TTPB: Totally agree with you! I myself received a decision in June and that too Spring admit. Take my advice, don't waste any other admits you have. Be prepared with everything and incase you receive an admit late in June or so, take time and decide whether your visa process and all the other stuffs (finding roommates, fights, etc.) will be handled properly or not. I rejected my Spring admit and so did my friend who received fall admit because of the tight schedule. As far as I remember USC takes around 20 days to send you i20. Focus on your skills and you will do great in whichever university you select! Best of luck guys!

[ignore the waitlist] TTPB: Exactly, to be the precise the last two lines. Finally someone putting some realities on the table about the things being listed.

TTPB: This is the case every year with USC, last year I received admit in mid June and rejected it straight away. Some of my friends received admits for spring and some received admits/ rejects in July as well. You may blame it on deferrals but trust me this is the case every year, though I agree many seats may have been blocked by the deferrals. A suggestion, as I have been through this in the past and have heard this from my seniors too - MOVE ON!!! Don't let this ruin your other admits, start finding apartments as they increase the rents as the dates start approaching, worry about the visa slots, book your flights. And as a MSCS students, start coding and learn new techstacks as USC won't give you jobs if you aren't capable. And you don't need USC if you are capable enough

Is there anyone who still hasn't received any results foe MSCS? The wait is killing me.

Ignore Waitlist: I guess it's time to move on now. Almost mid-may in a week, and now people with good pointers are also being rejected. Better start worrying about visa slots and other necessary stuff and don't waste the current admit. Again, I have heard being a cashcow, they even give admits in June and July, but the current visa scenario is not worth the wait. Accepted in equally good university. All the best to everyone!

Stays changed to waitlisted ( got a mail from University) expected results on 1st July. (also mentioned in the same mail) :'(

(TTPB) GRE:333 (164V, 169Q), 9.14/10 cgpa (converts to a 3.92 approx on a 4 point scale) Some research experience, one paper not published, one published book chapter for Springer. 1 computer vision based internship at a startup. Extensive experience in computer vision projects. No work ex. Limited amount of teaching experience as well. Additional, if you haven't gotten an update, check the applyweb portal, it might have an update.

TTPB: Congrats! Mind taking a moment to share your stats?

ignore WL: I totally agree with other applicants here, still no response since January from a school like Columbia! what are they waiting for?? so disrespectful

TTPB: Did you get accepted yesterday???????

TTPB: I don't want to name any college names here but trust me when I say most of the 7 cgpa folks are not from top tier colleges. I can go on for hours debating this but really we are not talking about comparing apples to apples here. Cashcow? True. Fair admissions process? Nah. USC doesn't really care about tier from my observations on all forums (Indian and Chinese included). Someday we may see in the news how those folks got in and it won't be good news. TTPB about DOB: That sucks, I had a similar situation which delayed my review and it took them 4 months to even look at my profile to find that out.

This is for everyone waiting for their admits. I received a response from the school saying my USC ID has not been created as the DoB mentioned on my application was wrong. This after 4 months. I updated my DoB and now waiting for USC ID so that I can at least see my status. Will provide updates when I receive them.

TTPB: Those 7cgpa students are from tier 1 and tier 2 colleges and with exceptional profiles, for the rest colleges, USC is highly gpa centric. But USC being cashcow won't spare a single seat and roll out admits even in June and July every year. So hardcore USC fans and 9+ pointers can keep waiting if they can manage the visa interviews with just emergency slots open. Also, almost all the consulates have cancelled visa slots till may end. and during this pandemic, consulates won't open in full capacity.

TTPB: Then how can we justify 10-15 people getting accepted with 7.4s and 7.2s and one on Yocket with 67%! Wow. For such a gpa centric school, I am surprised by some of these admits and rejects.

I'm extremely sorry for using the word Insider Information and causing the confusion. I just made that statement based on the admission results reported by others so far. First they rejected everyone below 8, then 8.5 and then almost everyone below 9 last week. All these rejects were during weekend. I think we just have to accept the fact that competition is high this year and move on with other admits.

[Ignore WL) So I applied to the MS CS program before the first priority deadline in early January. Today it has been nearly 5 MONTHS and still no updates whatsoever from Columbia. I emailed admissions but just got an email saying they were unable to respond to individual inquiries regarding application status... Honestly for a prestigious school like Columbia, this is completely unacceptable and disrespectful toward applicants

TTPB with insider information: You're obviously making this up. What we don't know is why.