Direct Email from Music Department

polimi, 29.1/30 gpa, no research, no work exp.

Received a personal email from one of the professors, which was so appreciated! 1a/2r/1w

EPFL Bsc in Mechanical engineering

Top Italian uni, GPA 29.21/30, 1 research experience but no publications

Applied through a direct posting on professor’s website, not through semester admissions.

Italian Uni (not Poli), top 2%, 29/30, no research exp, no internship

Received an email to check the portal

We regret to inform you that your application to the Robotics, Systems and Control MSc programme at ETH Zurich has not been successful. The admissions committee of the Department has carefully weighed the qualifications, competencies, and level of mastery you document in your application for admission to the Robotics, Systems, and Control MSc programme against this programme's profile of requirements. Unfortunately, the committee has decided that your qualifications do not fulfil these requirements, and we must therefore reject your application.

AW cutoff for GRE was 4.5, so rejected maybe because of that. Other than that, had a thesis in RL, worked for a couple of years as a mechanical design engineer. One patent filed

One of the top students at a very good polish university. 7 years of work experience, very strong recommendation letters.

GPA is Master's, no interview.

French University in Paris, Average GPA for first two years 17.9/20, no rank, no research, two internships at labs, IELTS 7.5(speaking 6).