I just want to say, don't listen to the admission office. He's there to discourage you. I called the CS admission office asking about the paper works and he said "our admission process is very selective, your chance of getting in is very low" He kept saying that 3-4 times, even though I didn't ask him about my chance. I have a low GRE score, but my grade is very high (almost the top 5% of my class) and my work experience is related to their research. The professor that wrote me a letter of rec has some close contact with ETH professors too. Maybe that helped me get in. I'm from the US btw.

Among best french engineering schools for CS (top 1-5). Top 10% with GPA rankings. 1 very very strong LoR, 1 classic LoR. I think very strong SoP. No research internship, although nobody in France has one at this stage. Some research projects.

Shengyang

BSc from ETHZ, 2 LoR from ETHZ Professors, Strong (?) SoP, 1 Internship, 2 Jobs as Research Assistant, No ESOP, No GRE

avg German uni, top 5%

International, no GRE

From young European university (QS 200-300). Quantum related summer school and RA job.

From Politecnico di Milano. Gotta see whether I should attend epfl with efellow or eth

Email to check portal. Received ESOP.

RWTH Aachen University, top 5%. Internship at medium-sized company and research internship that started after application. Strong LoRs from thesis supervisors. No GRE.

BS in CS at a reputed Asian university (GPA 4.05/4.3). 2 research exp + 1 top conference paper (1st author), 2 SWE internship at global firm, currently a full time SWE for 2.5 years. Also accepted by EPFL. Can't believe I get in!! But as I recv another offer with tuition waiver + living expence from TU Delft, it's hard to make the decision Q__Q Good luck for thos who are still waiting!!

Received an acceptance from Electrical Engineering and Information Technology field with a specialization in Computers and Networks.

6 published papers (1 in review), 3.5Yr research exp. 3 Hardware internships. Currently a full time Hardware engineer.

1.2/1.0 GPA from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (approx. top 4%) in Germany. 1 R&D Internship at an Automotive company, 1 Part-time job in industry, 3 teaching assistant positions, 1 exchange semester at a no-name uni in Ireland, a scholarship from German Academic Scholarship foundation and extracurricular activity in a student society. SoP was decent but nothing extraordinary. 1 LoR from Lecturer in Ireland, 1 from supervisor during TA and 1 from head of the student society. No publications and no research experience.

Non-EU, 1.2/1.0 from TU Berlin, at least one good letter of recommendation, relevant work experience as student RA, no publications at the time of applying, ESOP requested. Rejected at EPFL though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Good luck to everybody who is still waiting!