0 YOE, 1 TA, 1 research project with a poster presentation

0 YOE, 1 TA, 1 research project with a poster presentation.

2 Interviews, one unofficial offer in 26 Jan

Awarded President’s Fellowship

Information Science undergrad @ R1 state university. No GRE scores. No research experience. 2 summer internships. 5 months of remote work for a fintech company. Decent recommendation letters and SOP. Only 2 portfolio projects. Received an email @ 1am that a decision was made

MCDS 2 first-author pubs 2 y exp as DS 4 hackathons winner

Top10 US University

CS Track, NLP Focus 10 mins interview 2 weeks ago

Was one of the ambitious colleges so did not have high expectations. Got rejected from Waterloo as well. So pretty worried now, hope I get into some decent college. Waiting for San Diego since people are posting results for this in forum.

T20 Undergrad, 1 year of research (no pubs, paper in the works), 2 years of TAing, one ML startup work exp