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no interview at all.

got informal email of acceptance today

cs acceptance here!

As a software engineer at one of the companies you've mentioned, barely. Getting more research experience, better LOR, better SOP, and publishing papers matter. Industry experience is not as relevant as the above criteria, unless you work in a R&D dept.

@Mecasickle Im focusing on real time computer graphics, also got admission letter from cmu.

@eio104 2+ yr research, 1 pub as co author (3 men team including prof), and 1 pub as co author pending in SCI conf + received major media coverage. No MS, undergrad in top cs school, 3.8 ish gpa, have possibly the best LOR as an undergrad. SOP that I prepared for over a year, and internship + full time experience in top software companies. Meh GRE, especialy horrible aw, since the percentile was... I thought it was reversed lol. I think it was ok since I am international too. good luck!

I got an informal email from POI last week, and chat with him 3 days ago thru phone. He said "quite likely to be admitted," and we mostly talked about scholarship, interesting projects, etc.. very informal talk. btw, I applied for cs.