1 first-author paper in submission 3x research experience | 1 summer internship at chinese big tech Tsinghua Undergrad

Internal Transfer

Received an email to check the portal for the decision. Interviews are mandatory, but did not receive any invitation, so knew it was a lost cause.

Got into MCDS at CMU, had 2 publications at A ranked conferences, not much community work

no interview

International student with an MS in CS from a U.S. R1 university, GPA 3.97, PhD field: Cybersecurity / AI Security. 2 first-author papers (1 published, 1 under review at submission). Extensive RA experience and TA’d 4 graduate-level courses with multiple professors. Multiple awards. No GRE submitted. No interview or communication prior to the decision. Portal update email received at 9:16 PM, oddly it the portal itself says under review. Application completed during the final week before the deadline.

5th Year M.S.

Nomination for admission by CSE department. Formal offer of acceptance is anticipated to arrive in two to three weeks.

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