Finally got the email to check the status after refreshing for whole day :-) Strong SOP (verified with my seniors and teachers) Three strong LOR from international professors and two conference papers. Super EXCITED :-) :-)

Wow..I did not except this! 3rd Tier Uni in India, no research papers & one internship at a fintech startup.

3 research paper. 2 great project. 4 internship (1 @ FAANG). thought this was safe college. really disappointed!!!

UK Home Applicant

CS undergrad from a state school, 0 publications, had 1 research project (not really research but it was a project), First GRE: 162Q 150V 5.0AW, Second GRE: 159Q 157V 5.5AW. Just realized how expensive this is gonna be.

Not CS student

No interview, expected

rank 1st as undergraduate, MS in mathematics. 8 papers accepted to neurips, icml, iclr or jmlr and some arxiv preprints where 6 of them are (co)first-authored. No interview and standard rejection notice.

Masters from India GPA 3.78, UG 3.9 Used IEE evaluation

two coauthor papers, one award in AI competition

Got rejected for MS in CS but was offered admission for MEng in CS at North Virginia Campus

Research in lab as undergraduate. MS in CS, concentration in AI. Research in three different labs during my MS with a MS thesis. TA'd two classes. Three strong letters of recommendation.

1 first-authored EMNLP paper, 2 ArXiv preprints. Research internships in industry & universities, one of them at MSR.

Undergrad university. 2 years research experience. No pubs but working on senior thesis. 3 strong letters from research advisors.

Email telling me to check portal; standard rejection notice