9.15+ GPA at the time of application from a top IIT. Wanted to really attend this uni, and I think I had a very strong background to succeed here. Looks like the admission committee could not be convinced for whatever reason but I am convinced that I will be a great computer scientist one day.

Applied to DD rejected from Msc and DD both I don't know what they wanted from me from top 10 colleges in India 8.9/10, Two research internships with DRDO and ISRO, Worked as a UG Research scholar for over 2 years 4 Published research papers in area to which I applied too [One in Nature Yes Nature other in springer IEEE and Wiley] and two were under review already have 10 citations Extraordinary LOR's Maybe they wanted Nobel prize winners, Anyway I was going to reject because I would have to do master's with 5/6 to transfer to PhD from masters in DD program, I got accepted in Chinese Academy of Science PHD

9.2/10 , IIT P , 1 paper , 2 year exp MNC

Undergrad at IIT Kharagpur, no publications

9.1+/10 GPA; EU student; 1 exchange year at a top 15 university in the U.S.; 1 ongoing RA; 1 ongoing internship; 1 completed 6-month internship; 1 completed startup experience; no pub

from italian university, exchange program, some extracurriculars

From a top-tier university in Asia. GPA: 4.26/4.3.

Applied for DD, accepted for MSc. 3 first-author pubs, 1 second author pub. TA experience at my home university, RA experience at 2 nice abroad universities. Worked as an IT consultant during my undergrad most of the time.

Applied for direct doctorate, rejected for both dd and msc