An email asked me to check portal for decision. Wouldn't have joined Duke University anyways. Got a far better offer.

TTPB: I received my admit to USC MS EE VLSI Design approx. 2 weeks ago. They are still rolling out admits.

Did they send out rejects also?

Expected rejection! Like their EMAIL, wish you guys much continued success in all of your academic and professional endeavors. Most importantly, wish you guys good health and hope that you remain safe from the Corona-19 virus.

TTPB: I agree. I was one of the people who emailed asking for a status update. I got rejected but it had nothing to do with my email. I obviously knew I was getting rejected (since its march 18th), but just wanted to be sure so I could commit to a different school (still waiting on others xD). Literally everyone today that got an email got rejected, so they clearly knew the status of me (and many others). I totally agree this lack of transparency is cruel. If they knew they were going to reject me they should have let me know right away, not make me wait. Same with all schools. You should not have to wait until like April.

Generic rejection email (copy paste), it was expected ofc. I think I had a strong case, but I think that they look at your university status before anything. The one thing that bothered me is that a lot of people asked about their status for the past two weeks and no answer was given to them (they were already rejected) I think it is cruel to make people wait for rejection with small hope, they should have told us as soon as they made up their mind which was obviously a while back.

4 years of post-BSc research experience with 4 Journals and 2 Conference Publications, all IEEE. Dear XXX: We are very sorry to inform you that we are unable to admit you into our PhD program for 2021. As you may have anticipated, we receive hundreds of excellent applications such as yours, but yet we are only able to admit a limited number. We know this decision is a disappointment. However, we are confident that you have other wonderful options for your graduate education. We wish you much continued success in all of your academic and professional endeavors. Most importantly, we wish you good health and hope that you remain safe from the Corona-19 virus.

"We are very sorry to inform you that we are unable to admit you into our PhD program for 2021." Didn't expect admission to be honest.

Completely expected!

As expected, a failure fails everyday

So happy that the waiting is finally over. Hope to receive the result from Caltech soon, hopefully today.

Interview in January, but nothing since then. At least the wait is finally over :)

got an email about status update, found the acceptance letter on the portal. 3 international journal papers, 9.4 cgpa, EEE undergrad from BITS Pilani, India.

Backend VLSI/CAD

Interviewed in late January. Got admitted in computer engineering.

Ignore Waitlist. TTPB do you mind sharing your profile? Also, has any international student heard back yet?