Graduate School Admission Results

TPB: 6 waitlists, no offers, I am checking my email like crazy too!! This year is crazy!! 0a/6w/10r/4p

TPB: 6 waitlists, no offers, I am checking my email like crazy too!! This year is crazy!! 0a/6w/10r/4p

TPB: you're not alone. I'm just fed up checking my mailbox every two seconds and I haven't got any offers yet

TPB: Probably b/c of increased applicants due to Covid. It's driving me crazy though! I've heard from only two schools at this point.

Why the release date seems to be later than in previous years

TPB: Boston is not clear right now, UCSD still a chance to get waitlisted (although I think they've already sent out the main offers), NYU seems like an IR

TPB: I heard from different schools they expect a lot of movement around April 15th. More so than previous years given the longer waitlists at some unis (from top to bottom). I doubt there will be a lot of movement in the next month.

Hi. Wish you all have received or will receive good offers. Does anybody know when the uncertainties about wait-listed students are resolved? Does it differ between different universities? I am more interested to know about Princeton (I am wait-listed there) and how they manage this process. Thanks!

TPB: good point. That is actually why some schools wait until April 15. Even the final hours matter, as a chain may be triggered very late. That said, I think it is also a good idea if everyone declares which offers they are going to decline, specifically those at high ranking universities.

Why the hell schools do not inform their decisions?

Ask for advice. Do you think it is good to write to a university that you already have an acceptance from another program of the same ranking but you are more interested in attending their program? It would increase the probability of being accepted?

This is my fourth waitlist, with no offer!! Please mind people like me and don't keep offers if you don't want to accept them. It's a terrible year... 0a/4w/8r/2ir/5p

How probable is it to be a/r/wl after been invited for interviews at US universities?

TPB: I'm currently on the waitlist at the University of Michigan and didn't submit GRE scores. I remember seeing a post by someone who said they got in there with no GRE as well. Not sure about other programs, though.

Is there anyone who has been accepted without GRE (optional submission)? I think the U.S. programs only made money by suggesting that option.

TBP asking when Pittsburg, UIUC, etc will send decisions: no one on here or Urch is going to be able to tell you that. All you can do is look at previous year's of gradcafe results, which is all anyone else is going to be able to do as well.

To those of us invited to the virtual visit in early march but without an offer yet: are we going to receive the offer only in mid march? Why so late?

Is it equally hard to get into fields like Databases and Information Retrieval when compared to AI/ML ?

To all acceptances/rejects henceforth: If you can, please add the time + time zone you received your emails. This would help us understand if they were all sent out together or not. Thanks!

I understand your pain. Just see rejections as a way to improve upon yourself. Maybe get some publications next time when you apply.