Fully Funded offer. Thesis program. Had 1.5 YoE RA experience and 2 papers in Low-Mid-tier venues.

Rejected from MSCS accepted in MEng

BSc and MSc in computer engineering (top of my country but developing country), one first author publication in a good venue, 9-month research internship at the Max Planck institute (informatics). Waitlist status is no longer valid, I got shortlisted but got no interviews. I believe I chose wrong groups/supervisors.

Received mail from CS dept. about acceptance. Official Offer letter will be sent by the Office of Graduate and Professional Admissions soon. Track - Software Engineering and Machine Learning. Undergrad from Jadavpur University (Tier-1 institute in India) (Gold Medalist, 2021), M.Tech (2021-2023) from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru (India's top research institute). 1 Publication - ML domain.

Received an email which mentioned there was an update in my application.

Received an email asking me to check the USC portal where a decision had been posted.

Tier 3 college. 3 internships. 2 research papers in local conferences that publish to IEEE explore. Rejected from MS not under consideration for MEng.

Interview with PI -> acceptance email from the PI -> the official email to check the system.

"Congratulations! On behalf of the INI Admissions Committee, I am pleased to inform you of your admission into the Information Networking Institute (INI)'s MS in Information Networking - Advanced Study for the Fall 2023 term. Please use this time between now and the deposit deadline on April 15th to research your program and make an informed decision. We encourage you to reach out to us with any questions and participate in our admitted student events. " They also have a weird incentive to accept early "For students who are ready to make their enrollment decision NOW and submit the online decision notification form by April 1st, we will offer you $500 toward your tuition at the start of the Fall semester. This is separate from any INI funding offers you might receive. All students will receive INI funding notification in early March."

Email to notify that I was admitted and that I will receive a certificate of offer soon, along with details about a fully funded scholarship. Happy about the acceptance but I won't be able to attend unfortunately.

Interviewed by PoI 2 weeks ago. Received offer with GRA + full tuition waived.

1 ML research from NYU. 1 linear programming research from UC Berkeley. 1 start-up internship. Several course-level projects.