TTPB: Are you alright bro? The guy below you did not say anything about a group with 70-75%. He said he has 70-75% as his overall GPA from a college. I'm not sure if I'm missing something in this story that you had to reply something of that sort. Statement 1: is there a group of admitted students. Statement 2, his profile: 70-75% gpa.

status update

*Not waitlist* , Waiting for results from UMich , its April 5th already :///

Spire changed to "Update Pending" yesterday. Got Reject today. Applied to MS/PhD

Is the online program of UT Austin (MSCo) really that competitive ? Will it be valued compared to on campus masters in some low ranked colleges in the US ?

TTPB. If you've received an admit but have decided not to attend, please decline ASAP. The application cycle has been grueling and people on the waitlist would appreciate it very much.

TTPB: Ph.D. decisions are already out. They had their candidate's day in March. At this point, it's mostly rejection. I have also applied to their Ph.D. program and haven't heard. I was holding out some hope for an MS admit, but it looks tough at this point.

TTPB: As I mentioned in the previous message, The admission process is apparently the same as last year. THey will consider MS/PhD applications for on-campus MS if qualified. Eileen directly replied today and mentioned that to me. The partial information given by them on the website caused a serious misunderstanding. Stay positive buddy, we still have a fair chance. ATB :)

Please ignore waitlist. Any idea if PhD CS decisions are out? I submitted my app on December 15, which I think was the early deadline. Are the decisions taking longer this year, on an average as compared to last?

I had mailed Eileen to ask about the changes to MS/PhD program. It seems like they still consider some qualified students to the MS program. The online and hybrid programs are just additional options. I sent a very polite mail but I hope it doesn't affect my admission decision lol. We may have overreacted out of the stress we have due to the admissions or were just alarmed due to the lack of info provided by them. Anyway, ATB to all :)

"Update Pending" on SPIRE portal. Most likely it is going to be another reject. I had applied to 6 colleges in the US this year. All of them are rejects. Competition is insane for PhD CSE. Highly disappointed. Good Luck to the other applicants though.

Extremely bad experience. Only apply if you have a strong interest in their program. The worst portal I have seen.

Ignore waitlist. TTPB: If only rejects are left, then why do they bother not sending them away. Why send only couple of rejects per day. They should rather give people waiting to hear back a sense of clarity.

Notified on SPIRE. Horrible process from start to end. Future students, don't bother. Plenty of other schools that care about applicants

No pub. first rejection from UoA. Sad for that :(( ill don't apply for UoA anymore.

Got notified via email that I am not being considered for admission. Few people got recommended for Online MS, I was not even one of them. SOP and LORs were decent but lack of research experience and papers must have been the reason.

Got in the EECS tho.

I had put this on my safe school list. Anyway, I have a great offer from a better school. Honestly, since the process is so stochastic, I don't think these rejects represent my worth or academic calibre. To those accepted elsewhere but dejected, c'mon, stop fishing for validation through more admits. Be happy with what you have!

Supposed to be my safe school. Hurts a little but I have much better offers so it should be fine. Congrats to all those who got in.