[Did anybody receive CMU acceptance other than LTI and ML?]

Anyone applied for the Computation, Organization and Society PhD?

[MIT Media Lab 2015]

Would really appreciate it if the people who say something like "I've had an interview today" also mention which lab it was with. Thanks

[Rejected from everywhere?]

Was in the same boat last year. Rejected from all the universities I had applied to. Was really confused and in a bad place mentally. Took sometime for me to accept reality and move on to work with the opportunities I had. Just tried reaching out to every prof I thought was working in my field of interest and asked them if I they had opportunities in their labs, either paid or unpaid. Accumulated a years worth of research experience like this. Luckily it was in a place very close to my POI so I could contact him as well and get work in his lab. I have the feeling that this year's applications will also probably end up being rejects. But I'm not too worried this time, since I have been through the same experience before. It has taught me a lot of things and brought me a lot closer to where I want to be. Just stay patient and keep trying to work in the field of your interest so you don't lose your edge.

[MIT Media Lab 2015]

BTW results will probably be out in April this time

[Stanford MSCS 2015]

It isn't necessary, they remember. You will receive a mail about their decision later 

[MIT EECS 2015]

I don't think MIT will notify rejected applicants through email. And it ll mostly be toward the end of Feb. Guessing all their admits have been sent out

[Stanford CS PhD 2015]

@phdreally If I may ask, what was the unique reason pertaining to you?

[MIT EECS 2015]

Have the fireworks started? I saw a couple of accepts from EECS

[MIT EECS 2015]

I think we can start making bets on which day the results will be out. My fake $100 on next Tuesday.

[MIT EECS 2015]

Probably. I've said this before, but MIT as a whole doesn't interview. However, it seems certain POIs may choose to interview certain candidates at their discretion. I have no idea whether this is factored into the admissions decision. I didn't ask anything about my decision. I do a lot of job interviews and when people ask me if I think they'll get a job I usually have to give some canned response about contacting the recruiter. I didn't want to force that discomfort on a POI. My chat was after the apparent graduate round-up, but the initial email said that decisions had not been made yet.

 

 

If this helps, why not:

• POI listed in my application contacted me on Thursday
• In the email, he listed two very specific questions about my application
• We agreed on a time (Saturday morning)
• First question was about a specific project I did at work (I've been in industry for 2 1/2 years since graduating college)
• He asked a lot of interesting theoretical follow-up questions (some of which were difficult to answer) and dug deep into details
• He also asked about my research interests, and we chatted a bit about some of what I'd done within those fields
• He told me about some cool research that's going on that's related to my interests
• He asked if I had any questions for him
• After, I realized I'd made a mistake in a follow-up, so I emailed him with what I'd thought about and he responded kindly

I can go into more detail if you want but it's going to be really specific to what I did, and probably not helpful to anyone else.

 

Thanks for the info. Any kind of communication, whether from the POI or the department, would feel good at this point. You would know if someone has actually gone through your application, right  ?

[MIT EECS 2015]

Someone mentioned an interview via phone today. Is this legit?

[MIT Media labs 2014]

Does anyone know if the person who was declined admission was interviewed previously?