Totally expected.

Field: NLP, Deep learning

email from the admissions committee. had an interview with POI. so excited!

Surprised (no interview). Area: NLP. 3 top NLP conf. papers, 2 first authors.

To rejectees below accepted elsewhere, where did you get in?

1st rejection. Field: Theory. No pub. Already got another two AD so it's fine.

I don't give a f**k to you, Stanford, I have MIT to go!

Rejected with a concise and generic rejection letter.

Generic rejection email, no worries though. To the poster below, also admitted to CMU for a PhD in Computer Science!

The generic rejection e-mail

4.0 Computer Science GPA. No research experience. No word on M.S yet.

Rejected but got into Berkeley which was my first choice :)

The number of applicants far exceeds the number of those we can admit, which makes the admissions process a difficult and painstaking one. As a result, many strong candidates must be turned down.

Two pubs in top tier AI/ML conferences. Strong research background and strong LORs.

Generic email. Relieved because I don't want to go there :)

1st Reject. Accepted at CMU ML PhD. Sucks but if its meant to be its meant to be!

We are together

1 first author publication. 1 submitted, in review. 2 first author in progress. Will hold a master's degree in June. Strong (I believe) LORs. Top university in Turkey.