Applied for Hardware for efficient inference of nn algorithms. Undergrad in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering with minors in AI and CS. LMAO GPA. Best IIT. Reco letter from institute director. One publication in Computational Neuroscience @ top tier journal. Industry experience. Teaching experience. Experience mentoring interns in my 'failed' startup.

2 weeks before the decision the status changed from department review to additional review required. Yesterday status changed to OIS I20 requested and today i.e. 03/08/2022 I received a mail saying I've been admitted into the program and the status page changed to conditional acceptance. My background: 4 internships 2 industry and 2 research, top-tier college.

Safe uni; Got into MSCS, GPA: 8.8/10, Tier -3 College from Mumbai, GRE: 324 (Q166, V158, A4.5), TOEFL: 118. Status change under Additional Review Required about a month ago. Got the admit today!

Super Ambitious

5r/1a/9p

Email to check the portal, where I found a standard rejection letter. MSc from top uni in Europe with a good GPA, first-author publication at a top-tier venue, research internship experience, and SWE internship at a renowned tech company. Found out after applying that POI wasn't hiring this year, and I had no interview, so the rejection was expected

Generic rejection. Got admitted to a better university though.

Was informed by some students that the lab doesn't have openings after application.

Admission decisions are reached after examining the merits of the applicants as well as determining the availability of faculty advisors matched to your research interests and our research facilities. 1 local conference publication, 2.5 years of teaching experience

My application status was changed into 'Additional Review Required' from 'Under Departmental Review'. After one week, I got an email from the department that I got accepted with financial aid.

Surprised by this rejection. This season has been a bloodbath. Thank god Columbia has my back or I would probably be depressed as h-yale (PLEASE LAUGH TO MASK MY SORROW).

A piece of advice: Do NOT apply to Berkeley's MSCS unless you are dead certain that your portfolio stands out one in thousands. MS/PhD program usually has a much higher acceptance rate than MS only.

Graduating from an American college. 2 research opportunities. First one in computational physics (Paper in progress) and the second in machine learning (current). One internship as an app developer. Strong LOR's. No GRE. Hurts to start the season like this, certainly wasn't expecting. Was I missing something in my application? Or only people with actual work experience get in here?