Had an interview where 2 profs were present. Don't have any supervisor yet.

Had an interview previously and was unofficially confirmed admission during interview.

Fully-funded. Had an interview with a professor before applying.

No email - just portal update.

2 A*, 1 workshop, and 2 unknown papers. All are first-author. AI/ML. Strong letters. Interviewed in Jan. No GRE. No teaching experience.

Most competitive program after Stanford, Field = NLP, No interviews, They said they had 3000 applicants this year!

No interviews, but I had email communications with one of my POIs. Still, very competitive position.

Professor took an interview in November, applied in January, GRE/TOEFL waived

Applied centrally, no MS, no GRE. 1 publication, 3 years of job experience (with 1 year study gap), reputed developer and engineer.

A professor took an interview in November, applied officially in December.

PI emailed with informal offer! We had one chat pre-application. International student, no GRE, no publications (2 in progress), 2+ years research experience. Field is HCI.

PI E-mail the morning after visit

4 papers (3 1st author) very sad