Cont' below: distributed systems track.

Senior undergraduate from Harbin Institute of Technology, China. Ranked 7/29 in the Computer Science Honors Class (top 10% in the 200 students CS major), overall GPA 89.01/100. Spending my senior year at Microsoft Research Asia, 1 reference letter from group manager. One semester exchange at University of Hong Kong, GPA 4.0/4.3. No papers. 109 in TOEFL (Speaking:22).

To the poster below - General CS

From IIT. 2 LoRs from people affiliated with ETHZ.

Already have accepts from UIUC and USC. This adds on to the stack! :)

2 research experiences, 1 short paper, 2 strong LOR, many undergraduate scholarships. My direct doctorate application was unsuccessful but a MSc offer was given instead.

2 years work experience. Good grades in undergrad. Email notification. Letter to follow.

1 internship, 2 research papers (1 first author, 1 third author), 8 months of work experience in the field, 1.5 years of research experience. Got notified by email, official offer will come by post later.

Applied to Direct Doctorate program. 4.0 Computer Science GPA. No research experience. Generic rejection email with paper letter to follow.

To the poster below: No later than 15th March (they say so in the "Application Schedule" tab).

No GRE. Research experience. No internship, but projects with companies. Participation in student community and volunteering. Good marks. Good TOEFL.

I had it coming, GRE was bad... How can you get to this university?!

Had an interview for the ESOP in February and was notified that I received one on March 14.

From the field of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. Unknown university in Eastern European country. Bachelor's with GPA 3.95/4.0, Master's GPA 4.0/4.0. 2 publications, 1 international conference. Medalist of 4 national and international competitions in CS and Infrom. technology fields. 4 years of R&D computer-vision-related experience in industry. Good extracurriculars. Outstanding LORs. No GRE.

Distributed Systems Track

Expected that, but an email with no reasons it's like a punch of gratitude for an offered cigarette