Masters, no thesis.

Received email regarding acceptance. B.Tech. in ECE from India top school in India. 2 years work experience. Weak SoP and decent LoRs. Minimal research experience in Computer Science.

Got an email from POI saying that he has recommended me and that he was positive my name was on the admission list.

Overqualified for a none ranked University like UTSA, already got admission from 3 well ranked university ! so screw you UTSA !

Applied for a direct PhD. Contacted POI in November 2013 and said that he was interested in my application.

Strong undergrad at little-known school, 2 years industry, good letters.

got this reply on Jan 23 when I contacted the dept "We sent out the invites to GradFest earlier this week. If you didn't receive one then you are not being recommended for admission at this time. A few more students may be admitted but it will be much later if that occurs. Please take that into account when making your decisions and do what is best for yourself."

I haven't got an accept nor reject. The status has no changed on the website. What should I do?

Has anyone received information about funding yet?

"On behalf of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, I would like to invite you to attend our Graduate Invitational."

Official email from department with invitation to visiting days. Email contact followed from top choice professor. One rec letter was submitted late. Undergrad at prestigious American school, 3.7, strong GRE, decent statement, good recs, several research projects, no publications.

From Pakistan In Operating systems, Distributed systems, and Networking

Masters from IISc with 7.8/8 CGPA. 1 first-author ACM/IEEE publication. The program coordinator says in the email that funding information will be emailed by Feb 3.