No GRE. US top 30 undergrad. 3.97/4.0 GPA. 2 significant research experiences. No publications. 2 Strong LORs 1 mid LOR. very strong SoP. 1yr work experience at MNC during school year.

Portal also changed on 2/15. The paragraph containing "Your application has been submitted and sent to the department for review" has disappeared. Let's see what happens!

Heard back quickly

Got an email from the department saying I got in after a PI gave me a heads up the week before

The UCSD portal changed to show admitted students' information last night, and the official letter was updated this morning. I applied to many more MS CS, so I hope they'll all get back soon.

My undergrad major was in Electrical

Received notification to check portal

This year we received a large number of applications from outstanding candidates, and we are in the unfortunate situation of having many more qualified applicants than we have spaces in our program. Therefore, even though your credentials are very strong, we regret that we are unable to offer you admission

Email to check portal

Portal changed today, 2/15. Not sure at what time, but I checked yesterday and it looked different. It was previously 2 diff paragraphs with "Your application has been submitted and sent to the department for review. Applications will be reviewed after the deadline...." but now it is just that it has been submitted and under review. Anyone also have these changes and know what it means?

Area of research: Programming Synthesis. I did my masters at USC, where I have been doing research on the area for a year. I participated at the OOPSLA (too conference in PL) Student Research Competition. I went to give a talk at UCSD last semester presenting my research and my oaoer

PI reached out in Jan, discussing medical image analysis using ML & Computer Vision. 3.38 GPA during Research-based master's focusing on Computer Vision. Official letter from school 2/15.