Offer email with funding. Had interview in late January.

Invited for the Virtual Visit Weekend and interview.

Received an email with details of admission and funding.

Interviewed and accepted, funding not discussed yet.

TTPB: Its very wierd right? As i didn't see much acceptance from Harvard. Did you receive any other interview with postdocs after your discussion with the prof?

from 19 jan interview. emailed interviewer, no reply. Might be over. Sad

Two 1st-author papers jn top conference. One 2nd-author paper in top conference.

Interviewed today with a professor (applied ML). Went well until the theory questions, which I may have messed up by trying to go too fast, saying the wrong answer, and then being told I was wrong and then talking it out slowly. IDK if that's actually bad though.

Only school I've been rejected from. Hard to not be a little bit sad about it, but I got into CMU, UIUC and other top programs.

TTLPB: I agree with you. Applying to grad school, especially top ones, could be very frustrating. I am grateful to have such a place where we can see results in live-action as well as those from previous years. Certainly better than waiting for responses blindly. Grad Admission Committees sometimes hold rejection letters to the very last minute and it does not feel great from the perspective of applicants. The least we could do, as applicants, is to try to work together and provide accurate information for each other.

@below, because posting that you got rejected on a day when you haven't yet (and perhaps will be placed on a waitlist) defeats the purpose of posting in the first place. This website exists for anonymous posters to give information to future applicants (including the day that said rejections/acceptances/waitlists/interview requests actually come out!) not for individuals like yourself to show everyone that you have "given up hope" - no one even knows who you are... this site is anonymous! (I didn't apply to Berkeley and have no "false hope", it just sort of bugs me when people do this. I hope this does not come off as angry, just trying to voice my opinion)

Area: systems. Not my first choice, but still would have been nice to get a chance and talk to someone.

Expected

POI emailed me to notify they were making me an offer

No Interview. Expected result, disappointed though.

@below If someone hasn't gotten an email the 3rd-5th they are rejected as noted by several others on here. Why hold false hope?

Friends and UW said they admitted very few people this year due to covid and other reasons.

MS from top-50 university. Current RA at a top-5 university.

No interview. Expected.