compiler_guy

same here regarding UCSD & Brown

Me too! wondering if they make interviews prior admissions...

I am doing exactly as you - doing research in spare time while working full time, and it is really hard to keep up! Just wondering - how many applicants does CMU get to the "normal" CS PhD track ( no specialization ) ? 1000? and for how many spots? Wasn't able to find that information on the web.

Me too - still waiting for a CMU CS PhD decision, but at another field than yours. Glad I applied to a number of other schools, so not all is lost yet :-)

Yes that is my experience too. I wonder whether you could get admitted to a respected top-25 school without going through an interview, and this is a bit worrying :-O

yeah i saw the school were giving notifications and interviews. I wonder whether the CS schools I listed always interview PhD applicants before addmission

I am also waiting it out. Does anybody know when these universities will hand out there answers? UC Irvine, UCLA, UCSB, U Washington Seattle, U Penn , U Wisconsin Madison