IGNORE STATUS Anyone received word from Maryland other than the four who were accepted in January? I've not heard a thing…

Anyone got accepted after the interviews?

I was notified by email that a decision had been rendered and was redirected to the portal

Interviewed yesterday and got an email this morning

Just checked the portal, still no email yet.

reject after interview

I got an email with a scholarship package. It was pretty confusing. It offered in-state tuition, tuition remission, and a graduate assistantship. Its a pretty good offer, but I'm confused as to how much the financial breakdown will be. So I will need to speak to the department to properly weigh it against other offers.

Phone call from PI then follow-up email

-> grad stats: MS Bioinformatics from USA with a 4.0 and 2 publications (1 first author, 1 co-author). Held a few leadership roles during masters. Solid LORs, TA+RA experience. -> undergrad stats: -Intl Student -2 gold medals (highest merit in campus and across all campuses) -ranked 1st in class (overall and in 4 semesters) -PS/SOP: 8/10 -LORs: 3 (10/10, 9/10, 6/10) well reputed faculty members -Extensive volunteering experience -Multiple ECs -Lead a few club teams -6 months full time SE experience -Bio major with a minor in CS -Gap year -No GRE, No publications -roughly 3.25 months to decision

Undergrad at a liberal arts college in US. Decent summer research on campus + thesis.

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Got an informal email from the Admissions Chair. I almost cried.

If you've gotten acceptance from better fit and high rank, please decline the offer to UMBC as early as you can. You will be doing people like me a favor!