28 Feb 2012

University of Pennsylvania

Computer Science, PhD (F12)

Rejected via Website on 28 Feb 2012

Note

I'm the guy who posted about getting rejected from Stanford etc even after having papers in PAMI. So just got a rejection from U Penn too. I think the biggest thing is to be from a big school. Unless you are a 4 pointer and have superstar recommenders (which I do) you can't make it to a top school even if you have done a lot of good research (I have offers from Irvine etc. But it's not Stanford). Big schools only look for pedigree nothing more. I can't help feeling incredibly depressed.

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