I got an interview invite from the POI mentioned in my SOP. Had a chat with the professor back in September as well ! Research area: compilers

Informal Interview from POI

TOEFL-93 The graduate studies committee of our department has considered your application for admission to the graduate school for the purpose of studying for a Computer Science graduate degree. Based on their evaluation, we find that we are unable to recommend admission. Unfortunately, your TOEFL scores did not meet the needs for our graduate program. In your application you asked to be considered for financial assistance, unfortunately, we do not have any funding available for you. Although many applicants have outstanding academic records, our admissions are competitively based and limited in number. Therefore, we are often unable to accept students, even if their credentials are excellent.We appreciate your interest in Kansas State University, as well as the time and effort involved in the application process. We wish you the best in your future studies and/or career.

Email via PI I listed

Interview from PI

POI Emailed me for an informal zoom interview. ML/NLP/Computational Neuroscience

Informal 30-minute meeting with potential PI, discussed the similarities in our research interests. Asked why my research would be an improvement of what currently exists and if I am open to his projects. The second half of the interview was dedicated to questions for him.

Received an admit for the MScAC program in AI concentration. Received the interview invite on 12th December, got interviewed on 20th December. Computer Engineering graduate from India, 9.75 pointer, 324 GRE, 4 internships, 1 published IEEE paper, MITACS Scholar, 1 year of work ex as a full time Data Engineer.