Graduate School Admission Results

expected

Effectively a rejection, but makes me feel slightly better.

I had a Skype interview with a professor that I had expressed interest in.

There is still hope!

Called them up, they are going to put the decision by next week. I know it is going to be a reject. it's better not to rely on mit and look forward for other options. Looking into few profiles of MIT phd students (one will be interviewing tomorrow for my research lab), it takes 6~8 years and the publication record is also not that great. I think the MIT brand is the only thing that would help :)

GPA 3.9/4, publications in top tier conferences in my area

theory; poor overall gpa, good gpa in theoretical computer science; good recos; a lot of independent research (some talks at minor conferences; one result submitted for a major conf); some community work

The email was mostly about visiting weekend; it said that a separate acceptance email would be incoming from the department.

Wow!

I received an email with no information about funding. Has anyone received funding yet, or they haven't decided?