Had an interview after the coding assignment. @TTPB I think he is interviewing 20+ applicants.

Received an email regarding status update and got the admit after logging in to the portal, International student from India.

Area: NLP, 2 years relevant industry experience, 1 year RA, 3 first-author publications. Great recommendation letters. Things are very tough for international applicants from unknown universities.

Informal interview with POI after sending an email. A few days later got the offer through email by the Graduate Programs Manager and a followup email by the POI. 2 years relevant work experience in the industry, 1 in academia as RA, 2 publications (1 national, 1 international), 1 under review. Area NLP / IR / IE.

Is Berkeley done choosing EECS PhD students?

No GRE, No interview. Two workshop papers. Some research experience, not great GPA.

Got an email from the university to check the decision status on portal

TTPB : Thanks for the response

TTPB: I applied before the December 15 scholarship deadline

TTPB : To the international applicant, Congratulations on getting accepted. Did you submit your application in December or in January ?

4.0 GPA from top 10 US CS program. Internships at FAANG and undergrad research experience. No publications however.

CV. No Interview.

Excellent LORs, publication record in CVPR/KDD/etc, prior work experience

3 first author publications in {ACL, EACL, NAACL, EMNLP} and several workshop papers. Undergrad from a not highly ranked school in the US. Rejected without interview for NLP.

NLP. Rejected without interview. 1 paper at top NLP conference. (Supposedly) strong LORs.

@below Your friend got into the EECS PhD Program today?

Computer vision; rejected without interview. Scientist at FAANG company, 335+ GRE, graduated from top 10 US undergrad program, 1 paper at top CV conference. (Supposedly) decent LORs.