Top %2 in CS major from top uni in my country. Multiple research experience under different professors, highlight being a second author publication in top conference. TA in undergrad probability & machine learning courses. Various data science and software interships, including a global company.

2 yrs RA, 2 first-authored pending publications.

Industrial Engineering to be graduated as 2nd best student this year. 1.5 years of mediocre research experience though no paper. Solid internships in data science and optimization. Strong interest in statistics and taken classes in cs related to data science.

Damn, knew it was hard but still a bit sad. Thought my SoP was pretty decent but I guess there are more suitable candidates. Australian undergrad in CS, highest grade bracket.

receive an email to check the status of my application and showed that I've been admitted, but heard nothing from ESOP

Electrical Engineering (kind of) from Spain, 8.94/10 by the time of application, lots of honours. 0 research experience, no GRE. Very happy with the result!

My sixth offer! Have already been admitted for my Ph.D. studies from UM and UIUC! I am really happy about my application outcomes. Still no message from Berkeley though, and I can still wait with hope should I not receive a rejection this week. Some backgrounds: top 10% of my class, 3 research projects, strong LoRs, no publications though.

Received an E-mail asking to check the website. Said I didn't meet their profile requirements.

graduating this year, 9.2/10 GPA, one paper, 3 years software dev, high profile lor

Austrian GPA 1.4, 1 publication, relevant research work.

BSc Math from ETHZ, GPA 5.5/6

BSc CS student from ETH Zürich. GPA > 5.5, two strong LOR, one paper which was published at a major conference.

Stoked! I am from a less well-known Canadian university (ranking 10+ in Canada). CGPA 3.94 standing top 5% I guess. Two years' research experience in machine learning and published two workshop papers.

Undergraduate degree from a mediocre Dutch university. Top of my cohort at both my current programme and the previous one. 1.5 years of research experience at non-FAANG company. Three strong LoRs, from which one used to be a lecturer at ETHZ. Many extracurricular positions, such as board memberships and roles within my university. No publications, but strong projects and research activities.

Admitted 9 days after interview