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Waitlisted too. I have no official information or something, but I think it is unlikely to give up an offer from MAS programs. I guess it's better to just go for other options as most of the Media lab applicants get offers from other programs and schools. Congrats to ones who got accepted!

No, the PI did not say anything about the lab's status of the selection process. I said "I think" because the PI did not respond for about a month and now she responded. It's just my guess. Also, I am just sharing all the information I can share for anyone who is waiting in anxiousness because I know what it feels like. There is no need to believe me if you don't want to. And there was one who asked me about how I contacted PI, the answer is I just emailed them. But I didn't ask anything about the selection process. Instead, I addressed what I am passionate about, what I've done so far, and what I want to do as a researcher when I get accepted.

For those who applied to Fluid Interfaces group, I think they are starting to send the invitation email(or maybe just finished). I wrote an email directly to the PI early this month and she replied today. (didn't get an interview invite but the PI suggested to contact other groups after seeing my portfolio)

I just got an interview offer email from TMG and the mail is written by Professor Ishii, though the email account is TMG admin.

Yes. The researcher I contacted clearly mentioned they are looking for one(or none, if there is no suitable applicant) ML researcher, who can work on Natural Language Processing. That's for the upcoming master student, so if you are applying for Ph.D(even though theoretically you start from master, it's different) the situation could be different.

Hi guys, I signed up to share some info in case it could help you guys. I've got to know some of the researchers in the Media lab(met at conferences), and one of them told me that they need to shortlist the applicants by mid-Jan. Interviews will be conducted independently by each lab from mid-Jan to early Feb. Also, if there's anyone interested in the Personal Robots Group, they say they are finding one ML researcher for NLP for the master's level. Maybe I could delete this post for a random reason, but for now, I wish this info helps you guys. Good luck everyone :)