had much higher major GPA, with 5+ years of industry experience & 2 internships , no research or publications

Rejected from every single US University with this one being the last one :(

ApJ paper in prep. Applied for PhD program (and their funding) with astroparticle physics advisors, was deferred to Master's program (with no funding offers) and assigned the graduate program director as my "initial advisor" (nanoscience research). Sorry on the late notifications, but I emailed the director to inquire about funding and haven't heard anything. I saw there was a physics PhD rejection so I'm wondering if anyone else got deferred and if there might be a pathway to a MTU PhD. I'm still waiting to hear back from post-baccs and funded master's so my decision is still pending

grad gpa 4.0/4.0, 3 sci pubs, 1 TA experience. no interview rejection

Applied to PhD program and was rejected in late January. Received email from coordinator two weeks after rejection and offered an immediate acceptance into Masters program with funding!

no gre toefl 100 undergrad gpa in mech eng 4.0, grad in mech eng 3.25, and a one year prgm in nuclear 3.6 no interview, just email notification 4 months of research xp no xp in the us at that time

Selected off the waitlist. Good luck to everyone!