OH YEAH

Congrats all the Cornell people. I wish they'd show me some love :-( (and CMU while they are at it)

I was admitted to Yale today, if anyone was wondering about that school. They may have sent out a mass e-mail about it.

Probably wants to talk about what kind of research you all will be doing. Anyway, you have nothing to worry about--at this point, it's their job to schmooze you and encourage you to come. You can't mess up.

Be expected to talk about your research. Read some of that professor's latest papers. Have some intelligent questions to ask the professor about their research and/or the school at the end. Most people don't respond kindly to "PLZ HELP URGENT" in topic titles, for future reference...

You're turning down Caltech for Oregon? Why? Funding issues?

Professor e-mailed me late January; we conversed about research for a few e-mails. Notified me by phone this morning of acceptance. He told me they received a lot more applications than usual this application cycle. "Visit weekend" is March 11-13. I'm working in programming languages. Here's my profile. Sorry for being vague, just want some semblance of privacy... who am I kidding, adcoms could probably figure out who I am from this description. Nationality: American School: liberal arts, B.A CS with Honors, two minors GPA: 4.00 major, good overall GRE: decent but nothing to write home about, "who cares" CS GRE: good Recommendations: killer - Significant work experience, owner of very large & profitable website - Significant independent research and readings - Two summers research at other institutions - 1 sole-author paper presented at international conference, 1 poster accepted to the top conference - Great senior thesis which is being reworked for publication; going to submit to top conference in area

Accepted today at Brown! Haven't heard anything from other schools though

I applied. Haven't heard anything yet :/

All other things equal, I would choose UT Dallas because it doesn't have a religious affiliation. I wouldn't want people to get the wrong idea.