Graduate School Admission Results

Area: AI

Has anyone received any news about admission?

Invited for an interview with a panel (potential advisor and others) in the first week of Jan '21. Asked questions about motivation, topic of interest and goals.

Anyone who applied for HCI got interviewed? I never heard back since submitting my application.

Email from POI.

Email with POI

Interviewed with first POI mentioned in SOP on 01/27. They said decisions from the department should be out in the next couple/few weeks.

Strong SoP, strong writing sample, weak letters (presumably), and meh GPA. 1a/1r/6p

TTPB: Piling on, when you feel ready, remember to email the POI back and thank them for their time. Even if you're not working directly in their lab, chances are, you'll cross paths again in the field. You could still collaborate in the future. TLDR: try not to burn bridges.

TTPBs: I'm a student applying so I maybe wrong but what I heard is that the Committee cuts down most of the applications before they send them to faculties(specially for big programs like UW CS). If that is correct then at least your application went through that threshold, which means you have a decent chance for other schools. But sorry if this is fake news :/

TTPB: I'm sorry to hear about rejections :( (I really hope this doesn't come across as condescending - for the record, I am a hopeful applicant to other programs) I think the important thing to remember is, these things essentially boil down to a coinflip. You clearly have a competitive profile, if you managed to get to the interview round. No matter where you end up, things will work out. As some of the leading researchers say in the field (and I know it sounds trite), a good academic career starts with rejections. And yes, I've heard that faculty can play important roles as to whether an applicant is accepted or not. Thus the coinflip.

TTPB: every school, including UW, is faculty based. "Committee based" just means that the committee will ratify the recommendations by individual faculty. No school - at least no "good" school - will admit anyone to a PHd program with at least one faculty member's explicit willingness to be that person's supervisor.

TTPB: comp bio / NLP

Mail from POI stating I have not been selected. TTPB, what subfield of CS did you apply in?

Email from POI saying they are not moving forward my application because he thought I'm not a good fit in his lab. Is UW a strong faculty-based admission instead of committee-based?

Contacted for an interview, had the interview 1/20, she said that interviews are continuing in the next few weeks.

Had a prelim interview with PI on 1/20/21

Contacted by POI. Area: NLP