Graduate School Admission Results

A piece of advice: Do NOT apply to Berkeley's MSCS unless you are dead certain that your portfolio stands out one in thousands. MS/PhD program usually has a much higher acceptance rate than MS only.

Graduating from an American college. 2 research opportunities. First one in computational physics (Paper in progress) and the second in machine learning (current). One internship as an app developer. Strong LOR's. No GRE. Hurts to start the season like this, certainly wasn't expecting. Was I missing something in my application? Or only people with actual work experience get in here?

Had an interview with the professor in early January.

University of Waterloo grad, no conference papers, one undergraduate research experience in an unrelated domain of computer science, many internships. Rough cumulative GPA due to a couple of terms where I really struggled with completing schoolwork, due to external sources. Not very surprised at the result. Honestly, if anybody has any advice for how I can turn my chances next time I apply, despite not being able to change my GPA, I'd love to hear it in the comments.

Generic reject on portal, expected (especially this year)

Got an email to check status on web portal. Standard rejected letter. From one of the IITs in India. Major in electronics. Interest in Theoretical CS. Four conference papers, one journal publication. GPA: 9.23/10. Didn't get any interview call. So kinda expected rejection anyways.

Email to check status update, which was standard rejection. Got interview, but I suspect faculty thought I would be a better fit for a non-CS department due to non-CS background and my interests.

Second-tier IIT, 9.52/10 GPA, 1 publication as the first author at A* Conference. No mail, found a status update at the application portal :(