This year GRE scores were optional, so those who didnt submit gre scores have any disadvantage?

TTPB: last year I got rejection on 6th feb. So it is not entirely true that, they will send rejection at the end.

POI gave an unofficial acceptance. Have one acm sigcomm ccr paper and one is currently submitted at usenix atc

when can we expect the admission decision for PhD CS

TTPB who got rejected: It seems odd getting a rejection at this point. Most of the programs send rejections after all the acceptances have been sent. So I would expect rejections in early/mid-March.

TTPB, it seems strange given the profile. However, I suppose admission depends on multiple factors - is it a top 5/7 IIT or the newer ones, was your branch CS, are the publications at good places and/or first-authored, were GRE scores high... If all of these factors are in your favor then I suppose you would anyways get an admit at a "better" place.

Are they taking Indians? I got rejected coming from a top IIT with a 9.8 GPA with 3 papers. Wth?

TTPB: Most universities send acceptance in batches. Top universities like Berkeley, MIT, etc., in past, usually have only one batch. If you miss out on that batch, chances are pretty low to get an acceptance.

What's this about people saying if you haven't heard back you are rejected? Is this real, or just a bunch of people worrying? Same question regarding MIT and Stanford. First time on this website.

TTPB: yeah, it's one of the unsolved mysteries. I think it is because schools want to make sure of not sending additional acceptance. If schools are looking in this site "JUST SEND THE REJECTIONS!" and make our mind in ease. IF for some reason you want to accept someone you reject absolutely NO ONE is going to complain if you revolt your rejection.

Well, that is unfortunate... is there a reason why the rejection emails come with a delay?

EECS PhD offers are all sent out. Berkeley does not have a waitlist. If you didn't receive anything, your formal rejection email is on the way.

[TTPB] : Had a strong interview too, but didn't receive anything yesterday. I spoke to my POI, and while he didn't have access to the full details himself (about adcom's decisions), he mentioned it's likely to be bad news if we haven't received anything yet. If anyone has more concrete info, by all means share. Otherwise, rejected after interview - Exhibit A. F in the chat.

TTPB: Oxford - VGG Could you share when you applied and your profile ? (also do you apply to cs or engineering science ? )

Are the Berkeley admits coming all at the same time? Area: CV, has a pretty good interview, interviewer said decision would come out in March (but the person wasn't on the committee). If I don't get an email today (haven't got one yet), does that mean reject?

Interview with VGG group.

Area: Data Management, No GRE, International Student, Had an interview with 3 weeks ago, Related work experience

Weak Pub, 9+ GPA, Old IIT

I have no idea if admissions are rolling or not. It seems like they gave out acceptances on both the 2nd and the 3rd, though, so it doesn't look like they're supposed to all come out at the same time.