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I also did the same, sent them signed letter before April 15. They told me to fill up online enrollment confirmation form, to send official TOEFL score and my scanned copy of passport for the issuance of my i20 ( there was no deadline this time though) . I am an international applicant for ECSE PhD program.

Thank you for your response. I only applied to the programs that seem to be good fit for me. I think my main weakness in the application is lack of publication. As I am still on my last year of undergraduate study, I did not get enough time to publish anything, though I am working on it. I don't know how much admission committee would consider this. Whatever, I have been very tensed after submitting all of my applications and at least your response gave me some relief.

I am a final year undergraduate student studying on electrical engineering. I have already applied to Georgia Tech, USC, Columbia, University of Washington, Northwestern for fall 2017 PhD. My fields of interests are signal processing and machine learning. I am thinking if I have aimed for too high. Is my chances of admission in those schools are too low ? Should I apply to some other universities ? Undergrad Institution: best engineering university in my country, probably not familiar in US Major(s): electrical engineeringOverall GPA: 3.92 ( out of 4.00 upto 7th semester)Position in Class: top 5%Type of Student: International, maleGRE Scores (revised):Q: 170V: 156W: 4.0TOEFL Total: 108Research Experience: I have done research under two professors, both of them gave me recommendation. One of those was on machine learning on location forensic, about to submit a journal paper as 3rd author. I think the professor has mentioned in the recommendation about the paper and my contribution in it. Another research is on biomedical signal processing as my undergraduate thesis. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list(in all levels), university merit scholarship, champion in IEEE Signal Processing Cup CompetitionApplied to Where: (all for PhD) Georgia Tech (ECE) USC (EE) Columbia (EE) University of Washington (EE) Northwestern (CS)