PLEASE PLEASE. If any of you have any better options, please reject this one. I don't have any acceptance and am hoping a lot from NE. Please.

Invited to apply for their Master's Program

No Pub.

Waiting for MSCS decision (please share with me if you know about the MSCS after PhD rejection timeline 😭)

Tandon MSCS $5k scholarships Courant MSCS without scholarships

2+ years of research experience, 9 published papers in well-reputed IEEE conferences and Q1 journals, with 6 more papers currently under review in Q1/Q2 journals. Among these, 10 papers are as first-author, and the rest are as second or third author. Strong SOP and very strong LORs from the world's top 2% scientists.

Applied in Feb, interviewed with PI in early April, got accepted in a few days later.

Talked to PI in December, applied in early Feb, got accepted in March.

Offered MS

I applied in a rush because my parent pressured me to take the earliest admission possible. After finishing my English proficiency test on March 25th, I began to take action to submit my applications on the same day, but due to technical issues leading to non-existent communication with my professor before the deadline, I wasn't able to submit everything by April 1st, and after fulfilling LOR yesterday, I asked for a review from the administration and received a rejection 10 minutes after. I would like to have more insights into my case, whether it is because of my late submission of the documents, my application itself, etc., to improve on future applications.

final year undergraduate, 1 paper communicated to journal, no publications. 1 LoR from old-IIT prof who was supervising my internship there. another old-IIT internship was upcoming @ the time of application. some merit based scholarships & competitive awards during school & college. B Tech 9.2 gpa from tier3 college. no workex.