Bachelor in a top 50 university. 2+ years of research experience

First class degree from UK, no research experience

Bachelor in Economics and CS from best university in Italy for Econ. 2 internship experiences, one of them in FAANG. Got rejected from Ms in DS.

"Our faculty were impressed by your research, writing, and credentials. The size of our program is limited, and we are able to admit only a few students per year. We regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you admission this year. "

Got an email form the admission team mentioned that "The size of our program is limited, and we are able to admit only a few students per year. We regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you admission this year." It's not the end Keep going!

One data science internship and good extracurriculars. Rejected from MSc Data Science.

One data science internship, good extracurriculars. Rejected from MSc Data Science.

From one of the top university in India (IIT Guwahati), 1.5 year research experience, top of the class

NL bachelor math 8.1/10, 1 co-author unpublished paper. no other experience. really surprised by the results. Good luck everyone.

Great LoR, TA jobs, no research, uni ranking around 150, IELTS 8.5

Chinese applicant with a (still ongoing) Chinese bachelor's in computer science. GRE not required & not submitted. 1-year-long research experience at an EPF Lausanne lab. 1 first-author conference pub & several non-first-author pubs. Probably decent LoRs. eApply status: decided - ESOP requested.

From a not so well ranked uni (qs 500) but top of the class. No research experience.