I'm the guy who posted about getting rejected from Stanford etc even after having papers in PAMI. So just got a rejection from U Penn too. I think the biggest thing is to be from a big school. Unless you are a 4 pointer and have superstar recommenders (which I do) you can't make it to a top school even if you have done a lot of good research (I have offers from Irvine etc. But it's not Stanford). Big schools only look for pedigree nothing more. I can't help feeling incredibly depressed.

Huh! That was not expected! I got into Stanford, Berkeley and CMU. Their loss :)

have research experience + 1 national conference paper. very good references

Following the guy without papers and saying GT is not important, what's the most important?

28k annual stipend and funding for 4 years. Interested in computer vision. A lot of research projects and teaching experience. No publications, toefl 95. Toefl and GRE are not important.

so sad, upenn is my dream school, no offers yet T___T

1 year working experience at a major research institute 1 international publication 1 Intel project master GPA 3.89 saaaaad, but Good luck to you all! :)

Unfortunately, your application for admissions has not been approved. Competition for admission to our School is keen, and the number of applications we receive each year is large. We appreciate your interest in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and wish you success in your future endeavors

Heard about it during POPL!

First AD... relief...

contacted by POI mentioned in my personal statement