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Mostly, yes If the university does not think highly of your application they will just reject, instead of asking you for some material But there is also possibility that the committee wants to reject to but the university requires receiving all materials before rejection (I don't think this happens often)

Check "activity log", which you could find under "help" page Actually I personally figure that the program interface is badly designed. Especially when you have multiple applications to different universities (like, upenn and Stanford share the same system, and when it comes to adding recommendations, it becomes a real mess)

For PhD programs, I believe (I myself has not been involved and I am not grads, though) professors might ask their students to review applicant profiles, filtering out those apparently unqualified (say, GPA is lower than the cut-off, or have no lab research experience, etc.) But rest assured that most of the serious programs in top universities will not let graduate students to do objective tasks like determining which applicant is suitable for doing research.

Some universities do several rounds of selection, and in each selection they yield those that are definitely in or definitely out. The remaining applicants then go to the next round of selection. So in such a process, only those significantly better or worse than the average got their decisions quickly. The majority of applicants won't know the result until the last round.

If you are applying to PhD program then it is probably too late. Most PhD programs have already sent out their acceptance decision (My friends got their rejection from UC Berkeley and UPenn)

Thank you! I almost forgot to check this thread as it went down on the front page... Actually, after posting the stuff above, I happened to know that this girl is accepted into CMU LTI, while I was rejected in the Feb.16 CMU Massacre Still a blow though, I already accepted this as a real-life fact ===== Supplement: I am currently at SFU Burnaby campus, so if you want some information about SFU and Burnaby city I am happy to help.

"M..M..M..Monster Kill!" "The massacre is being continued...." These are two consecutive comments on CMU result of year 2013

I feel sorry about that Could you please clarify a little bit, is there direct rejection in revocation or just saying previous decisions are invalid? I got a direct rejection. Seems not at all any hope to wait for official explanation.

Yeap. I withdrawn from decent work (at E///), contacted several professors for recomm. letter, and tried to acquire further education And the reality is so cruel

One of my friends did not receive revocation He received an admission notice, and then nothing Do not know if this is good news or bad news, because the statistical data on result search is still not correct - those report a revocation are mainly in +8 timezone (mainland China, HK, TW, or somewhere, so they are in Feb. 17 instead of Feb 16). I can't see anybody in -7 or -6, -5 timezone reporting their revocation Sometimes I really envy him!

Thanks buddy I am just feeling sorry for my parents.... After hearing about the good news they have decided to go out for a celebration. I don't know how to confront them now with the apparent disappointment.

CMU just did that never forgive

f**k CMU Never forgive FOREVER!

I called them, no response, only voice mail. Then I sent emails. Hope they would see the email tomorrow morning

One situation: maybe they accidentally reverted their decision: All "accept" should go to decline and all "reject" should go to accept If that is the case then the result distribution is quite normal (and again, another year of massacre)

CMU allows applicants to apply for master and PhD on the same application form, so that's not a big deal to add such checkbox If one is rejected for PhD, then he or she might be considered for master if he/she has added that option to wish list

That's a relief And good luck to the rest of your applications!

And today the US people should be on a vacation.... There should not be any email.... Edit: Anyway, I will believe it is true

Well, too many acceptances. I don't know whether to feel happy or feel worried Hope no email will come from CMU saying that it was just a mistake and all things around me is just a lucid dream.........

Just like somebody said on the result page, there are too many acceptances from CMU masters program this year Is it a mistake (a sleepy operator accidentally added everybody to the mailing list for acceptance)? Or just some statistical outcome (say, more people are reporting to the gradcafe this year? They have 8% acceptance rate for master program in CS) Just hope it was not a mistake! I received my acceptance this morning, and I have broadcasted the good news to all my relatives and friends! I can't imagine how they would respond if I told them later that it was a mistake!!

Yes, I have seen masters result coming out this morning (East Pacific Time), and I received mine (6/7 rejected, 1 accepted, still happy though) That means the PhD should already be dispatched to those lucky dogs

I am in exactly the same situation as you are...... Applied for 5, heard from none.

Oh UBC, so sad.... My dreaming girl is planning to attend UBC, and I want to go to the US. She even did not say anything to me about her decision....

I understand that some schools have several rounds of selection, from which they sort out the most preferable ones and the least preferable ones, and those preferred most will be accepted, while those preferred least will be rejected. Only after the last round of selection will the school decide to reject all remaining students. So for most of the applicants, they cannot actually hear from the university unless ALL acceptances have been sent

Wow congratulations to your friend! I am just waiting for CMU master result to come out, and apparently it is painful this year..... What I like CMU most is that they offer you the chance to apply for PhD and master in the same application, so that if one applicant is rejected for PhD, then he/she still has the opportunity for a master's degree