Computer Science Graduate School Admission Results

Applied on December 7, 2022 Here's my profile: BE Computer from Pune Institute of Computer Technology, India (2020) GPA: 8.6 / 10 GRE: 163 Q, 160 V, 4 AW TOEFL: 112 / 120 No research experience 1 project internship during final year (same was used as the capstone project) 2 years of experience as a test automation engineer in an MNC

did not receive any email, just randomly found the acceptance in the portal lol.

No interview. Area: NLP

No interview. Area: NLP

Thank you for applying to Computer Science Doctoral Degree (PhD) at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. After careful evaluation of your application to Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Committee on Admissions regrets to inform you that your application for graduate study to the Computer Science Doctoral Degree (PhD) program has not been approved. It has been determined that your application may be better suited for consideration to the Master's degree program. If you would like your application to be reviewed for admission to the MS program, we ask that you please submit this form. Upon receipt of this form, you will then have the ability to complete the mandatory video interview in your status portal. Your application will be reviewed for the MS program upon completion of both the form and the video interview.

Ignore the waitlist. I inquired about the decision and got this response today: “Your application is awaiting decision. Our admission committee and faculty are still reviewing applications. More offers will be sent throughout March and April.”

Offered admission to the online program instead

Portal initially showed "On Hold - Action Needed", they wanted my TOEFL scores. Sent them on the same day, got official notice on Mar 26 :)

UIUC MSCS

CS Bachelor's from a top IIT. 8 months working in Big Tech. No publications. Good LORs.