Graduate School Admission Results

Interview in early February

International, TOEFL 108 Had interview mid-January

Got an email that my app status had been updated - I'm over the moon!

Half Tuition Dean's Merit Fulbright Scholarship

Not given any financial assistance, also heard that it is normal for WPI to not provide any scholarships.

I received the same ambiguous email as everyone else here, saying that they "prefer not to send rejection letters until the very end of the process." I personally think this is not a nice practice for them to do. They are essentially waitlisting everyone and keeping themselves safe. They can always admit more students if whoever they have admitted decline their offer. However, this is not nice for the student and other graduate schools. For the students, I know that applying for grad school is a stressful thing, and if they just reject us early, we can still make other plans. For other graduate schools, they sent out offers and thought the students will come. However, because UMD is doing this, the students may receive UMD's admission at the very end, and decline other schools. Then, other schools will not have time to make more offers. I personally think their move is harmful for the whole environment of applying to grad school, which is already stressful. It is only good for themselves. However, if every school starts to do this, no one will be benefited. I have withdrew my application, because I have better offers anyway.

Email that a decision has been posted to the applicant status page

Y'all this is my third rejection, i'm too exhausted and don't know what to do :'), imagine spending your life doing nothing but studying and making a strong portfolio but they don't even tell you why they don't like you to be their student... still i have a few more chances, will keep you guys posted. btw my nickname is Sam. furthermoreee this university didn't send me any email for my rejection before i contact and ask them about it which is weird because other candidates had got their rejection letter a few weeks ago.

11/14/22 applied, 2/17/23 in-person interview. Accept today. Good luck to everyone!

Undegrad at a top-ranked university (distinction), with one single-authored publication in a reputable, peer-review journal in literary criticism

Also got accepted into Brandeis, but I'm taking this offer as I'm already in-state at CU.

2 publications (one outside of CS, one for a data science workshop), 2 years of undergrad research, 2.5 years of work experience as a software/machine learning engineer.