BTech from a Tier 3 college and 2+ years work exp as an SDE in prod based company. No research papers.

Received an email this morning stating, "A decision has been made on your application for admission to the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. Please login to your status page to view your decision." I checked the website, and boom, acceptance!

Applied for MS program. Email notification to check application portal.

Tier 1 Indian College, B.Tech in CS, 1 published paper, 2 years of workex (FAANGMULA) . Earlier reject that i posted here was because the university by mistake sent reject instead of admit.

Admitted to: MSIN program (Information Networking) Indian. Tier 1 college. 3.5 yrs of work ex. 1 Indian patent. 1 paper in okayish IEEE conference. 2 papers in bad journals.

Rejected, got email to check the portal

Rejected from Direct Doctorate, accepted to MS. Portal changed from DD to MS almost a week ago. International student, doing my undergrad at a US university. GPA 3.865, TOEFL 118. No previous industry internship but a few undergrad research experiences plus one conference paper. 2 LoRs from profs who supervised/mentored my research.

MIIS Reject : 2 Publications in A* (ACL, NAACL), 1 Year Work Experience, 8 Months of Research Experience

Indian Tier 1 College ( Top 5 ) Circuital Background, 6 months of Research Experience, 2 Publications in Top Conferences, 1 Year Work Experience