CS undergrad, top-tier IIT, 9.66 CPI, 2 yrs work experience, 2-3 research projects, some extra-curriculars, no research papers. Got an email to check the portal, was my safe school but I think the notion of safe and ambitious is all flawed, no one knows what the admission committee looks into, got an admit from UIUC (lucky) and rejected from UCSD. Can this process "be" more non-deterministic?

From 3rd gen IIT (CGPA 8.5+). Wasn't very keen to apply because of less scope in my research area, but did it anyway for the DeepMind fellowship. No pubs but relevant part-time research experience for 9 months. Decent to strong LoRs; a lot of extracurricular activities in my application too. Congrats to the admits! Rejects: dont worry, other opportunities are surely waiting!

Top tier Pubs in AAAI, AACL, EMNLP. 6 month work ex. 2 years research exp. Was dream school. Rejected from 6/11 schools I applied to. Why this pain :(((

Undergrad in Electronics Engineering from India. 8.12/10 GPA. 4 strong LORs. 1 year of research internship. No publications. Several CS Courses. 2 years in Technical Team. Got an email to check the status page. Kind of expected, with this GPA.

One paper got the best paper award at an International conference. One paper published in springer journal. One foreign research internship (LOR from advisor)

Accepted from CMU MS Robotics but rejected by UCSD. Was not expected.

3.5 years of extremely relevant work ex in systems. 2 publications. Really not sure what they're looking for this year. Calling the admission process random would be an understatement.

Checked the portal, rejection posted around 12 AM EST. Undergrad from India, 1.5 years workex

Congrats to the admitted folks! :) Thought I had a fair shot, but oh well.

Gpa: 8.08/10

Wasn't surprised. All the best to those who got the admit.

CS undergrad from new IIT with 9 months work ex at startup