Graduate School Admission Results

expected,

4 first author conference papers, master's degree, 3 years relevant work experience...

My undergrad was in linguistics at a top 10 university. No publications, 1 year of research in phonology. (To the poster of the LTI masters rejection below, could you share your profile, just out of curiosity?)

As expected.

First decision....... so... bless all. Looking forward to my offer~~~

Should not have applied here without good publications, but still took a change.

My first reject!

I regret to inform you that after careful consideration of your application, our Admissions Committee has decided that it cannot admit you to the Robotics Graduate Programs at Carnegie Mellon University. There were many outstanding applicants this year, more than we can accommodate in the program. I would like to thank you for considering the Robotics Graduate Programs, and I wish you the best of success in your graduate studies.

0/4 so far. I am kind of bummed out.

Man, a total massacre today. From a state school with research advisor recs, completed thesis, journal submission, several presentations and awards, and custom SOP. GPA:3.85 Q:800 V:480 A:4.5

Depressed! - Rejection reasons (I guess): BSc and MSc from unranked, unkonwn university, LORs not from famous professors. Qualifications: MSc in Computer Vision. Two 1st-author papers (1 at a good journal (Pattern Recognition Letters) and another at a major conference (BMVC)). GRE: Q790, V530, A3.5. Toefl ibt: 103 (Speaking 22, R/L/W 27). 4-year TA experience and part-time CAD SW developer. Undergrad GPA: 92.63% and was ranked first/250 students. Rejections: UW, Toronto, EPFL, MIT, CMU - Acceptances: IST

2 yrs research, no publications. 1 yr research internship at Google. Advice: Don't graduate in 3 years. Spend that "extra" year doing research and packaging your application.