18 Apr 2020

UCSB

Computer Science, Masters (F20)

Rejected via E-mail on 17 Apr 2020

Note

Undergraduate Student from New IIT. 9.4/10. GRE 332 (Q-170, AW - 5.5). Two papers published at okay venues and two under review at top A* conferences when submitting application. UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, Maryland, GaTech, UIUC all rejected me. Will go to ETH or UT Austin for MSCS. Probably ETH, because Corona will get out of there soon and I want to do research anyways. Had a *strong* letter from a Prof who is very famous and fellow of many fancy organisations from a top Uni in the US after my 3rd year Summer inter with him. One very strong letter from my undergrad adviser and one more letter from a prof with who I did research for a semester. Got interviews for PhD from a top school in Europe (Way above the above schools) and from 1 School in Canada (Top 4 in Canada) and 1 in USA (Top 15) - didn't make the cut anywhere. At this point, I do not simply know whatever the hell these schools need. And I haven't heard back from TAMU (Safe Option) yet! The above schools to the best of my knowledge chose a lot of people with far weaker profiles. LIFE NOW IS SHITE!

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