Two papers in B/C rated conference. Was interviewed by adcom member in Jan. Don't know if my interview contributed to the rejection.

Expected. Undergrad isn't CS but did double major. CS-only GPA is probably a little below 3.0 actually. MSCS GPA is 3.9/4.0. Two publications: one as 3/4 authors in IJCAI and one as 2/8 authors in EMNLP workshop. Even if this year's application pool wasn't as competitive my profile probably isn't strong enough for acceptance. Planning to strengthen it and apply again in the future.

Guys whoever gets accepted or rejected please do write their profile, it will help get closure and understand the admission process better. CGPA, Work EX, Research Ex., Research paper, Journal international or not, extracurricular activity, social service etc.

1 top-tier ML conference paper, 1 top-tier journal paper in intelligent transportations, 1 strong LoR, 2 good LoR (one of whom has personal connections with one of the professors I wrote on my SoP), 2.5 years work exp.

4.0 GPA undergrad, 4.0 MSc GPA in AI. Fantastic LORS. 19/20 ML MSc project. No publications. No interview, no communication, just rejection :)

NLP. Interviewed.

ML theory, 3.72 GPA, 2 publications under review

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Email still left the door open for them giving an admission offer "At this time, we do not anticipate extending further offers of admission to the CS PhD graduate program for Fall 2021. If for any reason that changes, we will contact you".

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Rejected from UT, UW, and CMU but accepted into Stanford! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think with this admissions cycle due to all the applicants there will be a lot more variance in where we get accepted or rejected to.

TTPB who mentioned an email from the department: I received the same email. I am not sure if it means rejected or waitlisted.

applied for ml theory. 2 first author papers in optimization/ml, 9/10 gpa, no gre. disappointed