Area of research: Programming Synthesis. I did my masters at USC, where I have been doing research on the area for a year. I participated at the OOPSLA (too conference in PL) Student Research Competition. I went to give a talk at UCSD last semester presenting my research and my oaoer

Received invitation for Visit days first, and then admission letter few hours later.

GRE not submitted, 4 published papers (all pre-prints), 1 year of research experience, 2 years of TA experience, 6 months of industry experience, completed undergrad in December, 2023. 2 very strong LORs from research supervisors and 1 very strong LOR from 400-level project faculty.

Professor took an interview in November, applied in January, GRE/TOEFL waived

Didn't submit GRE. IIT Grad, 2.5 work ex in big tech, 9.5 CPGA, bachelors in EE

EECS (robotics), no interview but been working with a faculty

interview on January 24th with a very nice professor ! 9 month research experience in the US

Receive notification about PhD nomination, official letter in coming weeks. No chenged in applicant portal yet. Toefl wavied, no GRE.

Had 1 interview with PoI, 4 first-author publications, undergrad from old IIT, and 2.5 years of relevant research experience.

MSCS - Scientists and Engineers, bachelors degree is in statistics, unrelated work experience, no research, didn't take GRE

1 Interview in Jan, official letter in portal.

Now informal from professor. The formal notification should be in a week.