Data Science Graduate School Admission Results

Dream school. Oh well.

Internship at CERN, exchange year at MIT (though weak grades), first author publication in low-tier conference, some research experience outside of this. Was accepted to ETH though

From a top 20 university in Latin America and one of the top 5 in Brazil.

From a tier 2 college in India. No work experience. Just 2 internships.

Gpa 28.9/30, 1 year of Research experience post bachelor

6 years working experience, 2 of them as data analyst.

Did astrophysics for undergrad @ UC Berkeley (top 5 programs in the world for the major), strong LORs (one from the Astronomy dept. chair), multicultural background, self supporting student, transfer student from a California community college. No publications, but did over a year of research, and have plenty of extracurriculars under my belt. Got into Carnegie Mellon MS-DAS.

(MS-DAS): Did astrophysics for undergrad @ UC Berkeley (top 5 programs in the world for the major), strong LORs (one from the Astronomy dept. chair), multicultural background, self supporting student, transfer student from a California community college. No publications, but did over a year of research, and have plenty of extracurriculars under my belt. Got into Carnegie Mellon MS-DAS.

Did astrophysics for undergrad @ UC Berkeley (top 5 programs in the world for the major), strong LORs (one from the Astronomy dept. chair), multicultural background, self supporting student, transfer student from a California community college. No publications, but did over a year of research, and have plenty of extracurriculars under my belt.