Receive department email saying congrats! Official school letter will come within 3-4 biz days! Log into Portal and nothing has changed. Also applied to the Ph.D. Program, but I asked my upper-class in the lab, he said the prof has made his decision.

First acceptance! From an average uni in India. No publications. 3 years of work experience. The status had changed to 'additional review required' a week ago and the decision changed to 'Conditional admit' today. Still haven't received the letter though.

Got waitlisted. Had a couple of interviews almost a month back.

Any idea if more admits are in the pipeline or if those who haven't heard yet are rejected?

MCS program. got an email saying there was a status update. really happy that I got admitted. I have 1 yr work experience + 1 workshop publication in AAAI. Probably will be attending if I don't get any other better admits in the next 2 weeks

checked the website randomly to find out I was denied. Applied for non-thesis option. Really regret applying to this school, which doesn't even send a generic rejection letter. I had to check the portal every day in case there was an update.

Was about to log into Spire to check my status, and then realized I got a rejection in the morning. To be honest, feeling kind of relieved.

TTPB: I have been waiting for USC decision since October 2020. Its been one long patience test tbh. Lets pray for the best.

Applied to HCP as PM in AI research org of FAANG company with 2.5 YOE. Undergrad from top 5 public school with double major in computer science and finance, 3 YOE as teaching assistant for CS classes, no research experience, GPA 3.82, GRE 168Q/167V/5.5 AWA. Strong rec letters from FAANG director in AI, well-known professor who I work with, and TA supervising professor. Solid SOP.

Any online groups for UIC MS CS admits?

Yes!! On the portal, it showed Additional Review Required for a week or so now offered conditional admit(since still pursuing UG) any way torn between choosing UTD & UIC (cost, RA, job)

TTPB Admit : Congratulations! Was your application marked "Additional Review Required" too before the final decision? If so, how long did it take from additional review to the decision?

Actually, showing conditional admit as I am still pursuing my undergrad. How can I see the decision letter? Do I have to pay a non-refundable $300 to view the decision letter?

Our god BeanBag is happy to hear that he made it to GradCafe finally. "Mogambo khush hua" Any idea if the 22nd march deadline would be followed for MS/PhD students too?

TTPB : Yes, still eagerly waiting everyday. Been a bit silent and quite after a wave of Admits and Rejects. Hope they release some more admits soon.

Has anyone heard from them? I was in the Visit Weekend earlier this month. Anyone who was in the Visit Weekend and has heard from them or still waiting for the decision?

I have also applied to the MS/Ph.D. program. But I don't think we would get a positive decision now, at least not for the MS/Ph.D. program. There might be some hope for an MS admit. To the poster with the outstanding profile: If you have so many publications, why are you even cribbing about UMass? UMass MS is not a research program. Also, getting an MS from CMU and UMass wouldn't matter much when you apply for jobs. You would know all this if you had done some research of your own.

" just like our god BeanBag (i.e., Vijay R**)" Self promoting holier-than-thou attitude go brrrrr ... Please fu** off

No email, just portal says my application was unsuccessful. Interviewed in February, did horribly, asked me basic ML questions but I have not been using ML for years so I forgot everything, should've reviewed. No pub. I am not too keen on doing research anyway. Going to Yale, take some courses and get my masters degree.