Received an email from the CS department on 4/18 stating they were referring me for the MS program instead of PhD but then on 4/20 I received an update in the application portal and an acceptance to the PhD program.

Domestic applicant, 1 publication, various research experiences throughout undergrad

Got accepted by a core member at UdeM, the reason for acceptance mainly because I got one paper (preprint) that's interesting to the professor and only discuss about this, the professor don't care much about my other works (accepted to top conference)

Had 3 internships from National Lab, One from Top Biomedical Company

6 years professional experience in related fields, 1 international publication