Worked in industry R&D for 5 years, one first author publication, two second author conference presentations. Did not get asked for any interviews. 3a/4r/5p

T5 UG, 3 publication, 3+ years research experience, 3 LOR from professors (H-index > 80), 4 industry internships at big tech

No GRE. Strong LORs. One of the professor who promised to write a LOR for me happened to be promoted to be the department chair a year ago hahaha.

1.5 years of engineering experience from internships through Northeastern’s co-op program.

3 year TA experience, 1 internship at a startup, no pubs

T30 CS, 1.5 years FT exp at elite startup, 2 research, 1 AWS intern, ran competitive programming club, 2 TA. 3 strong LoR (1 academic, 2 work), SOP should've been very good.

No email I just logged into portal and checked

Thank Jesus! Nigerian undergrad. Best graduating student in my department. No GRE. No research papers. No publications. 3 internships, none big tech but 2 reputable international names. Brilliant SOP. 3 great recommendation letters (I didn’t see them, but they must have been????), all 3 academic. Thank you Jesus!

T100 CS, 2 years in satellite research lab, 6 months cloud research yet to publish, 1 software QA internship, 1 defense swe internship, 1 upcoming swe consulting internship