Graduate School Admission Results

e-mail said to check the portal; portal had a semi-generic rejection letter.

Didn't apply for ESOP. EE @ IITK. 1.5 years work ex at big tech.

Top 0.5% of graduating class, 250-300 QS CS Greek university, no GRE, moderate to strong LoRs

2 years of experience as SWE, top 3 german university, one good and one very strong LoRec (did his PhD at ETH), sadly sucky GPA because I cared more about partying than grades during undergrad

Applied to DD, rejected for both, DD and MSc.

Good LoRs. I was writing my motivation letter with my supervisor and, in my mind, made it almost perfect. Unfortunately, that is almost all. No big publications and no big internships. Also not ideal GPA (ruined my first semester). Not too surprised, but at least tried.

Got rejection email today.

Applied to the direct Ph.D. program. After the submission of the application documents, the admission staff reached out for some clarification about the study gap in the CV. addressed those and resubmitted. Today I got a response in the website saying I did not fulfill the admission criteria. :)

Not very high average but I finished second best in a Mechanical Engineering bachelor from a renowned French university

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, One-year Master in Computer Science (Conversion degree). Four years of work experience as SWE. I have no research experience outside of my dissertation and no publications. No GRE (The admission office mentioned that GRE scores will not be considered nor reviewed for applications to the MSc in Computer Science)

Direct Doctorate Program in Computer Science.

2 internships (one research and one industry) - one really strong reference