TTPB: I received it at 12:50 pm PDT

congrats to those admitted. What time did you receive the notifications?

A ton of research experience and papers at top conferences (1 first author, 3 other papers). Perfect GPA at Top-5 CS school. Great SOP and Rec Letters (professors with whom I conducted research). No extracurriculars really. FAANG internship.

TTPB: To the poster below who wanted to tear someone down for being admitted -- I know rejection hurts and you may feel bitter/jealous at someone else's success, but it's not healthy for you nor for others. I hope you feel better, don't let Stanford's admission/reject define your success as an individual, and also don't let Stanford's admission of someone give you cause to put them down. Just my 2c. To those who were admitted: congrats! And best of luck on your studies and career :)

B.S. in CS from Top-5 CS school. Near perfect GPA. 1 year of research experience at a research institute, and 1.5 years at two research groups each. No publications, but a solid senior thesis. 2x internships at a FAANG and 1x at a unicorn.

TTPB (who was rejected today): Did you receive an email notification? If so, when?

Not WL. If they release the admits all at once, then I guess can only be reject if you haven't heard anything.

TTPB who is being a complete hater: it's interesting that the minority individual who got accepted listed all of their rad accomplishments, but the only thing that you focused on is the fact that they are part of a minority group. Maybe your small-minded thinking played a role in your rejection.

Rejected, heard that the class size is less than half due to covid deferrals. TTPB stop hating on people because they're an underrepresented minority. Work harder and try to become a better person

No publications, but research project experience. Top 10 CS program, 6 internships, LoR from a well-known professor in deep learning, a top-level engineer who was my mentor at an internship, and a non-CS PhD candidate who instructed one of my courses. TA for a graduate level ML course for 4 semesters, leadership positions in student government and a cultural club. 90th percentile GRE quant, 92nd percentile GRE verbal. Several scholarships during undergrad. Not sure how much this matters, but I am a member of an underrepresented minority group.

Human-Computer Interaction track. Non-CS undergrad (Economics) from an average institution. 3.6 GPA. Average GRE quant score; above average GRE verbal score. 5 years full-time work experience as a Software Engineer at Disney, Amazon and PayPal. Strong letters of rec from tech execs at well-known companies (1 CTO, 1 Tech SVP and 1 Engineering Manager).

Received the email around 1:00 PM. Applied previously but didn't get in -- today feels like a dream. Multiple years of work experience at a FAANG, undergrad in Canada.

Debating between here, Harvard CSE, and Columbia CS

I think Stanford does release a wave of admits first and then rejects based on previous years posts on gradcafe.

Does anyone know if Stanford sends out admits and rejects separately? I've not received any update yet. I assume that means I'm rejected

Can we please stop with the fake posts.....

1 published paper in top ML conference. Strong academics/GRE. Strong LOR all from industry contacts (~7 years work experience). I think what helped the most, however, was an unusual SOP. My background is doing software in public sector/nonprofit. Long-term goal is to improve government. Lots of extracurrics that show this (i.e. serving on city committees). My SOP about my public sector goals may have been unusual compared to most applicants.

The posts below are highly dubious, considering they were posted on 3/19 and it is still 6am on 3/19 on the west coast.

Are these decisions legit?