I'm waiting for responses from USC, UIUC and UoMichigan. I see that some people on the forum have already received responses from these schools. I tried to connect with a POI from UoM - he said he was interested but his schedule didn't work for an interview over skype. I'm wondering if I should hold out hope or just expect rejections from all three at this point ?
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Masters in CS from USC.
GPA: 3.556
3 highly relevant research publications : 3rd author
1 Year teaching exp. in the same area
TOEFL 118
GRE : 315
2 years work exp at relevant startups