Application Information

Details and information about the application.

Institution
University of California-Los Angeles
Program
Computer Science
Degree Type
Masters
Degree's Country of Origin
International
Decision
Rejected
Notification
on 30/11/-0001 via Other
Undergrad GPA
0.00
  • GRE General: 170
  • GRE Verbal: 167
  • Analytical Writing: 4.00
Notes
Hopes crashed, dreams shattered. Not admitted in the last wave of admits. Research interests perfectly aligned with those of PoI. Invalidated 1/7 of the results of one of his projects funded by a $500k NSF grant, and the main-author acknowledged the mistake. If that is not good enough for them to admit an MS student, I don't know what is. Had applied for the Network Systems track. I had wrongly assumed that top researchers are genuinely interested in their work. It seems some of them are driven by the 'publish or perish' culture. I know that finding mistakes in a paper presented at a top-5 conference is not indicative of my research-ability, but it does not mean I am a nitwit either. Hugely disappointed in UCLA, and myself.

Timeline

  • Received notification of Rejection