Email to check application portal. Generic rejection letter.

F*** them really! Absolutely their loss!

UC Berkeley breaks my heart once again

L............ attempts were made

ignore status. Received the "process update" email today after a week-long wait since they said the shortlisted applicants have been notified. I'm confused because upon calling them, they said that indeed some shortlisted candidates have been informed. Anybody else heard anything?

I didn't receive any email that I'm shortlisted and haven't yet been invited to the symposium, but a POI mentioned in the application scheduled an interview.

Applied to the Evolutionary Biology and Ecology PhD Program of the Life Science Zurich Graduate School program. Was informed that there were very few positions available.

Ignore status: Can we get PI initials for University of Illinois (both Chicago and Urbana-Champagne campuses), UNC Chapel Hill, and University at Buffalo. Thanks!

Undergraduate in CS from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. Best grades and first to graduate among those enrolled in my year. I held a junior researcher position in the university for 4 months in a field unrelated to the major I chose. Good recommendations, can't say about the motivation letter. No publications at the time, no internships, no GRE.

Student from a good spanish university (UPM). Average of 8.54/10, 60 ECTS with honours and 8 months of experience in a research lab at the moment of the application. 7.5/9 IELTS. No GRE. Good LoRs and strong SoP.

Multiple industry jobs (3 to be more precise, one full-time internship and two part-time), three research assistant positions, one teaching assistant position, and one publication in a mediocre conference. Letters from relatively good professors but outside computer science. Bachelor's degree from one of the better German universities. No GRE. IELTS 8/9. I guess my GPA was just not enough.