Thank you for your interest in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School and for effort you have invested in your application. After careful review, we regret to inform you we are unable to offer you admission to the Electrical and Computer Engineering PHD program for Fall 2026. We received many highly qualified applications this year, and the selection process was extremely competitive. While we are unable to offer you admission, we want to express our appreciation for your efforts and commitment to pursuing advanced studies. Please note that due to the volume of applications, we are unable to provide individual feedback on applications. We encourage you to continue your academic and professional pursuits, and we wish you the very best in your future endeavors. No interview = cooked

An Indian student from a Tier-2 engineering college (Vasavi College of Engineering), with a CGPA of 8.67/10, with a strong emphasis on the signals and communications domain. Part of NSS and had an oral presentation at an international conference. Work exp: 2.5 years as a software engineer. IELTS : 7.5 No GRE

checked portal :/

GPA is grad No interviews, no news at all, application -> rejection

no gre. One paper 1 year research experience. No GRE or FE, undergrad in physics not ece.

Gpa is masters. Just got a formal rejection.

I just received the formal email that I got rejected.

28 citations, h-index of 3. IELTS: 7.5/9

accepted to the MLDS track. final year undergraduate, 1 paper communicated to journal, no publications. 1 LoR from old-IIT prof who was supervising my internship there. another old-IIT internship was upcoming @ the time of application. some merit based scholarships & competitive awards during school & college. CS-AI B. Tech 9.2 gpa from tier3 college. no workex. applied on deadline day.

The reason stated was my application was circulated to all faculty members, but none could take me on as my advisor due to a number of reasons including funding, research interests and/or required qualifications.

No published work, 1 patent, BS (GPA: 3.75) and MS(GPA: 3.94) both in EE from top 7 US school, 1 year of research work at National Labs, 5 internship and 6 months of full-time job at Big Tech Company.

Got rejected in general MASC in ECE but still awaiting evaluation for MASC in ECE with spc. in AI

IITD EE with 2 yoe , strong LOR, no publication

No GRE, 2 Patents, 5 years of work experience. I think I am not top candidate anyway. Irvine is too expensive for me. Since I admitted from other program, I will accept that offer unless Irvine gives some kind of financial support.